The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-13
ONE DAY OF DELAY.
THE sAlpAERD INVESTIGATION
Postponed On Account Of the InsOnp.tsnsy Of III
OmslG BspOrtsr-H -HaIsa, the Bounced,
Has BIS Hour Of rriuaph-
A DlsSustsd Committee.

Special Dispatch TO the lnlGlligencef.
WASHINGTON, April l2,-Another awk
ward feature Of the Keiier.Hsyes contro
yersy, involving the Speaker in no small
embarrassment to-day, made itself appar
ent in the Committee on Foreign Attai' {
When Hayes was removed and Daw
appointed stenogapher, he was set q
work on the shipherd investigation C
shipherl to-day stated that the official
reports OF the case were full Of inaccur.
acies; that there were many omissions,
and that the report was ingrammat.
ical and illogical. He further
said that the Associated Press
report was clear and correct Mr.. Hayes
has been doing the reporting OF the case
for the Associated Press. When shipherd
and Mr.. Rice, Of the committee, made their
criticisms upon his work, Dawson rose and
said that he was out Of practice and could
not do the work properly. He then with
drew and the committee tried to induce
Mr., Hayes to do the work, but Us he was
engaged by the Associated Press he could
not do it The committee were then
forced to adjourn without hearing Ship
herl-a welcome release to most OF them.
Aaociat.d PreS Dlpatch-The Shipi.c:i
examination was about ready to comnl 2e
this morning when Mr.. Shipherd be- ii
the indulgence Of the Committee for =
purpose Of calling attention to the otfic Al
reports Of the proceedings. He said: 4
have been examining this morning I
hundred pages or more OF printed evidenC =,
as prepared from the notes OF the offici..
reporter, and find many omissions and
many glaripg inaccuracies. must protest
against the Inconsistency and gross absur-
dities which notice in this printed evil
dence, which has just been received from
ta3 Public Printer. find more than
tw .nty mistakeson the first page.
MesSrs. Rice, Belmont and others ex-
pressed dissatisfaction at the official repolls,
and thought some meausshould be adopted
to secure correct reports Of the proceedings
before the Committee.
Shipherd stated that upon careful exam
ination each day he found the Associated
Pres reports as h .ly Hccurate as could
be desired, and as itW a matter OF some
Importance, inasmuch as the evideLce
would be submitted to the House and
country, tlat the investigation should be
reported correctly, he would suggest the
propriety Of revising the official reports,
using the Associated Press reports as a
asiS.
The official reporter, recently appointed
to supeyede Hayes, desired to make q
statement He explained that he was out
Of practice on assuming the duties Of
official reporter and had engaged an as
sistant he'would relieve him during the
morning.
lle Chairman inquired il the gentleman
he had engaged was an official reporter,
and upon receiving u negative reply, turned
to Hayes, who was present to report the
proceedings for the Associated Pres, and
requested him to make an official report.
Hayes declined for the reason that he was
not under oath, and was, moreover, en-
gaged by the Associated Pres.
Alter some ,urther discussion the exami-
nation was adjourned until tomorrow.