The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-14
CHARLESTON.

The Last Hours OF the FriaTs.-Jug.
Cling on the Road Law 80 The
House Transformed into a Bed
lum.sAll the Rules Suspended
"BIII'' Miller EmperOr.sSwRmps.
Angels in Demands-No More Work
for Poor Uncle Ned..GOod Bye.
Special Correspondence Of the IntellIgeucerA
CHARLESTON, April Z, 1878.
TIE ADJOURNMENT.
The closing up OF any great under
laking is always looked forward to with
Unusual interest. The end, in many
cases il the dread OF life. lit could be
altogether avoided it would give peace
aud comfort TO many sleeplCss individuals.
But every beginning has an ending, and
every ending has either its rewards or
punishmcnts. 1t shall be "Well done
thou good and faithful servant" or ODE
part IRON me ye cursed" Our great
Legislative Sanhcdrim has closed its
l460rs, and the SOlons have gone to their
homes to be toasted on the one hand or
soeleAthercd on the other. They must
meet their constituents and tell them what
they did and how they did 1t, and what
they did not do, and their reason for not
doing it. Irthey can avert the storm Of
wrath that seems to be accommodating
agaiust them, they will have to play the
ingenious role Of an attorney in his prac-
lice ut the bar-deCeption. II they will
stand by the rule adopted by the House Of
Delegates, they will come out right, viz !:
profess to be governed by the spirit and
not the letter Of the Constitution. Just
tell them that you meant well, but eX-
ecutcd the opposite; that you aimed to pass
wholesome laws, but unfortunately you
passed Just the other kind. That you in
tended to keep sober, but unfortunately
didn't do 1t, and so on 10 the end Of the
chapter. This is the only way to save
yourselves with your people. Tell them
that your hearts were right, but your
hands and bodies were treaCherous. Tell
them that your bodies were brave and
manly, but your legs were cowardly and
cunning. They will believe you. Own
UP like a little man, and my word
tor it your constituents will for
give you. II you adopt the style
and language Of Walker, the bcngdctOr
when he said in his ctGSt6 newspaper
1.-THE Legislature adjourns to-day, and
the members will soon be hOmcward
bound, after having had very tedious
session. The results from their four
months labors have been very satisGacto'
~" you will DO as surely crushed under
the tide OF popular Indignation that Is
sweeping all over the State. Own up like,
truthful gentlemen, and il will DO better
TOR you in the end.
The Saturday prior 10 the adjournment
II remarkable scene for legislative hall
took place. say remarkable, and mean
it. Everybody knows that there is a fee
bic minority Of Republican members II
this Legislature. In the Senate there art
but three, and in the House there are II
and Notwithstanding their limited num-
bers they have been treated first, as
though they were not entitled to theiI
seats; and, secondly, as il they were the
controlling element in tho Legislature. i
the BOurbOns failed to pass one Of theiI
unconstitutional measures for the good o.
their party, tho Republicans would bC
charged with defeating them. II they fail
I'd TO cover up the villainies OF their lead
ing party men, the Republicans would bC
almost RssRssinated for doingit. II an et
tort to cut the throat Of Governor Jacot
Jailed, the dirty Radicals" were the caus(
OF it. II, in short, they failed to do any
thing they undertook, the failure was reg
ularly charged TO the Republican party
The three Republicans in the Senate ant
the seventeen In the House arc, according
to Walker, 1.-THE tar.pOt editor) response
bic for the State being without roal
law, general assessment law, Il goOl
school law, and all the other laws that tn
Legislature did not make during their fivC
monlhs-one hundred and five Thousand
dnlar-sesslOn.
JUGGLING IN THE HOUSE.
On Saturday it was discovered tina
owing to the shape they had gotten tn
road law into, II would be impossible I
pass it without gHgglng the minority an
applying the party whip to Democrats
Ii was generally conceded that unless
road law was passed at the present ses
Sion, under the Constitution, We coul
not force men 10 work roads under tn
old law. The old, or present law, place
Tue control Of road affairs in the power 0
the various Boards Of Supervisors. Their
are no such Boards in existence, ant
under the Constitution, they were pre-
vented from striking out Supervisors AM
inserting County Courts, by the seclio
that says that you cannot re.enaCt a par
OF section, but must re.enact The Who'll
Of it&c. So they could sec no other nj
Tentative than adopt the new law rs
was impossible 10 60 over the entire roa
law and enact 1t oyer section by section
for there was no section In It that did nj
have the word Supervisor, which wOul
have to be supplanted by that lovely anti
diluviAn tcIm-Countv Court. How
do It was the question? How to have
road law for the coming summer was Il
great topic among Democrats? The
knew that roads we're u necessity IN We
Va and they knew further that the Dcu
ocEatic party would be held aCcOuntab
loF any failure TO furnish such laws
would guarantee good roads, hence the
anxiety in the matter The law that the
had framed and desired passed was oil
uoNious TO every Republican not only
the Legislature but In the State. The
iGCrGIGre could not expect my suppo
from that source to get the bill pssse
Decent and well minded Dcmocra
were also opposed to euslsving the POI