The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-09

AStteAn pnhu Cununb lu3btN W hue uetaAlin
q their legislation.
Four reports arc nov before the Con
yentl1n, and on Monday the discussions |
will commence il earnest. What progress
will DO made, what good will be done, and
when they will adjourn remains 10 be seen.
There are seven plans already printed
for arranging the judiciary, which will
range In cost TO tho State from al 600 TO
$50, 900, while the present system costs
but $50 400. This looks like rctrenchi
ment and reform.
Wishing to sec file OF the Reglster, l
visited this afternoon, upon the adjourn.
mcnt Of the Convention, large room fitted
up by the citizens Of this place as read
Ing room for tho members Of the COnven'
ton and Legislature. They give 1t the
metropolitan name ofthc Club Room That
sounded large for Charleston; but rs en-
tered the upper room and encountered the
tobacco smoke and saw six tables, sur.
rounded by four gentlemen each, busily
engaged with little bits Of pasteboard
about two by three inches, l came to the
conclusion that His Majesty, the King Of
Clubs, suggested the euphoneous name
that had been given the room.
Here l found several members oil the
Convention busily engaged upon com.
nlittee work. Ilwas amused with the
characters at one Of the tables; and have
no doubt from the appearance Of the
cards for cleanliness and the high sound
ing adjectiyes OF the quarto, that they
had graduated in tho profession around
the campfres Of q Confederate army, and
that they had whiled away many dis.
NAL night over such greasy cards and a
canteen Of apple jack
Well, l failed 70 find either the Register
or the INTRLLIoENCER, although search.
cd diligently on a little shelf where they
should have been kept, but found several
other packs Of cards in the pigeon holes,
dirty and well used. the work, presume,
OF the colored boys when the gentlemen
retire.
Such supply Of cards and lack Of pa.
question 10 his steward, who, In laying in
pers, reminded me Of the steamboat cap.
tain's supplies for o trip had brought
aboard two barrel oil whisky and one OF
in a reproachful tone he demanded what
bread, when in the thunder he was going
tcdo with so much bread.
No one could do the printing for the
Democratic Convention and Legislature
but an imported Democrat from your
city, and the result is that In order 10
keep all the spoils among their own favor
ties, these bodies must be kept idle for
days. But two or three hundred dollars
per day is nothing to wealthy State
like ours. HENRY.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. 2, 1879.
Editors Of the Intelllgeneer. a.
To-day was the day agreed upon by
both Houses Of the Legislature to elect
janitor to take charge OF the public build
ings. When the hour arrived, the House
was ready, but the wOuld.be indomitable
leader of the Senate, Willis Wilson, (who
is not remarkable in anything save
in his own conceiD had the floor,
and when the point Of order was
raised, he declined to be seated, but the
President spoiled his Fourth Of July ora
ton by ruling him out Of order. He is
the same Senator who got bill passed
changing the names OF two townships
which were named for Union soldiers, and,
who thought he had done so we'll, that
he proposed to change the name OF Grant
county TO that OF Washington, but the
Senate voted his bill down, Il only re-
ceiving three votes. Mr.. Price eulogized
the Senate on It's manly action, and ad-
ministercd scathing rebuke tothe mover
of such silly legislation. '
There were some eight gentlemen who
manifested patriotic disposition to serve
the State as Janitor. The more promi.
nent was the present incumbent, Albert
G. Davis, Of Monongalia, and Pat. Daley,
doggery saloon keeper, Of Writ county,
who is an Irishman that would do the
Five Points Of Now York but little credit
Quite number Of ballots were had until
all were dropped but Davis and Daley,
and they were tic. On the next ballot,
the ponderous Thayer, Of Taylor, pander-
ing TO the,Irish element OF Grafton, voted
for Daley, in spite of Martin, BurlJtt and
others, and West, OF Harrison, who
fears the same element at Clarksburg,
lodged, which defeated Davis by two
votes. Mr.. West, contrary 10 Democratic
ideas, introduced a joint resolution to vote
by ballot for JanitOr; failing in that, and
disliking the light Of day, he lodged the
question. II Is generally understood that
Davis defeat commenced high in authors
ty, and that IT. q only q warning to Bur-
delt, Bennett, Phelps & Co. that their time
for rest Is drawing nigh. that they will
not be required on the next state ticket to
Insure il success, but that there will be
men found who have the title Of Major,
Colonel or General, q. s. A, and who will
be willing to see their names on the Dem
ocratic State ticket next fall: Then look
out for sore heads and broken noses.
The present, 10 all appearance, Happy
Family" have some very FESTIVE mem.
bers. They see the guillotine being speedi-
ly putin order and hudder at the thought
of their official heads being severed from
their bodies.
The Convention drags slowly. There are
agreat many,superlluous resolutions offer.
cd some by members who think their pol.
litical salvation depends on pitiful resol.
ution Of inquiry.
The gentleman from Ohio is getting
quite tame, having learned recently that
there are other gentlemen Of the Conven.
ton who are ut least his equals in intel.
lect and experience.
The weather has been very cold, freez-
ing ice as thick in this locality as has been
known for twelve years. It Is showing
to-night-four inches deep. Mails arrive
more regularly. IcRBoUNp.
CHARLEsroN, February 8.
Editors OF the Intelllgencer.
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