The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-06
MONDAY, SEPT. Q, 1879.
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THE quarrel between the Hon. ]. Han
son Good and the big or little end Of the
Bourbon ring las it shall turn cut to be),
Is, "a Captain Cutie would say, "a very
pretty quarrel as it stands" and prom
Uses to be quito pretty for some time to
come, judging from the last phase of Il.
We refer to the libel suit entered against
Auditor Bennett by Mr., Good on satur.
day last. This libel suit, while appur-
emily personal affair, grows out of Mr..
Goods onslaught on the "Ring' last win
ter at Charleston. twill be remembered
that last fall, during the campaign, he
frst broke with the 3Ring" master by de-
claring in public card, that under no
circumstance, in or out Of caucus, would
he vote for such a man as Walker for
United States Senator. The people
thought pretty we'll Of this card and gave
Good a big vote at the polls, in the shape
Of the largest majority OF any man on the
Democratic ticket,
Thus encouraged he wentto Charleston,
and finding there field for his ambition,
similar TO that Hercules found when he
visited tho Augean stables, he moved for
tho appointment Of committee ofinVeS'
tigation, (whose chairman he thus bccamC)
whose duty it should DO to look into the
reputed Legitimate operations Of the
Treasurer and Auditor Of the State in
the manipulation Of the public funds. At
the head Of his committee he did look In
to their operations, and the result Of a
brief examination was a report arraign-
ing those two officers before the House Of
Delegates for high crimes and misdemean-
ors, which report was adopted by the
House and articles Of impeachment or.
dered to be preferred against them at the
bar Of the Senate. These articles are to
be heard and tried at the approaching
session Of the Legislature in this city on
tho 10th oiNoy. Mr.. Good, as chairman
If the committee, is naturally invested
with prominent part in the proceedings,
and hence 1t Is not strange that he should
be q special target for attack by any
member Of the Ring who may fancy that
he has On overt or covert opportunity for
80 doing. Accordingly, short time ago,
letter oSteusibly from Benwood
(which was weak invention to begin
With appeared in Walkers paper, at
Charleston, charging that Good in his
professional capacity so influenced and
perverted the will Of the late Shepherd
MoMschen, made during the last hour or
two Of his life, as to defraud the natural
heirs Of his kinsman from their righttul
share Of his property, This was a very
serious charge, and one that Mr.. Good re.
PEELED and denounced in strong language
In a card that was published as an adver.
tiSement In the RegiSer. In this card he
repeated and re.alIirmed all that he had
said about Walker in his card last year,
and virtually threw the responsibility Of
the Benwood letter on Walker. Since
then II seems that Auditor Bennett was
the author OF it, At least 1t Is not 10 be
supposed that Good would institute suit
against him for libel unless he was moral.
ly sure that he had tracked up the letter
to is genuine source. In fact, we pre-
sumo that the Charleston Courier has
been forced to disclose the authorship
Of tue letter or stand suit its.
eli, and in self defense gave the
mamie Of Bennett. At all events,
be the case "a It may, Good has entered
suit against Bennett and laid his damages
at $4,000, which, II obtained, will about
clean out all Of Auditors salary and
perquisites during his term Of office, which
Is saying good deal, lor he seems to have
made good use Of his opportunity, and to
have gone for everything sight up to the
time Of the investigation.
This suit in the court, in connection
with the impeachment before the Senate,
has sort Of political significance, and
will be looked upon rs subordinate
struggle between the impeucher and Inn
peached. II Good convicts Bennett be-
fore the Senate, and then mulcts him in
court, he will have made good thing po-
lltically and financially, and will have
plenty Of Che sinews Of war whcrcwith
to get up the next Congressional Conven-
tion.