The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-11


CnAR1SsTps, Dec oh 1924 /
Special Correspondence Of the IhteiligeneetT
ArrRsr CLASS .RuMPUs IN THE HOUSE.
It's very painful 10 me TO be forced to
record 90. many amis-steps has daily occur.
10 body Of men that should be, above
small aCls-above reproach. LII were to
Soy that the House OF Delegates on yester'
day was transformed Into regular pan.
denObium on earth. ID one would believe
Il, but Il Is true, were ] 10 state that nearly
every member was on the floor at the
same time, many Of them using language
that would not report because II would
disgrace our Stale, ilsEbuld doubtless be
termed Radical lie,s Bot / declare TO
you that 1t Ia every word true. Were ! to
announce TO your readers thatthe rulings
Of the Chair, (iot Speaker Miller, but MIR.
MOrrisou) were not considered Of more
Importance than the rulings Of the Presi.
dent Of cockpit convention containing
the scum Of, al the parties OF ll ihe earth,
would be denounced by the swarm Of
Register correspondents AS 0 "defamer and
ALA" bht IT, d As tue assI now speak
Were I to assert that the entire House Of
Delegates on yesterday, for fully two
hours, was the scene Of farce that Yould
DO ruled out Of q variety show, or theatre,
IS not proper TO be seen by aan au-
dence Of persons, even Of o Class
and cast that frequent such places,
some might declsre ifialhe, but 7 am Pre-,
pared 10 prove whet1I assert By nndis-
putable testimony. Were I TO tell you
that large part Of the forenoon to- day.
was devoted to rehearsal, or reproducing,
Of the scenes. OF yesterday, by the clerka,
pages and many fot the bongf tide members
themslves, taking part, Under the gdise 81
q sell-styled Legislature using the Bal
Of the House, some Of the more skeptical
would be disposed to reject my state
nents, but they areas true in this particu.,
lar as The Gospel itbelf. Itherelore de-
Cllneto undertake % write up what I saw
and heard at the time, in the manner and
by the parties referred TO. I have too
much State pride to let the thing go be.
fore the people, and win say no more. I
might add, however, before / close that II
generally, admitted thai, nothing can be
laid on the table IN q Legislative body,
without motion to that effect. Our Leg.
stature has stepped aside from this Gus;
tom In paillahentary bodies. S0n yeatett
day Isaw a-fnau laid oh tie table ID the
House Committee room, without any mo-
lion 10 that effect, and after laying there
about three hours, he was taken OF in1the
same supplementary manner. wont
say that he was drunk, nor will ! say that
heis member Of the Legislat either
Will | give his name, noF3say that Id isa
Democrat 1leave you 10 judge.
FIGURES WON'T LIE. unAH z
No one, unless he makes q close calcu-
lAllon, can form an idea Of the expense
that has been and will be forced upon the
State by the adoption Of the present Con:
sllu,lOn. The object Of the Convention,
al have time and again stated, wasSto
iutn all the Republican office holders out
aad put Democrats In their piaces.. The
Democracy yeretso hungry for office that
ilaey couldn't wait for the terms Of the
Republicans elected to oiflc6to expire, but
must have q Convention and take control
immediately, This Eaglwhy they wanted
SConsiltutionAl Q Convention; and to cover
Up their true object, they went before the
people with the charge that the HuperpiS
sHyStefl wastb0 expensive, aiid that III
they would have o. Convention andre
store the County Courts, thepeopie would
save the expenss d the ntIon n. less
than year In Tie difference Of expense