The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-28

st;tntion would have been much
better than = it is likely to be.
We have here candidates for almoes
everything. Enough judges to stock
all the courts, OF hall, : & dozen
States; and other prospective officers in
proportion. These men think that
their vote for low salaries vii. be a
winning card in the game and fthst the
people will say well done, good and
faithful, &c, enter into whatever ofiee
YOU desire" At the same time the
salaries are fixed 80 low as to render
them undesirable to many OF those who
are best qualified to I'll them, and the
number Of applicants being thus re-
duced, it will be comparatively easy for
the economical candidate ITO whom two
thousand dollars is toothsome oa't)
to carry off the prize. The following
doggerel squib OF unknown authorship
was circulated from hand to hand
among the members this afternoon, and
was heartily enjoyed by some, while
Others seemed to think that it contained
some reference to illusions ::
AZ want to be Supreme Judge
And in the Court House SIT,
And talk about ndndDnu
And sundry other wrtts.
I'll make some sage decisions;
Quote much authorize,
And then, Oh, blessed privilege!
III draw the salaree.
And that may be popular
'MOng voters in the state,
I'll vote the compensation down
To slow starvation rate;
The more successful lawyers
Willthe prefer their fee;
so I'll have no competitors
And get the salaree.
I talked this afternoon with one Of
the members from small and poor
southern county and he seemed disposed
to concede that the Convention was
doing rather an injudicious thing in
putting salaries down to the lowest
notch, but" said he, what can We
do? We want to 90 home to our con.
stituents having accomplished some.
thing that will suit them. They wanted
the viva vocs system of voting instead Of
the ballot /
/ told him that nothing but the bal
lot would suit our end of the State;
II know it." said he, Il have found out
all about it since I.came here and felt
compelled to give up the old Virginia
style Of voting. But nv people have
been terribly Oppressed by the free school
levies and l wanted to have that thing
abolished"
| assured him that any Constitution
that laid finger upon the free school
system would stand a poor show in the
northern part Of the State. 81 am con-
WINGED Of it" he replied, land did not
know how entirely welded to the system
your people are until came to this
Convention, and so / will have to say
to nv folks that they must submit to
the free schools. And so l have given
up one thing after another until l just
resolved | wouldn't bulge another inch,
but would insist upon the lowest salaries
that could be fixed"
| tried to shake him from this by
telling him that the Convention had
given his people county court that
did not suit some OF us much better
than the free schools did his constltu-
ents, but he didn't seem to see it in that
light. i
The Convention has been engaged
this afternoon upon the judicial system
and has made very good progress.
Numerous changes have been made in
the report, but none of much popular
interest. 1t will be finished tomorrow,
and many Of the members think an
adjournment may be reached in two
weeks from this time. J..
P.S. The Convention spent Satur-
day in considering the report on County
ORGANIZATION and sent it to the Revisory
Committee. That committee keeps up
with the work, and the indications now
are that the Convention will adjourn IN
about ten days. The report on Free
Schools will be taken up on Monday.
L.