Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-10-05

For Voters of the Eleventh Dis
trict to Mediate Upon.
Especial Correspondence Of the Cincin-
natl Gazette.
North CONWAY, N. H.,
Sept. %.
In due course of mail comes a copy
of the Gallipolis Bulletin, 81. L.
Vance, publisher" with another ex-
planation of the Cousin Joseph Ale
shire expert voucher and check. The
article in which it appears purports
to be an answer to the first Gazette
letter upon the subject, and as ii
forms the leading editorial in Repre-
sentative Vance's own newspaper, it
must be regarded as his version OF
the case. Lest Mr.. Vance should
complain that the sweeping and
somewhat terrific character of his
denial is conceded, it is fair to say
that he pleads not guilty to the
charges in the Gazette correspond
ence, in the following vigorous
words: "We can only say that al
most the entire article is made up oi
unfounded assertions, perversions
and naked falsehoods, instigated in q
spirit foreign to fairness and canior,
or rather is downright malicious
ness"
The first, s'naked falsehood," point
ed ont is that Mr.. Vance did not as
charged in the Gazette letter, write
to Senator Anthony, Chairman ol
the Senate Printing Committee, com,
planning that money was being rails
ed in the printing Office to defeat
him, but "merely spoke to him about
such being the case" When so nice
distinctions as this need to be vio-
lently insisted upon, the case must
be desperate. The wonder is that a
gentlemen capable of bringing such
delicate differences into glaring light,
should ever have needed the services
of an expert in anything.
The matter in Its corrected form
stands then in this shape. Mr.
Vance, a Democrat, had been for
months conducting most unfair in
yestigation, which had for one of its
objects, the taking away from the
public printing office very large
amount of work, which would have
deprived several hundred workmen
of employment, and when these lat
ter, as they had a right to do, COM
bincd to defeat him for Congress, he,
a Democrat, ran to a Republican
Senator to have these laborers mott.
fed to stop their work against him
This is not exactly Indicative of q
man working for principle, and will.
ling to face the consequences of his
action. This attempt to induce
Senator Anthony to control these
workmen was an insult to every la.
boring man in the country. If Mr.
Vance had succeeded in his investi
cation, it would have had the result
which marked the great proportion Of
Democratic legislation at the last ses.
sion, namely, the unnecessary dis.
charge of laboring men from all
branches Of the public service.
THE VANCE IDEA OF FAIRNESS.
Next. this article characterizes the
statement that the Vance investiga
ton was "unfair," as "a mere asser
ton" The Gazette letter charged
that:
Throughout the investigation
and until within two days of its
close, the Public Printer was not al
lowed to have a particle of the tcsti
mony against him, or to be pres
ent by counsel. At that time about
a thousand pages of evidence had
been taken. The Printer was then
notified, on a Thursday, that he
could look over the testimony, and
could introduce his witnesses on
Friday and Saturday. And this
where an investigation had been run.
ming for two months as q prosecu
tion, the defense were to be allowed
two days to examine a thousand
pages of evidence, and to introduce
its testimony"
While, in the above paragraph,
the words printed "within taoo days
of it's close should have been
"within a .fe,o days." etc., still such
typographical correctness is not nee
essary to commit Mr.. Vance to un.
fairness.
His report made to the House con-
tains the following:
"Shortly before the close of their
investigation, the Congressional
Printer addressed the following letter
to the Committee:
"sOFFlcE OF CONGRESSIONAL PRINTER,
WASHINGTON, April 81, 1876.
"'DEAR SIR:-As 1 have been as
sured by your Committee that l
shall have the privilege of reviewing
the testimony taken in the printing
investigation, and of introducing re-
butting testimony, and as am not
versed in the laws and rules of evil
dence, 1 desire the privilege of be-
ing attended by counsel. Will you
please answer if that privilege will
be granted?
every respectfully,
A. NJ. CLAPP,
Congressional Printer
In the face of this extract, which
Mr.. Vance reproduces, he contends