The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-25
newspaper publications together with
allidRyiIs supporting some Of the
charges.


aud capable Of proof, not merely com'
plants based on Tumor aud gossip,
Attorney COrder, Of Spencer, appear
ing for the Stale Journal, produced =
fat looking envelope, aud, before pre-
senting il, stated that rs an attorney he
desired first To say that he did not rec
oCniza tho right Of tho board 10 con-
duct an investigation In which the
members themselves arc interested.
Inc board has not the power TO cOm-
pol the attendance OF Witnessed, apd "
was in thatrospact not the proper body.
lie proposed, however, to rsad the
charges agAinst tho management which
had appeared IN the State journal, to-
gether with the authorities on which
certain publications, editorial and other
wise, wero made.
CHARGES wITuDRAWS,
Governor MAcCOrkls suggested that
Mr.. Cordor wait until all the charges
we're filed in regular form, when hO
would be permitted TO read his state.
msnt, which Mr. Corder, after some
hesitation, consented to do. Thereupon
Attorney Il. L. Nandale, for DR.. Nc.
Quain, made a statement similar in itl
elect to that OF Attorney Corder. lie
took the ground that the board Of
directors should make IlnSl decision.
II the board has not the authority to
command witnesses to appear then II
has not tho power to make the inVeSli'
CATION. MIR, Vandalo made quite an
elaborate legal argument on the powers
OF the board in the matter, holding that
IL could not nay witnesses attendance
fees. He concluded that inRsmuch as
the board has no compulsory right TO
summon witnesses aud 1t was impoS'
sible 10 have proper investigation, he
would take the liberty TO Withdraw HE
clients charges.
DR.. MoQuain himself made q state.
ment, in which he said that hO had
made no personal charges, but that no
had in his possession certain atlidRyiIs
and certificates substantiatinR the ln'
formation which he had furnished to
Editor White. They involved the OIL
cial integrity OF certain members Of the
management and uniaIs he could 90
into trial oi the charges before .
body with a proper legal status aud
with authority to compel the aItend'
auce OF witnesses, hO would not present
them.
Attorney Corder. who during the pro.
ceedings had several lively tits with
the governor. ttIen read tho statement
Of Editor a. b. White, OF the State
journal, reviewing tho publications that
had been made in his papsr, aud de-
clared that while he was satisfied that
the investigation BY the board OF
charges against itself would prove a
farca. getting in a sly dig at the COVER
nor for attempting to pref judIco the case,
hO declared his willingness to submit
all tho information in his possession.
EDITOR wHrrE'a STATEMENT.
The first publication madO in tho
Journal was m oxtrne. from the Mon.
roo Wa,chm man, a Democratic paper,
commenting on SuporintandenI R0wo's
letter referring to newspaper charges,
tho charge in that particular case being
Superintendent Rowo's refusal to re-
spoud to the Monroe county Sherlh'a
summons 10 come there and take an in
sane man to the hospital. Daring tho
dclav the man took his own liia. The
article contained other cnargos, among
them tGat n beautiful and refined young
lady, who became insane, was confined
in tho kanaWha couGiy jail two days,
whom she should have been taken direct
20 Spencer. Another that patients Rt
Spencer hrO required TO scrub floors
nnd do other mCuinl work, Tho pa
ticntl were not conVict' ia work
house. Another was that there was no
classification Ci patIcnlsi another that
tho superintendent Ia n partisan poll.
lician aui not qualified by experience
Tor she position.
Tho charges in Mr.. WhitO'GBlatOment
were numbered from one to thirty
Among them arc some very grave and
serious charges against members Of the
board OF directors, all oil which have
boen published. Tue reading Ol Alr.
Whites statement occupied some time
II was vciuminous anl covered oyory
detail Of thu thirty charges enumerated.
A peculiar feature Is that nearly overy
ono OF tic thirty charges comes from
Democratic source.
Attorney j. II. Lynch, Appearing for
W. &. Wyatt, who mado charges OF
brutality, stated that unless tho board
has power TO compel llig attendance OF
witnesses no did not feel that his CliOnt
Bhoull 20 into tho investigation, as ho
would not DO In a position to mako q
fair presontNtion Of his chargoh
AN ANOMALOUS POSITION
Attorney VAndRlo, nftOr all tho com.
plants wcro In, wanted to know II those
members Of tho board who wore charged
with anything would DO permitted TO
pas. OH ,h0lr own caseL
Governor MacCorke said thOy should
not, aud tlon Mr.. Nandalu said that
anrn ncnrlv all tic directors wOrO In.
volycd tha board would bD loft without
n quorum aud tho Investigation with
Out n court. Governor MarCorklO al
mi,lod that this was indeed al Anono.
lou, situation, and hn had 10 conicSs
that ho did not exactly 500 how there
was any way out Ol II.
Dr. llowu's saItnrnay, MI Wallor PEN
dlntyn, suggested that hn dOsltOl the
charges madn Rgnn'l tho tuporinlend-
ont thoroughly inyo'tigstnd, but they
wcrO in such shape tilat TIC inYciliga'
ton would bo considerably conpli'
Gated. llo wanted full us,lCn donu his
client, but lIO did not doslfn The charges
ng1insL him mixed up with charges
against any ono Olsc, 10 llOv wNro IN
tho abatement road from Mr White,
Director tn,l1w stated that the llroc'
tory HaS ready aud willing 10 Invelti'
galn iII cbhtscf against tho shpotln'
icnduni, providing thu wIInOisC' could
bo qornfOI, but tho bonrl had no
authority - compel them to attend. AS
to lhB directors llienioIyod thcy