, 1881-06-05

tory of tho case. set out in the papers III the
pending nasa1 1h sSn tea
| sue. He furthermore submitted tna1 az inc
/ testimony WIS not III, tile evidence OF Messrs
| Dtckcy and Moran, and all the exhibits oene
Mt John Lyle King. Of the Committee on In
| quiry, gave Il brief history Of the 1nyestIElt1on
deprecattnE anything like personal feeling on
the Committees part, and defending its action
on tue ground that It was undertaken ano prose @
cuted purely in the interest Ut the 5 Bar, me ne
Hughes owed Appleton did not COME within the
purvicw OF the Committees duty. The sole duty
pad to perform u va vas to aao
had been guilty Of unprofessional condnct,-a
question which did not and could not, except In
mined by a court of chanccry. The adoption Of
the resolution would be HI act OF injustice to
Mr. Appleton and the Association, who would
be put in the position OF having
sH1HKED INVESTIGATION.
The Association had denied itself the privilege
Of reading printed digest OF the testimony,
and now made the absence of the Information
not moi Ea Wishing t 70 vote @ o on the question However
the judicial proceedings might terminate, they
would not relieve the Association OF the respo1,
sibI1ity in which the public held it, nor would
Mr.. Dent laid some stress on the point tnat n
Appleton bud first proceeded on the assumption
question, whereas he WIS now put IN the posi-
ton, In his own bill, of admitting Hughes inter-
est. This was certainly inconsistent anu nc WIS
opposed to postponlng further acuon On lne r.
Gen. Stiles did not think Il continuance should
be granted in order to et let chancellor img4re
which affected Appleton and Hughes only, nnd
not the Association.
Mr. Hynes attorney ior anenes stnteof t h, az tne m
chancery simply asked for an accounting be-
tween Hughes and Appleton, and did not touch
the question OF unprofessioual conduct
fr
whole matter must necessarily come out through
the medium Of Il cross. bill and the other usual
ings, witnesses could be sworn. as was not done
by the committee, and the exact truth ascer-
talned.
the event of udoptng the Committees report,
Dir. Appleton would have full chance to be
heard In the
PROCEEDINGS FOR D1sBARsfESr
before the Supreme Court.
Mr. Gcor9e 4, Harding saw no reason for TAX
Ing the matter to one Court when It was already
In another, and inquired the reason for SO much
apparent haste to have the Association do one
col Cooper saw no merit In the argument for
dcluy on the ground OF tue pending 1ua.cMi pro-
consider its action in refusing to print IN alb
stract OF the testimony.
Gen. Stiles, who apparently reahzeo tnat ne
,Yas among :he minority, offered au amendment
to the resolution. which Struck out the PROPOSED
reference to another con'tntttee, and pfovtdeo
ren0rt the complaint, and the testimony, Until
the 1nal disposition Of the bill died BY Appleton
against Hughes, provided such proceedings
were nrosecuted with reasonable diligence The
amendment WIS promptly accepted BY Mr. Her
bert.
sHELVED TEMPORARILY.
The question was then put on the adoption OF
the resolution as amended The responses
we're 50 low that no one, not possessed OF an
acute hearing, would have rtsked much On the
result had it been submitted to the test OF
rolI-cull But the President evidently heard a
greater volume OF noise from the ayes than ne
did from the noes, and the resolution vas DE-
clared adopted. There was call for division,
but it came too late.
lutions In connection with the death OF tne l1on.
meeting adjourned.