The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-06
CHARLESTON.
Progress or LegislafiOn-The Con-
yention BiII-Removal OF the Cap
itaI-The Election Law-RailrOad
Matters.
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA,
February =, 1911.

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA,
February ., 1871.
Dear Register:
The business Of the session is moving
on slowly, but rapidly enough l think
for the public good. When hear that
the House has spent the day in the dis
cussion of some question, ! congratulate
the public that but little harm was done
to-day. This feeling arises from the
conviction long entertained that the
world is governed too much \ little
enacting and & good deal Of repeating,
is what seems to be needed.
The Convention bill occupied the
whole of yesterdays session OF the
House Several amendments were
agreed to-among them one making
the number of Delegates in the Conven-
ton equal to the number of Senators
and Delegates in the Legislatnrc-'S.
Another, fixing the day of submitting
the question of Convention to the peo-
ple on tie fourth Thursday Of August.
The bill providing for the removal
of the Capital was up in the, Senate
Yesterday, having been reported hy the
Judiciary committee, with the blank
filed with Buckhannon 1t was made
the special order for Friday. | have
no idea that bill removing the Capital
can be passed this session; nor has i;
been made evident that such q step
would just now be altogether desirable.
When the Capital was at Wheeling. /
believed it should have remained there
for eight or ten years, until the State
were more generally developed, and
railroads and turnpikes were built
through her various sections. The
representatives of the people decided
otherwise, and placed the Capital at
Charleston. bow to that decision,
and now believe repose should be given
to the people on this question by refus-
ing to disturb it, The great arguments
used by those who desired to take the
Capital from Wheeling were that, "the
people demanded permanent loca-
ton ! that until this was done West
Virginia was State without a
Capital :" that strangers naturally
doubted the permanency and stabil-
ity of the State as long as
it had 20 permanently located Capital
1t may seem strange, but it is true, that
those who used such arguments as. the
above in favor OF permanent location,
are the same gentlemen who are now
laboring for the destruction Of that per-
mauency. Now that the Capital is here,
ard we have no chance Of getting it
back to Wheeling, am in favor of per-
hitting i to remain here for ten years
(if no appropriations are asked for
buildings or Improvements in the mean
time), until railroads are built and the
unaeveloped portions of the State are
made accessible. 80. .........
The election bill, which will be dis
cussed in the Senate to-day Thursday,
provides for the total repeal Of the OBJ
noxious registration law, and entities
every man to vote who is not convicted
on the testimony OF at least two respon-
sible men, shaving given aid to the re-
bellion, and of the particular time and
place ofsuch acts. ......
r. I am gra,ified to learn from the REG
isrER that the people are moving in the
matter of securing railroad connections
with the north and the northwest,
A bill has passed the Senate and
viii pass the House, authorizing the
City Council TO subscribe 500, goo TO
the capital stock of the road to the
and the city and the town
ships Of the county already have au-
thority to subscribe to the Panhandle
railroad We expect TO procure legisla-
tion this winter, with the view of ex-
tending this Pan Handle road on down
the river to intersect the chesapeake
and Ohio at the mouth of Guya ndotte.
A bill has also passed the Senate ep-
abling thepurchasef Of the Hempdeld
railroad to become the proprietor OF
its franchises, &c; and another bill has
been introduced in the Senate, which
will probably pass, unless objection be
urged, authorizing Ohio county, through
The Board of Supervisors, to subscribe
$4,000 to the capital stock of that
'oad with . view Of making 1.-THE great