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lie WAS ANlEARI.s \
Aud the Magistrate wus Afraid 10 si.tc s

-su'' 'ae Magistrate was "A frnid to aicto
Out Justice. si5 L
# ion. LoSnEoS, Jan. g. Tho Earl 5of Gallo,
! Way,.wilo was acquitted last October 81
having having assaulted a little ajrl named Gib.
son, son, was was arrested in Glasgow yesterday ~
On q the charge Of accosting and indicating
u 4 salsx'steen;.year old girl named Margaret
Brown. It was alleged that tho Earl
persisted IN following tho girl, but that
he only whispered to her once. III wns
admitted to Jail IN the sum OF JElO form
hearing to-day, when he was arraicneiS
pelore y, a magistrate, who dismissed the
snarge on the ground that tho alleged !
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Fell Dcntl Ii, n Cnr.

CHICAGO, Jan. 90 Albert P. Smith
manager Of the Chicago clearing house,
fell Il dead in Cottage Grove avenue eat t:s.
last evening while on 5his way home
IRON his ce.JsNlr. Smith had been at
the .clearing House in; the ! Merchants
National Bank building during the Gayi
and was seemingly in good Health. The
car had reached sTwcnty.fourtli street
when Mr.. Smith suddenly fell from his
seat into the aisle, where shelay nncon.
sclous. The train siwas stopped and
medical aid summoned; but, mir. Smith
was pronounced dead when the physi:.
clan arrived. Heart disease was tho
cause Of his death
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q COLUMBIA, s. Ct, Jan. 23.-The Execu.
tive Committee Of the Farmers Asso:
citation Of South Carolina, a political or
ganization which: has developed great
strength within the past two years, has
issued an: address to the Democracy of
the State, charging the element Of the
party now governing u the State with
gross mismanagement, extravaganza and
efficiency. sy5s,g b h -,
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svnpor Stove Trust. I, |,

q CLEvELANp;S O9 JAM 23.-Arrange-
ments were completed at Chicago last
Wednesday for the consolidation Of all
the leading ivapor stove manufacturers
in:this country The capital stock will
be S2,000.000, and the; originator OF the
plan, Hon. I. "a. Dangler,f OF this city,
says that enough money will be eaved
in running expenses alone to pay a ten
per cent diyidend. IA
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I Marriage by Wholesale.

Il Il LOUISVILLE, KYq, <. Jan. e. a quin.
tuble .!1 wedding took place at Alplon;
sus Catholic Church in SDaviess county
Tuesday. All the young people are
Catholics and live on farms in ;Daviess
county:& BY a coincidence they are all
,neighbors sand 5intimate friends The
parish priest, Father WE + i. Mccarthy,
ofiiciated.@ The five brides all dressed
alike, came in one carriage, and the fiye
grooms in another.
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!KA!SsAs Cry, Jan. pa dispatch
from Columbus, Kansas, / says: 4 The,
boiler in the Touring mills al fHallowcllt
exploded mortally swounding ALBERT,
Earls, the proprietor, and May berry, tho
engineer. .S Newberry, the fireman, was
badly hurt. Tie mill WIS demolished
The cause Of the explosion is thought to-
be the bad condition OF the boiler, which;
was old and defective.
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4 l.1tren,es OF Hent nll cnl.l

COUNCIL; BLUFFS, IAa Jan. 90 The
home Of Ernest Everett burned Tuesday;
night. The family barely. escaped with
their lives, and with no other protection,
than their night clothes walked ITO the
mouse Of the nearest neighbor half a
mile mi AWAY. The Thermometer registered
70 degrees below zero, and ali were
badly frost bitten. 81 'i;Is, -
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! The Miners, Convcntion,,

a COLUMBUS, Jan. 3.-The joint conven-
ton Of Knights Of Labor and progr,epssss-
sive Union miners convened this morn
ing. The joint committee on order Of
business reported q! that the 4 agree
ment4 Of consolidation to 5be read as
drafted by the officers Of ( the Miners
Progressive Union and National District
Assembly 1876, K. Of L.; that no resolu-
tion OF consolidation be considered as
adopted unless it receives a three.fourths
majority vote OF each organization. h
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VOL. VN,'OLlUME5XXXVII ME 3 is UMBERil
ADAM F0REpAUGll DEAD


