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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-20
SNERTFF'S SALE.

By virtue Of an execution, issued out of the
District Court OF the Fourth Judicial District,
in ami for the County of Humboldt, State of
Nevada, on the 1lth Gay of November, A. d.
1879, and to me directed and delivered, for a
Judgment, by confession, recovered in said
Court on the 10th day OF November, A. D. 1879,
in favor OF YEO CHUNG & COMPANY,
plaintiff, and against THE HUMBOLDT IRRI-
CATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
defendant, for the sum of 81 ,665 Is, together
with costs and disbursements amounting TO the
sum Of SO, and accruing costs have on this,
the 22d day Of November, A. D. 1879, levied on
and taken in execution the following described
real property, tc Wit: Dam across the Hum
boldt river. situated on the S. w. quarter Of
Section 2, Township 2s north range, 81 east
Mount Diabio meridian; also one ditch or ca.
nal, with all sGperstruct-res ard improve
mcnts, running in a southerly direction dis
tance Of eight miles, more or less, from said
dam to what is known Is the Big Meadows, in
Humboldt County, Nevada
Notice is hereby given, that on
Saturday. fhe isih Day OF December,
A. ID. 1879.
Between the hours Of o'clock in the morning
and five o'clock in the afternoon, viz: at
O'Clock p NJ, in front Of the Court House, in
the town OF Winnemucea, Humboldt County,
Nevada, win sell, at public auction, an the
right, title and interest Of the said defendant,
The Hahsboldt Irrigation and Development
Company, o., in and TO the above described
isfy said execution, costs, and accruinr costs.
q. NJ. MILLER,
Sheriff Of Humboldt County, Nevada.
Winneaueca, November p, Is79.
, 1879-04-07
1IABE41S CORPUS.
ruR APPLICATION FOR 4 WRIT.
SpsfiGt {3isulfch 10 7as Tftbune.

Sp+efa. pis,nfch 10 7aa Trtauns.
EraINup1ELD, MaFcl 5.-The incarceration Of
thu correspondent of THE TlslBuAH In the COM
mon Jail OF ILLS county I'll pretended warrant
issucl by spuakus James, Of TIC llouso of
Representatives, Inns created scnaataon which
pr0futsrs to bt ot more than n!nclRys' duration.
The correspondent passed. the night very com.
fortably 10 thu Jal[ers Office, u,l this morning
was called upon by number Of sytnpathixng
friends from both Houses of tho Legislature.
At 10 o'clock Gov. Palmer, WHO has been
retained ID counsel for tho correspondent, pro-
cecded to tho chambers OF Judge Xane, Circuit
Judge for th!s district, IND preaeated
THE FOLLOWING PETITION
for writ Of habeas corpus, scHsarklng lint the
case was QUO Of grays public interest, Us 1t
struck Ut the very root Of the personal liberty
Of ths cit'zen;
STATE or 1LttSoIs. 8AxaAxoS Cousrr.-To ~
Hon, ghar4<s j. Zans, Judge Qffhe FgJfA .faEe'dE
Ffank II. Nsy,ns. respectfully rorresents 4 YOUR
Honor tl4t he 10 Clttxen Of thu btats Vi Illinois,
ana .esden! q shs County e Gook tn tho FIRTH
OF shp said County Of sangumon. aud is restrained
Of hls liberty thcfrsn BY sau.uuI NJ 6houp, Sheriff
Your ;e ysit!cner further represent. unto ,oqs
said Jail under tho pretended authorlty Of cesut,l
f4G1F* uf W1ETAnas Qc4ElHk au0 w hH9 7IA Hat W
| Apnl, A.. ID. l67u. xiEEr1 by Tho Hon. ". 4.
Jsnes, speaker of the Ilonse of Keptesentattyns
pt tho General Assembly Of thu Staie md counter
signed by ". n. Taylor. CLERK theleof directed to
Nathan Crews, poorksrpes Of sa!d ltouse Of nep;
Eeseptatiyes. md samuel shonp, Sheriff Of said
Of ns ss e "sS Gtaw saa
a. Aforc4atd, is commanded to taku tho
body OF fonr .pettl!oncr aud hlm dsll!ot
to the Keeper Of the jail os EAnganon Cuaaty fol
contetnpt of tne House OF Representatives ~ 1e'
fux!ug to aaawsE certain questions put to him b,
, 1879-04-07
RESTITUTION.

