The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-09

| hS'a VIZ Aob Auu Suu ObVlCW uAV6 gone
back on their pledges; that they have VIC.
lated plighted faith TO their party friends
in the Bird District They are now stand
Ing on their muscle.
1t will be remembered that the Demo.
cratic members OF the Legislature last
winter made proposition TO their friends
In this district, something like this: Now,
We wantR Constitutional Convention In
order to place the full and entire control
Of the State In the hands oil the Demo.
cratic party. You Charleston Democrats
want . Convention IS badly as we do, but
you are fearful that Il viii embarrass and
probably endanger your Capital interests.
Now then, II you will all 90 for 0 Con.
venuon we will pledge ourselves 10 you
that the Capital question shall not be
touched either, by the Constitutional Con.
Vention or any succeeding Legislature.
Tho Charleston numbskulls accepted
this offer, and went heartily for q conVen.
ton, expecting, Of course, that their
party friends In the two upper districts
would make good their pledge. When
the Legislature assembled, they found
none Of these prominent Democrats were
members ef the present Assembly, and
they began to suspicion that such a thing
might be that these gentlemen would NOT
carry out the pledges made by their pre-.
decessors. They were right. The hon.
orable gentlemen now constituting the
law making branch of the government
very politely informed them that they
had made no pledges, and consequently
would do as they pleased.
To make long matter short, the CAPT.
tai Is going to be removed, and the Con.
stitutional Convention Is the cause Of It,
and the Democratic party Is the cause OF
the Convention; so you can readily sec
what party Is responsible TO the people Of
this district for the acts Of the present
Legislature.
Democrats all over town are swearing
and crashing their teeth. They are
openly admitting that II the Capital Is
taken from Charleston they have achieved
their last victory in this district.
Republicans on the other hand seem to
be reconciled. They are not happy, but
they are not mad. They regret, OF course,
the strong probabilities OF losing the Cap.
ital point, then they howl out at Demo.
Gratis, there l told you so, why did you
vote for that iniquitous convention p
They are happy in the belief that no re.
sponsibllity rests upon them, either as q
party, or as individuals. They are sorry
though, that tire hope Of their city, the
boon OF their affections, the Capital, is to
wrested from them.
There Is no reasonable doubt in my
mind that Wheeling will get the seat
Of government on the ten years PROPOSE.
ton. Get yourselves ready.
.ar. . IMMIGRATION.
One day last week Davenport intro.
duced a resolution directing the appoint.
ment OF committee TO look after the in.
terests of immigration to the State.
Davenport has some good qualities. BE
would like to be progressive if he could;
he would like to be an avowed friend OF
public schools, but he dare not; in fact he
has some symptoms OF Repnblicanism in
his heart, but they all avail him nothing.
He is chained, as it were, 10 the rock and
the vultures are preying upon his liver.
His resolution was scarcely reported by
the clerk until two or three hungry old
fossils bounced upon him, and let out their
venom against immigration. The hon.
orable
DR.. THOMPSON
Of Putnam got the floor and said that
he was not only opposed to the raising oil
the Committee, but was opposed to immi.
grafton. He was opposed to Yankees
and Yankee notions; we were better of
without them. The doctor is one OF those
old Virginia dYspeptics, kind, sociable
and clever, but ought to have lived a hall
century ago. He is, however, a fair sam
pie of the Democratic majority in both
branches oil the Legislature.
The resolution was passed by small
majority on call for the yeas and nays
THE ROAD LAW.
The present road law is not considered
good by any body. 1t will be materially
changed before the session closes. To.
day Ferguson OF Wayne, introduced q
resolution authorizing this Road, Survey
ors to require, II necessary, 12 days labor
from all persons Of certain ages, &C
Reynolds Of Mason, offered resolution
providing for the letting Of all roads &c
the lowest bidder, and that the expense
be paid out of the county treasury.
The former is the most popular, because
| 1t requires the poor people to keep up the
roads for the convenience oithe rich. The
latter is unpopular, because rich men, who
use the roads almost exclusively, will
have TO pay all the expense OF keeping
them in order. A Democratic Legisla
ture in West Virginia will never pass &
law requiring tax for the support OF {
public institution where the same can bt
provided for by labor, or . capitation tax
COUNTY SCHOOL suPERINTENDENTs.
1t will be remembered that In some O
my former letters I have tried to demon
strate the fact that we have few men il
/ this Legislature who possess great wis
dom, wiser perhaps than Scion, Justin o.
Blackstone themselves. l confess, how
ever, thatit is hard task to get q fail
hearing in this particular The Hon. Mr.
Knots, Il believe he spells It init q K,) O
Marion, Is q young man Of ability
BE reminds one very much o
Windy Wilson. he has Ben
tonian countenance and Webste-
rian head, and when he speaks h
wants It understood that "if you havt
tears, prepare to shed them now" Thu
only objection that have to Knots |!
that he wears his coat with only the bot
tom button fastened. Knots Is o goot
looking fellow-Charlestou girls would
call him handsome, II they were not al
married. Knots has confidence in him.
self, which, card players say, Is half tn,
game. He saw proper to introduce (
resolution looking TO the abolition OF thu
office Of County Superintendent Of Publil
Schools, Any man with ordinary, prac.
teal common sense ought to know tina
the County Superintendent Is the head O
the system In every county, and II yol