The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-26

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| With deyilish naligpity, that creature,
for two weeks, had been dragging the
name Of an honorable man in the dirt,
and then lie comes here by counsel and
says he does not want to ask the commit
tee N say whether there has been an
oGense or not, aud dare not claim that
anything wrong has been done. Well
might Col. Arneit gay, at is not in hu.
MARTY TO do IT," II is not in the ordinary
devil from hell
SMITH.
| There has beer good deal of talk in
these days Of skppticsm Us 10 whether
/ there is q hell. Had 1 ever been disposed
E, to share that doubt, this trial would have
removed IL. When such crime, such an
outrage upon humanity and deceuey, is
committed by creature so irresponsible
| in pocket, 80 bAukrunt in character, so lost
to shame that no human punishment can
reach him, thera ought to be retribution
in tho hereafter. II there il no hell,
heaven is unjust! The existence Of Pof-
ter Smith Is the most convincing argument
in favor OF eternal punishment l ever
knew!
Cownrdly and base rs these charges are,
aud Cowardly and base as is the man who
made them, the testimony offered in sup:
port Of the charges is as infamous and
vile as they are base aud Cowardly.
The plea that the author Of tho charges
did not mean what the people took the
words to signify was denounced as vain.
| lie knew and every man who understood
the English language knew that the pros
ecutor had charged the Mayor behind his
back with ofensea which he-coward that
he ia-did not dare to make oath TO when
brought face to face with the man he had
maligned.
Mr.. Hubbard spent little timei in answer.
ing Colonel Arnett. The Colonel was et
feCtually answered in advance by the evil
dence. He picked Smiths own evidence
and that Of Galligan to pieces, however.
The remark that the Pittsburgh officers
we're no: friendly 10 Smith was quoted
He should hope not. This person had
violated every principle Of honor and
friendship that ever prevailed among de-
cent men. He had accepted theif hospi.
tally and then denounced them. 1t would
he strange indeed il they were "lriendly
to him"
As to the Mayors action in reference to
the games on the Fair grounds, Mr.. Hub
bard recalled the action OF Council when
the Mayors charge against Smith in refer
enCe to his failure 10 enforce the law
against gambling. was reported back from
the Committee on Elections. Both
branches directed that in future, when
differences arose between tho Mayor and
City Sergeant, the City Solicitor should be
consulted and his opinion shou'd prevail.
This order Of Council the Mayor had
obeyed, and for this, forsooth, he stood
here charged with attempting to create
insubordinstion.
This reminder told forcibly.
WHAT he ASKED.
The Pearl Woods affidavit was referred
TO, and Mr.. Hubbard said the evidence,
he thought, ought to satisfy all who had
heard it that there was something crooked
about that transaction. Whether there
was or not, the Mayor did not exceed his
duty under his official oath.
10 the amount OF beer drank in
Pittsburgh, that was a weak argument.
There had been no evidence that thirty.
one bottles OF beer was drank. Thirty.one
bottles Of beer was bought, but all the tes-
timony was that it was not nearly all
drank. And II it had been? The prose-
cution claimed that fifteen or eighteen
houses were visited. Call it fifteen. The
evidence was that there were six girls in
each house on an average. That was
ninety girls. There were saven men in
the party; ninety.seven persons drank
thirty-one bottles OF beer; therefore some-
body must have been drunk!
In concluding, Mr.. Hubbard said the
prosecution did not dare to ask the Com
mittec to do anything. He did. He
asked them to do Justice. Tell that honest
man that he is an honest man. He read
from circular which he held in his hand
National Police Gaate; the number out
Saturday, October a, 1885, will contain a
portrait OF Mayor Jacob W. Grub, oil
Wheeling, W. Va, lately involved in a
scandal" and pausing for this announce.
ment to have it's iull effect, he asked, sis
there no retribution for wrong like
thatp
He asked the Committee 10 declare that
night that the traducers of Jacob W.
Grub lied, as it had been proven that
they did. In the name OF justice, not only
Justice to the accused. but that eternal
Justice which he trusted and prayed
might one day be vindicated upon the
author Of this foul wrong, he prayed them
to acquit this guiit!ess man, and to say to
the world, that it might be known to the
neighbors OF the accused before another
day dawned, that he had been wrongfully
accused.
COL. WHITE CLOSES.
Col. White closed the argument. He
opened his remarks with an apology, con.
Guided with an apology, and interspersed
apologies and explanations throughout
his 81 minutes talk. He said when Por.
ter Smith came TO him and told him how
he had been bounded and pursued, he
felt it to be his duty to that man and to
the family who look up to him to take
duty, but he had discharged it mantnlly
and faithfully. He referred to the remarks
in the 1NTRhLIGRNcER concerning the
Pearl Woods affidavit. This affidavit
Clerk Galligan swore when on the stand
he never saw, and he did not know where
Col. White got it. Col. White SAID Clerk
Galligan gave 1t to him in open committee
session. Yet for this he was accused
Of something crooked. He with a
good deal oil animation "despisad the am
putRtion and cast 1t from him." he con-
tinually referred to the Mayor and Chief
OF Police as "the heads Of coordinate
branches Of the city government" which,
Of course, everybody else knows they are
not. He very saycastically pronounced
the gentlemen OF the press who were
unfortunate enough to have to sit
through his speech, "the energetic
and enlightening reporters" He said
'even the worm OF the earth, when
forced into q corner, will turn" and
actuated by this spirit, stung by abuse
and injustice, Porter Smith had preferred
these charges. He asked the Committee
to make its report as to the fact whether
the charges, or part OF them, had been
sustained, aud leave it to Council 10 say
whether any action was necessary.
When Col. White ceased speaking, Mr..
Miller wanted to "tace the music right
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