The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-28

,ys sn 9,e ,l Il oRe Re sa h r sws!
.ing a eonel,ision n the matter.
would support Tie nainority report, he
ls ,,,alair with eloquence.1'1f 7 know
right arm before would DO an ill.,
Justice to the gallant soul OK VIM. b.
nnea. But when that appointments was
i i,i,,a U shock of pain and grieved sur
Co, c,:,onn.onwealti from the ocean to tic
Senator strobe ehafacterlxed some
o. ,, tho speeches heretofore made for
J,,,,,s Rllea az better fitted for the
me fl.,, virginia Legislature.
continued. 'of any member who hn MS
,9al a different conclusion. b,it
state and to tho highest and best In
asr ,., OF al the people II J. failed to
express 1t. / do not see how we cun
escape tho responsibility.
ny the same token that gone mem.
ih ,, are saying .that the, Governor
made 81 mistake and should not have
put us IN this position. say we
s ..,, vote not to confirm that mis-,
the people Of Virginia by voting
against confirmation
Standing ny the Democrats.
Mr.. Williams. OF Southampton. spoke
for confirmation, and said hc~believed
IN standing by the Democrats. at all
confirmation in the Ninth District. he
,nngwurnps. MI. Brewer. Of Pumsl,i
followed briefly TO the same general
effect, and Mr.. Montague was recog-
nfZpI tn Snnpk flIC minority
part.
II haze no desire" he said. ",c
wrong w. r. Rhea,. but stand here t.
1 SEQ il. This office belongs to tn,
people. and ] feel impelled In view OF
the wishes OF my constituents, who are
opposed to the confirmation Of Judge
!lhea. to support the. minority report:
Y. Rhea. but 1t is a question of whethc,
he Is such n man as should be place.
In this exalted anil honorable position
II am proud of the record of ou
we should shoulder our part of the re
sponsibility, and in performing 1t W.
are not open to the criticism that w,
are Shaping at the Executive
Plea for CONFIRMATION
Colonel Massie. OF Richmond, a mem
Der of the Governors staff, made a.
impassioned appeal for the majorit.
vote not upon newspaper reports. hi,
upon the action of the committee. BE
fore Colonel Massle had gone far. how
ever, he was called down by the time
keeper. and resumed his seat.
Mr.. S. II. Love spoke for the minorit
report. He declared he was a Demo
| crat from way back yonder," but h
could not vote for confirmation. a
painful as 1t was to him to take tn
| Senator Parsons, of Grayson. oppose
confirmation, and he reviewed the evi
dence to some extent. touching mainl
upon the Bristol census. the Scot
but they tell us. he said. "tha
there is nothing in these charges.
| this be true. l want to know why
| took the committee so long to bring !
! a report
Judge Wickham. and in discussing tn
famous letter OF Hon. Henry C. Stew
art. he declared II should be frame
and hung upon the walls OF ever
Mr. oliver spoke for confirmation
and declared that members would stul
tify themselves. in his Judgment, I
vote I'm opposition.
Noel Speaks.
! Senator Noel arose at 10 o'clock I
oppose confirmation. and he welcome
the more pleasant turn the discussio
had taken. ION former OCCASION" II
declared. "one OF the speakers dlppc
his tongue In gall and spewed his ven
| ON upon me.
| Something was said about it bein
cowardly in Captain Built to attac
Judge sRhea when he could not reply
] say. Mr.. Speaker 1t was equal
Captain Bullitt here Tuesday nigh
when he was 400 miles away
AT this point there was c0nsiderabl
kissing In the gallery. Speaker Byr
plause, and now Mr.. Montague calle
attention to the Kissing. and asked tn
1 The chair gave such an order, an
Senator Noel proceeded. He said NJ
=. J.. Wysor, OF Russell, was now
the city. and would swear to the ger
uineness of the telegram alleged I
have been sent to NJ. G. Clark. an
j about which Hon. II. c. Stuart. Of Ru.
sell, had testified. The speaker rea
the telegram, and then continued h
: speech against the majority report.
Senator Noel said that Mr. Irwin
persistently undertook to suppress ev
dence bearing on the telegram. Son
, members OF the investigation comml
q tee went on that committee" he sal
with their minds made UP. They ha
u said openly that there was nothing
! the charges. and that they were pr.
pared then and there to vote. And We
Mr.. Speaker, those men sat as judg,
! and brought in this report.'
What WIcI<ham Snid.
There was applause from the CALLER
and one solitary hiss when Senator
Ashby Wickham. of Henrico, arose
speak for his minority report again
continuation. II stood alone" he sal
but l was In the house of my friend
: ! gave to each member of the commi
: tee that same conscientious desire
do his duty as 1 take for myself. I'd
! not try to be myself: 1 tried to ayr,
with the others. I come from a coun
where there were election frauds, b
We're punished and I had the honor
sit on the grand joury that brought
the indictments.
But this is no matter OF individual
ut is too important. to consider 1nysel