The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-11-29

\ the accused could not nave done the
things charged, because they had no con-
troll over the deposits, since the manner
OF depositing public funds was provided
for by law, This was all very nice argu'
ment provided the Auditor and Treas.
urer had oboyed the law, but there re.
mains the fact that they did so manage
the deposit Of the public funds that the
banks deemed it worth while to pay them
for it, and the gentleman did not explain
upon what principle they were willing to
pay them a price for doing something
that they must, according to his logic,
have done in any event,
The gentleman then in desultOry way
discussed the law requiring the deposit
Of the public funds in banks. Whether
he wants the public money left around
loose where il will be still more acCessi.
bic to specuIating officials, did not ap'
pear; and rs that portion Of his remarks
had no bearing upon the guilt or inno-
ccnCc Of the Treasurer and Auditor, We
drop it where he did-in the mire Of oh.
security,
lie then pitched into the committee for
failing to investigate the S3s,OOO myth
said to have risen from the swamps OF
Republican administration. Why they
did not, we leave the chairman Of the
committee, who followed him, to answer,
but will ask him what sense there would
have been in wandering away from pas.
lures green and quiet waters to prowl in
the desert in search Of n mouthful Of
dried herbs? There Is In nature only
one animal that prefers even thistles to
bluegrass,
The gentleman then proceeded to pay
his respects to the Governor and inquired
why that official had not brought these
gentlemen (the Auditors,and Treasurer)
before n tribunal and had them punished,
but he did not answer his own question.
We will try it, As ono Of the accidents
Of the campaign which elevated the De.
mocraCy to power in this State, an honest
man was elected Governor, and in his
devotion to the principles which had been
proclaimed by the party became often.
sive to the leaders Of that party, stood in
the way Of the well laid schemes Of the
mice and men who run the party. A leg.
isIature picked up from the highways and
byways Of the State proceeded to diyeSt
him Of his ministerial power, established
u Board Of Public Works Of which the
Governor was the mere hgure.heAd. In
their blind rage against him they 10 leg.
islAted as to render II not improbable
that the Janitor Of the Public Buildings
was the real Governor Of the State In 30
far rs 1t had any Governor at all. The
record made by the party tells us why
the Governor has not done what lie ought
to have done, and what he would have
done ifhe had not been robbed Of execu.
tive power in all save the name which
his own party had made as sounding
brass and tinkling cymbal.
The little dissertation Of the gentleman
from Kanawha on what should have been
done by the Governor had nothing to do
with the guilt or innocence Of Auditor
Bennett or Treasurer Durdett.
The gentlemans new ammunition was
not worth snuff to blind the eyes Of his
hearers, 80 lie fell back on that which had
been shot so often by his predecessors
We wish we could arrange 1t 80 that It
would sound new, but We cannot. Com.
mitted in former term-nobody wrong.
ed-nO money lost. Upon these the
gentleman rnng the usual changes and
having learned them by rOte did not deem
It worth while to refer to documents or
authorities. As the reserve for the final
charge we think the opposition were en-
titled to something better, and believing
that the gentleman iS capable Of better
things we do not do him injustice when
we say that his speech was characterized
by vehement assertions without proof,
defamation without argument, and
only showed in what a labyrinth Of absnr.
dity they become involved who attempt tC
maintain nm untcnable position by Argu'
mCnt.
The gentleman from Kanawha was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Good Of Ohio, who COM
menced the closing argument for the i'm
parchment at half past three o'clock
speaking until five, when the House took
recess until seven o'clock, at which time
he resumed, closing his argument at nine
O'clock.
The thorough dissection Of the Audi
Tor seems to have been left 10 Mr.. Good
and his argument was largely devoted tC
the clucidation Of tho charges against
that officer. lie showed that in the mat
ter Of the 81, 1CO and the $4,000 from the
B. & o. Railroad Co., and in the matter
Of the insurance tax which he had pocket
ed as fees, lie had committed three Sepa'
rate, distinct and pal pable violations Of
his oath Of office, Of the laws and The
Constitution Of the State, and in so doing
had committed the crimes Of embe1lle'
mcnt and Of perjury.
lie had drawn the 81, from the ire
ducible school fund and placed II to hi'
own account in the Merchants Dank oI
Charleston; had drawn the $4,000 from
the First National Bank Of Wheeling, 4
State depository, and placed it also in The
Merchants Bank Of Charleston and kept
IL there to his own account; he had fail.
cd to report to The Governor the amount