The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-21
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Correspondents Of the 1ntcllIGcncer:
CHARLESTON, w. VA, Feb. 10.
The bubble Is bound to explode. The
judiciary Committee undoubtedly will
report to-day and TASK the House for
power to send Tor persons and papers pre-.
paralory to investigating tho charges
against Henry s. Walker, Public Printer.
The committee had stormy session last
night. Walkers counsel, Judge Fer.
gtison, and others, were present, bu! were
given TO distinctly understand by Mr..
Sturgiss, that II they remained Il would
be prima lacia evidence that they waived
legal notice and could not fall back on
their constitutional right Mr.. Slurgiss,
bold, uudaunted exposition OF the bad
policy and wrong to tho State OF white
washing or sharp practice, virtually pre-.
venting an investigation Of these alleged
excessive charges, prevented tho COM
mittee from adopting Mr.. Vests subsu,
tuto recurring the prosecutor, (Mr. Mer'
rilD to give bond OF ten thousand dol
lars before he could be heard-so you
may look for much squirming and shak'
ing among the dry bones, and will no
doubt discover moro directly why the
senator from Ohio thinks the Governor
"cOld and selfish" It is because he don't
endorse the doings OF Baker, Walker u
Co. all the time. sa
And by the way, the Ohio Senator seems
to he proverbial in using up his friends, in
compromising their interests, and MAX
ing .unwarranted pledges, and in this case,
he ia again behind tho screen, using Mr..
Walker very badly, II it is, as generally
understood, that he Is part Of the public
printer In fact but not In name, Many
outside parties have begun to take some
interest in this matter and arelooking on
with much concern, generally censuring
very severely tho leading members Of the
majority for their timid action, they
tearing that Il they take any, part in secur.
ing an investigation, that Baker and
Walker will open their guns on them
through their respective papers, and spoil
their political aspirations There is no
Disgusting the fact these men think they
own the Democratic party, and that oil
must do them reverence. This little mat.
Ter will no doubt, bring TO the surface a
good deal of political trickery.
The Convention have finished the bill oil
rights and have commenced on the subject
of taxation and finance, which from pres
ent appearances will require a long time
tOpass upon. The question what prop
erty or species Of property shall be eX
empt from taxation, has brought to the
surface q great diversity Of opinion, some
favoring taxing the stock in trade, other:
stock on hand when the assessor happens
toeall, some favor ;eXempting all agricul
tural implements and products; other
favor taxing even the crop Of "turnips'
that have been consumed during thu
winter, before the assessor arrives
Many buncomb speeches have been ant
are being prepared and made on thi
subject, and il is really remarkable how
poor we are, on one hand, and how prOut
and rich on the other. One listening tC
the speeches on this question in the Con
vention would think that 1t was really
contrary to the moral law to. have an in
terest in any Of ourimprovement or manu-
featuring corporations, they are so de
structive to the "poOr people" Gen.
Wheat is giving the question very gen
eral attention, and will consult fully the
hest interests oil the State. aE
The weather Is quite cold agdin, and
promises to close navigation again on the
Kanawha, which will be the fourth time
this Awinter, all of Which is very bad on
the propriety Of continuing the Capital
at Charleston, outside of civilization, SO
far as mail cgress or ingrcss IS concerned,
| heard remark the other day from u
Charleston gentleman, that they had great
opposition getting the seat Of government
and had had equally rs much In keep
ing it, and now the very elements were
against them, conspiring with Ben vii
son, OF Harrison, to defeat the object Of
all their ambition. 1CEBOUND.
MiIeage.-IIOw the State has Grown
and Distances Heightened Under
Democratic RnIe--.The Printer
Again..A White EIephant--Thc
Cost of Feeding Him.
Correspondence of the IntelligencGr.
CHARLESTON, February 10, 1872.
Tho unterrihed arc redeeming their
pledges of economy and reduction Of taxes,
with which they hoodwinked the people,
with vengeance. Your reporter may
repember the speech Of Uncle Bob Hager,
some years ago, when he was pleading
with his wonted eloquence for the loca.
ton Of the Capital at Charleston, when,
after prefacing his ".tetO remarks" as he
always did, that the sum Of his scholastic
advantages in early life had been length
ened out TO IAN Attendance Of flee days
In a log cabin seminary in one Of the
mountain districts or Logan'-when, he
remarked, THAT he could not see that 1t
was any farther from Wheeling to IA
nawha than II was from kanawha to
Wheeling" But our Democratic brethren
have found out "many inventions" to
get money that provo Uncle Bobs theory
all wrong, Az the time of which I
speak it was always called 2i0 miles from
Charleston to Wheeling, but the Democ-
racy have ascertalned and proved beyond
cayil that, while il is only t2940 miles from
Charleston 10 Wheeling, yet II Is some
Mtrty miles farther ir0m Wheeling to
ChdrLest0n. See report oil, Committee on
Privileges and Elections, published, In
your Semi. Weekly paper Of February $d!l
But, while l am on the mileage
question, permit me TO call the atten-
ton Of your numerous readers (par.
ticularly those Of the Democratic
persuasion) to the mileage OF one Of
the member from Monroe county who Is
credited with travelling one thousand one
hundred miles to get 10 the proper place
to render his indispensable services. | do
not speak so much because Of the enor.
nous distance passed over to get TO this
seat OF government, as for the apology Of
the honorable gentlemar's triends,f6f the
cause taken, Now, 1t isknowh almost by
every one in this valley that tho distance
from Charleston to Lcwisburg, tho
county seat OF Grcenbrier, is exactly ono
hundred mIles-the distance IRON Lewis.