The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-11-22

Drr comments LlO'A uAy w "NS "
.,,.,se. made pro and con in the House
u, propriety Of forwarding the aO-
,,.J Auditor and Treasurer under the
..s,I.. Of impeachment to the Senate for
r.,J are not written either with the view
D ,5. desire to influence the vote OF
", " members, The gentlemen OF the
g,o.e have the printed report OF the
,g,ty Of the Investigating Committee
,,,,,l a. the printed argument OF the
;,o,iy Of that committee lying on
%,i, table. From these they should be
,5,vbrm just and unbiased conclu-
n,spon the merits oithe evidence, We
,,i,, for the benefit Of the people who
I,,, not an opportunity Of hearing and
%.,,m Judging for themselves OF the
'1,,jae.s or unsoundness Of the princi.
,s.pDon which are based the arguments
T., and against the resolutions submitted
b,,he committee
Him. ". 7. Icc,'o Barbour, occupied
n. h,,er portion OF the morning session
speech against the proposition to im'
r.,,l,, We might summarily dispose OF
Il. pcnlleman'- remarks by saying that
n. rpr.aed much the same line Of argu-
nenl a, did the gentleman from Marion,
Nj. Fleming, to whose remarks We devo-
plmmp attention on Saturday morning,
v,,e Il not Tor the fact that he assumed
tbe extraordinary position that wrongs
.ap,lIy as Aagrant as those charged upon
m, accused had been committed by oil.
c,r. Of this State under Republican ad-
nipi,tratiOn and as they had not been
haliclelor impCached, therefore the pres
sp,p,r,ie, against whom articles OF i'm
peachment have been preferred should
,l,oJe allowed to escape. This was really
lhe ,um and substance Of the gentleman's
argument. Mr Ice isan intelligent look
iOesnuemau and, II we mistake not,
hryef. Can he'for a moment entertain
ncb reasoning as sound lOgic2 His
daily practice IA lawyer ia lIa'
contradiction to any such atroCiOus
doctrine. The gentleman claimed and
We believe others claim, and certain
" the organs Of the party charge, that
there was deficiency Of S3S,0O0 some
where or somehow during Republican
administration Of the State affairs. We
don't know whether any such deli'
cheney actually occurred or not; and
We have this to say, that II the charge
can be snbstantiated, and II the money
can be traced to the hands OF any Repub.
liCan official, We will not be among those
who will plead that because the parties
have long since passed out Of office the
oiIense has passed beyond the reach OF
the hand Of Justice, The party in power
ha, had control Of State affairs long
enough to have demonstrated the truth
Of the charge and to have brought II home
to some individual or individuals, and
their failure to do so il presumptive CVi.
dencc that the charge Is false. II may be
true, however, and for arguments sake
we will admit that it is true and presume
in apologising. for the failure Of the par.
ty power to trace It up that ii has had
such herculean task in protecting
the treasury Of the people from It's own
officials that Il has not had time to ferret
Ou! the malieasAnce Of its predecessor.
With what success this protective cnre
hns been administered let the prosecution
at Charleston and the finale Of the i'm.
PeaCiment business answer. We will
asain, for the sake Of a clear understand.
Ing by our readers, lay down the salient
point, Of the defense made by the gentle
men who have already spoken against the
propriety Of forwarding the accused par.
Iie' to the Senate for trial, and we wish
them carefully noted. We wish further
to impress upon the minds Of our readers
that every member Of the House who has
yet spoken against impeachment, has, in
hi' place upon the floor Of the House,
admitted that in respect to the Treasurer,
the facts alleged by the committee
are true and have been proven. The
points urged by the defense are, that the
otIcnses charged were committed in for.
mer term of Office, md that reelection
to Office by the people condones all past
oaen'es; that there has been no olIense
committed by the accused that Is In.
d'ciablc under the law, and that, there.
lore, they are not impeuchablc, and
ought not to be impeuchcd; that the State
has lost nothing.by the transactions Of
these parties, and as the State got the in.
, ,e'e's 'hc had tnrgained for, they cannot
be impcachcd for making a per
centage out Of the State funds.
And lastly, by the gentleman from Bar.
Oour lhatas The law had been violated
under Republican rule II was valid e1.
ca'e Tor is violation under Democratic
administration.
Ihi'i' the gistof the Orgumenlso far,
II We understand the English language
anu we think we do. According to the
Iaeofy embraced in the first point, the
Cashier Of bank, who, for a series Of
yeaF' carticson system Of peculation
Oy which he CmbezsleS in the aggregate a
large sum Of money, but from year to
year so urranges his books that at each
,enl'anhunl ,si meeting Of the Board Of
directors !, he receives the approval Of the
board sometimes receiving an increase
0l salary for faithful service, when
al Ii'' his crime il discovered should
O' neither dismissed from his high
,fu'' nor punished for theft because,
Io"oolh, the Directors Of the Bank have
passed his accounts as correct and con.