, 1875-02-28
THE PACIFIC MAIL REPORT.
CONCLUSIONS OF TIE COMMITTEE.

but when large bulk OF the funt
has been traced in close proximity t
Congress it seems peculiar that sht
COMMITTEE should have adopted = thecrJ
| which few outside Of the broken jobbing Pacific
Mail directory believe. Some Of The fund maj
| have been lost in the WRll-streat vortex, but
when nearly half million dollars has been ah.
| strong cfrcunstnntial evidence co1roborAtes the
] Presumption, the conviction ia inevitable that
| some OF lhe thieves potf
| WENT INSIDE THE DOORS OF CONGRESS.
This every fair. minded mnn Hho has heard tho
evidence believes. Yet Of tl!ie the Committee
givs no inlimstion On the cout.ary, whether
Intentional or not,, eilent hand scems to
have stretched over the history OF the fluid
after it had been traced to the doors Of Con-
| Eress. The Committee admit that they have
found the pame4 Of parties to whom Payments
we're made BY Irwin to the amount OF S703,
lu0. Few persons who have heard tho evi-
deuce believed that any considerable portion
II any at all, Of this sum he's found it's way buck
to StockwelE and few believe that the then Di-
rectors Of the Pacific Company are the imma Gu
late lunocents which their testimony would have
us believe. They, OH the contrary. haya
very different code Of ethics, Us shown in
the evidence Of one Of the principal Directors
who said thatiwhe,ber or not he would be non
est with his stockholders would depend upon the
fact whether he WAS long or short OF the stock.
D1cK PARSONS Is ENTIRELY ExCusED
On the ground that the money paid him was for
professional services sud e4penses- The theory
OF the Committee seems to bo IN ibis sentence
- The whole transaction Tas = reckleea robbery
srecatators. Bill King and SLumakor are
turned over to the tender meries Of
the next Congress. This seems fair enough,
but in view OF the fact that Congress has already
established an in1mutabls precedent that no
Congress has Jurisdiction over the ncts Of any
this evasion of responsibility is not
courageous. Diil King il bcyoud the iuris-
d1ctiou Of this House, but Johu 4. Schumacher
sat u Ills seat to-day, when it canuot be doubted
cer. AMY las la7isdct1oa orsr hin, whl!e the
jus,sdic lcn OF his offeoee by the next Congress
IL denied Tho Committee however, do mildly
sar that kiug'a testimony has ''1escaed coutra-
dictlsns Of the most PAINFUL character" and
taa; schnnakei's testimony "c1eated painful
impression"
Is TO THE CORRESPONDENTS
the report ls coosplcnoIBly unjust. The uame
OF uo correspondent is mentioned, but the 8eu-
esal statemeut is matte that persons entitled to
the privileges OF the correspondents galleries
have been engaged IL these practices. The odium OF
thus nefarioas business seems to be left by tue
Committee upon tne correspondents, apparently
as class, without distinction OF PERSONS, while
whatever guilty persons There may be are made
in appearance 10 suffer no more than the
thing or two about Pacific Mail ID tbs CQpilal
lo-morrow says: We have not yet seen this
bill Of Congressional lberature for it is not
yet IN print but "e know its contents. 1t ia
ss hs Ia our qs. ns1t 5s sas ws sa vi" .as Pn1
it will sta1tIe By its facts the
honest public laboring under the delusion
that this collection of feeble minded men meant
business. Wo have gone through the Committee
re r
shoes, and VIXEN no pnblssh the full report
the opinion will bo hearty and UNANIMOUS that |
m investigation is needed.
t1o tire 4 etoeiated Prtss.1 /
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 27.-In the Honse !
his morning Mr. Easson submitted report |
from the Wa,s aud Mesns Committee ia regard |
10 the Pacific Mail Investigation, accompanied ]
oe resolutions to tile effect, first, that d copy OF
he evidence taaen before the Ways and Meana |
Committee upon tie question OF the corrpps uxe !
II money to procure the passage of the bill Civ
ug subsidy to the Pacific Mail service be de-
ivered to the Clerk OF the House, to be by him
aud bsfose the House at the f1st session OF ths
Eorty-fourth Congress, to the end that they may
:hey may deem proper In regard to William
). King and Schumacher. Secondly, that the
Clerk Of the House transmit to the United States
District Attorpev for the District Of Columbia
copy Of the evidence taken before the Wars
MI Means Committee. with request to lay 40
mach Of 1t ~ relates to the truth Of the testi-
nony given by King and Schumaker before the |
hand Jury. Thirdly, That any reporter or CORE
pondeut who occupies seat in the teporters' |
tallerv OF the House, and who received any por-
'e oensI Ired aud be deprived of his seas in said
allery, The resolution aud report we're ordered
printed and recommitted.
The report concludes AZ follows;
- In order that another Congress may have ii (
n its power to pursue this inquiry until the
ty any |