The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-23
StranglImg Investigation.

Iruu the New York World.
The public should not lose sight OF the
solutions presented in the Senate last
week by Mr.. Davis. Of West Virginia.
aud .cfrred to the Financial Committee
with the design of strangling irvestiga-
,ion. Resolutions Of the Same nature
have been suppressed in two previous
sessions. ard it is time that the people
should insist on receiving the lniorma-
..oa asked for. The resolution Is based
on the provisions Of statutes OF lSO9 lSl :
and 1874. The first act directs the
C,mntrouer of the Treasury to lay
An annual statement before Congress
during the first week OF tn" session
of the accounts in the Treasury, war
and Navy departments remaining Tor
more than three wears unsettled, together
with y statement of the causes thai nave
prevented recovery of balances. ne
second act orders the Secretary OF the
Treasury to compel every pubic 'u'cer
q, q settlement OF accounts each year anu
m Gas. of failure cntorc"s upon the hrsI
countrnll.r the duty OF making state
ment oi the unsettled account 10 Con-
.r.., These provisions of the law We're
.,r,prrpd with uuIl lS6j, ut which time
..c last reports were made. The third
,,t makes il the duty Of the first comp
.-ouc- to report annually all officers
,yn, have failed 10 make settlement
... their accounts, which duty has not Yet
been performed. The resolution OF Mr.
Dlyi, simply Asks tho Secretary OF the
Treasury whether these reports nave
been made, and if not. why not. The
Republican Senators took prompt meas
lrr, TO have IL put on. OF sight IN COM
,,r,tee.ro.m. where II could be secretly
and safely a-sassinated. To justify the
reference of single inquiry, they urged
ar,, that the Information required had
been given heretofore. When they
found that ground untenabe, they
,-.,uaI that II would take three
months time and cost S'o,OOO
to make Nh" reports named IN the
resolution. Wien beaten on this tack,
they argurd That the statutes OF loo9 and
lsl7, calling for such reports, became II
d.aI letter after lS6j. sherman, Bout
well. Coukling and Anthony, all took
part in the -hIitv, tricky debate, making
A desperate effort to put good face
anon the cnur," they intended 10 pur-
she. |, Is need e., go >ry that their at
,.ul. % m ..e tue .mDturring Of an III
y...,-atr.r lpok reasonable and virtuous
v..a o,s'u-n. The iact o! the matter Is
..a. the Republican party dares not eX-
pr,a rs record To the public. Oliver
wendell Holmes illustrates the tendency
OF nature to pack away her iouiest pro-
ductious in darkness and secrecy very
neatly. He says that if We turn up
broad Hat stone in grassy meadow, we
are sure to be startled by the sight OF
hundreds of crawling things-bugs,
worms and insects-rushing away to
concealmeut. Some one else has apph
cd this illustration to the gathering
of evil elements in the course
Of a long administration. Just such Il
revelation is to be expected when the
daylight of pablo opinion is let IN upon
The record OF the Republican party,
which has been hidden from the people
for nearly fifteen years. Und r the pro
lection of -pou,itlc partisan power,
every form of political knayery and cor
r.p,ion ha- been cngcndered and multi
piled in security When the stone Is
'irrd. the country viii be shocked at the
f,uI ,yp.,ur, Of official reptiles craw Ing
IN di.may uut oftne scorching sunshine