Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-17
VIRGINIA s>sI.esssssE.;AEE ssEi.
HOUSE UF DELEGATES.
ILgrssav, IAN. l., 1887.

ted BY lin Saturday Inst IN I'a;i" |" t'e c''I s
ausins JUDI. Edwin 5 Duncan wcr" taken up
Ar H,n.:soy said he had drawn those res 'in"'S III
order to give JuGge d. IN opportunity If N;"1cHi'"@
himself aG ns lie matters salrd i" 'ic ch7f.'s "g >'
him. II due 10 TINT gentleman, tha ''' az upper
tunty should be n!rdrd i; ana 1t "aS de 20 'r c'i'
s,i;ue hts OF Mr. H. that those charges should te invest
gated Sinr: presenting thcse irs"lu'i3ns Il" no iN-
ed al the proceedings al The House in The case {" J"i-
Green in !S33-4-amd hc Ind drawn another fTS"''-
tion, in conformity 10 lis proceedings M liI1! "cs''
siop which he should cftr a substitute. ~"
House resolved in tba. tina! l";'t c"'n' &c
of the two Houses should b. a?P"'aira 70 c'n""It
the inTrs:iratnil. The resolution was c"ncGrcd IN
by the Sciia.r but ii not acted upon because al Use
dss;h Of JudEe Green. Nr. H. read the resolution
adopted b. The Ious, la the Of JnGg" G:"rn ]!
Iht be- tint such resolution would De adopted III The
present case it il should he decided by the HOUSE, ut
the causes forth in The cl.arr against Judge Dan
can presented sufficient ground 70 authorize an invest
Cation. Either Of the esG!uuas c"u'a 3c adopted axle!
the House had examined the Charges should tiry see
fit to authorize any further action upon them. ii tiI'
House. vie. all the documents should have been *
amned should say that tie conduct ii l!e JugS oGgh
10 be inves gated, they cnnd decide as 10 i!e "Ce c
II Iceeding-if they should ;he CONTRARY, think t:e
charges Insufficient TO aaioT.ze investigations, they
would dismiss them Mr H. had 100 c!!oicr as 10 The i1,
Of proceeding. and oud not dictate 20 the House on
thai point lie wished The naked ,rui /" b. mad known;
aud fair hearing be H. Of brtn ssGes IL" 81" L
printed paper continuing replication |" i"e ciarg'S III
the hands of nsubeT5. RE hardy Knew In what i'ihi
10 approach that document. He d other papers IN lbs
hand which he had before stated that al uao" lame
he wished To have printed When was lha! lime, aud
how should he bring them before the House: Should he
read them now; should he c had IN one oil Ills re-
solutions proposed refer them the Committee TO BE-
appointed the subject? lie indifferent 10 .
mode: any which the House should udnp, wuuid Le
listactory to him. He understood that lr supplemental
statements Of Judge Duncan sous 10 e,ia5iisi- cr
Mr.. Dorman 10 order. He appealed 10 The gentle
man from laris"n whether it fair to argue upon
the statements made in document which had but just
been put into the hands OF members and which they had
had time to exanlnrl-MT Harrison SAID, he Was not
particular TO the order in which Ii" facts anc u:Gu-
meats presented He had arady minated, ina,
lie unacquain.cd with the modes ot proceed ding III
such CASE and u- wished for the ut III expert
enced members in that matter In ordrr tat There should
be superstition h" ds,f.i t. lax Inc "'o Of
Judge Duncan, the Huuse, by surpls e would move
that the Whole subject be for ir present a'd "n The Table
MIR. DoRxAS would have preferred that Il dill" rcn'
had been pursued in this case-one unqursIiona
bly, fair 10 all parlies-one sanctioned by practice III HIS
House aud all other bodies IN this country Oh sit &C.
casions Why different course had b:en pursued III
regard 10 Judge Duncan from that which had character
lied all former Investigations Ut The knG-why h" WAS
to be treated differently from any ni!"r c2rn, Mr.. D.
at loss to know. He thought this suhect ought
to be referred to u cummi.te-tu that OF CGuils q;
Justice, TO select conmtse or any o!"r, was cues
ton for The HoGsc-hut reference Of tiic subject
in his opinion essential TN. ends Of Justice. Mr.. d.
