, 1880-02-19

Republicans which occurred six Or sevcn ycttrs
nxn. hut Thought tho rccollccttons Of thcao
thngs hndE no influences over negroes who wcro
now leaving North Carolina.
ACILEN.
THE nEponT ON HE CASE.
6xtfaf Dhpateh 10 The Chicago IFtbune.
WASHINGTON, .. G., Fob. 1a.-alr. Acklcn had
bis tluy III the HOUSE to-dny, and 1t sas day Of
which tho State uf I.oulaIunI will hardiy be
rrutid. Mr.. Ack!en himself, oftcn rs hu bns ns-
serted bis superiority to tho hewEpapers, will
hnrtly su,n ngAln eny thnt their charges aru III
"false as they aru full" At all events, MIR.
Ackleis colleagues t<'-tfay, Without exception,
wcrp undoubtedly ri tho opinion that not only
Wns ivory statement fnhdg Iii tho newspapers
rclativo to Acklen's misconduct IN smuggling
report Into tho House true, but TINT there was
mitch even that hAd mt been told. Tho
report Of tho Foreign AtlnErs Committee has
already been forcshnlowcd. II found. briefly.
that tho chargu wis true; that Mr.. AoklGn, who
WIS not II number Of tho Committee, bud re-
ported 10 tho House, M coming from tho Com
rlittec, IL document dcsgnated ns Il report Of
that Committee In favor of n cuse to which tho
Committee WIS IN fact opposed The Committee
loft tho ctlse thoro, BuylnB In substance to tho
House That tho resolution did not constitute tho
Foreign Affairs Committee tho keeper of tho
morals Of the House or empower 1t to
iSQulltE INTO THE MOTIVES
Committee afterwards satd In private: "Tho
question Of motive or intent Is, Mt best, Epcc,,la
t.Yc. II your horse Is stolen, and tho pcrsun
wtb sto!e 1t admits tho theft, 1t Is not lnnttcr
OF grtat consequence whether he Intended to
atoal 1t Or not" hut 3fr. ,Ackicn'B friends,
hinolIg whom arc .so1no tlf tho leaders of~fsfs
pnrty, werc not disposed tu permit tho caso tt
rest with such a conclusion, an.l, although tho
fAct that this misconduct Ut Ackcn's had tut
on!y bec.l proved, but that thu accuracy or the
psnOf WIS INT doHtcd BY Acklen himself, tho
1IU,se decided to Instruct the Judiciary Com
1nittcc to tnduirc whether Ac!1lcn mennt to tlo
any harln Gy s,Ich III net, md whether tho
An,erlcnn House Of Representatives hus any
1nGAns to preserve tho Integrity Of its records
tn protect itsc!f fruIn my lntl!scrction which
cnihllslnstio ynung men, tired Of tho slow and
hostile processes pf Legislation, may choose to
commit. Auklen IS understood to havo said that
he feels hnppy Tonight, us tho judiciary Com
lnittcD Ia d
counT or HONOR
w!lore his motives cnn be tried. It o11Rht to bo
committee which can apply tho remedy TINT
shall protect tho lIotlso from knnvpry. OIL tho
ono hand. and from a folly which Ia As xrutcsquo
ns 1t fs ouuhio, IN tho oier. Tho report ot tho
| Foreign Affairs Committee, with NIL tho CYL
lefcc, goes to tho JHdtciRry to discover whether
my furtbor Actton shnll DO taken II Is sui, that
| testimony will be rendered on two additional
points heforo tho1.nl!cIasy Committee: i,rst, that
u member Of tho 1Iouse henrI sIr. Acklcn sny III
| presenting tho rupert that ho presented It OIL
| behalf or his colleague, Mr.. kiny, who
| was absent; Becond, that whom tho journal WIS
rcad tho next morning; containing tho Enisstato-
Inent Of the report from tho Furclgn Affairs
| Committee, Mr. Acklen was In llts soAt, and did
not risp to make II correction. MembcrH OF tho
Forelgu Attajrs Committee hayo said to-day that
! II thcy had becn compelled to nuke rccOn,-
| medat0n In tho cMse 1t would have been TINT