Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-31
A Pitiful FinsCO.

The s0.called investigation Of tn,
charges preferred by number o
the newspapers of the State, and b,
others, against the management o
the Second Hospital for the lnsan,
at Spencer, attempted by the BoarC
of Directors at that place last Thurs
day, was nothing more than a ridicu
lOus farce. When the Board as
sembled ii was soon ascertained tina
the members themselves were tn,
parties charged with neglect of duty
and other delinquencies, and the
court itself being thus interested il
the charges the attorneys represent
ing the complainants demurred, re-
fused to submit the charges, and fin
ally withdraw them. Attorney Cor.
der, representing A. b. White, OF
the Parkersburg State Journal, was
however, very obstreperous, and sc
free with his tongue that Director, b
f. EnslOw, eXasperated beyond en-
durance, practically denounced him
as liar and threatened to choke
him if he repeated certain charges
after he, EnslOw, had declared them
to be untrue.
1t was found, too, that the Board
had no power to summon witnesses,
end, though it had given notice to
parties making the charges of the
time and place Of the investigation,
neither they nor any witness for
them appeared. For this reason,
and the one already given, the attor-
neys withdrew the charges and no
investigation, SO far as members of
the board were concerned, was even
attempted.
The Board did, however, attempt
some sort of inquiry into the charges
preferred against Supt. Rowe, and
came to the conclusion that these
charges had no just foundation
They eXonerated DIR. Rowe, for in
stance, of all blame in the charge Of
neglect Of duty preferred against
him by the Monroe County Wdtch-
man in the case Of Mr.. S. l.. Slaven
who died recently in that county.
Though the investigation amounted
to nothing, and we can base no con-
clusion upon what was done at Spen-
Ger last week, we are inclined to the
opinion that the charges against the
Board and against the Superinten-
dent were instigated, in the main,
by discharged employees Of the in
stitution, and that all this fuss and
fury is but case of much ado
about nothing.
NOT lMPROBABLE.-1t is given
out by the newspapers Of the State
that, at Spencer last week, Gov.
MacCorkle formally announced in
an interview his candidacy for the
U. S. Senate. This may or may not
be true. AT any rate it does not
surprise US, for, though the election
of Senator is long way off, we
have for some time suspected that
the success already achieved had
abormally stimulated the Governors
ambition and had directed his eye
toward the Senate, if not indeed to
the great white house at the other
end of Pennsylvania avenue. We
had vaguely cherished the hope,
however, that when we came to the
election Of the next Senator the of
flee might he allowed to seek the
man and that no one would attempt
to thrust himself, unlimited, upon
the people. We had hoped that
every aspirant whose ambition,
cheek, or superabundance of brass
had suggested to his mind the posi-
bility of seat in the Senate would
wait until there should be at least
some slight manifestation or dis
cernable indication, somewhere or
In somebody, of a desire for his SER
vices In that chamber. But, alas
we are sorrowfully forced to the con-
clusion that this good old Demo-
cratic principle, so honored i'm the
early days Of the Republic, is sadly
at "a discount with the aspiring young
politicians of the mountain State.
and offers to them no obstacle at all
when the honors or emoluments of
office are in view.
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