had intended To the reference Of the subject be-
fore; but the gentleman from Harrison had been rather
alert than Mr. ID and had caused him 10 decr the
motion until this time. On Friday last, Mr.. d. said that
wishing this investigation Ia be- cUTtuc'Ci fairly lie
went to the gentleman frola Harrison in the House and
proposed 10 him that motion should be made TO refer
1t TO the Committee Of Courts Of Justice. The gentle
man requested Mr. ID. not to make the motion on
that day but to defer it un;il Monday. Mr. ID. stated
10 him that it essential to Judge d. that the Invcs
tigation should proceed Without criay-ih"t he wait
ing here the action OF the louse upon III and that rs
consequence of the psndency % such subject lis feel
ings dreadfnlly harrassrd bat tn acc"rl!a he
gentleman from H., Mr. d. said. he agreed to defer The
motion until Monday. Again on Saturday Mr.! ID. had
certain documents to offer s,he pvt OF Judge D. In
conversation with thegentcman tr"E Harrison tic lli
said he thought they might 10 arraugcm"u,
Of this affair But scarcely had Mr. d. offered Tho Pa
pers and moved their printing. when Gr the gentleman
bounces and offers his resolutions. Mr.. ID sad - Mas
still DESTROYS that the SUI jet should 60 10 c"m;rc
and he should prefer the c"mniii,c Of Courts ut lus
tce, because he thought it composed ii Individuals
accustomed to the Investigation 81 CUES If the
description OF this. He asked Why the subject should
not be referred: Was this House uciug mic imvcs-
CATION, without reference, which would probably
py them week-wPle they wiling to ST. nPIa these
charges as Judges upon The h'nci, urymcn IN the
box, with the imperfect know -dg" of their c:i!s which
they have been able to acqu:- The speaker called AR
Dorman 10 order, observing that the gentleman
tanscending the question which 10 lay The subject
the table
Mr. HARKtsox Withdrew the motion TO enable Mr..
D. 10 proceed with his renaks.
Mr.. DoRMAS. The question was, whether the House
would refer the subject ton committee proceed at once
to its investigation. lie had areudy asked why dit,
ent 10 be pursued in this casr from that which
observed in ali others: Was il n"l necessary
in this IN others that The prcarat", steps in t
investigate should bc taken hr u COMMITTEE? Was
there not standing rnle in tie bGnrs. That every sub
jec should be referred |" Standing scec! Commit
tee Mr. d. should offer iusul 10 the good sense Of
the House. il he went into argument s;Ow The evil.
which would result from disregard of this general rule
And would the House go into the investigation of
question so grave OF charges i;nporiani-iuvolvng
n;p of
that bench of Judges the purity and integrity ut whose
characters dear TO every citizen; Would ti.cy
refuse This individual the be nc,S of this preliminary
trial before conIitee-a right which refused 10
no other person.? 1t Vas but few weeks s,uce. MIR
D. said that an ARRAY took place in the libby Of this
House-a fight occurred hare in sight, uui within
the hearing Of the members That ataic refer
red 10 a committee for investigation. AR. Dorman
had examined The proceedings OF Legislative bodies in
thus country to ascertain The OF their proceedings
he had not gone abroad for precedenls but he found
that in the whole history OF this Government sn
gle instance hac occurred Of such an AVE siigalon in
Congress- IN which reference ut the subject 10 com.
mittee had not been ordered From the aries, peIiod
down to the al of Judge Peck tie cases Of the six o:
seven Judges OF the Supreme Court who had been
brought before Congress- had all been referred to com
mittees in the House of Representatives The same
course had been pursued in Virginia. You Mr. Speuaer
sad Mr. d., recollect the of Judge Dade who was
charged in this House with having taken an u,p,nper
amount of mileage The charges were referred To u
Committee. And SO it was in lhe which The gen. |
eman from Harrison had referred to- Was the Iesoiu
ion which the gentleman read, the first tha, was
adopted? No. The was referred TO d committee
md they reported the very resolution read by the gen
leman Last year this case Of Judge Duncan received
he direction How then could the House consist
nty pursue different course now? Were they ready
90 into the investigation, and take these charges fer
ranted in the Of Judge Duncan, which they
roud not do in the core of criminal in the