The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-04

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ticidr economy in dead earnest. It is, there
fore. plain enough to a well-informed person
that it is not our want Of economy that Is at
fault.
Pacific Mail Farce.
Washington Special FEB. q, Chicago Tn
bune.
The ways and means committee to-day
presented to the House their report in
the Pacific Mail investigation. It, is
weak and cowardly document. 1t adopts.
at least by inference, the theory Of Rufus
Hatch, that the corruption fund Of nearly
81, 100000 was lost in the gigantic stock
speculations Of A. B. Stockwell. whilom
President Of the Pacific Mail Com
pany. The committee, OF course.
has right to adopt this view,
but when large bulk Of the fund has
been traced in close proximity to Con.
gress it seems peculiar that the commit
tee should have adopted theory which
few outside of the broken jobbing Pacific
Mail directory believe. Some Of the fund
may have been lost in the Wall street
| vortex, but when nearly half million
dollars has been absolutely traced to the
doors of Congress, and strong circumstan-
tial evidence corroborates the presump-
ton, the conviction is inevitable that
some Of the thieves pelf
| WENT INSIDE THE DOORS OF CONGRESS-.
! This every fair.minded man who has
heard the evidence believes. Yet Of this
the committee give no intimation. On
the contrary, whether intentional or not,
a silent hand seems to have stretched
over the history Of the fund
/ after it had been traced to the doors Of
Congress. The committee admit that
they have found the names Of parties to
whom payments were made by Irwin to
the amount of $7O3, 100. Few persons
who have heard the evidence believed
that any considerable portion, if any at
all, Of this sum has found its way back
to Stockwell, and few believe that the
then directors Of the Pacific Mail Com
pany are the immaculate innocents which
, their testimony would have us believe.
: They, on the contrary, have different
: code of ethics, as shown in the evidence
: of one Of the principal directors, who said
that whether or n It he would be honest
$ with his stockholders would depend upon
, the fact whether he was long or short
| Of the stock.
al DICK PARSONS Is ENTIRELY EXCUSED
!. on the ground that the money paid him
was for professional services and ex-
penses. The theory Of the committee
: seems to be in this sentence 1.-THE whole
transaction was reckless robbery Of .
corporation under the temporary control
OF spectators. Bill King and Schu.
= maker are turned over to the tender mer-
}. cies Of the next Congress. This seems
q fair enough, but in view Of the TACT
that Congress has already established an
immutable precedent that no Congress
o has jurisdiction over the acts Of any
IS members Of the preceding Congress
y this evasion Of responsibility is not cour-
It ageous. Bill King is beyond the juris
4 diction of this House. but John G. Schu
maker sat in his seat to-day, when il
cannot - doubted that he ought to b
&c expelled. This Congress certainly hal
jurisdiotton ovee -, Nhils the jurisdic.
ton offhls ~ r. next Congress
is deniSd. - - nee. however, d
r. mildly ~ fhat "a u 3estimony has IRE
le yealcd coafeadIcftoh e. The most painful
charaeter," - thAt = hnmaker's testi
mony sseseaeed \ Poiu1ul Impression
i. 40 - 0aanzrcsDEsrs
n. the report = $50 ts1suy unjust. Tn
ve name q - 6seSon16at . mentioned
n but ~ esussal s1 omnt i made tina
,e persons sufitlsd $500 rrivileges Of til
lis corrsspon1o n10s - GiW hsve been en-
Id gagged - t1Dss r. tsS& TIC odium q
te this nefheises = - ss<ne TO be left b