The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-19
WAsH1soToS, April Il


DemoeFais-The Donnelly.spriBger AZ.
faiF Net Yet Ended-AclIlen's Return
Political AsseasmsntS.
WARRINGTON, April II.
Special cmrs,ponAsnss q he Iaisll'Enansr.
The Exodus Committee, which was
ushered into existence with grand four
ish Of Democratic trumpets two months
ago, practically closed the examination Of
witnesses to-day. There will be few
persons for examination and re-examina-
ton, but the daily meetings are over, the
lights are out and the curtain is rung
down on q serious Democratic farce.
Democratic members Of the committee, in.
Guiding the Chairman, profess to be glad
that 1t Is over, because they will be re-
lieyed from daily attendance at the meet
ipgs which they have suffered for weeks,
but the truth is, they are glad to get nd oil
subject which has been serious disap-
pointment to them in theiresults. Another
reason for discontinuing the examinations
| ia the fact that the fees and mileage for
witnesses have been drawn from the Sen
ate contingent fund, and that fund Is now
exhausted. and witnesses are compelled
already 10 sell their orders at such rates as
ne money brokers, who purchase them,
choose IN make. Your correspondent
ssksd Senator Blair this morning how he
REGARDED the results Of the investigation,
m which he answered: 81 think them
Jaw favorable 10 our party. II you will
examine the testimony taken, which Is
now being printed, you will find plenty Of
good Republican campaign matter.
That Is believed to be the fact. sena-
1tor Voorhees, set out 10 demonstrate
that the Democratic party was treating
negroes in the South with all possible ten
deTness. and that the exodus was a dark
scheme 10 tear them away from their
hIissful Southern homes for the purpose
ri getting them to vote the Republican
ticket In Kansas, where the Republican
marty has thousands Of votes 10 spare, and
10 leave bull.dozed States where Kepu1Il-
can ballots are so much needed. Like tne
results OF the Potter Committee IN the
Forty.fourth Congress, the results Of tne
Exodus Committee tell strongly. against,
the inventors OF the Investigation, ana
they would be glad to get clear Of 1t and
, wipe out It's records II they could. But
, they will never be able to do this.
Nothing could better demonstrate the
disappointment encountered by the Voor,
hees investigation than the testimony Of
one Of their witnesses to-day, Mr.: Dell, Of
. Fort Smith, Arkansas. He said there
| was no trouble with negroes In his parl
the State because they ere treated Justly
they have good public schools and are moi
} deprived OF any OF their political rights
. They are industrious and peaceable citi
, zens, many OF them owning real estate
: and the negro quarter Of the town Il
filled with comfortable cottages, neatly
! kept. He said they had good scboo
, system before the whites had one, but thai
was due to Chicago benevolent associa
ton which established and maintained
system OF public education for the colorec
, people before any similar provision wa
made by the State for any class.
Senator Blair suggested that 1t wa
T doubtless q carpet-bag system OF schools
!. that the Chicago society established. Tit
witness said he had never heard tn,
term applied to that sort Of institution
or course not. Neither yellow fever con
t tributions nor any other benevolent act o.
3 establishment OF the North for the bench
~ tho Snuth Ia called nv that name,