The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-02
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CHARLESTON, March %.
A. indicated in my letter Of yesterday
the House cot Delegates hss to-day
passed over the Governors veto all the
the bills that have been returned to the
Legislature without approval. The bill
giving to the Board of Public Works
the appointment Of Directors for the
Hospital iof The Innpe; that provid.
ing ior the appiatmeut Of State Lii
brariau; that in relation to Commis-
sioners in Chsncery; and that in relation
to the Steer Creek Railroad Company,
being all Senate bills, and all passed by
the Senate Notwithstanding the Govern
ors objections; we're severally taken up
10 the House this morning and carried
,triumphsntIy through.
The passage Of the bills was attended
by considerable excitement and some
Manifestations Of bad temper on the
part Of the Radicals. The Democrats,
however, managed the matter admir-.
ably and sent tbe bills through without
waste OF time and With the steadiness
and nerve of men who knew they were
doing their duty 10 the State. The long
message 10 relation to the Insane Asy-
lum veto had been printedin full in the
Senate Journal of4the preceding dsv
All the members, OF the House Lad
noticed its incopsistenc ea and observed
the dangerous effect Of the doctrine it
contained. Accordingly when the bill
was taken up this morning the House
deemed it unnecessary to waste further
time in the reading Of the message and,
by vote, ordered the bill TO its passage
without listening TO the Governors
sophistry and special ples1lng. The
refusal 10 hear qrths message, read was
not 80 much an Intentional indignity to
the Governor, as it was an indication
that the members had already consid-
cred the QUESTION and did not care 10
waete any more time an parley. One
after another the vetoed bills were
taken up the previous question was
ordered; and, without debate, the House
proceeded to give the Governor as stern
a rebuke as any Executive ever felt
The Democrats 10 the House came
nobly up to the work. They voted in
sol,d phslsux and gave the lie to the
croakers who pirate about the demorsl-,
iz.tion and death OF the Democratic
party in West Virginis. One after
another the GubernsIorIal Instructions
were cleared away and the ship sailed
on without one sail torn, or one spar
or one timber wrecked from it's
place by conflict with the breakers
which the Radicals had hoped would
dash the vessel to pieces.
True, Campbell, OF Hancock, splurg-
ed and raved, and tore heNhair and
made TOOL OF himself generally, ,(if any
NJ an can be said to do Tor himself what
nature has already done but his raw
inss were usheeded and, to use West
ern simiIe, be might as well have at.
tempted to shampoo an elephant with
a thimble-full Of sosp-suds ss 70 di-
vert the Democrats OIL the House from
uttering their protest against the mon
strous and unprecedented assumptions
oil Governor Jacob. - -... &
Mr.. Cam pbell chooses to think him
sell persecuted BY the Speaker Of the
House, and has made the air fetid with
his com plsint that he is not recognized
when be 10. ready to burst with elo-
queuce, and is therefore compelled TO
bottle tor. home consumption, the
frotby I defamation with which be
would fain deluge the House Of Dele
gates. To day alter the passage OF the
vetoed bilis, be moved the reconsidera-
ton OF one OF them. The chair, Mr..
Cofran presiding, decided bis motion
out of order, upon the ground that the
bill had then become Law and was be-
yond the control OF the House. From
this decision CsmPbell appealed, and,
having already had q disagreement
with Speaker Miller. and having q sup
posed slight still ranking 10 his boeom.
infl cted upon the unwilling eara Of the
House recital Of bis grievances. The
decision of the chair was defended in
briet and pointed speeches by Dsven-
port and Bradford, aud Uncle Billy" I
Brown wasted q !ull halt hour 10 at.
tempting to show that Campbell was
right. OF course, the decision was
su .taiDed by vote of the House. -n y T
By the way. the Radical members
are largely responsible for the delay o
busin ess that has been popular SUBJ
ject Of complaint against the present
legislature. Although few in number
they have been fertile iuseIpedients Tor
the auueysuce OF the majority Their
prime object has been to waste time
and obstruct the progress OF Legislation
Upon the most trivial pretex.s they
have resorted, TO all the arts OF parlia-
meptary fllibustering and BY ell The
dilatory motions known to the rules
they hsve labored to prevent the accom-
pliphpept Of good results. This has
been done for the sake Of creating party
capital, and I do MOI doubt that if sn
accurate account bsd been kept Of the
time consumed unnecessarily and from
purely factious motives by Radca
mem bers, il would be found that nearly
one. half of the session has. been con-
snmsd hs thsae men Who labofed sim.