The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-05
DISAPPOINTMENT ASKED F0R,
rhs Deaf, Dumb. and Blind hVHuelln
50 Report 10 ths Senate.
MANY WITNESSES YET 10 Be BEARD,
And II is Impossibls to FInssh Befoss sne
Adjournment Of the Legislstare, They
say-FfnaI Action on the kepoFe
Postponed Until To-Day.

Tho Committee on Investigation ~ the
Deaf, Dumb. and Blind Asylum
staunton, held an executive session o.
two hours duration yesterday moving
and formulated a report which w
subsequently presented to the sena'e' s"e
final action on II postponed until to-osy'
The session of the COMMITTEES was enuFe-
Iy given up to the formulation OF tnis
report. no witnesses being examined. ine
report Is as follows:
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
To the General Assembly of Virginia:
The committee, 10 whom Was Fei9tsse
the charges of j. L.. Randolph, ESQ.
made against the Deaf Dumb. ana
Blind Asylum, OF Staunton. respectfuny
submit the following report ana reco"-
mendations
Your committee commenced the tnvss-
tigation on January 9TH. and up TO vnsS
time have examined eighteen witnesses:
Your committee have been requestu ~
J. l.. Randolph 10 summon ni.y VIII
nesses to testify. and We have not peSn -,
informed how many witnesses VIII Do
summoned for the defence. -.
Your committee IL OF the opinion .nsS
most thorough investgauon %
and ample opportunity be given aii PAT.
ties TO testify II Is imposslbIs IoI tnis
COMMITTEES to attend 10 this tnyestika,.
tion properly. and attend TO their o'"o'
legislative dutes. -,.,>,,.r,cut
that this m, estigation oc suspenusu vn.
I'll the Legislature adjourns, anu .'ts
authority re gwen your ccmmi''se
prosecute he invcstlsation WILL. VIII posnd
TO send tor persons and papers. nna
when a conclusion is reached. tne rsRVvy,,
TO be submitted to the Governor ~ -
ginla. and authority TO be given 10 tnv
Governor to take such steps as ne may
deem best should the report OF your CUM
rnftfae require IL.
Further. your committee is prcnounceo
in the opinion that this invesugauon
should be made as soon as possipIc ~
Ter adjournment OF the Legislature.
MR.. sTUBBs REMARKS.
In nresenting this report, Mr.. Stubbs
said that this Investigation was lnattsf
which had given him more troupie an
anxiety than any matter when NAG eo,'s s
up IN his Sssemoly iOns ser of Virginia, and the
committee had carefully tnoush over w ~
above report before submitting II TO the
Senate. AS 20 many witnesses wets W.
10 the conclusion that II would De I'M
nossible to conclude the investisatoh
before the adjournment OF the Lesisla
ture, unless the members OF .he CUM nm,
ties 10th in connection with the ses-
sions of standing committees ana ot
the General Assembly. In this Dilemma
therefore, they had come nos,rse 20 tbey @ Should
n,'rsne mi and were willing 10 abide by ITS
decision, even though Il should involve
sitting every day from IN the mofnlns
the fair name of Virginia was effaced.
Mr.. Buchanan, the other senate mem-
her OF the committee. spoke briefly, voic-
ing the same ssntimen'st n,use,, xwas
not prepared 10 vote inselligsrtly
the report Of the committee AZ tnIs
time, and he had no doubt that many
and he. therefore, moved that the maj.
ter lay over one day 40 that II might
be calmly considered by the members.
A PAINFUL MATTER.
Mir. Wickham said that the motion of
the Senator from Augusta was an emil
nentiy proper one. The matter ne saia
any which had been discussed In the
days OF ls6i-'65. The stain of the charge
upon the name of Virginia was dis
grace among civilized nations While
he favored postponement. he was FUR
ther OF the opinion that the iDyestiga-
tion should be concluded during this set-
sion of the General Assembly and a.
report submitted 10 this body. He did not
think that the LEGISLATURE could dele
gate its powers to the Executive or
Mr. Wicaham's sentiments we're con-
Cured in by Messrs. Lovenstein and
Williams. while Mr.: Flanagan thought
that the request OF the committee to
SIT attcf adJouFhmeHt sHoui' ne SfaHt-
ed.
Senator Lovenstein attempted to offer
an amend cment TO the report. but Sena-
tor Echols motion TO postpone the con-
sideration OF the report for one day,
which had been pending during the dis
cussion, was insisted upon by him and
adopted. The proposed amendment Of
Mr. Lovenstein was as follows.
Resolved. That the committee be liz
strucfed TO continue the investigation.
and that leave be GRANTED the committee
to sit during the sessions OF the two
houses. as to report before the ad-
journment Of the General Assembly.
CRITICISM IN THE TIMES.
Just before adjournment Mr.. Stubbs
arose ana said that he was pained TO see
in the columns OF the. mornings Rich
mond Tines report TO the effect that
committee had examined Miss Riggs
were being made. Her examination, he
said, hal teen conducted az carefully and
consciensiously ~ was possible, ana ne
was exceedingly sorry that The Times
had seen III 10 publish adverse Comments
Of others upon It. He also said that
IL was source of regret 10 him that tho
Rev. Or. Smith had blamed the action
OF the committee, at the meeting Of the
Presbyterian Ministers Association held
on Monday morning last.
While on the floor Mr.. Stubbs took oc-
casion TO compliment The editorial upon
the investigation OF the asylum, printed
in last Sundays fines saving II was
timely, able, and conservative.