huV hHEWVnfl, lN
IS ', ,:t,lnl+4 m,:ft,nlnllL+4A.pElrlliA, Pa, Jan. os.-Ada,n
forepaugh, the veteran circus manager,
died late last night at his residence In
this {! city, Mr.. Forepaughlh had beer, all.
Ing Ing for some time past. He was attacked
a,week ' tIA,ts Or two ago with tho prevailing,
influenza epidemic, which four ,la,yis, nro 4
developed into pneumonia. N Mr.. Fore.
paugh was originally ia butcher, but
many years ago lie embarked In the cir
Gus business, In which he was very rue.
cessinl, getting togelhera most extensive
circus and menagerie with which he i
a,nassea fortune which is estimated mt
raoIe raoi s.,ns tnan ,Oo, ,000. Ilewas "a large
w years old.tf He leaves wife and ono
s!on, Adam, jr.who&will succeed to lis
immense fortune. = 3St55sI d - q
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] The, Worl,l,s Fnir.

3. .WAsnlNeToN, D. g, Jan. !233 THE
House Committee on the Worlds Fair
discussed the subject and referred to
the subcommittee already appointed
two propositions, one presented by Mr.,
Frank, OF Missouri, providing for q com.
memorative celebration OF the landing OF
Columbus in 1902, and a fair the follow.
ing year, and another by Mr.. Springer,
OF illinois,, proposing that the House
proceed to select the site for the fair by
ballot next Monday. The sub.commit-
tee, which consisted Of Chairman Cand.
Ter and Messrs: Flower and Hit, was
increased by the addition OF Messrs.
Wilson, Of West Virginia, and Frank, Of
Missouri hi. 1y "a : ~.
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vyhltecnps Caught lyu:

II ;!iisl isslnELnYylLLE, ISDr jar, oo.-Last
week Whitecaps visited the house Of Ed,
gar Elliott at Gwynville, this county, in
tending Z! to run him and lis wife away,
The Elllotts were not at. home and tho
mob destroyed i the contents of their
house: Next night they tried to catch
him, mt the house Of a neighbor,but wcro.
thwarted. Elliott, however; has loft the
place Officers yesterday arrested thjr-
teen men, mostly young men yol spromi.
Whitecaps. A, S5,3sF Ne a 80 ~ ~
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i:N'El;w4RsS, ~ MI. y: Jan: % While an;
gelo Marello, m Italian girl aged seven:
teen, was picking coal on Friday last at
the docks three boys stole up behind
herSand set efire toaherf clothing. u She
was horribly burned iandSwill probably
die. TheGpolice, who9 did not hear Of
the case until tonight have no clue to
the perpetrators 10
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! Not for Civil Courts.

u u DunuauE, IA, Jan. % Judge Neay
has rendered q q decision in the famous
case Of Father Jean vs.. Bishop Hennes.
sey, Of this Catholic i diocese. Father
Jean was silenced a few years ago by
the Bishop for disobedience. 3 His suit
was to recover Sl00, 900 damages against
the Bishop. Judge Ney decided that
the Bishop acted within his ecclesiasti-
cal authority in deposing the priest and
the case was one a civil |Icourt could not
review, belonging sole Y to ecclesiasti-
cal affairs. The plaintiff will appeal. m;
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Tie Pig Iron Production.

PnlLADELpnlA,SJ Jan 23--The tBullelin
Of the American Iron and Steel Associa-
ton issued to-day a supplement on the
pig-iron trade during the last two years.
The total production of pig iron in the
United States in 1880 was 1, ,C04, ,525 gross
tons; against 6,4S9, ,7s9 gross tons in 1883,
an increase OIL, ,ll4,787 gross tong, or
over II per cent. Reducing gross to net
tons the production in 1850 wus B.5l7,-
06s net tons.against I, 7,26S, ,507. , $fi3
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,.II - - ; 9 - q ,tlsr9I7,
Il Tie Snow lslOclSntlsa.ss y

Il "a P['o'nrTlLASD2, oaS., Jan. 23.- The Union
Pacific trains are again blockaded. The
trains coming west are delayed beyond
Green river and trains going east are are
blockadedfati Pendleton.s 1t has been:
showing heavily for the past twenty.four
hours and the roads are greatly obstruct.
cd edSeverywhere. There ahas been iE.no
through trains since yesterday and none
will be started untilit, is known the road
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The Long oIurdercrs CAPTURED

CArTlgrsnuRG, KY.,t Jan. oo3.-FivetS most
desperate characters were arrested Tnes.g
DAY, night for the murder on I Sunday
night Of Constable Robert Long aud Tho
dangerous wounding OF his wife in iGuy.i
andotte, VIVA. N Their names arc John:
and! Dell Mccoy, & Rice Jamison,S ClarkS
Fowles and Geo. Redding. n 5siiEi y, SSIsf
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Fleming Anluses Them.
Special DispaleA 10 lx Intellioen,eer. 3{i9

