Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-26
H.. porr Mast Name the Man.

tuo, 80 fluent and ready, and he is
never at loss to find Republican
saints and democratic sinners. -
When he fails to prove TO his own
satisfaction that an accused RepuLli-
can il not an angel with his wings
'"mcral"d or loaned" TO some one
less lucky 10 soar over marshes and
bad lands, it can be safely accepted
that the case is difficult one, or the
Culprit downright hardened sinner.
When, therefore, the Mcdowell
R""0fder makes an illogical, weak,
an" tame defense of its friend,
{. /. D"rr, as it did in its last issue,
"" arc compelled to assume that the
able editor labOrcd under extraordi-
nary difficulties. The case in brief
a. stated by the Recorder is this
" For some time the report has been
quietly circulated that during the
summer Mr.. Dorr was guilty of
gross improperly, if not worse, on
aHio"pIng car, in his conduct toward
an unprotected young lady whom he
CHANGED to meet travelling alono.
The truth is that the young lady
IN question was grievously and
~hamctully insultcd, and by a man
who pretended to he Mr.. Dorr, and
that tn" conductor Of the car, when
h" earned the facts, made the guilty
man get out OF his berth and leave
lh" car, rightly saying that no such
hIarkgGard and rufiiian should be al.
lowed to ride in the same car with
decent people. 1t is also true that
tho conductor thought at the time,
ami We are informed still thinks,
MIR. Dorr was tho guilty party.
The man guilty of this disgrace
iul act WAS not Mr.. Dorr himself,
but friend of his to whom he had
loaned his railroad pass, and who,
by rcpresen ting himself
to be the party to whom the
I pass was issued, subjected Mr..
Dorr TO this unjust suspicion. This,
we understand, is Mr.. DORIS expla-
nation, and VIC insist that mere sus.
picion should not outweigh mans
word in a serious case like this. He
is certainly entitled to the benefit of
the doubt"
AeS, indeed. Let him have the
benefit of the doubt by all means.
There are a few things, however.
That ought to be taken into considera-
ton. y railroad pass is issued for
the personal use of person named
ON its face. The pass invariably
contains this legend: " This pass is
not transferable, and is forfeited if
presented by any other than the per-
son so named, or if any alteration.
addition or erasure is made upon il. :"
Was the pass forfeited? That is an
important point. The Recorder
says 1t is also true that the con-
duclor thought at the time, aud we
are informed. still thinks MIR. Dorr
was the party" If the conductor
had doubts that the rufiian who in
suited the young lady was not Mr..
DorC, ii was his duty to forfeit the
pass. If Mr.. Dorr still has the pass,
ii throws additional light on the
transaction.
w" are surprised that the astute
and loyal editor Of the Recorder,
when he undertook to defend Mr..
Dorr, did not begin at the bottom.
why did he not declare that some
uiaDoilcal villain intent on iniuring
the fair fame and tiawless reputa-
ton OF pure, pious and eminent
statesman, forged his name TO a re-
quest for pass and forwarded il TO
tn" railroad company? That the
same diabolical villain haunted the
! p0atoftice ut Addison, w. Va, in
curing daily for letter for the
Hon. {. p. Dorr, and finally, when
IN" mIssiVe arrived, containing the
railroad company's cardboard, he
appropriated it, and has since been
travelling around the country as c.
i. D"rr, and occasionally insulting
unprotected young women. This
would he Il defense that would de-
iend. Then the Recorder editor
could claim that Dorr was doubly
instead Of singly outraged. AS it is,
the RecOrder's defense lacks plausi-
| bllIty. Mr.. Dorr will have to name
In" man TO whom he loaned" the
pass, or else the people will believe
with the train conductor that "Mr.
Dorr was the party" Charleston
| Gazette.
DEATH or JUDGE STAPLEs.-In
the death OF Hon. Waller II. Staples,
which occurred at his home i'm Mont.
gomery county, on the 10Th inst,
Virginia loses one Of her most emf
ncnt lawyers and jurists, as we'll as
one of her most devoted sons. Mr..
Staples would never consent to seek
political honOrs, hut before the war
n" was one of the most popular ora.
tors Of the Wing party in the State.
IL" served in the Confederate Con-