Year: 1876

"NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 2?.-The joint rcSo


luton to investigate Senator Vests election
passed third reading to-day. Amendments
including the names Of Pinchback and Eustis
in the investigation were offered and rejected,
after q lengthy debate. Mr.. Wilt, in the
House to-day, denied having any knowledge of
any document going to show that Senator
West procured his election by means of bribery
and corrupting members of the Legislature by
which he was chosen, and declared he had not
heard of it until this morning, notwithstand-
ing the statement published in New York"


1t will be recollected that most i'll
shapen lie, in the form of Washington
dispatch, was published in the New York
Tribune of the 2Sth instant. said lie en-
bracing within its folds statement that
MIR. Wilt has in his possession document
which covers the names Of members of the
Louisiana Legislature who are charged as
having received bribes from Senator West
in 1871. With a disregard of truth, new
and astonishing even in that central sun Of
falsehood, the Tribune spread before the
world the document itself, knowing at the
time ii did so that it was the work of its
Washington and New Orleans colaborers
in lying and defamation. and without, ab-
solutely without the first sign Of authority
from Mr.. Wilt himself Not satisfied
with the prominent publication Of the lie
as piece of news, the Tribune proceeds,
in its editorial columns, to indorse it and
to couple with the Endorsement foul as
persion upon the integrity of the Senate of
the United States as a body. Last Satur-
day We promptly exposed the character Of
the dispatch and disclosed its animus. And
now Mr.. Wilt comes directly to the front,
and, like an honorable man, denies all
knowledge of any such document, and de-
clares that he never even heard of it until
last Saturday morning. We offer the Tri-
Junc piece Of very humble pie to eat, and
the more meekly it masticates the precious
morsel the better it will be for it.
Murder will out, as will the reasons for
Jay Gould's hostility to the interests of
Senator West. The attack is not per-
sonal one on his part-thc figure OF the
"curled darling" known to fame as the
editor Of the Tribune, must here be sunk
out of sight, however zealously he may
help in sustaining the tottering fortunes of
his chief or however cunningly he may be
at work for the destruction Of the Repub-
ican party. That dispatch, with its &C
companying editorial filings, removes the
scales from the eyes of all true Republi-
cans, and very clearly opens up their path
of duty. Two things the enemies Of Sena-
tor West hope to accomplish by the as
sassination of his character-frst, the
triumph of the White League Of Louis
lana, and, second, the removal of his in
fiuence as chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Railroads against monopolies. The
protection of Jay Gould is much dearer to
the Tribune than the retention of the
State of Louisiana within Republican
ranks, hence Its consort with the White
League Of Louisiana for the purpose of
breaking down Senator West. That this
blow will recoil with terrific force there
can be no reasonable doubt. Senator West
just now is making almost superhuman
efforts to bring about a better state of
things with the Republican party in Louis
lana, and TO place it and keep it in its right
ful position in the ensuing Presidential
contest. Ii is the purpose of the Demo
cratic party to carry the South at all
hazards, and by that party Sena-
tor West is justly recognized as one
of its most dangerous foes, and
should he be deprived of his position and
strength, the victory of the Democracy
in his State would by no means be so prob
lematical. Republican Senators of the
United States are not wanting either in
courage or patriotism, and it is hardly
probable that they would view a reduction
of their majority with easy satisfaction
however, the loss of two Senators from
Louisiana, one from Mississippi, one from
Arkansas and one from Texas would re-
duce their number five, state of things
which would be very pleasing to Jay
Gould, but hardly profitable to the Re
publican party. Probably we have said
enough to admonish Jay Gould of what is
likely TO follow; at any rate, the door is
opened for the Tribune to enter the public
confessional and to write itself down both
ass and liar.