, 1879-03-10

dlatly With the Republicans Of every grade
In lighting the uomcntous battae for vital RI.
publican principles which Ia 10 be waged without
tntcsmtss!on from tile 18th Of March until No
vcmhcr.. 1880. Finally, Atr. Chandler f1as ITO
doubt of the thsuu Of the battle. lle believes
oc!atic danger. The greed Of the Democracy
will destroy them. Tie devil IS In them niI. and
t1eir fato will bo that Of the cEazy herd OF sWue
THE BLODGETT REPORT.
1NsfpH nIsToRr OF ITS PABrARAr10k-uoW II
WAs RECEIVED Br THE HOUSE.
From Our 0pn Co+rftnondent.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-Tnn TRIBUNE, tn it's
comments upon the report In The Dtodgett case.
eays: "Tho text Of the report gives evidences OF
llasty construction, md Of Inadequate consld-
Grafton Of 50 grave matter; ami much Of tho
weight antl importance which should attach to
the rcportts lacking by reason Of the csrcum-
stances surrounding its preparation. II IA
characteristic of q Democratic Committee to
have delayed this report until tic very latest
moment In the l!fo Of an expiring Congress,
thereby rendering It impossible TO carefully
weigh the evidence and rcudcr sound and i'm
partial decision"
To my one familiar with the circumstances
here under which tho report WA prepared,
THE JUSTICE or rii1s cH1r1cIsM
will he apparent. Probably the public will
mover know all tic details connected with the
preparation of this report, rs partisan Dem
ocrnts aro lovers OF mystery. But there arc
some fncts that cannot be kept concealed, and
purpose hero to narrato them.
Proctor Knott arrived here from Chicago OH
the morning OF Monday or Tuesday. The per-
BON who had charge Of tue shorthand work ut
the Committee, Mr. Bartlett, arr!ycd hero on
the succeeding morning. It bad been arrungcd
that m order for printing should be Immediate
" obtained from the House, and that assistants
should 10 provided for writing out tho short.
hand notcB. But for some rcason the assistants
wcro not ut hand, and the order WIS not OBJ
tafucd for some days afterwards. From tl.at
time there was contipued dclay In the printing
of tho testimony, md It Is
DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN VINO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR IT.
Mr. Bartlett himself sara TINT oil Of tho tcstl-
uon5, except that Of the Inst day, was in the
hands OF the printer by friday Ut thu week
that tho Committee returned d,-tllat is, TIN daYs
before tho expiration Of the session Of Con-
grcss. Hc insists that l,o Is in no way rcspons.
big for the delay. Proctor Knott
says that hc docs not know how to ac-
count for thu dclaY III the printing Of tho
testimony; but ono thing Is certain: the testi-
n.ony bad not ali been delivered At the time tile
report was read to Tic House, AMI It is not
probable that anybody, cxccnttnE. the sub.Com-
Was prepared. The facilities Of tic Government
Printing -OlIlcu arc aucb Us to mako It seem
almost nm impossibllity that tho delay there, II
1t was delayed there, was dun to the pressure OF
work. The Printing Office cap prut in unbouuu
volume Of 1000 pages In twcnty-four hours,
without Interfering with It's publication OF the
daily Congregational Rtcord,-a lcas which .proba.
bly, no other printing establishment In the
world could accomplish. some Of tho opponents
Of Judge B!odecss insist that there ssas some
improper reason for this delay In ti1c propara-
tion Of the testimony. But Tiers
sEEMs TO nE NO VALID unouND
for euch theory. 1t Is truo that there was Il
Gsst enont p MGk hsp bepE ao9E a. s
tho johnny Davenport Investigation Ind been
ordered printed In advance Of that Of the Bloug-
cit COMMITTEES This WAS due to neglect on The
pn' o. ts H. chssSo Go or te
me1iatcly upon tbs return Of the Committee:
wtth the blodectt testimony tIrst.
Ono trouble about tho Testimony seems 10
hare been that improper rel!auea was placed up
OH tho accuracy Of the pretended. verbatim re-
ports OF tho Testimony In the Chicago Tina.
Whole columns Of the testimony, as printed in
nlens Printer as "copy"; but. vheu tho proofs
ca1ne back, aIld were compared with the official
notcs o. Wy ConEleSsional olenosrapnes, IL WIS
o'scoveeeu u'as .ne t'"es report was
VEnT FAR FhoN HEfnd vEtnATIM HEF0HT.
Tllis necossitated great deal Of difficult re-
vision: and The pagcs Of the copy OF this por-
tion OF tho testimony resemble Tattroad.Innp,
so numerous arc lie additfou6 nntl changes, To
whotnsoevcr the iault is to bo attributed, the
Whole busltess Wns i Vory bad bungto; mud the
report. 80 far as any examination Of the test!-
n,ony goes by nnv OF thc sub-comiuittce, cx-
ccpt knott and Cubetson. VA simply verdict
without having heard thu esldencc.
Tho report Itself In matter Of form was as
slipshod an affair as tho Testimony. It will
probably surprise all lawyurs to lc1rn tha& 1t was
written With q
4 sorr LEAp.pssc,f, UPON pntNrpApsn
mud conta,no,l ,nany crasurca a,., tntorIInc..
Hans: n, IT. .nth conatnn W.. ~" s,,t,ni,tnd a.
I'm iInsn Il ~ ny "a ona. ,nforo ~
inre srsn r,nort ovsn frnm o'su s,,,sori,.to
Tor,,';.ta, ~ H., t1,' ~ ..nt ~
CAREFUL legal FORM pronerly written in ink I}nt
tho great judiciary Committee, tn report In
yolytng the character Of Judge, prescntcd
Its conclusions In lead.pencil. AZ piece
Of prinler's copy, thu rrnurt was