william II. Vanderbilt Phys 117 ,o00 to thu
Daughters nF liurare Greeley, Money Loan-
ed by tho Great Journallst to His Brother
Cornelius.
ss,ttiai Dt,pateA to 1hs 1rlburA.
New YonK, April 5.-WillIam II. VandcE-
bls today paid tho sum Of $4,000 to tho
daughters OF Hotaco Greeley. This was tho
amount borrowed from Mr. Greeley mnny
years aco By Cos1.ullus II. Vanderbilt. The
Commodore refused to recognize tho
elaiu, ulld once had = characteristic
tNu natter In which tho ra!lrosd millionaire was
hu,lly wursted. He made no provision for the
debt In h!s wilt, and tho daughters would pot
have been ab,e to collect tho claim, even had
thcy been dlsposed to mike ono. This action Oh
lis part 1t William II. Vanderbilt IL
considered 4 part OF the general settlement Of
the financial atfairs OF the famlty ~ result Of
tic close OF the yarlous suits and tho will con.
,est, lp any case, 1t Ia Just to tho daughters Of
the great journalist. -.
, 1879-04-07

uAATRoRD, April 2,-Ths Montreal tlispatch
few days ago, announcing tllat Frederick
Shepard and hls vito. thu siauehtcr Of ex-0ov.
nuHoasa passed through hSs s,y S'ty on Tess
tics have not been out Of Hartford sinco the
young Indy left one shv rst sS Wsnt e s,a1 tue
hoa's Of hsr hsos,ast trea. nrotneF osiiMt 9 eno n
was there jol,c.i by the nan ot her choice, who
had Just returned irom Now Haven. They 70
lnat,1rl ut bis hro,ilcs's house for 4 fow days,
ui,u arc now Ut Tic home Of Bhsparl's paronts.
on Grand street.. uuy, Iiabbasd'4 family have
lnaiutaiueti q strict seclus!oa slnce the eYe4t
trauspirc,l. Mira. Hubbard has bcen alarmtuEly
III. anl sir. Hubbard has eeen ons " ;l's house
having d fatherlY sympathy for his daughter, IL
e1esednRy udEaant; as 9s ast!9n; saspatd
through bis brother Tip" 70 yet sonle aasur-
acts to to sxoyetnsf: ;s;:nd It ID sald IT, hs
Ina no chance OF ever being recognized BY tho
Hubpards, uor will h.s wife, 1t Is bslieYsd, ba
ayatn recsiysd at houlo up'ess she leayes hos
husband. SAe has written to hrr father oara
sinro her mat1iaEu.
, 1879-04-07
OTHER OPINIONS.

Il. r. TULEr.
A reporter met MIR. A1. +. Tulcy Saturday af-
ternoon md asked him what he thought Of the
action Of the uouso In impsiSouLng TUE TNlp-
usE'a epcclal correspondent ut Springfield.
sir. T.ley referred to the Constitution
1T hta usual cautious mnnner, aid
then sail hc did not .ind any provision
therein to authorize sucl nctlon on tho part OF
the House. Sec. Of Art. Of the Constttu-
tim was tho only authority OIL which tho House
hutl to rely. It WIS dangerous precedent to
establish, alld there wns no necessity for any
such power unlcr this freq Government. There
was 10 country whcrr there wns such great
necessity for criticism Of legislative bodies 10
this. Frre criticism furnished tic greatest
CHECK AND PREVENTIVE AGAINST LEo1sLAT1VH
CORRUPTION
tIlat could be devised. The ubiquitous reporters
wero the spcctal dread OF corrupt legislators,
mil, though tllry sometimes wcre nusatseo In
tclyIng into Il mans priyate afFairs, they wcro
an excellent cleck unl safcgllart II tflu com,
1nuntty. Many fraud would 10 committed
tntttctl would not bo found out but for thelr
cncrtty and persistepcy, Tie therefore thought
Tic ucton OF tic llouse III tho prcsent Instance
rms both unWis0 Aud un" arranted.
MI. VAN AMMAN
wns Of tho same oplnion. Ilo said the powcr OF
trcseut, 4 court Of law, eltlcr civil or crltn-
tnal, could not 70 to That extent, mil certainly.
thus,, tle Legislature coull not. Morcoyer, Il
was nn illegal proceetltnE, because It would sub.
icct the purty Imprisoned to penalties If ha was
compelled lu answer.
Mj, +. II. N'oA0o,
on the other lnMG, thnught the Legislature had
tin p.,wcr to do rs they had toup. Public wei.
furu demanded thnt sucll Charge Of oribcry
should not havo bcca mado unless tho. corre-
ypontlent was willing to taku tho chances.
Hitter i.o should not havo tnado thu charge or
10 should haYp disclosed tho natnc Of lls IN.
former when asked. Tho fact tlllt libel could
not bo maintained was urlmportant, because tho
n,ntter went much farther t1ian individual rights
ar wrongs In prtnciplo IN lta elects Oh tue pub
lie ut urge but he 11Ru not 1aoketl at tic ques-
tim as to tho right of the Legislature to tns-
priBon n person who refused to answer qlcs-
tlo,is. Ho bad general idca,, howcTaF, ti'at
there was Rueh a power, and Gil impression Tint
the present was casc In which the power
should 10 exercised II 1t existed.
, 1879-04-07

