The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-28

constitution. Our triumph is glorious
and complete. With but ten Senators
elected as Democrats, Zone Of whom
was compelled to resign on account Of a
protracted illness we bave passed the
great measure of the party by twelve
votes. We owe debt Of graft,
tude to Senator'S Dayton, Harmon
and Cook, for their noble action
"a debt that the people will
not forget. The latter two of these
Senators voted for Stevenson last fall,
and were members in good standing in
the Radical party at the opening OF this
session Of the Legislature . -.
have no. apologies for my vote in
favor of the Flick amendment. This ia
the first reference ! have made to it
through the columns of the REGISTER
and it will probably be the last. ]
never doubted but was right; | think
nv Democratic friends who at first
differed with me, will no longer
doubt.
Senator Johnson's resignation of his
seal in this body. was read and accepted
today, and the President Of the Senate
ordered to issue his writ for special
election to ill the vacancy, to be held
on the twenty seventh day OF April
the day upon which the Flick amend
ment is to be submitted. OF course if
Mr.. J. RECEIVERS his health and desires
it, he will be reelected by a humping
majority. He deserves well at the
hands Of the people Of the State.
As no official report OF the census Of
the State has reached the Legislature
from the bureau at Washington, it is
possible that no apportlonment
can be made at this session.
The committee have been engaged
upon an attempt to make an APP
portionment upon the figures fur
nished from the departments here, but
as the present constitution requires the
apportionment to be made upon a Uhite
basis alone, considerable dissatisfaction
results in counties with large negro
population. The Mteli;geacer miscon-
strues what | said on this subject, in one
of my recent letters. did not say that
Brooke, Hancock and Ohio counties
were thrown into one district, nor did |
say anything that would bear that con-
struction.
The two Houses are working very
hard, and are disposing Of an immense
amount of business. At least twice as
many bills are killed as are passed, and
| think the Legislature probably does
almost as much good in the killing
business as in the other.
An error was made 10y the printer or
committee in reporting the immigration
bill. 10y leaving out Ireland, which came
in before Germany, France and Swift
erland,' as places from which immi-
grants are especially invited. On my
motion, the names of the countries were
stricken out, and the only reason
argued for retaining them was that
we did not desire to invite
the "hcathen Chinee. An appropria-
ton of $500 to carry ont the pro-
visions Of the bill, passed the Senate to.
dav. II this passes the House, one of
the first efforts will be to try to induce
some good lrishman to go TO Ireland
with the endorsement of Bishop
Whelan and other distinguished citi-
zens, and German to Eastern France
and to Germany (since the war is
closed), to induce immigration to West
Virginia. With the great inducements
our plan OF immigration offers, an
energetic agent Dug hit to bring a great
many families into this State in the
next two or three years.
An effort was made in the House the
other day to strike out the security
now required Of foreign insurance
companies, but through the efforts OF
Mr.. Barr, the proposition was defeated.
The BILL as passed, affects in no way
the interests Of home companies. |
will forward it tomorrow for pnblica-
ton in the REGISTER
forward report Of Finance commit
tee on the cost of the Constitutional
Convention, in reply to the Governor $
message on the same subject, which
please publish. b.