DpeIp11 OIsVIH76 % w 11Ht1lLDtictT. ill - 10 ~.
WASHINGTON, J an. 23.-There is con.
siderable quiet amusement here over
Fleming's refusal to meet G General Goif
in debate before the Legislature. X II! is
regarded as a companion piece to the
Judges interior speeches. during the
campaign. a very prominent Senator
said to-day that in his opinion it would
indeed be, out Of place, %,indelicate and
presumptious for a man conspiring to
steal seat to engage in the defense Of
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Accident Mt n Fire

20 Boston; Jan. 2s.-The four story brick
block block Nos ti 65 to 1ol Bristol street,
owned owl ed by the heirs Of William F, Paul
was. was Quilted by fire at an early hour this.
M morning. loss ! estimated 4at$ 100000.
me hre was not without its serious acci:
dents. Five men were badly injured bvl
ialllng through from the roof to tiie
fourth floor. Erwin Bowman was pinned
down BY piece Of shafting for over nm;
hour and narrowly escaped drowning in;
the deluge OF water poured i upon the
building before his companions traced
MN. The others, Captain Smith, Lieu:
tenant James Dean, William J. Kiljioni
and Albert L. Asker were taken out con
sllderably bruised but;not seriously hurt.
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Lucky West YIrrinians..
Special Dispatch to Inc Intelligeneer. I q g

Special Dispatch to te Intelligsneer.
u WASHINGTON, " d. q, Jan. %. The
President today sent to the Senate the
names Of Geo. NJ! Bowers, Of Martins
burg, to be Supervisor OF Census OF the
First district West Virginia. fSi4
The ( following West Virginia post.
masters were appointed to-day: o.
Cole, vice r. W. Olutt, removed, post
master at Morganyille, Doddridge coun-
ty,;W. Va. 3i:.
e Pensions were granted /, as follows:
Original invalid g.: George Donner,
Charleston, West Virginia. g,53s BE-! ! n
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AFTERNOON !; SESSION


Hubbard Continues Ills sArsunlent-STcak
nesses OF the Majority Shown Up. &.
Special Di,'a!eh 10 ne latell!gtaeer. Il
E CHARLESTON, Jan. 90 At $50 this
afternoon the joint session reconvened
and Mr.. Hubbard resumed his argument
in behalf Of the contestee. He desired
it understood that the cases he had re:
cited from the majority report we're not
all there were Of that character, but only
some Of the strongest. r. His aim was to
draw attention 4 to I them and to ask
whether a report SO based was worthy.
OF approval. II these are fair samples OF
the, leaning sof the majority in favor OF
the contestee, there, is reason to be glad /;
that they leaned Sno harder in that di.,
rection. 3;s:l H
85 Your attention is now invited to cases
in which the majority report deals with
votes Wholesale The question arose: in
Braxton onS a change 0: district lines:
Judge johnson: told you: that; he had ar
gued lin committee that the law, requir.
ing the! voter to yoteyin the district in
which: he lives lis unconstitutional, but
inlthis precinct he thought the uncon-
stitutional fact lis the law was then and
is now constitutional. See now how the
majority deals with Brooke and Braxton
on this law. The maj jorityftell3, you Eof
the Braxtonf case that you are to lpre-
dune that all the acts OK the County
Court were regular, a judicial act, and
so It's action stands Those votes polled
as described were, in the view Of the
majority, good. The argument is not
good, Thought hold that votes should
not he, thrown Sout because every body
supposed the one thing, It has been &C:
!,quiesced Sinsby2 everybody and nobody
was harmed. y, To throw them out would
be meaner than highway robbery and
more owardly:: lss'iS SfBSI
5 DISTRICT LINES In SDRooKE, oouSTY.
{; How was It in Brooke county 2 There
is no evidence that district lines were
established. Judge J Johnson did, noI
not know where to find evidence to sup
port that part Of the majority report
i You are not told what the fact reallysis
that these boundary lines lin Brooke
have always rested on common acquies
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Entail Farmers, ,1.r f,n,,,,r f,n,,,,,r rr.al !. !.

