, 1879-03-05

nlsQUNkA4 n 3EtE1tth HiB lAuEu ulaHiJ~
pointed at tho report mado In his caso, and
aro inclined to ohnrgo tho Congressional
Committee with unfairncss. Thoy contend
that tho report ought to hive convicted or
acquitted Judge 1,LonaErr; in other words,
TINT ho should lsave boon oxonoratcd CON-
pletely, or prosecuted for impeachment, that
he might have proper opportunity to
dofond himself. It il not unnatural TINT
those who aro warmly attached to Judge
BLopoE1r personally, and who entertain tho
fullest faith in his integrity (and their nun.
bcr Ia largo), should have expected thor
ongh yindication, oven to tho oxtout Of con-
domning tho "tlree young mon" who eotol
as 1nenlorialists. On tho other hand, those
who rend PnocToR 1{So7r's report carefully
mud without prejudice eithor why will bo
ablo to understand thnt, whilo the ovit1enco
taken was not enough to warrant tho i'm
poach1nont Of Judge BLopoErr, It was not
Of character to warrant q oulogy Of every
net in his judicial oareor or n rcbu1o of tho
lawyors who had SGT tho investigation In
motion. Tho refusal Of tho Congressional
Investigation Committee to ru6ommond
Judge BLopoErr's impeachment, SO long
ns the evidence bcforo thom did not
connect linn criminalfy and corruptly
with certaiu daroputablo transactions,
must bo approved in Justice to Judge D1on.
aETr mud tho public interests. At tho sa,no
time, the proof produced by tho memorial
lists Of swindles md abuses by others In
Judge B1opaErr's Court would seem to war-
ront tho conclusion TINT tho facts "fully
justified this demand for an inquiry into tho
official conduct Of Judge DLonaETr.' It
was not necessary, nor would 1t liavo been
proper, to condemn tho memorialists NJ O
n,cnns to tho yindicntion Of Judge DLonaEr7,
aud tho friends and partisaus Of tho latter
oxaoted too much when they demanded tho
oruciflxion OF tho " tlroo young men," Tho
Conllnitteo's report soems 10 DO fair, ill.,
telligant, and impartial roviow Of tho tosti-
1nony takon for the prosecution aud for tho
tlofenBo. Tho basis Ut the charge that there
Ind becn dishonest conspiracy to lefraul
tho creditors Of tho qcrrnauia Insurance
Company was tho Testimony of ANTON g.
11EslSo. The Committee llayo accepted this
testimony rs trMe only III so fur as it was
confirmed by other evidence, and rejaosed It
to The extent TINT It lacked confirmation. In
vlnw of 1Jrs,so,a nocn,inr rc,nt}ona tn .1uf1oo
B,onorrr WIN Ind amt him tn mil f<,t n
long term for nartjcinntion In whisky fronf,a
an tbo f,nvornmrnts tin conmt.too co,,1J
lsarlly hnve adopted any other troatment Of
hin tostimonv. lin rcnort 1ooves tho ,nfar-
cnco TINT # 1Trs1xo Ind ham ful1v cro,,,to1
Tim ;,nncaobmon. NJ ,rui1va n,onnrrr wonl,,
Inye b.on Recommended. md in1,o;1 tho
f,omm,tton INV 40 o;,tr;nht Drt w,,;Io tha
| Committee l,aliovo TINT thero was in c,,p.
nipr,y.tlayise1 md ortf,,,,v.oxocntod s,,hano
tn ,1cfro,,1 tbo cro;,itor. ~ lin Gorm.n,o IT,
snnnco comnonx,n bcco,ao r11xu,.a.a nj
,,onoo oa IN s,,r1' conxrirocv ,vos c,,a a-mo,, md
hy othor tost,monv on,l "Reminiscences Which
tl,ov rcconit,lato aiill tl,src ,vns n failure
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