The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-20
TAN Rullng by speaker Miller.

tspcciAl Correspondence Of the IntOlligencer.)
CHARLESTON, W. Va, December u.
To the RdItorS Of tho IntsliEencoE:
llampered on all sides by snow, ice, cpl.
zOOtic, &c, l win take time to write you
another letter, giving you some details
from the Legislature which I find Assem-.
bled here. Yesterday quite q discussion
arose over Senate bill No. 4, which is be-
ing put through the Legislature, purely
in the interest OF Col. Ben Wilson and the
"llay NOW" LeUi a than, who were voted
for on the fourth Thursday Of October
by suadry persons for Congress. They
seek by this bill to compel the Governor
10 recognize them by a certificate, also to
compel certain Supervisors to secure and
certify returns Of votes cast. on that day.
The bill has.twO objects on lis face, which
makes II clearly unconstitutional, and next
ills so by being e. p6st tdcto In every re.
spect, Quite discussion arose to-day
aver It, Mr.. Davenport alleging, as one
reason why It should pass, that Con.
gross was an interruptions body aud
that Il was really necessary tOlhaye this
pHSoSA ~ kAVJ "Oulu lCSpGbb SuC HlGat
Democratic partyoF West Virginia; and
that no democrat voted in August that
thought Tor q moment that that was the
proper day for: Cong essionRl election;
and that It was an9 Gina divert anS9' !. ofthe
convention hat they did not State when
tue election should be held. .r,I ~
Mr.. Brown took strong grounds against
the bill, and others participated in the de.
bate, pending which tho House adjourned.
ltlOOks rather probable now that the
House will kill the bill, % some the
Third district democrats are voting
against It.
Charley.lsTiS tishdte, and, It is under.
Stood, hasa certain interruptions politi-
clan from Clarksburg to do his dirty
work in securing q decision in his favor
against Harrison OF the Second Judicial
Circuit The contest between E. L. Wade
against Samuel Mcmillan, Of Dodd.
ridge, Is still going on. Lewis seems "a
10 much interested In that.
The House to-day took up Senate bill
No. 0, providing Ior.the qualification OIL
county officers" and by the time the
House was done with 1t, all Of the original
bill had disappeared but the title, and
that was forgotten or the learned sOvans
would have cleaned II out too. They
suspended the rules and put the bill on
It's passage as amended. 1t provides that
justices Of the peace shall give no bond
or be accountable to any body, and looks
forward to providing that coDstables do
all the collecting and disbursing OF
monies collected from debtors, and max.
ing a kind Of fgure.head out Of the JUS
tIces, who arc to receive one dollar Tor
trying one case, and no more. 1t was
passed BY near q party vote. One old
Democrat said Il was Tie law two hun
tired years ago, and he wGs in favor Of Il
now. as it was a good thing then, so he
a9d heard. Tie people Of West Virginia
WIZ be the worst disappointed people on
The face OF Gods earth, II they expect
wise and judiCiOuS legislation out Of the
fsoble now assembled at Charleston.
A resolution has been introduced, en-
curing about amending the new Consti.
non, SO that Jury Of men will not have
70 90 called every time u constable OF
SnGtih wishes to sell little property fol
debt or taxes, reler 10 article 3, sec. 10
NO person shall be deprived OF lie, lib
erty, or property without due process Of
!aw and the judgment Of his peers" Il
u iOund really necessary to amend this
section right away, as no small debts
could be collected before justice without
aJlFy. The remark is often made now
mat the wholc1 thing Is an eighteen carat
fraud, and ought not TO have been adopt
CO. especially do the CharlestonIons thlns
so and was 1t to be voted on Tomorrow
WIZ ,da the present light, II would not get
Ivy votes In the Third District.
The Senate to-day, after long debate
SUBMITTED Cunningham to his scat. Judge
camden very ably defended his majority
report, which declared Mr.. Cunningham
eantIed to the scat Mr.. Blakemore had
submitted minority report and defend
81 gu II with marked ability, declaring The
SeSI vacated or no election. TheDyolG
Stood u against 10.
Inc admission Of Mr.. Cunningham as
s su.es The success OF tho Wheeling propo-
S'1 E lCr removal Of the capital.
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