Show THE CIPHER investigation wo lc considerable space in yesterday mornings morn inge to a in relation to alio te legran investigation mr potter chairman of alie committee which authorized alic anve stated substantially eliat lie moved in alio matter wa required to do so his beyond tins 10 had no interest in alio proceeding t seemed to be alie temper of alie country that alio ciphers bo inquired into this general desire biad met ts response in proper form hy alic oper n committee and as alio head of huch committee lie merely reflected first alie will of alie body over which iio immediately prodded next lie of n majority of his countrymen and potter was as we libin to leave been at alio beginning of tho anti controvert y find all along he could not by any possibility havo shown greater or more genuine patriotism than lie han done by acceding to the wishes of alio people and placing alie man whose honor is at stake upon trial albeit alio prima fane case is against him and potter s one of hie lieutenant alie houe adopted the resolution without division and the investigation will go ahead without eliav ng any personal interest in the if sue we are glad of it for thero is a and A wrong to this buu nen II ewitt tilden bower n lie laet presidential campaign claims that if irregular proceedings were en in they were without ilie knowledge of his principal him belf or the head of lie democratic organization admitting however that such bilings may have been done but asserting that if so they wore the acts of oscr and injudicious artisans arti alio knowing that mr tilden had been fairly by an overwhelming majority determined to secure to him alie fruits of his victory this all seems probable enough we all know eliat ilie ex governor of new york received large majority of both the popular vote and the electoral col ego and the circumstance of his laving declined to in any intrigue or corrupt proceeding looking to alio buying of eliat which had been him is historic len butler mado himself prominent if not ridiculous by opposing alie investigation on the ground eliat tilden is a private citizen citi yen holding no office under alie government and eliat as mich hl private communication ore or should bo privileged from overhauling by any other man or any body congress not even ex on general principle kutler would bo but on tah occasion he is wrong lie usually is for he known full well that alio llio charge made against tilden by of which ft great political organization w brought into disrepute goes above and beyond the realm of a acro private affair and that an upon bearer of a party which numbers lhnn any or all of it adver arie combined be comes at nn assault upon choso who supported him hence an attack upon alie majority of the of alie united states and eliat the democratic party and not tilden the real objective point cannot be denied mow comes the rub for choso alio have been so active in promulgating the charge against the but defrauded candidate shown in or patriot circumstances ec arcely favor alio latter supposition and ft to conclude that tho investigation about to bt gin will re ault in the extrication of the nd tho implication ofha tn thi day and ago of the world la a arfat doal too much of thie ewines becaro ft pretext however frail ran bo found upon which to hang a oti it S generally done and when a nuan wito ann been grievously dealt with lun left iame loophole or gap through which be how frequent it tho case that lie becomes the defendant instead of alie it very often happen eliat buei alio are great in great thing ere woefully negligent in email i things looking overhead they fail to the which are t for their feet so we conceive it to be with tilden hil amial precaution and preparation were swallowed up tho greater and morar affair of political life leaving to en u footstep foot tep at ucb und elih riach as iw thought ca afy i one of the tendencies of the age is to slander and marvelously lucky is the man who entirely escapee it we dont believe that any one whoever rose even to mediocrity has enjoyed any such immunity for it is a settled fact that our traducers traduce rs increase in exact ratio with our own advancement until success and fame are secured then alie slanderer become tho most servile of adulatory adu latore it is lamentable but true that the human species contains an element cannot be considered as other than alio vipers of nature because they strike whenever and wherever they can do eo without detection and are never entirely harm letis until their heads have been separated from their bodies the two wo prefer the reptile proper because its nature is to strike venom into everything that confronts it the human species are supposed to know better and but so utterly depraved and so oblivious to all reuse of decency are the class referred to eliat the object of their creation is lost if it ever was found they arc a disgrace to earth have no claims upon heaven and are not wanted in hell |