The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-23

the Clerk, Dr.. Thompson moved that
the further consideration OF the bill be
postponed until the second Monday in
January. He made q short speech
urging the adoption Of his motion,
claiming that the House should be en-
gagged in more important legislation
than that of agitating the removal OF
the Capital.
MI. Price then got the floor, and
commenced q half hours speech by
saying be would vote for postponsment +;
after that be never referred to the Cap
ital question once. He reviewed the
history OF America from the time the
Pilgrim Fathers came over in the May
flower, up to the sitting Of the Constitu.
tional Convention in 1872. He threw
out few suggestions on political econ
omy, during his remarks, and wound
up with a philippe on the fruit OF the
Convention-the new Constitution. The
narrative was interspersed with scri ip-
tural illusions and quotations, and
would probably have been about the
right kind OF a speech to have delivered
before the West Virginia Historical
Society, but what it had to do with the
postponement OF the bill for the tem~
porary removal OF the Capital to Wheel.
ing, am unable to understand.
Mr.. Brown replied to him in an excel.
lent speech, in which he made some un.
usually good hits. He said there
seemed to be a strange fatality about
this Capital question in regard to gen.
tlemen changing their votes at the last
minute, when only one vote was needed
to answer the purpose. He referred to
Gibson, of Preston county, and Mr..
"Belshazzar," of Jefferson, and hoped
the gentleman from Monongslia would
not follow their example.
The mutton-slsying Butcher, from
Jefferson, had few words to say, but
they were very few. Within the last
few days this great man has become as
gentle as q sucking dove. 1t is hardly
Necessary to cay that Reynolds and
Morrison raised their voices in eloquent
appeals in Charleston behalf. A vote
was taken and the motion was lost by a
vote OF 80 to 81.
Mr.. Snider, OF Gilmer, then moved to
indefinitely postpone the bill, which
was lost by the same vote. Alter sew
eral attempts to get an adjournment
and other resolutions for delay by the
Charleston men, the vote was finally
taken on the main question and carried
by the following vote, Price voting for
the bill:
Ayes-Baker, Bradford, Brown.
Campbell, Cofran, Davenport, DAVIS,
Farnsworth, Fleming, Flowers, Foley,
Hindman, Hulihen, Kantner. Knots
of Marion, Legg, Lewis, Mcmillan,
Potter, Price, Robinson, Ruckman,
Smith, Spates, Stone, Stout, Taylor OF
Randolph, Taylor Of Ritchle, Thayer,
Totten, Vossler, White and Miller,
(Speaker)-33.
Noes-Barrett, Bridges, Bumgarner,
Butcher, Clendenen, Crow, Deaver,
Ferguson. Fisher, Floyd, Gwinn, Hinch'
man, Hively, Hudson, johnson, Knotts
of Calhoun, Laidley, Miller Of Fayette,
Monroe, Morrison, Prince, Reynolds,
Rogers, Shirley, Short, Snider OF Gil
more, ThompSon, Triplett, Vinson,
Withrow and Wooddell-31.
Before the vote WAS announced, Mr.
Lsidley, of Kanawha, changed his
vote to the affirmative, in order to move
for q reconsideration tomorrow. B.
'ore the title OF the bill was passed
upon, DR.. Thompson offered the fol-
lowing amendment, which was voted
down: "To the end that the question,
where shall the Capital OF West VIr.
,inia be, shall be in perpetual agitation"
REYNOLDS, OF Mason, offered an amend
ment, which was to make the title OF
the bill, Miles q Reilly's Soup House
This Mason county man thinks he is
witty; he is mistaken. In the Ian
guage of the versatile Josh Billings,
q bright idea would crack bis crsnium
as quick as the lightning would split
pumpkin. The proper title OF the bill
was then passed, and the House ad.
journed
The Charleston people are terribly
disgruntled over the termination Of
things to-day. They expressed them
selves in a style more torcble than
elegant that they would vote for
Parkersburg, or any other place to beat
Wheeling. There are thirteen mem
bers OF the Senate in favor OF removal,
but whether they will all vote for
Wheeling is "hoss" OF another color.
The fight in the SeLate will be between
Wheeling and Parkersburg. and the
var-wboop now is, anything to beat
Wheeling. i
AN INTERESTING SUBJECT.
Mr.. Bennett offered the following
resolution in the Senate this morning
Resolrcd, That when the Senate ad-
iourns on the 2lst OF December the
House of Delegates concurring therein,
it adjourn 10 meet on the 10th day Of
January uext, and that durlug said re-
cess, no member or officer OF the Leg
islature, shall be entitled to pay or COM
pensation. nor mileage by reason Of
said recess.
Mr.. Sherrard moved to amend the
resolution by striking out that portion
OF it in reference to not allowing per
l.