, 1879-03-04
cao Republican Minority Of
49, the Fraud Committee
Heard From.
. Keen and caustlc Review OF
The one.Sided snvestl.
CATION.
Dorttsnn Aim and Scope
~ r,ljy nnd Forcfbly Set
Forth.
,,,.- ra,1uro Of the Attempt to Injure
'"S' tho Character Of Prominent
Republicans.
,..,urr. Bribery, and the Manufacture
oi False Documents Resorted to
by the Democrats
eoathinq Analysis OF the Cipher
Branch Of the 1nves-
tigatton.
u, T,1deu's Peculiar Attitude in That
Connection Held Up to View.

WlGufS41tNt ~ S't N4at%H o*-AHt AleAohsJ
t,hc Potter Investigation Comm!ttce-1l's-
s,+t Coz, and Rced-prcsentcd their report
~, sfternoon. In It they dissent from the
.,.s, nrrscnted in the report Of tho majority,
18th a. TO the pcrttneucc Of the same to the ID
r.,lfpsttoa and TO tile conclusions expressed
,,on The testimony taken; but they take pleas
~, ii tcstifyIng that the rulings OF the Chair.
mn ,n,l bis manner Of directing business wcro
n,rtel BY the most equitable md even gencr-
M. ,pIrlt. They differed from The majority as
n touc rcsolut,ous adopted by them limiting
n. .cone Of the examinations but thls difference
II Judgment did not diminish their eenso Of the
,mropal courtesy shown them. They then
ntitr to tic origin Of tic Committee,
roi0lns out TINT the original resolutions for
/, sopoIntmcnt did not aak for general inycs-
tR,tlou Of all frauds connected with the last
Pr.!deutial election, but onlys what might be
iourd In the acts Of officials a1ld pa bns OF one
pOlitieal party in two Of the 8tatcs In which
i,udulent practices were charged. They took
Ills sicv tu committee, and treated the investi.
t,,ioa as ono wholly unnecessary, made with
oat proyocat!on, so far as the individuals named
ys,c aimed at, and likely to
ADD NOTHING or VALUE
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n' "9!us " Ma"s w.. ,aua'''ea 'uss''utea
LUZ an1o.Ats ',s eo"etu'ts "o1c 'naa
Demoesa'H th'eatEaslon u hepaoncaub,
mat "uaseFeF WIZ put oeioFe tne "orld
alsa! n.'o sono IT,, " '''o ~; s,s''en,a u au
sian'na1loh o. ootn s'aes' LUIS "ou,a explain
sa} thes oia "ot move iot original INQUIRIES
eJoaa tAo'e eo'ntleneeu W tlie IAaloslty, afid
an DOL as1 lof ~" ,nsest!ea.on8 o. 4sauas III
sa'es "aef tne rloF'ua h'estl9at'on was
e'ann' ,ney o',slea RESTITUTION, that allegcd
''aaaa a. u'e oa'los'po1 ae wen as thoso charged
upon INC cansasscfs anu feturh!hg-olflcers
should be examined. This was voted down by
'ne ma>ontS' althouen u was tnatter OF hoto-
rstJ' a0l was oy them brought TO tho nstcutfon
o. The majority that both Kinds Of charges were
niae' lheJ UNDERSTOOD INC majority to base
'ner ac''on upon lie Limitations they thought
te5s. put to tho investigation BY tic original
iaoatoos, a'iu uia noe quarrel WILL their 1udg-
asn'' thoueh this Houiu show the original rcso-
Muons 10 oe
UNFAIR AND PARTISAN
10 lhs'r character. They have conducted the
s1sm!naston on the Interpretations thus given.
But what surprises them. md what they de-
Il1t mott cnuhaticnlly to dissent from, was the
ts!ion Of the majority In affecting to report for
shom The Tote Of Florida was actually given,
liter they had thus refused To examine both
s'aea ol that very question.
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