The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

Report Of The nspabIisaa Members % IN
Committees.
The minority report Of the Pottsr Inves-
tigating Committee states that tho whole
investigation, with It's 5000 pages Of hesrsay
and faisehood. had not Afforded the slightest
proof Of what was asserted. No man had
come forward and said thai my bride WAS
accepted. ar that any member Of ANY Can
sis tnlsr. Every intirnstion Of that Kind lad
been traced 20 some Democrat AID there
ends, and that q had never been
brought before them: M. McLin. Of Florida.
though goaded by ckness and Imaginary
wrongs. never for n mo hcnt admitted in.
proper conduct AZ the time. He only thinks.
from Il ter knowlcdre. that he may have been
mistaken. GEN. Barlow. whose conduct has
received the compliments Of the msjority nf-
ter "A full knpw1cdgeof the workings Of Cow
gil'- mind,ndmits his honesty ~ purpose and
that ~ all others. A. ~ the South Carolina
board, the full. tree and uuconcsrned tc-ti-
m0ny of Mr. Dunn satisfied every man who
heard it ~ the absence Of fraud ~ South. Car.
DINA. These charges. then. ~ frand and cor.
ruption with which Tilden and his agents had
fled the air. were nothing but the unsup-
10 tod assertions Of .htigants against whom
lid Courts have decided. The tribunals In
three states d. cidcd on the Hayes Electors.
sffnightway the defeated party With his
agents ret up the AZ orion OF wrong doing.
To bolster W that assertion ., proof WIS me
0Ur " ~ 49,. - $50 - H"
committees. They tOils.d until the lst 81 Au-
gust, and found no evidence. In October the
publication Of the cipher dispatches showed
co.clu-ivcly that the very men who had been
loudert Ia their denunciAtiou@ ~ the tiiDu-
nnls before whom they had failed had them
selves e~ndeavorcd 10 corrupt with money
those very tribunals. A. that vssry moment the
accusations ceased 70 be assertions aud the
opinions Of honest men and b became ISLANDERS
OF foiird and Deafcn suborners 81 corruption
The country. which had been Deserved by tue
... 49, And honesty ~ 1tIa.u
and his agents, began 20 realize the intense
hypocrisy Of all That Marble had written aud
P.lton circulased. This fabric Of alleged
majorit, il enreasoring 20 build up again.
and upon old foundations. No wonder then
they preferred ca make = separates report on
81, r,e,, slnh Win re rs eIpa,sr ' n,spa sni .so om,sts %
would be like the pay Of Hamlet with Hamlet
left out. The fact. were too notorious IL be
lett out, and therefore they diss~ut4d from
tie method OF making up tue report suggest
cd by the other side"
.Tbe evidence that TTld.n was ignorant OF
these transactions WAS limited To the q mails
81 Tildcn and Col. Pslton. ana that the latter
should cnd-uvor ~ shield his uncle, upon
whom lpc was dependent. wac natural. but
the idea that a pennits - man. hyfrg i'm the
house and situ,g at the very table OF the
wealthy uncle (Mr. ii dcr) should have con
Quoted negotiations Involving such large
sums vi hout word or hint % any body else,
could not Tor a moment Ii entertained nv
Cnnfiil men. III tol ltttbu'e tNDfy bt true lac
must be emoved from the category Of
knaves n that Of fools but the man who con.
Quoted the campaign Of 1910 ~ acting Secre.
tsry OF tue Democratic National COMMITTEES
was not a fool, nor did Mr.. Tiid-n after re-
election center al bis intsreses in the hands
OF a fool"
In regard 20 the twisting statesmen " n
New Orleans. the report says that the evil
dence proves their conduct. and that OF Sher-
man. csr ficid. Hate. Kelly. and Others. whom
II sought % inipcach. - eslr~ly consistent
and frank The attempt 20 single out Sher.
man tor n special attack seemed 70 have NO
original foundation but the testimony az
Anderson, snd the character Of the evf
dence ~ snch witne-scs Vas shown in his ef.
fort n as>aal Stanley Matthews. The
minority Thought the whole commit.
tee should unite In reporting that
the who e foundation for the original resolu.
tion, ~ far ms this part Of the case Is con.
cerncd. had thus been shown 20 b. false t~s.
timony md Manufactured documents of :
man totally unworthy Of notice. Before the
Returning Board were many ~afifavits 20 acts
~ gr,ss violence aud intimidation ia the 90
Called bull dozed parishes. The majority
assumed IN their report that these sniIavifs
were falsely and franduIcutly made, aud that
TINS was known - tie Board aud 10 the Wis
lting committee. We dnd the testimony
taken before this rather s~ustnins
them than ~inpcachcs them"