The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-12
THE CONVENTION.

luent ANNOUNCED tnt mnlIeter w itlb
Capital Quesi|on as follows
Messra Wilaon, Miller, u slnson. Mas;
lin, osborne, BoggS, Hanie, Warth and
Thompson.
Mr.. Hagans presented 0 report from the
Committee on Accounts, upon the reaolu-
ton Of Mr. Wheat, OF February Cd, that
VIM. Il. Hogeman, OF the committee up.
pointed by the Governor TO procure o
hall for the Convention, informed them
TINT they had engaged the present hall
for ela5 per month, six committee rooms
III Wherles building at S4e per month,
and one committee room oyer the, Bank
efy'West Virginia at $40 per month. and
that the Mayor OF the city had pledged
the city TO meet these expenses. Tabled.
Mf. Wilson arose and said:
ItwasAtAlhtimes % Gdelicato matter TO
question or criticiee the acts Of q zPresi.
dent OF Q deliberatiye body but In the So
lection Of the committee, from the Second
Cong sionai District, he regretted that
The counties oil, Marion, MonongalisD Pres
ton, Taylor, Barbour, Randolph, Urshur
and Tucker had no representation on that
committee. They were largely interested
Fin this question, and he had always I'M
derslood il TO- he o, rule In dellberatiye
bodies, In raising special committees, 70
appoint fair share, If not o majority, OF
the members from the friends Of the mea.
sure 10 beconsidered BE was sorry that It
had not been done In this case, and he
hoped the several counties above named
would vet have d feDfe SentatiOn on this
committee IN y, z y e
| His constituency were sensitive upon
this subject They desired q fair hearing
and equal chance, thatand nothing more.
Again, some Of his constituency had NO.
ticea the fact with regret, thatiof oil the
chairnen Of the committees appointed
from his part Of the State, II was said
every one had voted against the Wheel.
Ting proposition. The high opinion he had
Of those gentlemenand the President, pre-;
Icluded the idea Of an Arrangement in
this matter. Now that committee Is
appointed to consider the Capital
question IL Is singulafly uniortu.
nate that eight counties 80 largely inter.
ested In this subject should not have had
some representa- ion In that committee. A
large and wealthy portion Of this State
have asked that the people may have the
right by their votes 10 select the location
Of their State Capital; will any gentle
man undertake 70 deny that Il Is safe
TO permit the people in this matter to ar
range their own affairs, or say that II Is
more safe for the Convention or Legisla'
rture to d so for them.
Mr.. Brown thought q motion TO en-
large the committee would obviale that
trouble. on f, ir.
Mr.. Miller offered the following
That the delegates from each Congress
sional district, or majority Of them
shall select three members from their dis,
trict, who, whom nominated to the Presi.
dent. shall be appointed by him special
committee on the question OF the location
Of the Capital. y 5ish j.glll f'sE9 igI
Mr.. Matthews hoped tho resolution
wasn't intended TO reflect upon him that
] II was the duty Of tho President to ascer-
lain the views Of members before appoint
Ing them, and he hoped in vindication Of
the action Of the chair, the action would
be voted down. {! 1shld4,,! ..'ai
y Mr.. Brown moved To amend by enlArg-
ing the committee to IL; ruletlsl itof or
ller.T b5s3d,gqla az ,ij7s 30,
.IG The President explained that in up.
pointing the committed he had exhausted
his functions on that subject, but that he
appointed those whom he did on the com.
mittee simply in reference 10 the business
TO beiperforIned and without the least In.
tention Of preiudg lying the Question either
one way or the other-thatthe decision 'oi
the committee would obe subject to the
whole House and the sense Of the Con.
vention would be very easily obtained
1uponit. 3al7u,9y 5.aa -
Mr.. Ward regretted the agitation Of the
capital question: He thought the Con,
hyention had come here pledged to make
q constitution for the whole people, and
MOTTO take cognizance Of simply local af
lfairs. bilu6 sEEsgiI tai' a'5i . 4gE.-f!
Mr.. Brown thought the advice of his
friend over the way to keep cool wai
much better than his example and thai
there was no necessity to harrow up old
associations by infammatory speeches
land asked that Mr.. Miller would with
draw his resolution in order to present
one OF his own, which he thought would
suit the views Of all parties. ~ '.'q
AZ MIR. Miller withdrew his motion. : y
i Mr.. Brown. moved that the COMMITTEES
appointed by the Preside lent be enlarged I'd
10; believing that TO be the best method
Of quietlng 1he'whole matter, 'f 9ai 70
L MIR. Pugh thought that II It was the
desire Of the gentleman simply to quiet
things, 1t might be better accomplished
by dropping the whole matter; that he
hOped the motion, II Brought tU a test
would be voted down, as he did not think
the Convention were here for any such
merely local issues, but to form d Gonsti.
tuition for the whole people, without 70.
gard to party or section, ~
Mr.. Hurty wished TO say that the sec.
tion from which he came did expect the
Convention TO act on this, very question,
and thoughtit onewfth very considerable
merits, instead Of the mere localism some
gentlemen seemed to think It. fsiiTlsi ?
MIR. Wiley asked Mr.. Brown to with.
draw his motion, which was acceded to,
and, on motion of Mr.. Raymond, the Con.
yention went into committee Of the whole
consideration Of lie report on the B 81 ft q
Rights and Elections. w. z
i.4lE no ItJs V4Titl'TTf T9fT-7lTI-. sfi las 4
Gard from Senator BAker-He didn,i
say, Ed Moore, was our Corre-
f spondent.s 5ia ,7slsiR ssH,s,.J
0HARLEsToN. VIVA, February 8. '7e.
To the Editors Of the IntelllgeneeF. ~ gtiI
1 desire to correct an error you have
fallen into Il did not, on the floor OF the
Senate, noe did ] in any correspondence
70 the Register, say that Mr. 4. WIS.
Moore was . correspondent Of the INTEL.