The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-07
Manner in Which the Alabama Inyestiga.
ton is Conducted.
Efforts OF the Committee to Suppress the
Shameful Truth.

Washington Dispatch st. Louis Republican.
Some time since the statement was made in
| these dispatches that the Democrats were not
| likely to get much capital out of the Alabama
| investigation. That statement was made in
view OF the manifest intention of the Republican
| majority on that committee to employ every
| means in their power to prevent any testimony
OF a nature Damaging to their party to be elected
| IN the course OF their examination of witnesses,
| or failing in that to wholly suppress the testi-
mony taken. So far as this Judgment of their
deliberate intention is concerned the fullest evil
dence that no injustice has been done them has
been given at every stage of the investigation.
The spirit which has directed their actions and
their course IN every stage of their proceedings
has been wholly partial, prejudcial and partisan.
Every INSCRIPTIONS advantage which ingenuity
C ,uld suggest has been employed to color and
ntort the testimony taken to establish pre-
determined conclusions. Incompetent witnesses
have been examined by the scores almost. and
patent interpretations acct pied, while the
right OF refutJtlon by the cross-eXaminaton Oft
horned and rjured witnesses, or the introduc-
on CT new and relevant testimony has been skill
full evaded.
1t was from knowledge of these facts that
your correspondent expressed the belief that the
Democrats would not get much capital out of the
Investigation. There was too much rotteness
and corruption however. for it to be successiullv
whlte-washed, and with all these obstacles in
their way, Messrs. Buckner and Luttrell have
drawn out enough of the truth to make strong
presentation in their minority report. The
charges OF Outrages and intimidations made
against the Democrats are not sustained by even
the partial testimony taken, while the scandaous
abuses OF power and the unwarrantable inter-
ference with the liberties of the people which
were unrebuked, if not Endorsed and directed by
tho national administration, are fully exposed
The connection of the Adm nstration, through
the head of the Department aof Justice, with
some OF the most mOnstrOus outra ges com.
mltted by the United States Marshal and Depu
ties, Is satisfactorily proven. The Republican
members OF the committee have succeeded in
preventing this from appearing in any other than
an inferential form, but the two Democratic men,
bers are still hopeful that they can obtain direct
testimony bearing upon this point.
No testimony that would stand for moment
in court OF justice has been elected BY the COM
mittee which will sustain these grave charges
and the Attorney.Generals stands convicted .ther
OF wilful msrepre sentation or gross and criminal
carelessness in accepting the statements of ire
sponslble and unreliable parties as the basis of
his wholesale indictments of the people of Ala
bama If he appears before the committee he
will be questioned concerning his sources of in.
ormaton
these facts sufficiently indicate how signal has
been the failure of the Republican members of
the committee III preventing the exposure of get
ting at the truth. There is only one method left
by which they can measurably prevent the Demo-
Gratis from making capital out of the investiga.
ton. They are endeavorlng to keep everything
wrapped up in invlolabe secrecy. The investiga-
ton has been secret; the testimony except SO far
rs its general charact has leaked out throupn
the newspapers, has been kept secret, and now it
Is said THAI the committee will make no report at
Ill, and endeavor in that way to suppress the
damaging revelations which have slipped in with |
Ill their precautions to he contrary.