The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-10
West Virginia Legislature
SATURDAY, February :.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

But little business was transacted in
the House to-day, except the consldera-
tiOn of the capital question.
Mr.. WEIGH presented resolution
inquiring into the expediency OF alter
ing the county line between the cOun-
ties of Hampshire and Mineral in GER
tain particulars.
Messrs. RIDDLE and WOODFORD
each presented memorials, which were
referred to the proper committees.
Mr.. FERGUSON rose Z" point of
order. He asserted that the remarks
made on yesterday, 10y the gentleman
from Mason. in regard to his F'sI
course on the capital question, were not
correctly reported in one of the morn
in. papers, and he demanded of the
gentleman to know whether lie was re
sponsible for the report.
Mr.. TOMLINSON did condemn the
course of the gentleman from Cabe!l,
but he did not recOllect whether he
made use of the language attributed to
him in the report OF not.
Mr.. FERGUSON expressed himself
satisfied.
Resolution by Mr.. WEIGH, inquiring
int- the expediency OF so amending ex-
isting laws rs TO permit Justices OF the
Peace TO direct process TO any Consta
ble in the State, in certain cases.
by Mr.. PARKER-Relating 70 nego-
table and proIniSsory notes.
By Mr. GOFF-As to relieving Sher-
IFS from responsibility for insolvent
militia fines.
By Mr.. HEERMANS-Petition for the
incorporation OF the town of lndepend-
ence, in Preston cOun'y.
The bill for the permanent location
of the Capital af the State coming up,
and the prev iOus question having heen
demanded and the demand sustained
immediately before adjournment, the
question was on thu adoption OF Mr..
PARKER'S substitute for the original
bill.
Mr.. FERGUSON denounced the
Wheeling proposition, eharacterlzlng 1t
as an offer 10y "the rery liberal people
%: Wheeling to build a State Poor
House; he said the Capital bad been
here for several years and the Legisia-
ture and State officers had been but
poorly accommodated and at ye:y
handsome cost, and thu good and gen-
erous people of tie city had never
troubled themselves about II; but now
that the Capital was about to be taken
from them they were very solIcitOuS
about the interests of the Impoverished
people of the State.
Mr. BLAIR replied that he saw moth
ing wrong in the proposition of the
memorialists, and he thought it en-
titled 10 the respectful consideration OF
/ the House.
| Mr. PARKER here withdrew his sub.
stituts.
The vote was taken upon inserting
BnckhannOn in the bill as the place for
The permanent seat of Government, and
the motion was adopted by the follow
ing vote:
For BuckhdnROp-Adams Bender, Oi
Braxtun; Blllmyer, of Berkeley; Bog
CESS, of Roane; Chambers, OF Jefferson;
Crane, Huntington, Evans, Ferguson,
of Cabell; Gold, Gregory, of Webster;
Hauar, Harrow, Heermans, Hinchman,
Howes, of Barbour; Larsent, Of Hanp
shire; Mann, OF Greenbrler; McCla>key
of Monongalia; Newlin, of MOurOe; Pin
nell. of Upshur; Pope, Richmond, Rid
die. of Ritchir; Smith, of Morgan
Spaulding, of Wayne; Tabler, of Jet
ferson; WaGgy rs.
AgaiRst BWckhdnROR-Messrs. Allison,
of Hancock; Blair, of WOOD; Boughner,
of Munongalia; Chase, OF Putnam; CCle,
of Kanawha; Davissen, OF Taylor; Flenl-
ing, of Marion: Fleming, of Harrison:
Ferguson, of Marshall; GOtf, of Harrison:
Hervey, of Brooke; Huffman, of Cal
houn: Jacob, of Ohio; James, of DOd
bridge; MahOn, of jackson; Martin, of
Marion; Miller, of Ohio; Morgan, of Wet
gel; Parker, of Ohio; Powell, of Tyler;
Stewart, of Writ: Tomlinson, of Mason;
WEIGH, of Mineral; Woodford, of Lewis;
New Whorter, of Kauawha.-20.
Absent-Messrs. Armstrong, of Mar
shall, and Steere of Peasants.
Mr.. BLAIR moved to strike out Buck
hanuon aud iusert Bulltown, in
Braxton county, rejected by the
same vote, excep' the addi-
tion of the names of Messrs. Arm.
strong and Steere, who had arrived, in
the Bullto sn colum; for Buckhannon,
%; for Bulltown, 2-the member from
Braxtsn voting for the former place.
Mr.. GOFF then moved to strike ont
and insert Clarksburg; lost by precisely
the same vote.
Mr.. BLAIR meved to strike ont and
insert Charleston; lost by the same vote.
The same gentleman thes proposed
Parkersburg; lost by the same vote.
After few other consequen isl amend
ments were made to the bill, Mr.. PAR
KER offered the Wheeling proposition
as an amendment to be added to the
end of the bill, which was rejected by
the following vote:
YEAs-Armstrong, Allison, Chase,
Cole, Davisson, Fleming, of Marion;
Fleming, sf Harrison; Ferguson, OF
MARSHALL; Goff, Hervey, Huffman, Jacob,
Mahon, Martin, Miller, Morgan, Parker,
Steere, Stewart, Tomlinson-2O.
NAYs-Adamson, Bender, Billmyer,
Blair, Boggess, Boughner, Chambers,
Crane, bennington, Evans, Ferg lsou,
of Cabell; Gold, ijregory, Hagar, Har'
row, Heermans, Hinchman, Howes,
Largent, Mann, McClaskey, Newlin,
Pinnel, Pope, Powell, Richmond, Rid
die, Smith, Spaulding, Tabler, Waggy
Welch, WoOdfor,i, McWhorter-35.
The House adjourned.
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