The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-09
The whisky and the Interest Cues
lions in the HOuse-RepOrtO OF con.
ventiOn Committee on the Legisla'
ture-The AppOrtiOnment of Rep
IN
CHARLESTON, February !

fPSenIHtIEeSs
CHARLESTON, February 3.
The machinery of legislation has at
last got into good running order, end
between the upper and neither mill
stones an immense amount of ready
made laws is being ground out. Semi
occasionally the monotony is relieved
by flashes OF wit and thunders OF elo-
quence which put to shame the efforts
of Sheridan or Henry in their palmiest
days. This was the case to-day, and a
number of members Of the House shot
their mouths off to explain what they
knew about whisky" but, like other
grave and important questions, the diff
ference of opinion was so great that no
conclusion was arrived at prior to ad.
journment, and, as this is Saturday
night, | suppose some Of them will be
better able to state what the effects OF
drinking that article are before Monday.
The interest question came upn the
House on the passage of bill pre-
venting the taking Of more than 6 per
cent for the loan Of money, and pre-
scribing penalties therefor. The bill
was favored by Mr.. West, who made
one of his usually straightforward,
manly, sensible speeches, in which he
said all that could he said in favor Of
the proposition, and his retort upon
Sturgiss, who attempted to be witty by
moving to make it felony punishable
with death to charge greater rate Of
interest than 6 per cent, was little the
severest thing OF the session, and met
with general appreciation. The subject
was finally made the special order of
the day for Tuesday next.
No business OF interest was trans
acted in the Convention other than the
report from the committee on the
Legislative Department, which, through
their chairman, Mr.. Raymond, was
submitted to the House. 1t is a very
lengthy document, and while l do not
endorse all the provisions which it
contains, it is likely to be adopted in all
its main propositions. 1t provides for
a Senate to consist Of twenty-four mem
bers, whose term OF Office is four years,
and a House OF Delegates to consist Of
sixty.fve members to hold their office
for two years. The State is divided into
twelve Senatorial Districts as follows:
First District-Hancock, Brooke and
Ohio counties; Second-Marsball, Wet
eel and Marion; Third-Ritchie, Dod-
bridge, Harrison, Gilmer and Calhoun;
Fourth-Tyler. Peasants, Wood and
Writ; Fifth-Jackson, Mason, Putnam
and Roane; Sixth-Kanawha, Clay,
Nicholas and Braxton; Seventh-Cab-
ell, Wayne, Lincoln, Boone, Logan,
Wyoming, Mcdowell and Mercer;
Eighth-Monroe, Greenbrier, Summers,
Pocahontas, Webster, Fsyette and Ra-
leigh; Niuth-Lewis, Randolph, Up
shur. Barbour, Taylor and Tucker;
Tenth - Preston, and Monongalia;
Eleventh-Hsmpshire, Mineral, Hardy.
Grant and Pendleton Twelith-Berke.
ley, Morgan and Jefferson.
The Delegates are apportioned as fol-
low: First Delegate District-Wood and
Plessants-3. Second-R,tchie and
Calhoun. Third-Barbour and
Taylor-l. Fourth-Kanawha and
Clay-3. Fifth-Randolph and Tuck.
cr-1. Sixth-Pocahontss and Web
ster-I. Seventh-McDowell and
Wyomiug-l. The counties Of Berke-
ley, Harrison, Jefferson, Marion, Mar
shall, Mason, Monongalia and Preston,
two each. Ohio county, four, and all
other counties in the State one each,
making sixty,ive, an increase Of nine.
The members are to receive four dol.
lars per diem and mileage at ten cents