going to send you to the Reform School At 1'on-
tfac ilrtI1 you arc OF agc.h
"Danf 70 there; I'd rather plead pullty OF
burglary md robbery and 20 to tic Legislature
for year AMI bc through with It. could get
tho Governor to pardon mo out"
Mother" hope this may PROVO lesson to
you."
son-" Got nny rumt''
Mother" No.n
6on-''Go and gct somo."
Mother" What forl"
Son--" want to got drunk. That's the NAY
legislators do.".
Mother" You must not be 1[ke them.
I'm RATHER sEn rou .DEAp.f
7 After some further conversation about family
afIalrs, not OF AT interesting character to tic
general reader further than that tho old man
had attempted to brenk mulcs will, nnt1 had
stuck up IN the Decentralization cnrd an-
nouncItg t,at to would bo back III two wrcks.
William D. .TaYios and Willis Hawkins, the
first md second clerks Of thu l1ouse. tallcd, nn1
looked through tie squaro tfap-holc In The
door, and asked to bo admitted, wllcrcupon
Nirs Wharton walked out with On empty basket
on her nrm In which sho had brought some
provisions for her son.
Whilo in tho courtroom to-day, Miss Ella
jackson and altss Maud Hoyt, two small pauc4,
aged about 10 years each, handed boquct to
Tho prisoner a.
A TOKEN Or THEIR SYMPATHY.
These little misses wure crying yesterday when
TnE TRIBUNE correspondent was dragged Oft
10 fall, and waited Upon the Doorkacper OF thu.
House With the request that lo wouldn't allow
II. There seems to DO great deal Of coli
tempt abroad In the State at The present time,
Mr.. Nathan A. Enrrefy of nntpttt Coirt+
, 1879-04-07
MIR. NEVINS' GARD.
aCATlItNo DOCUMENT.
Htecfof nlsfufch In Thu Tribune.


sPR1NoriE1p, ILL.,, April 6.-Couarr JAIL,
sAxoAMox Co., ILL.,, April 5.-1o Tho Speaker
ard Gentlemen Of tts HOUSE Of Representative res: In
my published dispatches to THE CHICAGO TnEn+
uNn from sprlngQeld, hnyu hintcd at somo Of
the vices which hive dlseraced your body. /
ilaye by no means told all tho truth; but, per-
haps for tho reputation OF tho Thirty-Qrst Gem
cral Assembly, and tile lunor Of tho State,
enough hus already been said. Yet feel coll
strained to add TINT there was ttmc when It
wns esteemed an honor to ST Ia your l1ousc;
but thero arc honorable, hlgh-mndcl gentle
men upon tho floor to-dny who fecl humblel by
the conduct Of somo OF thr!r fellow-nlutnbcrs,
nnd are ashamed to be there, Members Of the
General Assembly l,ave Visited tho newspaper
offices In Chicago with
STORIES OF ions AND nRlnE1T
which 11ayo caused tho editors Of those papers
to suppose that this Legislature was little less
tlau m organized bantitti preying upon the
interests Of the State, md hayo bcGRcd tile
prcss 10 stir up this fFog-poud Of
it'll. covered with tho green scum OF
corruption. It ia well-known fact
that the dcns Of vice with which this city Is
crowded arc nightly 1lEed with members Of your
body. For evidence Of this your Investigating
Committee have but to cali upon the police Of
Springfield, or thu gan,Ins, guttersripes, and
tramps Who infestthc town, or upon
THE BLEAn.gYEp DAwDs
who nro tho partners Of their commerce, among
whom these facts arc notorious From ttlese
places Of infanty they straightway lilo and scat
themselves at the social board among the ,ylyos
md daughters Of the beat citzcns Of sprlng.
field.
It hRs becu statcd In thc nature pf cnnnnlnint
, 1879-04-07

