Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-08-05
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WAsHIkGToS, u. u, August A.
rhs report Of the Judiciar,
Committee Of the Senate upon til
nsminAsion Of Gastave Van Hoorsbek'
to be District Attorney for the Southern
District Of Illinois, vice James A. Con
nelly, suspended, has been made public
1t says Connolly, who filed the offic,
from 1876 till the date of his suspension
by President Cleveland, was q faithful
aud efficient officer Immediately
after the last Presidential cleo
ion he announced his determine
ton TO resign, but was induced
10 withhold his resignation BY reason o.
political interests and conditions existing
in Illinois, and an election Of United
States Senator was pending and the con-
tending forces were about equally d.
vided. "The belief was entertained, =
the report continues" by the Democratic
candidate that the resignation Of MIR.
Connolly would tend to complicate his
chauces for holding the united vote
Of his party continuously to himself
If Mr.. Connolly should resign pending
the Senatorial contest. His successor
Wuuiu bafc W DC bcibctcu anu stfcIai
persons had made known their deter
mination 70 be applicants for Mr.. Con.
nellys position. Owing to the change
Of the National Administration it
.smed important to the Democratic
for the office Of United States
Senator not TO be forced to declare hi :
choice in respect to who should succeed
Mr. Connolly. He caused friend to
inter view Mr.. Connolly and endeavor to
get him to withhold his resignation ua-
til the deter nation Of the Senator ial
contest could be reached At first Mr..
Connolly declined, but finally consented,
with the distinct understanding thai
whenever his resignation SHOULD be de-
sired he would be notified in or,er thai
he might forward 1t and not be subjected
to su ,pention or removal. There seems
to be no doubt Of this definite under
standing. 1t was also agreed that the
Attorney General should be notified OF
this arrangement and he was informed
OF it." The report proceeds to say that
senator Cullom called upon the Attor-
neg g enersi in relation to the matter
and that the interview left no doubi
la the Senator'S mind that Connolly
would be notified when his resignation
should be desired. On the l0thof June,
1885, Connolly received notice from the
President that he was suspended, and Oh
the same day Chicago pager published
a Washington despatch embodying the
substance Of the report Of j, w.
Bowman, an examiner Of the Depart
ment Of Justice, in which b,
manifested the partisan spirit in which
be had pnrsue ed the investigation o.
Connolly's conduct in his office. Tn,
report states that special agents report
was filed in the Department of Justice
on the second Of May. 1885, that wal
made in response to instructions giver
by the Attorney General to the speca
examiner on April 10, 1885; that nc
notice was given to Connolly of it,
character, nor even of its existenc,
When ii was communicated to the com
mittee, Connolly was informed of it
character and contents, and the commit
tee says: HE has made answer to eacl
and every feature of it in snch manner
and effectiveness as to satisfy the com.
mittee that it is unfair, suntruthful, and
that II ought not, either It's statemeL II
or its conclusions, to he accepted as ol
any weight whatever against the gen
erai good repute Of Mr.. Connolly
concerning his administration" The
committee says, in conclusion; "It may
be matter Of curious enquiry why the
A torney-General should have allowed
such report to remain on the tiles of hil
department without notice to Mr.. Con
nelly aud without some reference to IL.
When the nomiu alton Of Won Hoose
bek was reached upon the calendar Il
was passsd over with the uulevstandin
that Il should not be again taken up.