, 1875-03-01
THE PACIFIC MAIL REPORT.
E0NcLusioHB OF THE COMMITTEE.

Sptclal ufspatch fu The ChicuH0 1Ti6uhf.
WAsulSoToy, D. c.. Feb. 27.--Tho WaJa and
Acaus Committee to-day presented to the lloure
their report III the Pacific Mall investigation. 1t
is weak and cowarliy losuu,ont 1t ADOPTS at
least by Inference, the theory OF HufuB Hatch,
that tho corruption fund OF nearly
sl,0oo.o0o was lost in tie gigantic stock
speculatono OF A. D. stockwell, whilom rscsi-
dent Of the pacifc Mali Company. Tho Com
mitteo, OF courso, has right to adopt this Wow,
but whom a large bulk Of tho fund
has been traced IN ciono proximity to
Congress- II seems pccular that tho
Committee should have adopto1 theory
which few outside Of tic broken tobblng Pacific
Mail directory bellovc. Bome OF tho fund may
hRvo been lost In the Wagl.s.reet vortex, hIt
when nearly ha{f million do,larB has been ab-
solutnly sracca to the doors Of Compress, aud
strong clrcumHIaMsial evidence corroborn,cs tho
preHnrnpLlon. tho cs,uyicIion III inoyitnblo that
BOine Of tho thoyes' peif
WENT 1NA1pE THE ponRa or CONGRESS.
IhiH cyery fair Iplnded man WHO has heard the
eviaeneo believes. Yet VI this tho Committee
give no intimatlon. On tho contrary. wllother
Intentional or not, a Silent hand saemn to
after it had hscn traced to tho doors Of Con-
grcss. Tho Committee admit that they hnyo
found tue natl1ea Of parties to whom payments
woro mhde by Irwin to the amount OF S703,-
E6H IdIbuud WuD u3Y6 QGhIU tuB 6gt.
dence believed Tint any considerable portion
II sny at all, Of this sum has found its way back
TO btoclwoll, md few belioye that tho thon Di-
rootora Of tho Pacific Company are tho immacu-
late innocenth winch their Testimony would have
US bolleyo, They. on the contrary, have Il
very different codo Of ethics, as shown In
tile eyidence Of one OF tho principal Directors,
who said thattwhothar or not ho would be hon
est with his ntockiolders would depend upon tho
fact whether ho WAS long or Hhu1t Of the stock.
DICK rAnsoHH II ENTIRELY EIcusEp
on tue ground TINT tile money paid bin waa for
profeas0nal services and expenses. The theory
OF tho Committee seerns 10 be in lhls sentence:
The Wlioto transaction was a reckless robbery
Apocutators." lA.L King md Shumaksr are
Turned ovcr to tho tender mercieB Of
the .noxt Congress. This seons fair enough,
but iu view Of tho fact that Cougzebs has already
Conasess has Jurisdiction over tho acts Of any
this evasion Of responsibility is nut
courageous. Ill King ii beyond tho juriH-
dsction Of thls House, nut Jol,u Il. Schumacher
sat y, liz scat to-day, when it csnnot DO doubted
thAs ho ought TO 30 c.polled. This Congress
certAl6ty has Jurisdiction over him, whlts the
1aE!Bdictlou Of hts oHenBo by the next Congress
IL denied. The Committee, however, do mildly
dictons Of the mosI painful character" aud
that schumake1'a Testimony ''cteatod painful
impressior."
~ TO THE CORRESPONDENTS
tie report IL conHplnu0unlY uniust The nano
Of uu Correspondents Ia mentioned, but tile get,-
eral slate1nops tH ma&fo that persons onti.lod to
the PriyileKeB Ut tho coFzesp0isteuts' galleries
hare hoesl engsrudin thpso practices. Il,s oaum Of
thls nofar1ous buBiiiass scems to bo loft by tho
COMMITTEE upon tho correspondents, apparently
~ claas without alatinetion OF possoi!s while
wnntevor guilty persons Ihero may be are mado
in appearance TO suffer no moro than the
entire community Of journalists, Dom