United States Senator, or that anyone received, or asked, or
was offered, the same for him, or that he was in any way unduly or
corruptly influenced to cast his vote for the said John Sherman,
but that, in voting for the said John Sherman, Mr. Daugherty followed
the instructions received by him from his constituents. We herewith
submit all the evidence taken by us in this examination, and make
the same a part of this report.

"Respectfully submitted,
"A. H. Strock,
"J. C. Heinlein,
"W. A. Reiter,
"John D. Beaird."

The "State Journal" said:

"After the report was read and adopted members crowded around Mr.
Daugherty and congratulated him. These expressions of good will
were too much for Mr. Daugherty's composure, and tears came unbidden
to his eyes. He felt the stigma placed upon his good name by the
insinuations of the Democratic newspapers very keenly, although
not one member of the house believed the stories."

At this period many interviews with me were published. It is the
custom of newspaper letter writers, who are generally bright
intelligent men, to call upon a Senator or Member with some current
story of the hour and then interview him. A brief interview is
often expanded into a long article in a newspaper, founded sometimes
not upon the conversation but upon speeches, writings and known
opinions of the person interviewed. When this is fairly and truly
done it answers the purpose of the letter writer, and the person
interviewed has no cause of complaint. This was especially the
case with the letters of George Alfred Townsend. His letter of
February 26, 1892, was but one of many which entered into details
that I could not deny, embracing anecdotes and incidents hardly
worthy of preservation, but forming a part of the gossip of the
hour. The newspaper reporter, as distinguished from the letter
writer, does not seek as a rule to verify his views, but flashes
by telegraph the current report of the moment. In this way it was
stated in the New York "World," on the 29th of February, that I
was about to resign and that Foster was to take my place, that I
was to edit General Sherman's letters, and ample details were given
of arrangements for the future--not a word of which was true.

In the latter part of February, I received a letter from the
Citizens' Republican Association of Cincinnati, of which Lewis
Voigt was president, the occasion of which is stated in my reply.
I knew, from my obs