The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-11-09
GOVERNOR HUBBARD AND HON,
WASH JONES.

Col. Wash Jones having assaulted the
personal integrity of Governor Hubbard,
Mr.. J. r. Beall, chief secretary Of the Sen
ate Of the Fourteenth Legislature, writes:
am perfectly familiar with the passage
OF that bill, and of Governor Hubbard's
connection with it, and would have made
this statement before now, but thought
Governor Hubbard's statement had set the
matter finally at rest. AS Col. Jones seems
not to be satisfied with it, however, l will
proceed to give him and the public my
statement, which is as follows:
A petition was sent from Smith county,
signed by number Of the most dis
tinguished gentlemen from Tyler and Smith
counties, asking relief for Mr.. Whitmore and
others whose names do not now recollect.
In response to this petition Judge Camp, the
then Senator from Whitmorc's district, and
. gentleman who has the respect and con-
fdence of all who know him, introduced
the much-talked-of bill for the relief Of
Whitmore and others. | am not certain
that the bill was ever referred to a commit
tee, but when it came up for consideration
in the Senate Judge Camp arose in his place
and stated that the bill had been prepared
in response to the Smith county petition,
and as Governor Hubbard resided in that
county and was more familiar with the facts
than he was, he would call upon him to
state them TO the Senate. When this bill
was called up Governor Hubbard called
some Senator to the chair, and at the
request Of Judge Camp stated the facts to
the Senate, which were in substance as fol-
lows:
He stated that he was familiar with the
facts, as he had been for a long while, and
xnk
only in the subject matter of that bill, but
in other cases. He wanted it distinctly un-
derstood by Senators that he had been the
attorney Of Mr.. Whitmore in that and other
cases, and knew the facts as set forth in
the petition to be true. He said Mr.. Whit
more had been unfortunate in losing a large
portion Of his estate, had just buried his
wife, and would live but short time him-
self. He had legally adopted several or
phan children as his own, and they were
the children of Confederate soldier, who
died upon the battlefield. He said at the
time that he felt delicacy in making any
statement whatever concerning the matter,
- he had been OF counsel for Mr.. Whit
more.
This Is the gist of his statement, and now
let rs see II il is true. No one has ever de-
MED that Whitmore adopted the children,
OF tuhJ Lney WcTO lHc Va u OC-
ceased Confederate soldier. Nc one ever
denied that he had been unfortunate in los.
ing his wife and much of his property. AS
20 his statement that Whitmore would live
but short time, time has proven that, foI
Mr.. w. died short time afterwards, and
before he died denied in an open letter to
Mr.. Douglas, of Tyler, that he paid Cover.
nor II. for his influence as a legislator, and
pronounced the charge utterly and infa-
mously false. Gov. Ii. made full state
ment Of this matter sometime last spring IN
the Nssos, and think it satisfied every one
except Col. Jones, who now seeks to go tc
Congress by denouncing better men than hi
is. Gov. H., in his letter to the
Rsscs, referred the country to the Senators
of the Fourteenth Legislature, every one
Of whom, doubt not, will testify to thu
correctness Of this statement.
j. +. BEALL.