The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-11-27
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rsr llv ul lHAHhSbA ''"S "'''A 49, '"
@ Tsn,,,rr. assembled aud resumed the
Nv I,,,tion Of the impeachment ques
N, NrEIdowncy, the member iron
r,,.I county, being entitled to the floor
r.,, .,p,gmpn being the reputed father
nbc ninoriyrcport ot the lnVestigat'
,c,mml,lrc, it was presumed that HI
~. prglfci 10 shed abroad the lighI
g.s had lead him to the conclusions
.,nIid in that report When tht
.l.man therefore rose from his seal
5,,auinlcr cloud, huge, black and por'
,,,,,. ,br members and the visitors
.r,,J,brm,clycs down expecting at Least
t.,f thunder iinothing else, The first
air,thr gentleman did was to announce
a,,h, wasn't in very good keller for the
Ia, he had too much THANKSGIVING
,,,etopvc ,upposc, -bnthis lady friends
,,,. yery anxious to hear him and he
.7auaketbe attempt. The lady friends
snybayc bnt battered his vanity to
,,Ibim nr,in a. none Of them were
l,,s Ia .rc the show. The gentleman
EJro, proceeded far before it became
,,,l.nt that Notwithstanding the size ol
A,eoal there n'tgoing to be much oi
, .hoaer, and moi even merry gale ol
,,j He started ont to find fault with
hsIp,e.tigating Committee, Of which he
n.one, in.innating that they were gov
arel by impure motives and charging
h,uwilh base subservience to personal
,siuo.ilie.. Onthispoint his effort was a
r,,s a,iemptto follow in the wake OF the
Gentleman from Wood, Mr., Jackson. lie
.J there were things done by the com.
ni,,ce in pursuance Of the investigation
,l,,bec,nll not understand, Whether
l,tvl, the iauIt Of the subject before
,bec,mmttcc or the structure Ofhis men,
n organization those who heard his
reeth don't need to be told. The gentle,
n,o seemed to soon recognize that he was
in slter too deep even for his towering
heieht. lie found that the hall Of the
lIoue wa. not the theater upon which, in
tile abuse Of the Republican minority, to
llpIy Snt Loycgood literature minus
Si,lAgcgool's wit. lie therefore turned
hi, aNcn,iouto the ioundling Of doubtful
piletniw known M the minority report,
nni real most Of it over for the benefit oil
the member. who perhaps had not cared
torld it iur themselves. We might con-
.ilcntIy drop the gentleman right here
ThoC, however, who are familiar with
aSiomalic proverbs, know that there arc
two classes Of people who say what they
think, and for this reason We must lay
before the people the true inwardness Of
the opposition, Mr.. McEldOwncy said
these gentlemen claim that they are not
aclualed by any party feeling in the con.
,ideration Of this case. Such an idea to
hi, mind was a preposterons absurdity.
lie lMcEldoSueyl was aCtuated by party
motives in this thing and in all his acts.
II thil should not be so, there was no use
in having politics lie believed they (the
Rcpnblicans) thought II they could get
the Auditor and Treasurer Ousted
from office some oi them would
get in, We may we'll ask our readers
whether ii i'any wonder that the gentle.
man from Wctlel was incapable Of un.
dtt'taniing the morlus operandi ofinves-
tlsaIing high crimes and misdemeanors.
Because the result Of the investigation
EA' likely to damage the reputation Of
officials elected by his party he would
Whi,cwaal the Augcan stable and
lcayc it a whitcd scpnlchrc, full
Of tottsunrss and dead mems bones.
Because the committee believed that
their party hol an bouc,. ip,cn, IN puruc
Oithat contcmpt Of official in.
tesrity that was charged upon them, the
gentleman could sec nothing in. 1t but a
malignant persecution inspired by the
iTo representatives Of the "insignir.
cant" minority, on the investigating
Here we have the true
.nvarlness Of the speeches Of the
member from Wood (Mr. Jackson,
md from Barbour and from Marion and
illthc big guns on the same side. True
.hey were not the men to nut forth 80
s'o"an idea in al its native uplipess.
but that i. exactly the impression their
'pecchcs have made upon the mind Of the
Gentleman from lyetzcl, and which for
the benefit Of his lady admircr, and the
public generally he was weak enough 10
putin words.
Thcgcntlrman became the mouthpiecu
Of another and very singular argument
in favor of postponing the further con.
'ilctation Of the impeachment question
hniWcNi.honr readers 10 note II, which
I'that the Senate will never convict these
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