Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-05-13
NUMBER 20.
AFTER GRANT.

The Democratic Investigation Com
mittees are quite jovisl whenever they
can find a man to make any sort OF
charge against any prominent Republi-
can and they are never so happy as
when they can find any one ready to
help them throw mud at the President.
This feature OF Democratic Reform "
is happily illustrated by the following,
which we clip from tho New York
Tribune
WAsuISoroN, April 2ith.-The DEM
ocratic members of at least one of the
House Committees to-day discrediled
themselves far more than they can hope
to disgrace tho Administration in the
history of the session, Thus far tho
cutters OF politics and society have been
rsked to make u case against the Cabinet.
Bank accounts have been rAnsacked,
tho sttlo of frontier camps has been
listened to, and detectives have been
oracles to prove high officials OF tho Gov
ernment guilty OF crime, 1t was only
few days ago that committee pc nit
ted false aud malicious statement To bo
tslegrsphed throughout Chdstendom
that the President had been detected in
taking money from the Treasury To pur-
chase votes, but it was left for the Com
mittee ON Expenditures in the Interior
Department to-day to surpsss all others
in the attempt to "cateh Grant"
The Democrats on the Committee had
caused all the Republicans to be notified
that an important witness MAS to DO ex-
amined, III d that all should be present.
No hint WAS given of the nature OF the
expected evidence, but the fact escaped
from some OF the les. careful Democrats
that tho COMMITTEES held President Grant
in tho hollow of their hand. The Com
mittes had been sitting with open doors,
but mysterious witness WAS to DO pro-
duesd, and the doors were barred for
two hours. Tho witress upon whose
lips the tate OF tho President OF the Unit
ed States hung was nj ordinary looking
business man. The Democratic mem
bers were on tiptoe with eIpectation.--
Republicans were interested but ignor-
ant of the forthcoming result. Tho wit
meas was almost indifferent. His mar
vellous story was this;
Some years ago person In high sta
ton did him great injury. 1t became
important to the peace of mind OF that
great parsonage that the witness should
be harmless Ho hired detective, and
soon hurried him to the Government
mad house. lie was kept there, frend-
less and powerless, for months, when
one day an agent OF this great parsonage
approached him, giving him the choice
between lile imprisonment with lunatics,
or life Of exile in Europe. lie chose
tho latter. Detectives accompanied him
to the steamer and no left Tor Europe.
Becoming weary OF Europe, he returned
and appeared before tho Committee to-
day to tell his story. Tho Committee
seemed parslyzed in part with astoDish-
mcnt, In part with diabolical joy. "Who
was that great personage that wronged
you ?" asked tho Chairman. "Tho
President Of tho United States" was the
reply. "What wrong did he do you ~
There tho witness paused. lie would
die before ho would tell. II Was a deli
cate subject and should not DO mentioned.
For Nh hour tho COMMITTEES Piled him
with questions. They threatened him
with imprisonment with severe punish
ment with the terrors ot contumacy.
The witness yielded. He said tho Pres-
dent Of tho Urited States had done him
mortal wrong that he had ruined wit
ness betrOthed, and since that time wit
ness has been prosecuted and ptrsecut.
ed man. Hence these detectives hence
these mad-house liars. Tho Precedent
had frequently come to tho house OF the
witness about II vt the dead " night, and
had importuned him at hi. bedside not
to ruin his great fame.
"But," interposed Republican mem.
Dor, "how did the President get TO your
bedsido at that time Of night did he ring
the bell ?"
The climax had come. Democrats
were enthusiastic in their ssrdonic joy,
aud wore just ready to render their ver-
dict against the President when the wit
ness quietly nterposed II want you
to understand, gentlemen, that President
Grant in the body never did mo or mine
harm ho has only done mo that great
wrong us spirit"
The collapse came. The witness Was
q madman. The COMMITTEES instantly
discharged him, Immediately ordered
the stenographer to suppress his notes,
aud begged the Republican members to
keep the matter silent. One Of tho lat
ter, with good deal OF Indignation, said
that he hoped he might be AS mad as tho
witness II he kept still.
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