The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-23
CHARLESTON.
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EFFORT TO Adjourn the Convention
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Correspondence ofthe Register.l
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. II.
No business of interest was done il
the House to-day. the whole morning
being taken up in electing Committee
Clerks.
In the afternoon the Speaker an
nouuced the standing committees o
| the House, list of which / enclose.
The re ular old postage STAMP
question came up again, and thu
House in a spasmodic fit of economy
laid the resolution on the table, where
it will lie until the members want tc
write a letter to their constituents; apG
then presto. You will see all scruple:
vanish into air and the economy o.
our assembled WISDOM" when ap
piled to themselves, prove baseless as
the fabric Of vision.
At present the prospect is that the
session OF the Legislature will be short
and / think it should be. Our greatest
evil in this State has been too much
legislation, and if our legislative Solons
will increase the quality and reduce the
quantity they will be entitled to our
thanks.
In the Convention to-day Mr.. Camp
bell, of Brooke, introduced resolution
TO adjourn the sessions of that body to
YOUR city, as indicated last night, but
the same spirit that placed the capital
in this out of the way nook-jealousy
prevented its success. Johnson, Of
Wood, the immortal, much haired,
whose voice is like unto that Of q
Bashan bull, whose egotism is equalled
only by his size, and whose desire for
office is an absolute mania, roared
gently as a sucking dove, and de-
nounced the proposition as fraught
with evils too grievous to be borne,
though he neglected to tell us what
they were. Mr.. Fitzhugh moved to
lay the proposition on the table, and
after considerable discussion in rather
an animated vein, it was done by a
vote OILS to 50, but, verify, the end is
not yet.
The proposition to elect printer fol-
the Convention, which, by the way
resulted in the election of our friend
Walker, gave alphabetical Farnesworth
the chance he has been itching for, tc
make a speech, and he aired his ignor
ance and murdered the Kings English
to his intense satisfaction and the
undisguised amusement OF the spec
| tators.
Ex-Governor Stevenson is here, roam
inc gloomily around over the scenes Of
his former greatness, and he at one time
hoped to,,vege.ate and blossom into
full blown United States Senator; but
alas change has come Ger the spirit
of his dreams, and our quondam Gov
ernor has degenerated into a penny.a
liner, whose highest ambition is the last
sensation, and whose last, best love his
blanket sheet Journal Sic transit poor
Billy!
4 long line of defacted candidates are
now vending their homeward way,
with depleted pocketbooks, faces long as
moral law, and minds filed with specu.
lations upon the vanity of human ex,
pectations and the uncertainty OF every
thing in general and the promises OF
Legislators in particular But while
this is doubtless to them, a serious dis
appointment, it may serve as warning
to others, and if so, their loss may be
the eternal gain of their would be sue
cessorS.
The Opera House orened last night
with Helen Estelle as star, and fair
stock company, and presented the
Gipsey Queen, toa large house.
understand they will remain during the
winter and will probably have good
rrn YoRICK.