The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-30
ARGUMENT CONCLUDED
Anderson. Hayes and Wise Do Their
..1.1ss Bet .s.l.

ye5otc4Id3 iiIel5ii.lS tAASit "as dllOlu4I OiS
crowd Of spectators on hand. Hon. Al
len capertou Braxton. OF Augusta. ex-
CoitS eastman ,Venable. OF Petersburg:
General Eppa Hunion. Ex-Governor cl.as.
/, o,Fe,Taii. Ex-Governor w. Z. Came
ron Hon. Eppa Hunton. Jr.. Congress
man-elect Carter G&ass and large num-
her OF legislators were among those pres
ent-
Mrs. William A Anderson was presen,
~ hear her distinguished husband and
ss1e Was accom- PANIED by several ladies.
Mrs a. J. Montague came in later and
sat Immediately III front Of Mrs. Ander-
son. Major Anderson and Mr.. Christian
were the first attorneys to arrive. James
Hayes. the: daskY. cot4eag4e OF Iap-s
tain Wlse who has occupied sea,
II couT1 throughout the time and looked
wise. was on hand a few minutes later,
and sat down al the table of himself and
colleague
II was exactly 10 O'Clock when the
tuGgess assembled the bench and ex-Sena tor
Epira iiunton. long a practitioner before
t.ac united States Court. advanced to the
bench and was. cordially greeted by Mr.
Justice Fuller. Attorney-General Ander-s
snn was at once recognized and begun
a powerful speech on behalf OF the old
Commonwealth and her people.
He said he vas not unnaindful of the
resl,oNsit,lisI, LIS pa. "iis-.
appeared to defend a great State which
had teen artalgned inthe highest court
OF the and as a criminal and a conspia-s
tor He referred 10 CAPTAIN Wlse's
si,eech as a political halansue. He
would answer fully and frankly the
iirads and unjust Indictment of his State.
and people by Captain Wise. but would
pass to- "a hig her view Of the case a soon
as possible He raped his opponent
shrrl IN: .or .hts ARA Grlnlent of The People
Of. his native STATE, anu sad 1t was the
most UNIV alIented and iaexcusab.e at
tack ne had eyer heard ii; court OF
justice lie co.npi1mented Captain Wise
Tor his chiralry in other days and said
be had worn his hear, upon his sleeve
They had been friends anb schoolmates.
but all this did not atone for the unjust
and linJustitiable assault made upon he
people OF Virginia. nor would it deter
him from dong his duty as he saw it.
Caplairl Vase came IN soon 4iter NJ u
Tor Anderson had begun. and i did no,
take tie TWO long to get into little
colloauy though it was not unpieasan
and related only to a point Of law. Ma.
jor. Anderson Was drastic in some of his
replies to Captain Wise. and moved
b8cls and forth in the open space. often
shaking his finger at counsel for the
opposition.
WISE HAD WANDERED.
Major Anderson was about TO reply to
CAPTAIN Wiseis assault upon President
ode. when the Chief justice checked
him. and reminded him that Captain
Wise Rad withdrawn the objectiona Bile
Language. Captain Wise arose and said
that he had wandered of in the heat of
argument ard been tempted to take a
crack at the shining head he had 50
often cracked on. the stump, but he had
meant no personal offense.
Ma ors Anderson declared that the new
Constitution Wias the great chart of the
liberties and prosperity Of the Vir-
.gil2ia people ard that the man who
would break it@doN,l would strike at
the best Interest. nor only of the white
but n tl1a i3aa5 nennia II he STATE
Major Anderson met the Argument of
Captain Wise or the cath question and
cited Mr. Jameson ana other strong iex9
writer's 10 sustain his contention that he=
members reed not have taken any cath
to validate the acts Of the body.
The argument Of Major Anderson on
the question of taking the oatt vas alb e !.
and exhaustive and thea he passed to
the ma tier of pracaa.nation Behind the
principle Of proclamation stood the laws
and traditions OF Virginia and long lines
of nrecedents in other safes Of the coun-
Try.
The question OF the right Of a conven-
ton TO proclaim lis work had never
BEEN ser ously Questioned by either law
yer or juiist il. Virginia Revise and
amend. : cotltended tie speaker. meant
DIES. roy. if necessary, and not simply to-
propose Z
NO rTRPAT'IoN
Tie action OF the convention was not
a., act of ususpa .on neither was it one
Of peridY, as counsel on the other side
would have the court believe. The At
torney-lSerleral threw back at Captain
Wise the assertion hat il was p .ti5y
to proclaim ne instrument, and said
that fortv-seven members had voted for
proclamation and that ninetg-tl1t ee of
the one hundred had signed the iastru-
rlent, thereby accepting and app owing
IT. Alter rasping his opponent for some
time on this point. Major Anderson turn
ed to Captain Wise and said: SO much
for pe,f5dylt' and he passed to a general
tneen1iur1 ppon the new instrument,
which he declared was the greatest or
Unson-
Coming to the suits. Major Anderson
asked What were they when stripped
OF their sarplusage. He ridiculed The
Claims OF the conplainants. and said be-
.catase three men . legged that they had
been denied the right 10 vote. they took
the remarkable course of attempting,
through tbs courts. to deprive the en-
tire psepla Of Virginia OF their repre-
sentation IN Congress.
u c!ctaon Denied.
He denied the jurisdiction o. the court
pie o.. parliamentary law as ancient and
az honorable as Pariiaments themselves,
that they alone are the sole Judges Of
tie qualifications ard election of its own
members. |; would clearly be an in
s..I.g cement upon the rights of Con-
grsss By the judiciary. should the
court take jurisdiction In the case and