direction Of the said 1io.e tonchiog certain charges
Of coftnpt.on or tho rn's Of tncubcra: nn,l also
.nl1cs Of said county, 10 rrcetYn your petitioner
into 1is cnstohy In said si., and f!m thfc.y keen
shsl sianisy n,n wJl,insnc,s to nnsser t;cl nrcs.
tns NJ may bu rut 10 lin by tho direction o@ Enid
1onso touching ihe nl,ove. mentioned charges, mud
then rpu A. your neitlonrr mail rvnif to them
hi. Willingness. t, auswnr thc raid aucstot thc taju
Nathan Crews and Nnmucl shpup are. by fho Rnld
Erete1t!ea warrant, ecm1saaed to hrng yonr pe;,
y m Fl v o. fo o .s
pHner Of psetenaed wnsrant It copY Of which ID ni-
taGne rep ncseto. n,s :. as1'tGH g",,i;. ~ n :,
that ho is informed and ii slyscs ~ tdnr.ef md
l,o thetefots charges 70 bo trns, That the aaia
apes M ns ptssenueh wa'tans IN nhlaWh afln ntefly
adyiscd to carvc, that Il thn da,c Of sad wstrant
tbote wore no clafge, Of oo'rnpt!on tho pirt Of
oo}oro to sad ionao Or unes III y
~ ea,ne. q before my. eomm'ttce thcfaoi. ana
4r :" e a,s yoat M
tIt!oner 10 oupcnr beIore the nail House Of my
committee thereof to answcs any qiealton or ques.
Ana he il Furthermore inlormctl and edyisea by
Ills cntlnscf, aud therefore charges 1t to bc true.
mat thoro IN nut. nor was iLcs boiosc it's dsse ot
acntatives 10 at,thortsc tic ionorapo s,o spesker
sf .sa lo,s 70 .;us sas a f9s 81 rss
vtscti ihat he IN nnjawf;)iy nnd Yronrfu}lv rc.
etrnlnca Of hIs lberty by tI,a sai1 Nathan Crews
md Samuel II, S]pi1u. nu1or and bY The Pretended
authority " fa,l napur OF warrant,
In cnnsleratlou OF the promises. may It plcnse
your 1Ionpr tU vrnl to Yor petitioner tho wit Of
habcas corpus. rrcted 10 ,ha sall Natha,. Crowx.
Huttkeenef ~ tho aiolE9 .. H%gntcsstAsnes % ~ asa
Comfy, com,aantiEnW them i"rtiwt.i In produce
tho h0dy of your petitioner before Jonr Honor;
W!tn tne chMse ~ ms sautTts ant Io.ent.n' @ ~"
HhY tsM p!ense JSss . @ ~ .!snt ~" w, y,
eiaet .ne safc. "mu oiao1 tnat your Pe''osee 10
, .oMt .nus s dab, orra ,vo,
anu Soul pe''t'o"eF Will "''n oatS oouau' o''F
pay.
,.a,,.n MR., ~, ;, ,,r,uo ,vn,r
i7seso tAE 'V11o"."" ""'''
returnab]e this afternoon ht o'eoek, When an
application will bo nadu to haro the corrc.
.r.ss.., -, - -, .,a..l,.,. H.. ,.,.,,
spohdent scseasca on on'l ncnot"s lne aeeu-
menta In tho case, which will DO set for some
tlnv mart wco,,.
e .,m, o.. <7, . ~.
ptonie ~ ~ $tofe ~ Hitaoi* h N"fIon crrM,.
poo,Ttentr OF tis Hauss of Tdrrfsfnff.iirts, and
Samuel n. Shoup, Sheriff AID Jaftrn nf ne Counfa
NJ Sanpamon-: WuEnEAs. 4 petition s!aH been
presented to tho undermined jndxc Of tllo fif!l
Judicial circuit Of THY State Dt llltno!s. by anu On
, 1879-04-07


