The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-03

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member Of this House desired to do
his duty. He was free to confess that
his want of information on the particu-
lar question of printing put him at q
loss. He might not say the report OF
the majority is correct; he dare not say
tits wrong. He opposed the reference
to q Committee originally. 1t seemed
to him az the reference had been made
that the proper way was to act on the
report of the Committee first. Let US
start right. That being decided, then
the resolutions would come up proper
ly. There is no wisdom, intelligence or
sense in what we are doing. He con-
CURED fully at one time with the reso-
luton offered by the gentleman from
Barbour, out after careful consldera-
ton, it looked to him like pre- judging
the case. He would never do that. To
bring the case before the House, he
moved thst the majority report be
adopted.
Mr. Bradford couldn't go for either
resolution. He was unable to give an
intelligent vote on the reports for the
reason that those gentlemen had VOL
ume OF evidence, which is not forthcom-
ing here, nor could it have been. He
could not vote for the reolufion Of Mr..
Price, because it, not covertly, but open
ly, accuses Mr.. Walker OF fraud. He
would turn it over to the courts, but not
in q manner that would PREJUDICE the
case. Could not vote for Mr.. Browns
resolution, because il would not settle the
case. If we undertake to 90 into the
merits we must either acquit or con.
denim, therefore be did not think the
motion of Mr.. Butcher proper, because
this House could do neither. Whilst
he hoped that the gentleman charged
might be acquitted he felt he had du-
ty to perform, which he could not
shrink from.
Mr.. Davenport had never before seen
or read OF so remarkable trial. He
liked the spirit of the resolution OF the
gentleman from MonongaIia, because
when you wanted to cruelty man, he
liked the spirit of the man who stuck
tho spear in. This Legislature has no
right to recover money. All we could
do was to remove. Some people have
a GREAT deal OF confidence in Gov. Jacob
who was on this first committee, and
chat did he do? He did nothing but
send in here CARRIED report, recon-
mend;ng nothing. There was no lnten'
t;on 10 move Mr.. " alker from his Of
fce or else the Jacob Committee did
not believe its own report. Parties had
said to him that il they acquitted Mr..
walker, the Democratic party would
% 10 thunder. He had told them that
sny party who would approach jury
man with any such threatenlngs, was
tho ver;est scoundrel living. II parties
thought there were sufficient ground
in this report for Impeachment
he was willing to 60 into that
matter. We claim to be free people
and vet this Legislature is asked TO or
ganize itself into set OF slsnderers 10
ruin the character Of this man. IL
seems to him il ever there was man
unrairIy tried since the DAYS OF the Star
Chamber, that man was Henry ) wal
ker He thought he knew the anlmus
of it There was no witness summons
Cd before the Jacob Committee IN poll
teal sympathy with Mr.. Walker so ne
was informed, except one, and ne was
no Camden Democrat. for he charged
,Jobuson n Camden $50 for inserting
his card as a candidate Tor Governor
Mr.. Davenport here read rom the pro.
ceedings of the Jacob Committee the
resolution denying Mr. Walker the
RICH, to be present during the examlna-
ton of witnesses, and said he would
never vote for a report based on such
testimony, as long IS the constitution
had a provision in it, providing the
privilege of confronting the witnesses
against him. He thought 1t strange
that but one printer should have been
summoned from the city OF Wheeling
where there are hundreds OF competent
printers. That man was James NJ
Ewing, but numbers Of questions he
declined TO answer. Why was he not
com pelled to answer? Some members
bad charged that Mr. Walker had
never, in his paper, INDICATED the
course of the present Legislature. And
whv? Because this Legislature hau
put gag in his mouth.
Mr. Suider, of Monongalia, said the
report of the minority of the committee
should have been acted or first. Twas
his desire 10 get rid OF this question. he
Wanted 1t distinctly undersoo that he
had nothing against the Public Prin-
ter The discussion is unpleasant, but
it has been charged upon the Radicals
that they concocted this thing for the
purpuse OF ipjuiring good Democrat
Hetook the liberty to say this was not so
Twas family quarrel altogether. he
asserted that the arguments used oyMr
Davenport, in relation the committee
amply with the same force to the
committee that made the majority re-
port now under consideration. Speak
ing from a political stand point he
| would like the democracy to cover this
| matter up but he hoped he was actual
ed by no such feeling. 1t s duty this
House owes to this State, duty itowes
to the printer to close this matter up.
He thought some gentlemen were &C
tuated by a motive not so much to IN
vestigate the accounts Of the Public
Printer, as to sink The Jacob Commit
tee. He thought the major ty report
simply a criticism on the Jacob
Grantham report. He charged that
this report was one-sided,. an erparts
affair. The gentlemen charged that
the Jacob Grantham report was e.
parte. He confessed he knew nothing
OF the matter at issue and thought the
only way to have justice done all par
4 A.. - % ,and tho 70 90 IN the cOurts