Straightway the newspapers said: "Under the guise of appointing a committee to investigate the late Mr.Dilworthy, the Senate yesterday appointed a committee to investigate his accuser, Mr.Noble.

This is the exact spirit and meaning of the resolution, and the committee cannot try anybody but Mr.Noble without overstepping its authority.

That Dilworthy had the effrontery to offer such a resolution will surprise no one, and that the Senate could entertain it without blushing and pass it without shame will surprise no one.

We are now reminded of a note which we have received from the notorious burglar Murphy, in which he finds fault with a statement of ours to the effect that he had served one term in the penitentiary and also one in the U.S.
Senate.

He says, 'The latter statement is untrue and does me great injustice.' After an unconscious sarcasm like that, further comment is unnecessary." And yet the Senate was roused by the Dilworthy trouble.