, 1876-04-26

ing up It's afairz.
PARTISAN DIRTY WORK.
Tho House Committee on Expenditures In
the Interior Department Is composed of the
following nonontftio8: WILLIAM 3IuTcuLEn,
of Pennsylvania, whoevcr ho may be, Chnir-
n,an ono ANDREW II. DooNr, Of Kentucky;
W1111AM u. ANDERSON, OF Illinois; Alr.
LAuR1N D. WoonwonTu, Of Ohio; md JonN
Q. TUFTS, Republican, Of Iowa, Who these
gentlemen aro, or where they canlo from, or
what thoy arc in tho House for, no ono can
'say with any certainty who has not tho Con-
gresaional mnulals in his library for refor-
cnco. It is to bo presumed, however, TINT
thoy were elected hy tho people Of como dis
tticta to Congress. and TINT thoy havo con.
stitronts behind thom, md TINT they arc
serving their country at tho customary per
diem and miloage. This Committee Of rr-
knownB hns emerged from Its conventional
obscurity ut last, evidently desiring to cmn-
inte BARNEY OAu1F1pLDfa Committee on E1-
pentliturcs in tho Department Of Justice.
Tho latter Committee hnying sprea1 it's net
for the President, md failed to snaro him,
the former has now medo o very 70.
1narkable attompt in tho same diroc-
tion. Looking about for some witness
who know something about tho President, 1t
at last secured vary remarkable one,-a
witness as mysterious ind almost rs ellont as
tho Sphinx. He was witness who was big
with secret which he would not divul4o
for his life. II was something dreadful,
ominous, and portontous, however /; SO the
Committee went ut him and bored for tho
secret. Thoy pumped him, threatened hin,
eajoled him, bulliod him, browboat him, and
at Inst, after baagoring him for full hour,
they threatoned him with immediate impris-
onlnont. Then tho mysterious witness was
delivered OF Lis narrowing secret. Tho
president of tho United States had ruined
his betrothod. Hero was richness, an en-
barrassnent Of riches oven. Tho Demo-
CRITIC unknowns jumped at 1t like trout at
fly, and they pressed him TO climax that
they might know tho full longth md breadth
Of tho Beecleriau wrong which tho Prcsi-
dent Ind inflicted upon this mans
domestic happiness; TINT they might
bruit it abroad in all tho Demo-
cratic newspapers how Republican
Ind worked the ruin Of virtuous maid aud
betrayed tho confidence Of an honest man /;
that they might got CHANT into the cave Of
gloom afsor riding him on tho ragged edge,
and stamping him as a lecherous Lothario.
Then up spoke this model witness, md said
ho " want you to understand, gontlemen,
that President CHANT in tile body mover did
mo or mine harm. He has only done me
that great wrong rs spirit" The corpua of
the President slipped out of the not. The
country WINS safe. Having no jurisdiction
over the President ns spirit, ghost, or viow-
less entity, tho Committee dropped their
wonderful witness as il he were hot poker.
The lunatio took his departure, vacantly
smiling nj the other five lunatics before him,
leaving President GRANT FREQ to go On with
his etheroal ruination of corporal women.
The course Of this Committee ia In keep
ing with the whole tonor Of the Democratic
Investigations. For malignant partisanship
and o1t1omo unfairnoss, thoro is nothing like
it in tho political history Of this country.
70 casTy out thoir desperate purposes they
have not hesitated to SUMMON cloud Of wit
nesses actuated by malice against tho Admin.
istration for fancicd wrongs,-cmp1oyes dis.
charged for incompetenoy, drunkenness, OF
other causo; perjurers, detectives, adyentur.
erR, 1oiled women, dead-boats, blackmailers,
| lobby agents, criminals under indictment,
prison convicts, md lastly lunatics. Tho
craclf-brnincd witness who was to convict
| the President is not the only Bedlamito who
has been summoned before these Democratic
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