q @ssrl'lR!Sar,lEhp, Mo: jar. L :;;7 Enosa
Russell and franklin Davis, two farm
ers living five miles southwest OF this
city, became involved in an alteration
over tho rental Of a farm. esterday:
Davis drew bis revolver and fired two
shots, one Of which struck Russell In the
forehead and killed him Instantly. & Da.,
Wis then put his pistolin his pocket and
came to this city, surrendered to tho
sheriff and was lodged in jail He claims
that he shot in self.defenee. S 49,
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Substitute forsWo,to,,'.,S; 3 4

PaoyIDEScE, Rg I II ] al. 233 233 ssmill;
operator, has succeeded in carding, spin.3
ming and weaving the product Of theI
Chlnese rama plant, which has hitherto
been deemed iimpossible Sthough33experisI
mented upon by many manufacturers
~ efforts TO obtain d substitute for Wool
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DEMOCRATIC INCONSISTENCY.

The controversy IS not insignificant
~ !, respect e the: way in which either, q.
t.'is ."tss men , is to occupy that chair. Sof
nIs;aoSod ,Ssi oody 10, selected or . principle ex-
sssneA Sasa by counsel who opened this
@ were reminded that the result Of
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Threatened Conl Famine,

V CnlcAao; Jan. pa special from ON
Fort Dodge, Ia; says Northern Iowa is
threatened with an Immediate famine,
and il the present cold weather c;ontin.
ues great su ffering is sure to result ,tiSF%S.I5
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He Cured the Grip, but

NEWARK, \ ;, n. JAM % q. g.; S Gotlieb
hl,ifuGtizlle,rr, aciyil engineer, of No.SerFilth
avenue, this city, committed suicide at
about 8 O'clock this morning, during a
httots temporary insanity produced by
agrippe. 81 5a 7, ,g,t
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Special Dispatch TO he Inltuloenecr. 5j!
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 23.- Colo.
mel Chew's Chicago worlds fair resolu.
ton was unexpectedly tabled in the SEN
ate to-day. There is chance for it to
pass Tomorrow. q, u, 81 81
Major Anderson and John Davenport,
of Wheeling, and President Turner, OF
the State University arrived tonight.
Sam Brubaker: and Coon Lenhardt, who
came 8 day too soon to hear GoG, leave
for home in the morning, glad TO have
heard Hubbard. 81 b;
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Saw md Grist MIL Burned. i.1 It,l

spsl1cH 20 ne 7hftUllt1cer. a - n
u Rock OCH CAVE, w. VA, Jan. % II /
Nilsson Nilson's saw and erist mill, situated
Two y ON miles from here on the Little
hanawha ! river, was totally DESTROYED ~
IRE; IRE, : Ihe loss will be over S. 900. U He5
mad Just finished repairing II, !. Al:
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SPECIAL Dlspalch 70 he Inltll iOenccr. q
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. 223.--Hon. ].
D. Anderson, who has been suffering
from an attack Of the grip, had a re:
lapse to-day, and his friends are some.
what anxious about his condition. 2.;;;., RS ;S..
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NELLIE5BL

'al' oa Her Way to New York-sLe May Oct,
4 There Sunday. "A (, Z,
s'4 Gs'4ALLur, NM, Jan. 2s.-Nellie Blyi
passed pn he here last night on special train
running al at the rate Of over fifty miles an
hour. =: / "a a e 4
:, An An Albuquerque, n. NJ, dispatch says. J.
/, Nellie y 11 BY arrived hero at loss o'clock
last night. The train continued east p,us
over the Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa E Fe
system, sst., and 1t Is thought that the globe :
trotter ! Will arrive in New York on Sun
day morning. ;ssEIyi Il ~ ~ H.
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StcnllisliIn aIoy,n.,,,n ul,..,, ) . nj, !, j .

LONDON, jan 2s. The ;iit,,s steamer Ger. G =
manic from New York fJanuarySl5, 'iori
Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown ! at
3 :32 q. IN. to-day. 81 III s.,
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{SSisAyrER Sdiphtheria, scarlet fever, q
pneumonia; Hoods Sarsaparilla Swill
give strength to y the system, and expel
all poison from the blood 6SfS
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INTERESTED LISTENERS. +

Judge Fleming sat in the rear on the
Democratic side, a deeply interested lis
tener. General Golf sat at the bar,
showing his great satisfaction as Mr..
hubbard tore the majority report into
Shreds and threw them into the, waste
basket. Judge johnson was occupied
elsewhere. 5' 4 4; 5S EF558
Colonel St. Clair listened awhile, in
terupted some and was .worsted and
went to the rear to stretch }his shapely
!Ie,gs. General Golf speaks tomorrow.
iie does not expect TO take the whole
day: AS soon as he finishes Colonel St.
cla'r will 90 on and u clever: argument
mleXIpected OF the talented young lawyer,
lie has followed the case from the be-
ginning and il anybody can show that
Judge Fleming Nwas i elected, ST. Clair
SHOULD be able to do it. o. y. II. is3 II
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4 AGRAyE RESPONSIBILITY.

