Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-04
HE Potter EnycsiiglfiNn

MINORITY REPORT OF THE REPUBLICAN MEM
BERS OF TIE COMMITTEE.
The minority of the Potter committee Ncssrs
Hiscock, COX and Reed, presented their report
yesterday. They dissent from many Of the
views OF the majority but thew testify that The
rulings CT the chairman and his manner OF d-
lectng the business were marked by the mos
equitable ana even generous spirit They diff
1ered from the majority in the limitation Of the
scope OF The Inquiry, ana at the same time held
that the investigation was wholly unne cesS(rY
as likely to le5d TO nOtbin5, OF value They con
lned themselves, therefore, TO the task OF max
ing II something more tL&n a democratic iuves-
ugation or republicans. They refer To the II.
that their proposition that in the Florida ease
tne ballot box frauds be examined "a5 VOTED
down, as wei as those charged aCdin5f The = Az
vases, and in regard to The Cipher diSoatela,
that the majority treated them as separate .:.s..-
ter for investigation and report. fler cont u,.i
so regard them. a report on the fIOrd II iil!s
with the cipher dispatches omitted was likt. r'.r
play OF Hamlet with Hamlet left 0lt NJ Tuden
and his agents. in season and ont Of ae tSCn had
1terated and reiterated the charges that tie
c3nVaSs1ng boards CT the doubtful states hai
acted fraudulently and corruptly But the WA0'e
lhEeSLgaiion with It's 3,otn pages OF hearsays
and falsehoodS. lad not afforded the slightest
plOo1 or what was asserted. No man had come
forward to say that any brbe was accepted or
@ mat any member OF any canVassing board indi-
c2ted any desire TO betray his trust. Every
animation CT that kind had been traced to some
Cemocrat, and that democrat had never been
DTcught before them. AS to the South Carolina
mony OF Mr.. Dunn satisfied every man who
heaId Ii OF the absence Of fraud in South Caro-
ma These charges then OF fraud and corrup-
ton with which Mr.. Tilden and his agents had
1illed the air, were nothing but the unsupported
assertions Of litigant against whom the courts
EaVe decided. The tribunals in three states de-
cldtd I'D favor OF the Hayes electors. Strai ght-
way the defeated party with his agents, set rD
Inc assertion OF wrong-dn1ng. TO bolster uD
that assertion was the object or the original
construction Of this committee. They toiled un-
I'll the first of August and found no evidence.
In october the publication OF the cipher dis
patches in the Tribune showed cupcIusiyeIy nat
tie very men who had been loudest in their de-
nunc1a1ionS Of the tribunals before whom they
had failed had themselves endeavored to cor
that moment the accusations ceased to be
the assertions and opinions OF honest
men, and became the ISLANDERS of foiled
and beaten subOrners OF corruption. Con-
cernlnS the cipher dispatches the commit
tee say:-"Ihe evidence that Mr.. Tilden was
ignorant OF these transactions WAS limited TO
the denial or Mr.. Tilden and Col. PeltOn and
thai the latter should endeavor to Shield his
uncle. upon whom he was dependent, was nat-
ulai; out the idea that this pennilesS man. living
Haath .T nome mean ana sIttinS at the very table of his
Quoted negotiations involving such large sums
Without word or hint to The man most deeply
interested or to anybody else, could not :or a
iIOment oe entertained by candid men. If Col
Ieltons story be true he must be removed from
the category OF knaveS TO that OF fools But
oa one man VINO conducted the campaign OF 1876,
as actng secretary OF the democratic national
committee, was not fool. Nor did Mr. Tllden
aIteI the election, centre all his interests In the
course, to be expected
1he minority defend the conduct of Secretary
sherman, denOunce the SOcalIed Sherman IeJ-
yer yer as fraud Flndlcate the action OF the visit
Ing statesmen, and treat at length upon the
uiIeTent phases OF other points presented by
the testimony.
The Potter committee Yesterday, while in
secret session, passed resolution, on motion OF
Mr. Stenger that all the allegations against
Mr. Stenger and other members OF the commit
lee In St Martins affidavit had been disap-
proved Dy 81. Martins own testimony, and 4
second resolution was passed, on motion of Gea.
Butler, recognizing the ability, courtesy and i'm.
partiality OF Mr. Potter, the chairman.
THE SUNDAY LAW IN RHODE IsLAND.-The
state law CT Rhode Island relating to keeping
stores open till O'Clock Sunday morning wa
enforced in Newport last Sunday for the iirs
time in over fifty years, and il ere ,ted no littl
commotfon. IL was thought almost lmposS!bl
to break IN upon custom which had been i
vogue for so many years. The authorities al
determined to enforce the law 10 the letter.
THE B1sHors OF The NJ. E. CHURCH met
New York yesterday, with the general boo
committee, and elected Rev. DR.. Sanford Hunt
OF Buffalo: y. Y, as successor to the late DR.
Reuben Nelson, senior book agent and pub
Usher of the Methodist Book Concern, in New
York. j. NJ. Phillips, OF New York. was electe
treasurer of the Methodist Missionary Society
Which was also held by DR.. Nelson.
MAINE Town ELECTIoNs.-Portland, Me-, cleo
ted Geo. Walker, democrat and greenback,
mayor by 46 majority. Last year the repub-
cans had majority OF "a. The republicans car
rled Bath, LewiStOwn, Auburn, Gardiner and
Saco. In Rockland the greenback ticket pre-
vented choice for mayor, but the republicans
have the city government.
FATAL BLOW WITH BILLIARD BALL-At
Troy, n. y, Michael O'Hare, saloon keeper
was hit with billiard ball thrown by Angus
tust Barron: No hopes OF his recovery are en-
tertained. Barron Is still at large.