A,,.u,,x =. n, ,,r,,, - : ,ht,L .nd ,hn.o,oro
Aescmpy hs slt onant 70. !nink. ann. thctesole.
thia dacasai'n must involve tho ytry grayeat cues.
taons OF nnn'lc nm pt,s&.o s9nt. IN nc one
manu- no "su VII t,s aett ~ ai 1,aa y u "ot W se.s
ssauss,,.ns .hn|it |" ho f,iiy ,v.ta,nn in
tho Ycry limits nf tho Constitution. nor
an, @ ono Of thcso wlio bciic.e that tic power Of
iho General X..embIy should r. sny, scnso b
sf s n Il. y q "a %s 1T sss
often The sricrs OF thcr cases and Of disuuieA
and character whero It .nny 10 expected unless
these rcntinmen n,o hbove ths ordinary frAilttca
sas e,,ts1 f @ sfs sea Or ss
no nry can sit between them and the citI.ens. and
remembered that Mr. Noylns or any other porson
III Ills situation
IA .1ao m nm PROTECTED
A"oo ~ .N,,,', -,
the hgheat character ano entitled 70 tho greatshat hI
arc III. aeaIt, and blood. and hare ,pa..tons Ike
onr:etyea. and who sometimes. tn tletf M desire to
vnocMe 1hensoyes 'o,E"t u r},hts' a' ~ c othn.s
actnPhIoha FeEaFn 10 uhv .!Aats ~ otncEF
n an paFa, a. S;on !. not snaTe fqe a @
lawful 'mrIsonmen.. but only ask H. r. view % 81 iho
efavty q tHe qtic?ti9ne insolycn snat . T. nesans
oe aa1aittea ~ Datl III i!e gghtieneh " !ne ohe1
nldo nre tfcpaEGi1 to !nccs thia case. ! septht'
naSe 70 aoao1 that Il ii "th'h 'aa oihcso1'oh Vi
snar lionor; s41t,;, ,,us ..v ,,,a. ,.h,,, ~.
Court has ndmittei 10 aaii pcrson committed by
eltHer lIonAe Of Parliament!
tttF. tanef-no slt: out nna eases S. we're 1neJ
werc only ptcyentea from doing 40 from fcgata 70
INC 4iohltv u ihFlsanchl. tsnl'tfs.I r. nnat no
remem1ssed: howcrcf that there u th1s efosa oas"
undcr oat sSs'o1n the powor Of ensn department Il
4avernncnt IA neihen BY tlie deliberate hti eaic'
whc Il; III. W. Santsy snr on yci. IN M
scttcci to the ocri. each At The rams time fl nh
, 1879-04-07
IN COURT,
THE ARGUMENTS uEFoNE JUDGE ZANE.
S,triul E{tutfcA n TIA Tribune.

