The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-20

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~i.tratiOn, Il CauuO! be sainssyed that
when that gentleman was named BY the
Speaker Of the House as one Of the Pot
ter Committee to investigate the alleged
frauds In the Florida and Louisiana cleo.
ton, that there was 8 doubt in the minds
Of the Republican members Of the House
whether their side was having a fair
show in the membership Of the commit
tee, whether or not under the garb Of his
Republiclnism the Democratic side Of
the committee had not really secured 4
powerful ally in the work Of carrying
o = thoroughly ons.sided i%nVesti-
CATION. The masses Of the Repub-
Iiean party entertained similar doubts
az to whether his appointment was
Intended to subserve the requirements
Of even handed justice. These sentiments
Of suspicion found more emphatic eI-
preston, were more fully voiced in the
public press. The argus eyes Of the jour
ualists have kept sleepless watch upon
Buffers coursed during the investigation,
and have faithfully given to the public
the minutesl details tending to develop
the true snimus Of his appointment. upon
the Committee. With all the %shreWdness
Of the willy politician, with all the skill
Of the legal inquisitOr, Mr.. Butler has
not been able to coceal from even the
casual reader, that the manifest design
Of all his leading questions has no. been
to draw GU. the truth from the peri1red
crew who have been before the Committee
g witnesses, but to elicit something
In conformity with the design which lay
1t the bottom OF the investigation as set
on foot by the representative OF Gram
Grey Park. II there was at first any
donb. about his close utilization with the
designs OF the revolutionary junta, they
have been completely set at rest. Butler
cast bis first stone at Stanley Matthews
last Thursday week; on the Saturday
following he made his frat direct stab at
President Hayes. The thin disguise of
his real motives then became almost i'm.
palpable.
A correspondent under the head Of
9THE EVIL Eye" thus describes his ap-
pearance on that occasion:
"When he brought out the telegram
from Bowles Baker 10 Lieut.. Gov. Young,
Of Ohio, and Alfred D. Lee, then Govern
or Hayes private secretary, February
&c, 1877, the leer, the sardonic grin,
which oyer.spread his countenance was
horrible. His lateral eye ran down his
left cheek like . horrid cash received In
general melee, such as might have been
given from friend TO friend In the hurry
burly at the foot Of Pompey's statue
when Cesar fell. The long ropy, fringe.
like, thick cord that acts a. q curtain TO
his ill.shaped head, seemed a. he prom
ised to connect that telegram and its re.
ply with the subject Of the Investigation,
10 writhe and wriggle like a nest Of ser
pents; and when he drew back his sensu-
Gus lips In what was evidently intended
for q smile, the effect was like the earth
yawning for the emission Of fatal gases IN
the Valley OF Death. He looks dull,
heavy and stupid when his face ia in re.
pose and bis slanting eyes closed, but
when be grins. he Is as ugly as CalibAn
and infinitely more dangerous"
This terrible pen picture Of a natural
deformity may be the ~exaggeration Of a
mind disguised with the uuststesmanlike
course of a Representative who was
bringing to bear upon a question Of ma
,ional importance the wretched trickery
Of q criminal prosecutor before an iuie-
rior court. Since that day, however, a
mighty revolution Of sentiment among
the Democratic members Of the House
has taken place, or II not Of sentiment at
lsas. Of policy. The rising tide of public
indignation a. the renewal Of a question
presumed to have been settled, and at the
manifest uniairnes and partisan char
aster Of the whole proceeding, with the
voice Of many waters Numbered at the
very doors Of the Capitol, conveying a
warning which to disregard was political
death and destruction.
The House wisely took note Of the
danger and whether as u sincere expires.
sion Of private opinion or "a a matter OF
policy, to quiet the rising storm until
alter the fall elections, overwhelmingly
recorded itself on the affirmative propo.
.ition that the title Of President Hayes
was irreirasibls,
II there was still anything wanting to
confirm the people Of this country in
their suspicious Of the revolutionary de-
signs Of which the sc. called Potter in
yestiyAilon was but the initial, the last
shred Of disguise was torn of by Mr..
Butler In the shor. speech made to the
House ION Tuesday, which We pub.
lished yesterday morning, de~preca,ing
the action Of the House in the passage Of
the resolution affirming the i~rrefragitle
character Of the Presidents title, and
further Affirming that there wasno intent
upon any pretext whatever to attempt
the unssating Of Mr.. Hayes. 1. was evi.
IDENTIFY the intention Of Mr.. Butler to i'm.