The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-23
rnc committee Dcc,ar" tsie Questions
are rroner.
TINE ASKED AND GRANTED fOk
REILLY.

TIM senate COMMITTEE on Roads and Inter
,l T,,i.-fion, =; Il meeting held ut 10 a.
" nr Wednesday. January y. 1913. re.
e,,rel the consideration of Mr.. Greene'S bill
70 ,r,borize tho Petersburg Railroad Com
,,,n, 10 extend IL road through Richmond,
t.r.dcri,k.hIr aul Alexandria, To point
on The puom1c river opposite Washington
,;,, Tho following members ol the COM
miftra wcr" present: Mc>>Ts. nolftutS
Cochran, Quc>cnherry, Terry, ward, ana
lrU,h-Mr. Holhd,v prc,idinc.
ON motion Of Mr.. Qucscnbcrry. 'hc con-
mj'rce took up the consideration OF the b','
yrf,.rrcd 10, being unfinished business pend
Ing 1T the last meeting.
Mr., Lyon: Mr. Chairman, after forty
ci,lt hours reelection and serious conSldcra.
,ion. rot onlr ot tho duty which | owe To
the Petersburg Railroad Company. whose
counsel an, but Of the gravcr dnty which
owo 10 the people If Virginia. whcul also
claim 10 represent III this matter, Il Is in no
>rr;i rf hOastIng that call attention to the
t4,t that I. = mere provincial lawyer. am
riiied alone a@ainSt three OF the most emil
n,nt m,inbcr~ ui the bar Of the metropolis.
two Of whoui have gIaced the Judicial
bench. and on" Of whom recol!cCt rs having
adorned tie ciminc when was but boy.
With the odds Of three pairs oi lungs
ADJUST me 10 my ono. | have sought TO the
i,.- of lIy uh'itr-yCi, II may t". not with
n,,t cinl,urri,4mcut-- execute the trust inn
p1S"d ulnn me. Nevertheless, in ConSidcTa-
ipI of ihc Ia, that in mere war Of words
may he rlrrlornr hv numbers on the other
,rir. have determined to bring this matter
to 4 sharp AMI decisive point, which must
not and cannot b" d"dgcd or in anywiSc eva
d.d 70 this end have carefully prepared
= series OF questions. which haze put in
writing. both tor convenience and certainty.
and will now read them to iIr. Robinson.
Mr.. lNcn h"."u to read hl> paper, but
lm,l piUrrlod hut 4 sentence or two when
Nj, !loiiiday NTt>dinsl interrupted him.
Mr. IIrlIad,y: Strr. Mr. Lyon. ana Let us
>,, Wilctlri Vii i;",iu>"n will decline TO an
.r,r l2i"rr yoH rr;cr Into statements and
comments upon t5r ll"; umrtion that nc
viii net answer.
Nj. Lyon: | offer l;l"." questions and
srItrmrut, - part Of the REMARKS | wish to
make before tn" committee, and ! an now
l,tlius from written paper. II | pro-
unsintc the words with too much loudncSS
.ui force. can only plead that my school
r.lchcI> always tauIh, Inc 10 read with DIS
tmttnC,> and emphasis.
MIR. IIul|aday: iui Mr. Robinson may
answer yoar pur-ti"nS aHd thus save YOU
IT,. trouble If making tie statements which
ynu propose.
Mr. lyon: Sir. Mr.. Robinson i abundant
/, able 70 take care ci himself; and il he he
not. hr ha- three lawyers here tu take care
IT hi Interests.
Mr.. lloladay: No doubt of il. You will
proceed.
Mr.. Lyon then read rs follows:
Mr.. Chairman aud gentlemen of the COM
rIltc",--Thc committee has twice decided
tormq}ly. after Grbaic. that il is legitimate
2ui pertinent 10 ask questions tending to
Shows t!,d the lin" Of transportation between
Baltimore and Weldon, OF which the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad
) Il part, is the commercial competitor aud
rival oG the line between the same points,
composed wholly Of the Baltimore StcanI-
Packet t"inpnn, and the Seahoald aud Roam
"k" Railroad t"mpiny. and the committee
Conrcding THAT it has no power to compel
answer, has distinctly announced that wit.
n">> lGay refuse TO answer legitimate and
pertinent questions If hr he willing to incur
til" odium of such refusal.
Accepting the foregoing II. the law of this
proceeding, we PROFOUND to Mr.. John Nj.
Robinson, n witness called by us, the follow
vi, nnt answnr II No ,nn holm II Wa shall
" Il, t'oa "''sNI''i II ~. ."n n.p n' we s
nrth. c,nt. ,,htrh II i. in,ardad ~ hr;n,r to
Ioht and rh,llnngn Mr. Bni,insnn who is in
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H:'A hENE.- o;uiit IL ABOVE.
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,.,l...n,rd i. nrot;;s over nNd .hoyn t1r d;yi' '
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alt-x ,ra[-,c.,yiI sl0. ~, nrr yrnr-.;,,t ,' th'
,nl,lla.c, ap,n- other things. of a control
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,o,d rom,c,ny Please inform the commit
rcc, in his Lrha,r.-
HOW m.nv ,b,ros of the stool, of tho