The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-06-10
Mr.. PARKER offered a resolution il

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regard to amending the charter for Hol-
liday's Cove Railroad company.
Mr.. HUFFMAN offered petition for
relief of VIM. Z. Lively to practice law
without taking the test oath.
Mr.. EVANS offered a resolution ask
ing the Judiciary committee to report
bill for the improvement of New river
from the falls to the State line.
Mr.. G0FF offered aresolution enauir-
ing into the expediency of changing
some of the school districts in Marion
county. rE
Mr.. HINCHMAN offered resolution
dividing Logan county into two asses
sors districts.
Mr.. S. S. FLEMING acting as tempo
rary chairman,
Mr.. McWHORTER offered resolu-
ton asking our Senator'S and Members
of Congress to vote for the Washington
City and Cincinnati Railroad Company
bill now pending before the Congress of
the United States.
j. Ii. FERGUSON explained that the
bill now pending before Congress, APP
prOpriates no money from this State nor
from the United States. lie said the
bill designates no particular route, but
only proposes to give national, instead
of a State, charter for this Railroad.
Mr.. BLAIR thonght the phraseolegy
of the joint resolution was bad, and to
some extent objectionable. vi
Mr.. PINNELL said he had seen the
prOprOsed Railroad bill and hope this
resolution would pass. A vote was then
taken and passed. ......
Mr. BOGGESS offered resolution to
divide Roaue county into two assessors
districts.
Mr.. EVANS offered resolution ask
lug the sergeant-at. arms to furnish each
member of tho House with FIVE dollars
worth of postage stamps. Lies over
under the rules. ,.-...
Mr.. STEERE offered resolution
pledging the House not to act upon any
petitions for rebel lawyers to be re.
lieved from taking the test oath unless
the petition is accompanied with ac-
know ledgment of error aud promise
hereafter to renounce the Leresy of their
errors. ..... .......
Mr.. J. II. FERGUSON gave notice
that as the Senate had similar resola-
tion now pending before them he would
move to table, which motion prevailed.
House bill allowing Mr.. Pendleton, of
Brooke county, to practice law without
taking the test oath, was read the first
time and ably advocated by Mr.. HER
VEY who said that nine-tenths of the
voters of bis county were in favor of
the repeal of this attorneys test oath.
Mr.. RIDDLE gave notice that he was
going to vote against all these relief
bills for rebel lawyers.
J.H. FERG USON said as Mr.. RIDDLE
had gotten all his special and local leg
islation through he was going to oppose
everybody else. Mr.. Ferguson said it
was human to err, hence he thought
these worthy cases asking for relief
should he acted upon aud passed.
Mr.. SrEERE said the gentleman from
Cabell was one moment q lawyer, the
next moment preacher and then
sophist. He thought Mr.. Ferguson had
better attempt to lead the House into
tho repeal of the whole law known
as the attorneys test oath and again,
the member from Cabell, was not fit
to act as a leader of the great Union
Republican party of West Virginia un-
less he would confne himself to the
merits of each individual kind of lesis.
lation.
J.H. FERGUSON said Mr.. STEERE
had frequently made attacks upOn him,
rs if he was dcsirous of personal abuse
which he would stand as long as it was
possible, and then he would defend him
self in some other place than in this
House. Furthermore that he was 5l
wears of age, with Il number of years
experience in legislative business, and
when he wanted any advice from the
gentleman from Peasants he would
call npon him, but until then he would
be obliged to him to keep still.
Mr.. PINNELL said lie was opposed to
pardonipg these rebels until they would
come forward and make an humble ac-
acknowledgement of their sin and treason
for they had robbed, plundered and
murdered the loyal citizens of this
State, and hence the Legislature should
refuse to repeal the law or grant special
acts of pardon. He thought this was a
part of the X. X. Klan arrangement.
Mr.. STEERE moved an indefinite
postponement Ayes 10; nays 90.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG moved to table,
which prevailed.
House bill No. 3, declaring parts of
the Ohio river lawful fence, and chap
ter IL of the code passed to their second
reading.
Mr.. j. II. FERGUSON said the Re 'is-
ing committee had taken charge of the
State Library room where they would
hereafter hold their sessions, and made
a motion ordering a Page to be assigned
to keep said room in order. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. HAGAR the House
adjourned until Wednesday p. NJ.