The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-11-13
TILE LEGISLATURE.

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rumble at and dad fault with legislative
bodies The National Congress and the
State Legislatures are alike the target OF
criticism from both friend aud foe, aud to
such an extent has the practice OF lndIs
criminats denunciation been carried mat
sensitive aud conscientious men often
shrink from service in legislative BODY
and thus the grumbIers actually create the
ills and abuses over which they seem to
grievc, - ~
ia offers no exception to the general rule
Composed in the main pnrtCf men who as
spmbIed with the fixed and conscientious
resolve TO do what, judging from best IN
formation at their command, would most en-
nance tho interest Of the State it has been
Complniued of without stint and denounced
without mercy. We are well aware That
some Of the measures proposed in the leg
stature have very proparIy failed to re
ceiye popular approval, but We are no less
aware that the intentions of the members
we're honest and pure and that, 10 all
things, the majority has been guided Oy
what it believed to be the will of the poo
pie the State. /,
The long summer vacation has enabled
the members Of tho Legislature to learn
more accurately than before the wishes OF
the people concerning the various subjects
of legislation; it has enabled them to &C
onalnt themselves With the drift OF public
sentiment and know what measures will
meet with public approval. As conse'
oncnco of this better understanding OF the
wishes Of their constituents, tho legislature
has been doing splendid work during the
present session, and, as our special dis
patch this morning shows, %ill soon have
accomplished the business it was appointed
to do.
Among the difficulties besetIas 'b'
Efforts Of the majority Of the Legislature
to enact a wholesome code of laws the
faclious opposition Of handful of nero
partisans has had most pCruicions infu
ence There are some honorable except
ions to the number. but barring these
tho conduct of the Radical members of the
Legislature has been repreheusjbIo in the
last degree They have used their power
to obstruct the adoption of measures Tor
the common good aud have avaiIed them
selves Of every technically allowed BY par
lamentary usage to defeat the most whole
some aud necessary laws Their whole
object aud aim has been to bring into dis,
favor and disrepute the proceedings of the
legislature and they have stopped at no
means. however untruthful, to accomplish
This object. Their former tactics are al
ready observable in tho proceedings at
the present session, aud their garbIed re-
ports Of legislative proceedings aud their
own sided correspondence from the State
Capital finds ready abundance to Radical
newspapers and credence in radical minds
The legislature is daily giving the lie
to these calumues and is earning for 1t
self the respect and cooperation o the best
classes Of our citizens The people appTe-
ciato better than ever before the difficulties
that have been encountered aud are more
than ever before disposed to exercise a
lenicDt and discriminating judgment Il
the legislature will but continue to labor
with the industry that has marked the
: beginning of its present session and com,
, pIete its labors at the time already agreed
upon, no complaint will ever hereafter b,
preferred agaiustit by toe tarm'G6rd and
Intelligent people oFthe State WaeeSIHJ
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