The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-23

should lie their officers and that 10 pass
this bill would only be carrying out the
principles of the party. He hoped the
Republican party bad not become SO
corrupt as TO be afraid 10 trust the peo.
pie. He said that any man who voted
against this bill would certainly be
defeated by the people if ne should ever
be foolish enough to run for any ONCE.
The registry law as it now stands had
been shamcfully and corruptly admins
tered and 1.-The rebels were making
capital out of this fact and one OF
his reasons for supporting this bill was
10 disarm their arguments against the
Republican party. =,
Mr.. DAVIS said: 1t is unusual and
unjust, coming from the source it does,
to try TO kill the bill in this manner.
If this bill is killed no other bill for the
same purpose can be passed this ses-
sion. We owe it 10 ourselves and the
people, and public sentiment demands
that we should adopt liberal measures
towards those who are disfranchised by
reason of the present registry law. we
cannot have republican government
with n large portion of the Intelligent
and largest tax paying citizens of the
State disfranchised. The Republican
party throughout the United States is
pledged to liberal measures, and the
leading Republicans, such as Horace
| Greeley, Governor Brownlow and others,
not to mention General Grant, our Pres
dent, who was elected by the Repubi.
can party, are earnestly advocating a
liberal policy towards those lately in
rebellion.
Are we to he more tyrannical than
Russia, who has lately liberated many
millions of her people, and are we to be
behind her in our advancenentsI We
who boast SO much of our free govern
ment in which every man has voice
in the government
Mr.. President, tell you that no party
can long live when it has to resort to
legislation to support it. Take for ex.
ample Tennessee, where every system OF
legislation was resorted to 4hat tie
Imagination could invent to Keep the
party in power, but where now is the
Republican party eTennesseef In the
minority, Mr.. President.
Mr.. President, the gentleman from
Wayne speaks of the Constitutional
Amendment. Now we all know that this
cannot effect anything for three years,
whilst the people are demanding an i'm
mediate modification of this law. 1t is
true this hill is but o short step in the
right direction, and submit that it is
but justice to the people to let them say
who shall control this important fran
chise, and to see that they are not i'm
posed on by uppri1cipled men.
T.. 1, g., 81, -
some townships where there should be
from one to two hundred votes
cast there are now but five or six. Mr.
President, it is but meet that the minor
ity party should have one member of
the Boards of Registration. This is the
case in the great Republican State Of
Pennsylvania. and the law, too, passed
by Republican Legislature; and not
only are the registrars composed of both
parties but even the judges of election
are composed of men from different po-
litical partiss. There are many more
amendments l would desire TO see to this
law, but as we cannot get them we will
be content with this. The people are
demanding at our hands some modifica.
tion of this law, and if we do not grant
it they will take the matter in their Own
hands.
There are about iifty-seven thousand
voters iu this State, and Judging from
the population there are about thirty
thousand disfranchiSed voters in the
State, and at least one half of these are
Improperly deprived of the privilege Of
voting, and ali through the improper
execution Of the law which this bill
seeks To remedy.
| Mr.. HARMAN said: This bill will not
enfranchs3 a single man that is not en-
| titl-d to OvOte under the present law if
pre- cperly executed, and cannot see, as
some OF the members do, that the Re
publican party will lose, or the Demo
cratic party gain many votes by the
passage of this bill. 1t is against this
improper execution of the registry law
that raise my voice, and this bill only
gives to the people what is their right,
that of saying who should execute this
law in which they have so great an in
terest Our Governor, although he
meant to do tight, was often imposed
upon in the appointment of registrars,
AID if this bill is passed the people
themselves will be responsible and no
one else.
On the motion to indefinitely post
pone,
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Boreman, Brown, Gather of
Taylor, Gather of Gilmer, Crane, Doolit-
tie, Gold, Humphreys, Koonce, Leonard,
Ramsdell, Werningcr aud Mr.. President
FarDsworth-l3.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Applsgate, Cook, Davis, Day
ton, Harman, Patrick, Phelps, Wilson
and Young-9.
Mr.. DAVIS after wards changed his
vote before the announcement was
made, in order to move reconsidera
tion of the vote by which the bill was
Indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. DAVIS moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
Mr.. DAVIS moved TO lay the motion
to reconsider on the table. Lost.
Mr. DAVIS moved to lay the motion
on the table and make it the special
order for tomorrow at IL o'clock A. NJ.
On this motion those voting in the af.
firmative are Messrs. Applegate, Cook,
Davis, Dayton, Patrick, Phelps. Wilson,
Young->S.
These voting in the negative were
Messrs. Boreman, Brown, Gather of
Taylor, Gather of Gilmer, Crane, Doo-
little, Gold, Harnap, Humphreys,
Koonce, Leonard, Ramsdell, Werninger
and Mr.. President Farnsworth-l4.
On the motion to reconsider, those
voting in the affirmative were Messrs.
Applegate, Cook, Davis, Dayton, Har-
man, Patrick, Phelps, Wilson and
Young-9.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. BOreman, Brown, Gather of
Taylor Gather of Gilmer, Crane, Doc.
little, Gold, Humphreys, Koonce, Leon
ard, Ramsdell, Werninger and Mr.. Pres.
ident FarDsworth-l3.
Mr.. PHELPS said the vote on this
bill killed the Republican party. That
the party voting against it seemed to be
well organized and drilled and he hoped
the members would have q chance to
! repent before il was everlastin1lv too