Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-13

hey v i'll see that this DESIRE - S.a-
iecf M every dsv mas no basis. Noooos
.ires to stop o. hinder il. Inc eo'a ~a a.
srst appointed on the letter and request
Mr.. White himself. At a time wien Duh ies
.-.r,,aman al .I.. minority were IN their
80 v.,s If there had been any dispo-
s;y;,,, TO do this thing in any manner
ever, in al open. tair ard complete way,
the n,aio, NV could have hurried forward anu
;,vesti.at..l a, once. and made q hurried re
mort. a .-whitewa shing report, as IL "ouie
have been called But there was no a1sposF
tom to do that, The matter waited untli gen,
,leman cam. in here and TOOK their seats anu
hegan 10 attend 10 the business hi the ota'e,
And then the first thing that occurred. one oi
,,,os. gentlemen declined Ia serve on t..a'
committee. and had another gentleman, cis-
,ingui.hed for his learning and aoiiity. PAT
IN his stead And nobody on nur side onjeci-
~ w. we're glad 10 see il dome he next
thing. and very soon after the gentleman from
Lincoln took his seat i. accordance win the
nr,,rs;,,:n,. that seems 10 be arranged here,
hv which either he or one OF two other gen
tiemen &c; up every morning with something
ar other for the House. il. accordance WIN
some previously arranged programme, me
gentleman from Lincoln got up anu ho.eu
that two members be added 10 ths'
committee as the minority was not properly
represented The order received imam,
nous passage. Nobody on our side opJecte"
to il. And the gentleman himself was Pnt
on the committee with one of his associates'
leaving the committee four to three. as it Is
now and a more equally balanced committee
have never seen raised anywhere. And II
is a committee that we can trust. We can
trust its members. We can trust them to 40
the business that comes before them. 1he
chairman is the gentleman from Lewiston
Mr.. Hutchinson and am confident that ne
can be trusted to see that the business ~ that
committee is done properly. and that all facts
possible to be brought out will be brought
out; and expect that will be very soon.
Now as TO Mr. Whites sickness. That is
no, thing that | can hinder. and doubt
whether the gentleman from Lincoln can
hinder it, 1t NAV be that he can. Sickness
falls upon men. l saw a gentleman two or
three DAYS ago who went out to see Mr..
White. that you might know what his CON
dition was. He found the house hospital.
The man had been down with very bad at
tack Of measles. The whole family had been
down with it. And when Mr.. White himself
had partially recovered he took hold to help
take care of his father and relatives that were
in the house. and took cold as l understand !;
living in bed with violent cough and raising
blood But he also described TO me desire
of Mr. White to come down here just as soon
rs possible. even then, if his doctor would
allow him. and to put this matter through.
And Mr. White desires to be here when the
examination comes on, and he is entitled to
be here. | can understand that the gentle
man from Lincoln would like to have this IN
vestigation go on without Mr.. Whites pres
ence But Mr.. White means to be here. He
means to confront the witnesses. He means
to hear what they say. and he means to tell his
story as basis of his case. And l have
every reason to believe and expect that he
will be here. lie may he here tomorrow, or
if not then. within few days. And when
that case goes on and the whole of the
facts are disclosed he must be present
Gentlemen cannot be allowed to proceed
without him. | have never had any doubt
about his being here. There is no man more
anxious than he is to he present, and just rs
soon as his doctor will allow him he will
come. If any gentleman has any doubt about
this l wish they would ride out there to Mr..
Whites house and take him unprepared. as
did nv informant. That would be the best
evidence against these insinuations as to
whether this man has been sick or not. The
II.
men need have no fear about that
Now as to instructing this committee COM
posed of able men on both sides. that when
ever they meet they shall have so many
meetings on so many consecutive DAYS and sit
so many hours, why. that is not a respect
full. dccen; thing to do. That committee is
made up of both parties. three from the mi
nority and four from the majority. The
minority know enough to take care of their
side, If they have any, and know the gentle
man from Lewiston well enough to know
that when that committee gets together he
will not run it day and night. and am not
in favor of instructing that committee when
they shall meet, how they shall look. what
chairs they shall sit upon and what kind of
paper they shall use. l have seen the wav
committees are run. We have trusted this
committee; we have given them a commits
sion, and that is enough. Why. l might lust
as well introduce an order here declaring that
the gentleman from Lincoln. for three sue
cessive days, should sit in his seat 1t might
be right to vote for it. but it would not be a
respectful thing to do. We ought not to at
tempt to coerce men or to cOerce committees,
but to leave them to their Judgment and dis
erection. As to those other parties mentioned.
| don't recollect their names. don't know
what cases they are. The resolution intro
duced the other day by the gentleman from
Wiscasset Mr.. Ingalls, is ample in its scope
to cover everything that the Committee has a
right to take hold of
Mr.. WENTWORTH of Kittery Il move to
indefinitely postpone.
Mr.. PL.IsrEp replied to Mr. Hale. He
said the resolution only authorized investi-
CATION in regard to ''members of the House. -
MIR. RowELL of Hallowell-One would
suppose from the method of bringing
up Wallace X. White before the House
almost every day of the session. that
the principal business of the legislature of
Maine at the present time was to investigate
Wallace r. Whites case 1t would seem
that all the other business of the State ia
subservient to the case of Wallace r. White /,
The gentleman Mr.. Plaistedl, | think. the
first day he took his seat, had something to do
with an order for this investigation. He was
placed on the committee. I presume the
committee are progressing and to their own
satisfaction. and il will be to the satisfaction
OF this House. And here is a point want
considered at the present time They talk
about delaying the business of this legisla.
tnre as though this were the PRINCIPAL bust
ness 1t is unnecessary for me to recount
the delays occasioned in this legislature bv
the actor in particular of that very man who
has now come in here and lectures us with re.
gard to delaying matters of the State
because Wallace r. White. private
gentleman, is not investigated forth.
with. II looks TO me- varr much I'LL -