c,x,,,, y,5.ui,trb u, fAs Y.y3hurs
srR,sorIzLD, iii. Anril 5.-1'nc Incarceration
of Tur Frn1n,ryr sotreanon,,tht conttnucs tn
In thr acnsat,on n ihc hour. mi IN crerv .,ac
,hc nct,m of thr 1Inn.c .,nrrta viii, cnn,,c,nnn,
tlon. The rcncra1 b,cthorouch,y understands
tho character NJ that lranrn of tl,o i.rrsloturc,
an, nnnrcetatrs. ,, n wav ti,r rncmhprs in not
1,,,c II, I,7nrsa Ito want nj avstr,r r,1 in NJ.
Ter wont ot common honpa.y. Tbo m,hlr
hercahouts. onl nresumah,y throuphout thu
entire stntc Ia f,,l,v a1vIsptl of tho fact Tint
many Of tho members arc what is yulrurly but
c1preBsiycIy called
.oy TIE MAgE.n
Il IA known that the houorabfo gentleman COL
lcct nav for each md every Sunday tl,ut tho
Legislature ia in session; II ia also known t1lat
thew collect INV for carh an1 cycrv Inv Tint
thcv nro n,se,,t from snr,nrfc,1. ou3 n i. f,,r.
th.T n ,atcnt fact tint rim nrrsrnt I.cria,aturc
1,as axLihltcil ,ycn,,ucsa for lunketlnr to,,rs:
,1at n IA asto,,n,,ur 10 tbc rnral ,oYnnvcr thn.
,hts grrot hu,y whtI:h charges tnr wnri, ncvcr
f1onc. fnr tnn lint * drvotcd IN 1o,fIrr md
The cultivatim of In, prynto business. sl,ou,d
fec1 ts d;rn,ty fnsn,tcd. ts ma nj ,,oze t,Intra
TINT ,n1ioly rnu find out. md fnr surnnsscs tju,
5ntel,teeuen Of thu oyerupe voter to whnn, III.
LcrJslaturo IS
80 ,u,,,u, ~, ,>,.,,,. ,,,,.,.
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n,,shs ,,t,,.,tans ,.,rrn.s .,,1 ,"a,, ,s.,,,.
,.wn. yLn fnur mn,aacrs. Mc.,,a. ,Jnnc.
Wrfrrt. Collins. and Masun,. rc1nforrcf1 bv A.
t,rnry.i3c,cra, t:i1saI1 wnrr nror,nt,y nm tum1
~ A., r'r"r ..,,,anro,, ~ ~" ,,,,,,a, =. 1"
, 1879-04-07

CONFIRMATION.
Gptcsdl l7trpaich ia IA4 7t4brre
CIRCUIT CounT RoosI SPRINGFIELD, Ill,
April Slave been heid by the Court.
FRANK Z. NEy1Hs.
IFptcint 1Hspatch 10 7as Trioune.
6ANaAMoN County JAIL, 6rRlNaFIELp, 1l1.t
Aprll 5.-Am Iu iavor Of au early adjournment
FRANK i. NEyNs.
, 1879-04-07

ccss ot tho authority given by tho House that
1ra VALIDITY IL Il GRAVE QUESTION.
Ini:,t 20 on and mention o'leE point. uat nFe-
tes to resvryo them to more do'be,aty con. M
sa warrant conuiis to iii iadaantto!y @ IL i
deus mt Indicate aow ,nl,et tlle man il
panis!sscns. " Thasr vailous ~ objections whtsI
w%la s ~ sSon .i!, " sEks ta a ~yoE % r,.r af d.,
grant that III casu nf c1car, final cnnvlct!un ths
rule IL that courts will not intssfarc except ~ case.
rsa tIn,n u, nn,nurity which aloaxs u tls Court
9" Ae N"s" ur ''1S Stet II Es' os ,'df' Ssns e
s s m; fsss; s'@'' ri, II @ s;;;
not n.l!atle ty tlcso ceatts. on co'..de;a:
.,on Of ths atasa Ct m g q th,s
sony!c1ua thereof by, verdict general u spsca!."
Thu authorl!y sass tho eoutt4 there have 5utisaIc.
instances alu given. So It = spau l'a eanylcsed
oi felony, apon evidence, by. whieh! 1t pla'n-
ot rsHSt;' FsHy o t. IT. tho .hs,; ea' 'ss esa,ets ss .
may bali h,;n. undsrstand tho rulS 10 bo and I
;S ss fssef sst s esS1i 3 rs sfsqs psse aH
supreme central, una II cannot be sala TINT thu
llouss Of Representatives II i'fsr!ot ut alt,
HAS plsCnxT1oN TO HAIL,
|
stances whert, III Of aoso1utr conviction, the
Circuit Courts Of Ill,nnln hago general supcfys-
lou Ut the administration Ut criminal jnsttce III
thu 8tatc, and, whllo fequlrcd iu. a
to ball wheru tho Constitutional
| pyoyisions IMPLY and impose An imperative duly,
to.e ia aso al extensive class OF ca4ss where tho
Court may, upon consideration Of al tie caFcnm-
Stances, admit to bail even attur conviction, This
pGfHt " thai thaEe extsts IL this Court discretion
10 admit TO onl oven after formal conviction. and
| from that proposition wi4h TO draw two conclu-
t!0ns which LEAD to tho anal enc that tho Court IN
thia caso ought 10 BALL, III thu 1rst place
l think It sppascnt, and my frlonus on thu
| other sdc think themrelves Will spu that
| tberu arc considerable llrlGultca In tho war Of
MAINTAINING ttid proceeding, even according 10
| thcir own theory think when they como to took
into tho 4taAte IN which they hafo acted thc{ will
/ AnA that they hare not carefully annyzed it, pro-
| visions. ihtuk they will discover that, In 1t.
tuu.p:lnR to conform 10 tWu dlsnct provisions OF
thu statute, :nuy hare vataiactofily cunformrd ia
| ustthes; vary much ~ u ono Should sttemps
10 fol!ow two ttyeEsiug liaca,-ho would bs vary
kpt 10 mlsa both
IN TIE ,sECoNp PLACE,
ibis caso IL oas Of vary great public concern, lud
your Honor wilt by The recltals Of thu wtt lhat
| in Important question Ut ,pas&0nal libes&y - At
| ptake,-ths coiu,nltmuut Of Z citizen BY : writ
! which rccitss no authority, Tue writ In question
lure aots not Isctte tbs authority Vt the denctal
, 1879-04-07