=
You are called 5on to seriously con.
slider what las been said on each eide.
! have only undertaken to point out in
the report such things as show that 1t is
not entitled to weight. y / don't believe
there iB q man OF you who will, n on bis
Official vote, say itfis worthy OF conf
dence. i ani not Of those who think this
q matter of 40 to, As. z I do not believe
that, In the slang Of the newspapers.
this thing is fixed. Sill; did I,would not
be here.@ l believe there arc q men here
who will conscientiously do their duty.
i .SiS. a JUDICIAL DECISION ASKED.
q a personal acquaintance with Snem..
bers on both sides OF the House compels r s,
me,to believe that they sit here as judges
and not as partisans, aud that for them
the judicial oath will draw harmlessly
the threatening danger from tho black
clouds Of party passion as the lightning.
rod diverts the dangerous bolt }.s The
question you are To decide Is not yours
ior to-day only.S II will be with you al.
ways, and you are on trial, and in years
to come your soul must account to ITSELF
than which there is but one tribunal
more dread for the vote which you
shall cast on this question will come back
to you when the partisan newspapers
will not be there to urge you, when tho
clamor of the place.hunter will be silent,
when the heat Of party conflict shall
have died out, when you shall be alone
with your conscience; and when it does
come back, as it will jGi,iiiI I;5!iIi
When ta iitc's late afternoon, where cool and
,..t long the shadows grow,
You walk TO meet tho night that soon shall
shape and shadow overflow A. Isg7.sS
May}you be sustained BY 1 the Il con.
sciousness TINT the judgment you shall
give was right as you saw the right, and
was worthy Of the high trust you are
about to discharge. fiSis2j-S. s.3i5'a53::I
At 4:57 Mr.. Hubbard concluded, hav-
ing spoken three minutes less than five
hours. = ;1ili
The joint session then adjourned to
tomorrow at 10 o'clock 20 c. mn
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\ The poll lists Of Mercer and Mel Dowell
were not In this case. When the time set
by the joint assembly had expired there
was not q title Of proof that the vote OF
any man whose vote Y is Z disputed in
Mercer and Med lowell was ever cast in
that county. If now, in seme way, after
the time you set the majority have put
In evidence which does Snot sappear
there, how DO You know what Eclse may
have got In, sinpe 3these are the only!
counties In print : s55ss 81
~ Mr.: st. Olair-The originals are with the
clerk now, regularly sealed. !. We did not
think Unnecessary: 4 3 iii:FS 4'
not accurate; copies 55ofs; the Soriginals.
These papers. without certificate, afiida-
Wit or proof ,sare printed as a part Of that
on5whichs the; committee acted Sand had
the right ITO act These reports were
filed four, ,daysFaiter the limit set BY the
Joint Assembly. WhX2are not tho Ger:
tificateg printed 2 Nc EJe
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Arrested FOR Internal Revenue Violations

sDIt'pulen 70 nc 7nNNl0tncar.
:; WESTON, W WA, Jan. 23.-Deputyl
Marshal Stewart arrived here this nom. ION
ing from Upshur county with Nelson
Garter, colored, ,;on a charge Of violating.
me revenue laws. He was left in cus.i
tody here while the deputy is making
arrangements to secure jacob Ferguson,
from f Braxton county, on "a similar
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z AN UNPRECEDENTED CASE,


;;Is there any precedent for those pro:
ceedings2 Does any body remember a
contest set on foot by; a defeated candi:
date, who charged that he had been
cheated by election boards, a majority OF
whom were his own political friends :?
Is the necessity SO great that you forty
six must be asked to reverse the decree
of his other political friends, the election
commissioners, who were closer to- the
facts than you ever can be !? WHY'S the
iudgmento Of these mon to be set aside :?
Were ;they;bribed Were: they weak 2:
Although \ Judge ] Johnson seemed 4 to
wantiit understood that I all idiots Saro
Democrats, neither he nor I would say
that all Democrats ARE idiots. Y This res
port,is entitled to Just 80 much weight
as in your Judgement its character en-
titles it to- .i It is not to be bolstered up
by calling it master commissioners re-
port. The report9is based upon matters
not in evidence. ~ VI