The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-09
atheeliue Reaister.
-,, CAPITAL QUESTION.

Dsbate tpo1
the Bill.
f. From the Charleston Courier We cop.
l.. allowing report OF the debate ths
nok place in the House OF Delegates
:. Wednesday, December 4, concerning
-. removal Of the State Capital
~ The bill to locate the Capital tempo
Ir at Wheeling coming up on itf
s,., ia reading, Mr.. Butcher moved thai
n'' LII BE- rejected, and said he was
iIe lv ssrsible of the magnitude OF the
rs l'r" he had made. Twas not right
m''D noys in public concerns without
% Drc,;op TO- ourselves and arguments
[o,bers Let truth, justice and the
"I III. interest be the rest. TO reason
Pu,'S ".uss shall be referred for decision.
~. III Ossd,d no logic, but truth; no elo>
,.or, "s but candor. d. you believe 1t
'b, IN your conscinces, to lash the
,svs. ,sv~ Of party, to the detriment OF pub
interests. What are we sent here
h,s The people of this State assem-
",i M :, Copyention aud placed in our
Sso1. the chart (Constitution), l now
A lin nv hands. And for what pur-
~, Not TO introduce parti
rroposi,ioas in the Leglsla-
~. hut for the purpose OF
.n,,;nv INTO effect its provisions. The
cspjtsl question was never spoken OF
y, ,be stump He warned members
,sst unless this question was put an
.nj TO, the public legislation would be
tanned He thought the Convention
lie a grand mistake in not settling
'a' ones7ou forever. The question
,,.r, remove the C.p'tsi 20 Wheeling,
,,j he thought there VAS not .cl",iiIa
=, ,as.oo in the bill. Tne Wheeling
,.onI. offered them hotel, with rooms
= .ieep, 81 in the same building. His
Az. jtuepts didn't care where he slept.
Lok a. your map. Every pnbiic
,liI1ipg centred in little corner OF the
safe WHY should all this section OF
me country crowd mp to Wheeling? Is
ITO throw the Legis AZURE into cor
,..o, the State TO be influenced by the
Establishments OF the ciuzers Of
Wheeling. and bv the States OF ONO
s!i Pennsylvania.
Ylu propose to undo and go con
,rsry 10 the wisdom OF the first men
OF the country, who have always sought
ID locate State Capitals away from
les. aui in the privacy and virtue OF
the country. 1t seems ungenerous that
the people OF Wheeling, which is
ssays grabbing, ever receiving, should
ueyer be satisfied. Why didn't gentle
men in that section OF the State advo-
cate removal, when srgaing on the
Constitution? There was reason.
Tney were AFRAID to 10 it. Why do
tney call it up now? TO retard the
public Interests OF the State? He want
E: tue reasons OF a man and not boy
H 10 common with tew, had grave
doub.s, as 10 the right OF this Legl-la
ls,are to psss this bill. lie denied
.ast this Legislature could remove
the Capital temporarily anywhere,
sad quoted from the Constitution,
sh,ca SAID. The Seat OF Govern
meat shall be located at Charleston,
uY:l otherwise provided by law y
He iii not think the Legislature
;an framed that law intended that
tue Capital should be kept like a ball
o. snow, perpetuaily rolling. Why put
i: temporarily at Wheeling Is there
.y proposlllon to let this dove rest In
,us, section awhile, and then turn 1t
over 10 some other section? Why no.
icate i, permanently at Parkersburs ?
When he first stopped at Parkersburg
o. coming here, be made mp his mind
sast Il The Capital must be moved he
wJlli be in favor OF Parkersburg
Then why as Parkersbury is the better
pc in all respects, locate tempor-
Gl' al Wheeling2 Iteouven ence and
se:e>stilry are the necessary things,
Charleston or Parkershurg ere the
b-st points. He desired to wash his
hands of this waste OF time.
Nj Morrison, OF BraIton, desired the
House TO act in;elljgentlv in this matter.
He endorsed the remarks OF the gentle
man from Jefferson. This bill has fallen
Ike crash upon the puhlic. The bill
offers iDiucements which he considered
81 Insult to the House. They don t
:es-rve the drinking saloon connected
'th the McLure House. Do they in
irnd 10 give that TO US? Do gentlemen
l'opo-e 10 be quarterei and boarded IN
The same house they legislste in? Tie
''.pecte the citizens OF Wheeling and
usr r shts a. much as those OF any
oile's But when he came TO look al
iae Justice OF the case, he could
see no sufficient reason TOR pull
1! up stakes and going to
ine cay OF Wheeling. We have
Tight The dominant party in thi. State
sd promised the people retrenchmen'
sd re'urm Is this the way TO carry
"r our prnmi,es? We complained
a,snst our mother State because she
received 80 much from us and gave us
" I"Ie 10 return. So we cut loose
iHm them. But no sooner do we do so
'sa se 61d the people OF the porthern
P~t Of the State d scrminating sgainsl
T. Of the southwest. All that we have
ic' vel is the State Normal School al
"4yanfoue He wanted to know II
tie gentlemen proposed to give new
l-a al srou I'd on the public
hniii0gs. He would vote TO 10
cate permanently at Wheeling rather
,9s3 temporarily. Why cautt the
I,sPsI be located permanently from
n're, as we'll As from wheeling! He
ohot propose to mix politics up with
Toe matter. He dldn't know that the
N.nters could be scared bv the cry o.
me State going Republican, because
'0sState wen, Republican last election
anyhow, and he was certain the
.''s, District could not he scared ty
a'poblican maj arites, because it could
aa1 did give larger Republican majori'
Ees than ,ba Th;,l n,s,.,ot oou1d ma