The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-28
TIE Capital QsestiOR.

lANN bu64l AaNEtu4 1880 - =
IaE, nqtly, peEilaP1, - ennuneAteti
nAVtAlg dc change u u so q
rsorefrineli fam Cli6SltllOn. also Ian
3hat 4 rlOluttul q biIl, has bern OiieFoa
N il,a N1usG u Delegates, hooking 10 tbs
object, and ,ltaiEe " trust W your cntiT,
tssy WiifIs ! call attention 10 some tal7ts,
hearing upGn dis quSstion-
Onr wear ago today, there was strung
tuTflfsa. II the Legislature " tx finally
ihe asat II government The HOusc u
Delegates hsd nOt been IN SssstDn forty
eight hUIn before il IIaSsci the following
resolution
WHEREAS, The locatiOl u the STATE
CsDitul haa been deferred from time "
due without any good reason for such de,
lay; and WRERRNs, The failETr W locate
llie state Capital lIas created great dis
AatiAlSctIOn "a The IaEt Of Ihe pclIlle, dc
terTing sRCsFpTiAing paTtieS abroad from
locating Ia tlle BlSts, rendering ourselves
an unsettled peVlte Ia The estimation Of
the people TheTEGOfr,
REGolnod b LhO Legislature q Woat E'EgSR-
"a. That We use our utInBt endeAYOrs "
locate the State capital during the present
sess.iOn Of the Legislature, by such con
Ctssions and Differences u hedlherent de.
Sirss Of members Of the Legislature, AMI
the neOple we represent, ~ will tRGEig
hsttle M SeRsd question hArInONlOnsly,
nlScing the Capital where lt will develop
The natural resources Of tbs State the most,
anil accommodate the largest number Of
inhabitants"
!. The CIicnlLS Of he fur OHtsRAliHg pOtRtS
BOted 10F dis fCAOluhOR and NuS q oONaast
tstS OElsSdd, ~ Ealr ns any ever was, and
the contestants pledged Themselves 10
abide It's result The struggle lasted ssV-
eFaI weeks and occupied much valuable
time, aud at last theF result was In favor q
Charleston. II was then urged and well
urged, that contest which hal occupied
our p(OnIC lnr almost six years and cost
the State directly and indirectly hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars. ought IN he closed.
But unfortunately fIF tic contestants uaty
ttid not al WiH. And now we $50 tho re-
mRrkAblG sight OF the fAirly bCatGn men
eIttledbOrig 10 oOHIJiH6 Hg,IiNSt tho 0ieLOF
and forgetting their OwnlplClges and tic
Interests II the State, hut twelve months
ago, 40 dear u them, striving 10 throw us
back TO the same unsettled condition, We
occupied seven years ago. II seems Idle
To talk IN men, who 10 utterly disrcgRrd
the plain rules which govern every con-
test, about the rights Of individuals that
this action will sacrifice, Of the honor Of
the State, that It would assault; but there
are!!Othcr considerations before which they
should hesitate.
There Is In this State one whole Con.
grsslonal District, comprising nearly one
half Of the whole area Of the State In
which there ls not a single public build.
Ing erected by the State, nor Inns any aT'-
preparation ever been made except In u
single instance and then upon conditions
10 harsh, that they amounted almost to a
prohibition Al last the State has located
L, Capitol there, and the people OC.
lIeving, rs they had u right 10 bclicYG,t that
the men who voted Tor the resolution
rGicrretl 10, knew what they were about;
and that ule State would not break GIlth
with any part Of iIs citizens, proceeded To
the expenditure Of large sums Of money,
and are this very tlIy nj work completing
building that shall bG credit IL them
selves Nh" uiG ou1'c' C"u ulIl ',l'S ~ =
inc power u interest," tllA. may Syl.lS. tn'
Immaculate EellEGSt y VI AISc!suu's
ClArksburg and Grafton, IN endeavor to
open again contest In which, however
much tho State may loose, they may each
expect advantage; but cannot understand
how these not M powerfully controlled
s'I"'llu eMI ul%n VIM c 't' W. ," ~, ' M,
serves anu tne S.a'c W g11! s'In Nv" W
only H0tS ttl!s aI'cuilM C ~. uS laNM ~
t''e oIu uI.Se. " Wl''e! W '"' ~ ,"s %
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~" ,,,c s,ljJ Vol. If tho tb;r,I ,Iis,r;ct II
/: oiao LDNwr ,hot Tho vote pcnrIv Gcc;i.
~ ,%n Icc"tIor nC ihc o,hrr two Aud IL
tEo contest Ia oncnetI orain ond siy mr.
ci~ht representatives should nronoSc n
nsIisi Charlea,oN nrnvil@l shc shonId oil
IN S rcmn~in" INV dmc oC ,hos" iMstintiHMs
:" nM",h"r Mace could INV "nc hInmc
hrr CSr accounting tho nronosiiiony
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,Yh"r, viii ihc wSrE If mns"tiIir~ end
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,"o w." s,n"r,;n,, under a sc,,so ~ %""nmiory
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