rnsa mrrh nfT3fer wnn1d be ot,tftV !, at
a h,naot ~ nficin, dntv. ,and
..ou,1 ~ ,,h, 1T,n ,sr+v o,,1ht ~
hssn II. ~ansnIr wh.t 1hat wnm1d =.
n"s' LIE 1c'heu!. "nss sa "o"AA ~
It ia not necessary for me to determine at ibis
time. lam not now willing to assume TINT tho
tn,no,,,e aa"a"r ~ t,,at ,ind t,econ.c h ,avs.
template case Oh tl"t h.nu' aeeauso - ssya'
"apoh stanl1y'ng Dis "lltlhsnees 20 opuI TUG
House," he should bo returned to tho House.
Tint being tic provision OF tho Constitution
mi I'm con.,rucsion of thc statuta
nm mt ,,tsno,cd to vlolats that
.,ns,.,.,.,na .t,,,,< .,,at. 3,.,oene
eo"attue''''''. tu'1tA .'ns o.ap1,ss - .,.s
warrant In this case wi,ere lho record shows tho
nrcrfsc ourttton. which wcro aaket. and which
tho n.tf,ioncr rcf,,.cI IN nnswcr. ond having
s"r,,.ea .,,., 49, ..,s"s. ~, rfas..s .1t,,5r. htr,
guilty OF contempt The warrant
DOES NOT srHctRr THE QUESTIONS
flat verc oateI. Int dtrec,e ,hof he sho1l ha
"',',s.,.a, ."as "a a'"vs, .,s.T W. ~, ~. ,x,.
ingncss to answer such questions ns
may be required Of him by the House.
II the witness wero TO cxurcss q willingness
~ . "s"ss al aaes.,"ne t''a1 % "s.o ana" '.,, "' ~
t'en enoaiu ba 'hclsaeu 10 tnshS no "oul. 10
entitled nt least to he taken to tile bar oi sl'o
House, and hc would not 10 )labfo 10 any further
oro,hrr cnntcmn, an, un,,vs II. RI,
aho'aef sou.enpt' anu ooioss " ~
lases TO answer soao otl'er qucs-
ttone. III case hc should express
willingness to answer questlons as shown by
the record he would he chtitIet., think, 10 DO
taken tn the bur Of the iIousc. II tile House
were to continue the imprisonment niter tho
patty nau eapIesssa a,s "1la'nEness 70 ANSWER MI,
any Huestons 9s tl.at aa'Ent M . W. 1e u n'n tas
muu a W @ wso @ 4 ". aca.1n s mcpsn
pt ~, ~. aso VIII .. 10 uiss1rso @ ,,,la pcfsun
committed as this petitioner has oeen 1or con-
Tempt
FOR ANT TECHNICAL DEFECTS
| OF the warrant II u was m ordinary case,
Where he wua committed unon an examination,
Court might make out a prpprr tptttt;pus and
rceummt him; hit III this;ease don't think Tho
Judge would havo tho right to mike out
the mttimus to commit this man. To
/ say tho lenst this warrant 10 eomcwhnt
| commitment, md ought to specify thnt he WIS
| committed until no would express willingness
| to unswer the questions which were asked h!tu
BY thu Committee, or by tho House, and not to