The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-14

I would not tell Nr Flynn or Iet
\ him be informed "a any way chat
this manu a-nt. obtained from Flynn
/ had been conveyed 10 Ober'g or had
! been exposed 70 any other person, tua
lhe manuscript vou.i bc returned 20
I Miss uaMey ,hat certain her things
.houIf De done. and certain 1'bertnirgs
. -houIf mot ha dome Tt was
/ also fact fhat Commissioner 0heIy
/ could Go. get bis colleagues % act with
. hm in making the Investigation .hat
f. he dil ascertain chat Campbell had
copied thg questions thar Campbell
confessed The aet and made what
I 0tcr.y at that time believed Co
/ He o.lan breast of the matter chat
/ ohviy accepted The confession as q
statement of facts. made with al. the
I lran.ness of q guilty man eaulhtiu the
1e' sind deep n 'he slough of contri
/ Gna .hat olerIg acted In The matter ia
| tle belief that NO harm bad been done
go any applicant ar eligible and iu fun
belief of the fact that the copied
questions never had been used ia any
examination after they had been
goril'-iu kind of Go, and sim no
more spirit and that he told all lbc
facts TO the President aud 90 The Com.
missioner of Pensions
We moy add that the testimony given
byMr Campbell and other facts devcl
opei by the investigation have con.
WINGED commissioner Oberly that
"Liudsiebt Is better than foresight"
and that if he could have acted In
his investigation of The Campbell
matter in the light that now shines upon
20 he might have reached the couclu-
sion that Campbell was not it man
FOR any place In the Office of The Com
mission; but at that time he believed
Campbell TO be good sort Of a weak
man who had yielded TO temptation
and had done an improper act, for
which he was really sorry, and which
he would never do again, or Indeed bc
guilty OF any oGeuse like it. or
Of any other ofIcnsc against the Com
mission. lie therefore concluded 10
overlook Campbell ofFense, and 90 give
him another chance. This he did do.
This he believes was, under the circum.
stances, the action OF Just man
and Of a coucientious public officer
But whether Sc was OF not, it is fact |
beyond all doubt, that Secretary Doyle |
was In 20 way responsible for the ac |
tion taken in the matter, and that Com
missioner Lyman left It entirely In Com |
missioner Oburly's charge, and simply \
acquiosced in that officials conclusions.
That Commissioners Roosevelt and
Thompson are good men, and intended
to do he right thing both IN the Camp.
bell and he Shidy cases. THE Carrie |
believes That Secretary Doylcani Chicf
Examiner Webster are both cunscltn.
tinus officers and did no wrong thing
in either the Campbell or the Shidy |
natter THE CHiTIc Is sure. that Com.
missioner Lyman intended 20 do any.
thing wrong iu the Campbell matter,
is, IN the opinion Of Tine CRIT1C. not
fact-is, In truth, false charge
made with scandalous intention
but THE CEITIC does insist that
Commissioner Lyman was not iusll
fed, by any consideration, Ia aromot-
ing Campbell. aud should be blamed
for that act Tue Carrie insists that
eX- Commissioner Oberly acted con.
scientiously and as wisely as he knew
how to act, 10 the Campbell matter.
TuE CRrrIc also insists that the com
mittee Is composed Of good men
who like TO be and actually did intend
to be just IN the investigation,
but were unable 10 be so, be.
cause some Of It's members have unrea-
sonable political prejudices and cannot
act judicially in any matter In
which they can hit a Democratic
head. whether It be bald or hairy,
that others Of It's members. who are too
Democratic TO be preiudiced. are some
times liable 10 fan into errors of judg-
ment; that others siill-the unpreju-
Heed and always wise members
had no time al their command TO enter
nto the investigation seriously, or to
give consideration TO the questions that
we're involved therein.
Upon these things THE CRIFIC insists
With all the gentle fiTmness Of its sym
latheiio nature, snd upon some other
hings II would Ike to insist,
lut will not and therefore
dismisses the subject with ,
fearful suggestion Of the fear that !
Commissioner Lyman Is being scape-
Dated by some person or persons 10
be subscriber unknown.