The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-29

and valuable. A good club OF the
daily should be made up here and
club of the weekly should exist at
every post office in the county.
The Treasury Frauds.
The opposition of the Republican
Senators, and especially the resist
ance of the Hon. John Sherman, to
the production of the testimony in
the matter of the frauds in the Treas
ury Department, has been a disap-
pointment to the country. The de-
mand for the testimony comes from
all parties, as we'll as from those who
have been devoted followers of Mr..
Sherman, and are anxious for his
complete vindication, as from those
who have opposed his financial adj
ministration, and who have not look
ed upon his financial doctrines or his
methods without suspicion. 1t is
safe to assume that thoughtful men
of all parties would prefer to see the
Ex-Secretary fully exonerated-this
for the credit of the country.
Mr.. Sherman was Secretary Of the
Treasury during very important
period Of our financial history, and
at time when the temptation to use
the great power of his office to pro-
mote a Presidential scheme was
strong. Rank frauds have been char
ged upon his department, coming so
near to Mr.. Sherman himself that he
could not afford to ignore them. The
charges are not new. They were
made several months ago, and pro-
duced profound sensation through
out the Union. They were so peril
nent and particular that men of all
parties expected MIR. Sherman to rise
up Immediately and repel them, at
least so far as they affected him. Mr..
Sherman has not been expeditions in
this business. There was an inves-
tigation, but the report of Mr.. Win
dom, the present Secretary, was only
called for few days ago, and posi-
bly, would not have been called for
then but for the imminence of a
change in the Treasury Department,
and the danger that might be associ-
ated with an examination by Sec
rotary of President Arthur's choice
The political relations Of Mr.. Ar
thur and Mr.. Sherman have not been
of character to suggest an applica-
tion of whitewash should the Treas
ury irregularities be handed over to
the present Administration.
Mr.. Sherman has asked for the re-
port of Secretary Window. The rea-
sonable presumption is that he knows
what that report will be. 1t is prob
able that he knows substantially what
the testimony is: but he doesn't want
that, and the other Republican Sena-
tors have joined him in ruling it out,
with the aid of Senator David Davis,
who has recently placed himself un
der obligations to the Republican
party. The opposition to Mr.. Far
ley's amendment. calling for the tes
timony was strictly partisan, and peo-
pie do not have to grope in the dark
for the theory that Mr. Davis paid
the price of his election to the Presi-
dency of the Senate when he voted TO
obscure the operations of the Treas
ury Department under Mr.. Sherman.
senatorial courtesy" has been
strained
Mr.. WINDOWS report must be bas-
ed on something. If it is not based
on the testimony it is not valuable.
The public should have the testimony
in any event. If it is important, it
should be produced without question.
If it is trivial or fails to sustain the
charges, it's production would be Mr..
Sherman's surest vindication. 1t
should be given as means of measu-
ring Mr.. Windows report Mr. Sher-
mans delay, the partisan shape the
matter has taken, the change of Adj
ministation and the folding of the in
dependent Senator to the republican
bosom justify the assumption that
Mr.. WINDOWS report will need meas
urement.
Why does Mr. Sherman object to a
full exposition Of his financial admin
istration? For four years he held
one of the most important offices in
the Government; he controlled affairs
about which the people are lpost sen
sitive: lie will be measured in history
by his performance as Secretary
of the Treasury His historical
standing is III danger. What Mr..
Window may have TO say at this pc
culiar jnncture will not be sufficient
What the people want is all the tes-
timony. Mr. Sherman is the man
standing in the way Of its delivery
--Cfncinn0th Enquirer.