The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-21
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A majority Of the committee on Lou!sl-
ANA affairs having Endorsed the report OF '
Foster, Phelps and Potter, it becomes the
report of the committee and as such Mr.. Il
Hoar had to present it to congress. The L
effort to suppress it will BE- found in the
following from the New York Herald:
WASHINGTON, Jan, 10, 1875.
Here is the curious story OF how Mr.
George +. Hoar, of Massachusetts,, tried
desperately for five days 70 suppress the
truth about the Louisiana election and the
dispersion of the legislature, and failed at
last.
On Monday last the subcommittee CON
sisting of Messrs. Foster, Phelps and rot
ter-two Republicans and one DemocratI,l
made their report to the Louisiana speclai
committee, of which they were q part
The report was unanimous, ana It TOLD an
ugly tale for the president, which he had
prudently refused to hear. The commit
tee after brief consideration of the re- |
port, on the suggestion Of Mr.. Hoar, re- |
committed it. in order that an addition, |
triHing and unimportant in its nature,
might be made. AT the same time Mr.. |
Hoar, who is chairman of the committee,
denied the jurisdiction Of the sub commit
tee to make an independent report at all,
asserting that they had been sent down to
New Orleans to ascertain whether IL was
advisable for the rest of the committee to
20 down. When this got out in the house
the jokers began to ask MIR. Foster wheth-
er he was really Mr.. Hears errand boy
EFFORTS TO srRANGLE THE REPORT.
Monday night, Tuesday and Wednesday
the report, now the subject of a fierce bat
tie, lay in Mr.. Fosters hands. Rumor
saws that efforts were made to induce hun
to change the wording of the report and
even its meaning. AS the report, now.
ever, only recapitulates the evidence, and
makes no suggestions, it was impossible to
change it. and Mr.. Foster, who is man
of honor, would not put himself in the n
diculous position Of making q false report,
which would afterward be contradicted by
the evidence. Last night. the report being
amended as ordered, q meeting of the full
committee was held, which lasted very
late, and in which renewed and desperate
efforts were made by the partisan members
of the committee to prevent the publication
of the report. Unluckily for those who
wanted to suppress it, they discovered thai
if they insisted on rejecting the report en-
tirely, which was their first attempt, the
subcommittee would be at liberty to giv'
it to the public over their own names
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It was, therefore, accepted by the com
mittee: but with the hope that this &C
ceptance would be means Of its suppress
sion.
HUMILIATINa ExPEDIENrs FOR suPFHEs
SION FAIL.
The committee then attempted to amen
the report by adding supplement col
tanning conclusions at variance with Ii
facts. This was resisted, but defeated on
after sharp contest, in which it is sal
that high words passed between sever
members Of the committee. When tn
expedient failed, nothing remained but I'll
adoption of the report by the whole cor
mittee; but at this stage Of the procee
ings Mr.. Hoar made another and final G
fort at delay and suppression.
SCHEME TO KIDNAP THE DOCUMENT.
The house having adjourned over un
Monday, and Mr.. Hoar having announce
his intention to leave on Monday for NJ
Orleans, he now wanted time to read ov
the report, and it was seen that if he ito
enough time he might get out of the wa
and being the committees chairman, W
has to communicate with the house on thu
behalf, the report would, after all, ha
l. -.
were, however, awake to the determiu
fought fercely in the interests of trut
Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. Phelps had had ang
words, and MIR. Potter had threatened, U
less the truth was permitted to see da
light, that he would resign his position
the committee and publish the substan
OF the report over his own name, in viii
it is believed. Mr.. Phelps would have joi
ed him. Seeing, therefore, the immine
danger of Mr.. Hoar pocketing the rept
at the last moment, q protest was prepar
and would have been presented to I
house, stating the facts in the case, and I
der fear of this, it is understood, he at Il
agreed that he would present the report
the house yesterday afternoon, which
did, and it was ordered to be printed.
MR.. HOAR's FLATTERING DEFEAT.
And SO, at last. Mr.. Hoar, who wish
to report that the legislature. whose 6
sembllng had previously been depicte
was "a tumultuous and irregular assel
bly," was obliged to adopt and introdu
report, over his own signature, by viii
the house and country are informed til
ION the Sd of November the people of La
isiana had free, full and peaceable ell
ton, by which a conservative majority W
elected to the legislature, who were depri
ed Of their seats by the illegal, unjust a
arbitrary action of the returning board"
for these are the words of the report
must be added that the pressure broug
to bear on Messrs. Phelps and Foster
vary from the directness of their rept
was of the strongest kind.
FALsEHoOD HURLED AGAINST THE CHA
PIoNs OF TRUTH.
The local papers here having exhaust
the common terms of reproach, this mol
ing discovered that Mr.. Phelps was
drunkard, and kilograms from New
leans announce that proofs would be f
warded from there of his corruption. \
only this, but Kellogg sent dispatch
Mr. Hoar asserting that the commit
had refused to make q thorough examir
ton as requested, and asking that mt
competent committee might be sent
questioning Messrs Potter and Phelps
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