The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-29
PROGRESS OF THE CONVENTION.

! gress IN lts Work. VI course there are
a few members who have a super
abundant amount of oxygen in their
composition which they must allow to
escape; but this is pardonable, for they
cannot help it. The performance con-
sumes valuable time, it is true, but
then their constituencies have right
to be heard in their own way. Some
constituencies are represented In this
body by brains, some by hard workers.
and some by very windy DISCLAIMERS.
Each constituency has a perfect right
to be represented in its own way, Of
course.
THE LEGISLATURE
is still hard at work and is grinding out
a great many laws. The appropriation
bill has been for several days, and is
yet, under consideration in the Senate
On Saturday very determined effort
was made to insert clause, appropriat-
ing to the Governor $3.50, think that was
the amount, as House Rent. The effort
did not succeed at the time, the Senate
adjourning before the amendment was
disposed OF; and do not know whether
it will be renewed this morning. His
Excellencg was somewhat damaged by
the little tournament OF words which
took place on the subject, for the course
Of the entire Democratic party on this
House reut question; the opinions and
declarations of its speakers, editors,
representative men of every degree and
rank and file, all-both during the
reign OF Radicalism and last winter :;
was fully reviewed and it was shown
that no man, elected under the circum-
stances and upon the implied platform
that prevailed in the campaign OF 1870,
could take tie rent and preserve his honor.
SPECIMEN BRICK.
The party which, Pharisee-like,
claims a monopoly Of all the intelli-
gence, virtue, &c, is led in the House
Of Delegates by Mr. Parker, of Tyler,
and Mr.. Sturgiss, of Monongalia. One
OF these gentlemen may have little
advantage over the other in intelligence,
and the other over the one in integrity,
but they average well. They are both
shining lights in the party of great
moral ideas, and each has aspirations
and aims much beyond the common
herd. There append bill which was
q few days ago introduced by one Of
these distinguished leaders, in the House
of Delegates, and ask that you print 1t
verbatim:
House bill No 264. An preparation bill of
| one hundred thousand dollars
"a bill to Appropriate one hundred
thousand dollars to purchas the Capital
building that is now purmanentlv
located at the town OF Charlstown and
to furnish the Capital with the nessariey
equipments which the governor refers
to in his message
| believe the bill has not yet become
a law; and as the radicals are in the
minority in the Legislature, predict it
will not.
DINNER WITH "ELAN.'
Last Saturday evening Hon. George
0. Davenport gave an elegant dinner
party at Col. Woodyard's, "up in the
yellow pines" to the members of the
House, Senate and Convention, from the
Panhandle, and number OF other in.
vited guests. The preparations were
elegant, the dinner sumptuous, the
wines, like the company, choice and
sprishtly. George plays host with a
decided elan, for young Bach.
| nptSrrp Arr pInur
The account OF the Public Printer
has been undergoing close and scru-
timing investigation by the Judiciary
committee OF the House of Delegates,
during the past two weeks. A large
number of printers have been exam
ined. The prosecution has been man.
aged by able, shrewd, cunning and un-
scrupulous counsel; suspicious, inuen-
does and differences were drawn out
with great skill, but not one unlawful
fact or act has been substantiated. In
not the rcmotest degree have the charges
been maintained. The evidence all
shows that the present Public Printer
has been guided in his charges by pre-
cisely the same rule that governed Mr..
John Frew in his charges. while he
was Public Printer, and that the excess
in the rates charged by the former over
those charged by the latter are fully
justified by the difference in the cost Of
printing in the two places, Wheeling
and Charleston. The committee be-
lieve the law is defective, in that it
fails to prescribe schedule Of prices
for all kinds of work, and they will
probably recommend slight amend
ment thereto.
HOIST By THEIR OWN PETARD.
In this connection, considerable con-
sternation wax created in the Radical
camp, bv a declaration made before
the committee, on Friday, by one Of
The prosecuting counsel, Gan lshmaelite,
socially and politicaliy,) that if a full
investigation OF everything connected
with the Public Printing Of this State
for the last eight years were had,
he would not only make the
present Public Printer disgorge i'll
gotten gains, but he would recover
from Mr.. Frew, the former Print
err, from $4,000 to $4,000 that
he had plundered from the Treasury.
lie (the Attorney declared that il he
failed to do so, he would burn his law
books and never appear in court room
again! Since that, the Radical mag
mates have been in great trepidation.
Mr.. Frew is fearfully nervous and looks
haggard and alarmed, and caucuses
have been Of daily and nightly occur
renee. 1t is rumored, q do not know
how truthfully) that large sums OF
money have, in former years, been
drawn from the Treasury by Mr.. Frew,