The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-08

that it not being adapted to other pur-
poses, if it was not accepted it would
be almost total loss to the company
building. It is added that if this site
of four acres is not acceptable, there is
la beautiful site of ten acres which will
be donated whenever selected.
The report was laid on the table and
ordered printed.
Mr. BOWER, from the committee on
Roads, &c, reported that from the state
Of the treasury it was not expedient for
a bridge over Big Fishing Creek, near
its mouth, or for repair of the Sister
Vile and Salem Turnpike. He also re-
ported back with amendment the bill to
renew the charter Of the West Virginia
Railway Company.
The SeEate substitute for the House
bill to repeal the lawyers test oath, was
AIKEN up and adopted. The Democrats
who voted for it did so under protest,
saying that while the preamble did not
express their views, they swallowed it
for the sake of obtaining the repe i. A
lively passage took place between Mr..
Price and Mr.. Davis, the former coming
down pretty severely on the rebel law
yers, aud the latter defending them. The
vote on the adoption of the Senate sub.
stitute was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Welch, ,(Speaker, } Aguew, Baker,
Ballard Of Logan, Barlow. Bowyer,
Brannon, Burgess, Carpenter, Cham
bers, Collins, Davisson, Donehoo,
Evans, Farnsworth, Flanagan, Flick,
Gandee, Goff, Hassler, Hervey, How
ard. Howe, Jackson, Judy, Lamou,
Lynch, Maxwell, Mccoy, Meadows,
Neely, Pierpoint, Pownall, Price, Put
nam, Rexroaa, Ropp, Scott, Smith.
Sturgiss, Summers. Teter, Thomas,
Wells and WIIkinson-45.
These voting in the negative were
Messrs. Cracraft Davis, Faris,' Lamb,
and Wheat-5.
When the roll was called Messrs. Cra-
craft, Burgess and Summers declined to
vote. Mr.. HASSLER demanded the
enforcement of the rule requiring every
member to vote if not excused; and un.
der requirement of the Speaker they
voted as above recorded, under protest.
A substitute for the House bill repeal
ing the teachers test oath was received
from the Senate and adopted. 1t con.
tanned preamble similar in impert to
that prefxed by the Senate to the law
yer's bill, viz: reciting the circum-
stances of its enactment and justifying
| it.
Mr.. FLICK offered a joint resolution
designed to secure the trial of Judge
Harrison at the present session. 1t pro-
vides that the two Houses will 20 into
the trial in twenty days after service
of notice (the former resolution having
fixed a particular day which has to be
changed in consequence of the delay of
service occasioned by the disappearance
of Judge Harrison,) and authorizes the
Cl-rk of the House to telegraph a copy
of the resolution to Henry NJ. Matthews,
at Lewisburg; and provides that service
of this resolution and the resolution
passed last Friday, preferring the
charges against Judge Harrison shall
be valid.
1t appears that an official copy of the
resolution preferring charges had been
taken by Mr. Matthews, who started to
Greenbrier Friday evening 1t was
proposed, therefore, to furnish Mr.
Matthews also with copy of this sup
Elementary resolution by telegraph for
service of both on Judge Harrison, and
declare the service so made valid.
Mr.. FLICK explained this, and said
if the service were made on Judge Har-
rison lin person or at his heuse) day
or Tomorrow, there would be time for
the Trial at the present session.
Mr.. PIERPOlNT opposed the resolu
tion on the ground chiefly of its indef-
uiteness. He thought Il copy could not
be transmitted correctly over such q line
aI it would have to 90 over. He said a
large number of witnesses had to be
summoned, so that the trial would ccst
the State some $4,000 or Sl0, 900. He APP
| pretended that the return would show
such service as would not stand scru
tiny, and such as they could not 60 to
trial on. He did not want TO incur this
expense without some certainty that it
would effect something.
A considerable discussion followed, in
the course of which Mr.. Hervey was un-
derstood to censure Mr.. PIerpoint, chair
man of the special committee, for delay
in reporting on the case.
Mr.. PIE2POINT L said, in reply, that
the charges against Judge Harrison
| had remained tor a week in the hands
of the complainants before they were
presented 10 the House. The day the
special committee was appointed he
had called meeting of it. \ motion
was made by member of the commit
tee (not himself to print the charges,
and the committee adjourned till Thurs.
day to await the printing At the meet
ing Thursday the document had not
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day the House adjourned till Monday,
and some of the committee left the city.
Monday afternoon the committee had a
meeting, and abOut eleven o'clock that
night the resolution resting and pre-
ferring the charges was completed, and
1t was reported next day. The commit
tee were not responsible for the delay.
| The party who carried the charges in
his pocket a week before presenting
them to the House was the one in fanlt
il any one was.
Mr.. JACKSON fully exhonerated Mr
Peirpoint from any delay or the mani.
festation of wish to delay in the com.
mittee. He had worked faithfully, and
as Chairman of the Committee, had for
warded the investigation as much as
possible.
The vote was finally taken on Mr..
FLICK'S resolution, and it was adopted
by the following vote.
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Welch, (Speaker,) Agnew, Ba.
ker, Ballard of Logan, Bowyer, Bran
non, Burgess, Chambers, Collins, era.
craft, Davis, Davisson, Donehoo, Ev-
ans, Faris, Farnswortb, Fisher, Flan-
agan, Flick, Gandee, Golf, Guthrie, Hass-
Ter, Hervey, Howard, Howe, Jackson,
Judy, Lamb, Lamon, Lynch, Maxwell,
Mccoy, Meadows, Neely, Pownall,
Price, Putnam, Ropp, Scott, Smith,
Sturgiss, Summers, Teter, Thomas,
Wells, Wheat and Wilkinson-46.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Barlow, Carpenter, Peirpoint
and Rexroad-4.
RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY.