The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-22
Concerning tho Governor aud his
Amendments.

Appointments.
The Wheeling IXTELLIRENcER informs
tina, "when Governor Jscob appoints d.
rec,ors for the penlIenliary and insane
ssylun, they will be different tron those
appointed by the Board o! Public
Tbe SELF confident aud unconditional
manner with which thissstatement IL
made, Wolld lead Us to belieVhat 1t was
done with the sanction Of guberna'orial
authority, and thst that paper Is entitled
10 the distinction Of being the organ and
recognized allocate Of the zone man
power" against the people OF the State.
Il IS remarkable that though the Gov
eEpor proiessed to be a Democrat, and
was first elected rs Democrat, Repuoii'
cans always announce his programme
before Democrats know anything about
It. At any rate, we were not informed
that the Governor intended to DEFY the
law enacted by the peoples representa-
tives, and attempt 10 lnSugurate areVolu'
ton 10 the State. It's meet and appro.
PIRATE that this announcement should
DIST come to US thsough the paper OF q
party whose notorious disrehSrd Of con
SliIulional and legal restraints sigualed
their reign in this State
Il is not probable that the Governor 8
late visit to Wheeling, was to get, from
consultations al headquarters, nerve and
backbone for his preposterous and indie
iensible action, from those grown old aud
hardened in this vice This destination
has been the Mecca Of othet puzzled po-
liucAl pigrime OF the Jacobin pursnssion
whtn in sore tribulstion.-C IdfkE5gT2
San
The only thing We ever said having
any resemblance to what's here attribuI'
Cd TO US, was this little remark, In para
graph about the absence of minority rep
resentation In the directories Of the Hos
plSsl aud Peniteptisry as appointed by the
selfstyled Board OF Public Works."
"When Gov Jacob appoints directors
for these institutions, We venture 10 pre-
dict he will not trest bis opponents with
such offensive injustice as this"
The perversion which the Sun makes
Of this is quite ingcniou, and worthy Of
oI that digni6sd sheet. As due to the
Governor, We desire to say that our re-
mark was not made by his or any other
authority. We have no definite informa'
ton IS TO whether he intends TO make
such appointments or not After his
message on the subject, we have taken it
for granted he would, and that has been
the general expectation hcreabouts. 1.-THE
Governors late visit to Wheeling" Of
which the Sun speaks, will be news here
The Governor is expected here soon, We
hear, but he has not been here more re-
Gently than last summer.
Let US say, also, for the Information OIL
the Sun and all Others whom 1t may con
cerp, that tie INTELLIGEScER does not
aspire TO be the Governors organ. So
far as his course seems TO US right, we
shall sustain him II we think him
wrong, we shall not. We think he has
betn right in maintaining as his prerOga'
tive under the Constitution the appoint
Ing power OF which the Legislature has
undertaken to deprive him The INTEL.
LIdENcER is 70! "lhe advocate OF the one
nsn power We emphaticslly objected to
the provisions OF the constitution which
conferred so muchappointing power on the
Executive. The constitution was ratified:
those provisions are the law Of the State,
and they must be respected till they are
repealed When the legislature by violent
and revolutionary methods undertakes to
wrest from tho Governor his legitimate
powers, in defiance Of the constitution, we
think him bound by tho obligations Of his
position to maintain the prerogatives he
claims till the question can be decided by
the Judiciary.
The Governor, VIC think, has mado a
serious mistake in allowing the self.
styled Board Of Public Works 10 get
ahead Of him In the matter Of appoint
ments for Hospital and Penitentiary. It
has been several weeks since the LegislO.
ture took the decisive action of directing
the Board of Public Works to make these
appointments. II has been fortnight or
more since they wero announced. We
have waited patiently 10 sec what the
Governor WAS going 10 do about it. Up
TO this time be has done nothing, and we
presume the new boards will very coon be,
II they are not already, in possession Of
those two leading State institutions,
with more than two hundred thou
sand dollars appropriations under their
control. Great positive advantages &C.
crue 10 that faction in this way. Indi.
rectly, too, itgains prestige and is strength
eDed in many ways while the Governors
friends are CorEespondingly bcwildered
aud discouraged. The old officers don't
knew whether they are 10 be sustained
or not, and the public think It looks like a
giving up Of the contest. II the Governor
proposes to abandon his claim 10 make
these appointments, there is no more to
be said. If not, It looks, from our point
OIL view, as IL this delay and apparent in.
decision could not safely be INDUCED
much longer.
1t has given US no surprise to learn
that tho WALKER faction have enough
members pledged, in case the Governor
does make these appointments, to secure
an immediate recall of the Legislature,
With view TO his impeachment; for we
have taken it for granted ever since the
issue between the Governor and the dom.