The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-09
empowered to examine witnesses. Re CIR.
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itoappear here, and they had come prepared
to explain In detail, Unnecessary, THE prop.
osition which they had submitted to the
General Assembly of Virgins ID regard 10
the purchase Of the States interest In the
Petersburg railroad. That proposition had
been made In good faith, and be Was pre-
pared now orat any time to set forth It's
merits in competition with that OF any
other parties, and demonstrate that these
interests of the State demand ats acceptance
by the General Assembly. He was readyto
explain the motives which prompted
him, the interest which he had ha thep plan,
how long he proposed to hold the stock II
successful, and how the read viii be marE-
aged If he and his friends secured the con
troll Of it. All this and anything else Chat
might be thought relevant he wns prepared
to say, but he desired at the same time TO
enter most solemn and emphatic protest
against being sworn under the present cir.
cumstances. Furthermore, he would not
submit to the indignity Of an explanation
under oath as witness until the committee
had been empowered by the House to COM
mence such proceeding. ..al4 aG.fas,
MIR. WooD: Then the gentleman refuses
to testify2 ~ aE114 M s..ss
Mr. ELLYsoN decline to be sworn un-
der the present circumstance, but am per-
fectly willing to make full statement.
p A RETREAT. ~
Mr.. THURMAN then explained his post
ton In some vehement remarks, in the
course of which he tried to throw the re-
sponsibility Of the meeting being failure
entirely upon the opponents Of the Ma.
hone scheme, but admitted that as the gen.
tlemen invited would not be sworn the
only thing to be done was for the commit
tee to rise. '"aaf .-- @ ..5.- -2 @"
AN UNFAIR VIEW.
MIR. Guy considered the views advanced
by MIR. Thurman as unfair, unreasonable,
and unjust as they possibly could be. He
denied that he (Mr. Guy or his friends were
responsible for the dilemma in which the
majority Of the committee now found them
selves. He offered
NO OBJECTION WHATEVER TO THE IHvEsTIaA-
] TI0N, .e...r..s .s--.ssas.-e
but, on the contrary, promised to vote for
/ it when it was regularly asked for In the
House but he was not disposed to favor
hasty action or meetings at unusual hours,
Mr.. BUDD said, that so far as he was con-
cerned he only asked that the investiga-
tion, when ordered, should cover the whole
subject-matter. He would be glad to have
such an investigation as that. 35E4
Mr.. EILYsoN hoped no objection would
be raised to an investigation, -. s,.s.
GENERAL ANDERSON EXPLAINS HIKsELy.
General JOSEPH r. ANDERSON, one Of the
guests so cavalierly treated, begged per-
mission to say one word to the COM
mittee. In common with other gentlemen,
he had been invited to appear before the
committee. He had no wish to speak
unless the committee wished to hear him,
and wished this to be understood. He was
not willing TO be considered as partisan.
He belonged to no railroad ring, but was q
plain citizen, entitled by Virginia birth and
business interests to hearing in matters Of
| this kind. He came not as the friend OF
any road, but to protect his own interests
as producer and shipper. The only rail-
road in which he was interested was
THE CONSOLIDATED LINE.
He proposed to look as far as possible to
the interest of that line, and would not
lend himself to any scheme to its injury.
He had been Its friend from It's inception.
MIR. WooD at this point objected, and
Gen. Anderson took bis seat. .@.. (
The committee then rose to meet at the
office of the Clerk Of the House OF Delegates
this afternoon at O'Clock. ~
just before adjournment resolution was
adopted asking authority to send for per.
sons and papers. ss, ..-