The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-10
The Temporary CapitaI--Proposition
from KheelinR.

The Temporary Capital..PropOsitiOn
from Wheeling.
The question raised by the bill intro
luccd BY Mr.. RExRoAD in the House O
Delegates, for the repeal Of the act lOcat'
Ing the Capital at Charleston, will bC con
sldcred, 1t Is expected, at IN carly day.
It has often been asked whether, III The
event of a repeal or suspension Of thai
act, Wheeling would renew the profel
which she has heretofore made to provide
the State a temporary Capitol. Thatques
tion will be answered to-day by the dele
gates representing this county, who will
bring forward proposition making thai
tender 4.
The citizens of Wheeling have at all
times been ready 10 provide comfortable
and sufficient accommodations for oil The
requirements Of a State House, free Of cost
whenever the Legislature should DO will
ing to signify It's acceptance of them for
limited period. Up to this time, however
their proifers have not met with favorable
consideration, not so much, we think, be-
cause they were not the best for the in'
tercsts Of the treasury and the accOmmo'
dation of the public, us because those who
controlled legislation were impressed with
IN erroneous belief that there was some
pressing reason for removal, or be-
cause they desired 10 keep the question
before the Legislature in order to use tito
influence other legislation.
Whatever reasons or motives influenced
previous Legislatures, tho question has
come to helookGd at ina much clearer
light than It was two or three years ago.
The idea TINT the removal Of the seat Of
government to some interior point would
build a city and bring railroads, has been
thoroughly exploded and not only our
Legislators, but the general public through
out the State, have satisfied themselves
that the real question at present IL not,
where shall we found city md network
the State with railroads, but where shall
wc, for the time bcing-until we have our
settlement with Virginia, till We sec where
We stand, and begin to gather little
financial strengtll-hnd tho most convcn.
lent and comfortable accommodation,
without expense, for the modest wants of
our modest little StateP ..
The Legislature Of last winter became
involved in such tangle Of lOg-rOlling,
and so many promises were made and had
TO le kept, that the managers Of this
question lost control Of 1t, and were forced
into Il location when they did not intend
il. That body was too much absorbed in
making combinations Of various kinds 10
deal with this question upon its own mcr.
itS; md whllCthe proposition of Wheeling,
then rendered for the second time, received
no consideration ut its hands, that prOpOsi-
tiOn never found 20 much favor with the
people throughout the State as ii did when
passed over unnOticcd by the last Legis.
lAturc; because the glamour that had been
thrown around the question by the advO.
Gates Of particular localities had been
broken and the keen common scnse Of the
mass Of the people began to discern the
real character Of the controversy.
During the Inst canvass, the question
was very generally discussed in all parts
al tho State. lts merits nre better under.
stoOd to-day than ever before. So It is
hut matter Of course that the I4cgisla.
ture now In session are not only better
advised as to tho popular wish in refer
en6e to IL but able to takO truer views Of
iton their own account, than any that have
assembled since tho organization or the
State.
The location made last winter with nro.
vision for immediate removal, has not, we
are persuaded, met with favor In any
part of the State except in tho vicinity of
the point selected One of the strong
objections Is tEDt forscvcral years to come
that point must of necessity be incon-
venicnt ofacccSs to the greater part oftho
State. The objection to immediate rO-
Inoval Is undoubtedly quite general except
In tho Southwest; and in connection with
the expression ofthis objection, there has
been II wish to know, a. likely to exercise
an important Influence on the question Of
repeal or suspension, whether this city
would rcnew her former offers Of tempo
rary accommodations.
with view Of answering this inquiry
q number of our most liberal and public
spirited citizens have maturcd u prOposi'
ton, which, II Is expected, will he pre-
scntcd in the House to-day. They pro.
pose in brief TO purchase the building
now occupied a. II State House, with the
lots on which It standS) To enlarge It to
more than double It's size, and remodel
and flt 1t up 50 as to furnish large and Gle-
CANT halls for both houses Of the LegislA-
turc, room for the Supreme Court Of
Appeals, executive offices, library, com.
mittce rooms, &C., &C. This they will
tender to the State, free Of cost, for five
years, and so much longer as tho State
may choose to occupy it The PROPOSE
tion making this tender Is signed by citi-
znns whnsc cnniracis would hn good for a