The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-25
DELAYING THE JUDGMENT.
REPUBIICANs TRYING TO ESCAPE
THE POPULAR VERDTCr.
Preventing the Investigating Committees from
Presenting TO CONGRESS the Friuhfui Dc
veiopments Yielded by their Iuauiries-

Presenting to Congress the Friuhtfui De-
veiopments Yielded by their Inquiries.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Tho Republican
managers determined to obstruct In every
possible way the committees Of investlgl alton.
End to prevent the country from obt' lining tho
facts on which to base an Intelligent judgment
Of tho snort comngs and crimes OF the present
Administration. From tho beginning OF the
present session the minority OF the House and
the majority of the Senate have exerted all
their Ingenuity and exercised all their
powers to place distractions In the WY
OF the investigating committees, and now
that the labors OF those nqulsltoflal bodies
have boon concluded, and the fri9htfui
results are summarized aud ready to be placed
before the people, the minority Of the House
again interposes and says these reports shall
not be made save ms the sever 4 committees,
are called In their regular order. The seecs
committees usually have loavs GRANTED them In
the resolution raising them to report at any
time, but wherv the inquiry is made by one Of
the regular standing committees OF the House
this privilege can ouly be obtained on Mondays
by two-thlrds majority, II there be objection,
and on any other day OF the week a single OBJ
lection is suficl mt unless the committee 10
called In It's order, which will not come save at
long intervals.
Acting In the interest OF economy the ma
1orlty Of the House this session determined to
raise as few select committees as possible. and
thus threw the greater part Of the Iabor OF In
vesuRatiDg the different executive departments
upon the regular standing committees. Under
the rules OF tho House these committees have
not the right 70 report At any ume. and can OBJ
tain II only by suspension OF the ruIes and the
passage Of an order giving them this privilege.
This REQ uires two. thirds vote, and tho Demo-
erats not having this mum Der have been unable
70 suspend the rules, because the Republicans
session. Therefore. viii nave VETO 10 be ext@pde per.
haIs Two months longer, In order tnat the
twelve or thirteen committees having reports to
submit on the misdeeds OF the present Admin
istration may have tho opportunity to lay be-
fore the House and tho people the result OF
| their rrotrdcted labors.
The test was made to-day In the House
| by the Chairman OF the Naval Committee. The
testimonytaken by this committee. covering
nearly Tour Thousand pages, has been printed,
| tue bulk Of 1t at least for several months. and
the minority OF the committee was, OF course,
as familiar with it as the majority. and has had
| fully as much leisure TO prepare their report
| thereon as their colleagues. Bat to-day. when
| the Chairman asked leave for tho majority to
| have their report printed and made the special
| order on Friday next provided the minority
| was ready with tbolr report at that time, toe
Republican side Of the House voted solidly
against the proposition. The excuse was mi ads
| that tbs minority had not had time to prepare
| their reply to the msjority report, but tbls was
| to admit that they had agreed with their col
leagues to have their report ready within twenty
four hours after that OF the majority printed
and In their bands. They were also compe lied
to admit that they began 10 receive proofs OF
tho majority report CD last thursday. and had
the last page OF IL ats y. NJ. last Saturd ~.
Ibe real OBJECT OF TINS fdctious opposition 10,
OF course. to prevent until the last possible
ment, tho House from acting on the majority
report, which concludes with a resolution re-
ferring the evidence 90 the Judiciary Committee,
WITH instructions to report, II in Its judgment
the testimony warrants, article OF n uesch NJ
against George NJ. Rooesou. Secretary OF the
Navv. The Republican party managers do not
want TO 20 into the Presidential cam paign with
another impeachment on their hands. With n
secretary ut War impcached ana convicted by
the country, they do not want Secretary OF the
Navv placed In n like attitude; hence the dee-
perate nght they arc IN aking to prevent the facts
from getting in All authoIittuvo aud compact
shape before the people. They know that while
the four thous nd printed pages Of testimony
are undiRested and the specific violations OF law
are not phintsd out In the report Of the com
ulttee, tney will have less weight wi b the
of the eDple