The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-12-25
LATEST FROM CHARLESTON.
On BOARD TIE CLARA SCoTT
DEC. 22d, 1913.

ON DOAkD TIE NLAhA EJOll
DEC. 22d, 1913.
did not have time to tell all knew
about the Legislature and its adjourn
ment in my letter OF this morning, &c
| propose to finish it up now.
At nine o'clock, the hour fixed for
adjournment, both Houses assembled
In about five minutes afterwards the
Senate sent notice to the House oI
Delegates that they had finished their
work and had appointed committee
to wait on the Governor to see if he had
anything further to communicate to
either branch. The House appointed
a similar committee who went down
stairs to 60 through the unnecessary
formula Of informing the Governor that
the thing was about TO "bust.
Some two weeks ago the
House passed a resolution au-
thorizing Speaker Miller to re-
main in Charleston for term OF fifteen
days after the adjournment to arrange
the House journals and do such other
business as was 10 be done, at a COM
pensaton OF S. a day or $50 for the
term. This morning resolution was
introduced to pay Clerk Peyton ten
days extra pay for services to be rem
dered, aud the same compensation to
the other clerks. This resolution was
adopted amid tie widest confusion.
Everybody was on the floor at once
and all shouting wildly. Mr.. Daven-
port finsllyIobtalned the floor and offer.
ed the following resolution
Resolved, That the Auditor be in-
structed not TO pay any extra compen-
saton to any member, officer or at
tache OF this body upon any resolution
which has been adopted by this
House"
This produced the most unprece.
1eDte1 parliamentary skirmishing. The
Speaker (Mr. Cofrau IN the chair }
turned his face to the window and his
back to the House, and refused to rec
ognize any one on the floor. The con-
fusion was at it's madest. Such shout
ng Mr.. Speaker" such shaking OF
1sts, such denunciations, such JIng-
ing and jaugling, no one ever saw be-
lore In the midst OF it all, Mr.. Brad
ord obtained the floor and demanded
The previus question. The Speaker
ruled the motion out OF order, and an
appeal was taken from the decision OF
.he chair. The Speakers decision was
by a vote OF % 10 20. After
this Mr.. Bradford got the came resolu-
ton before the House and vote was
taken on it. Every Republican and
majority OF the mossy back legislators
got outside Of the bar OF the House,
leaving it without quorum. So that
this necessary, right and proper legis-
lation failed for want OF a quorum.
There is no language too severe for
the denuncistiou Of those who failed 10
rebuke this public steal. They should
have been perfectly satisfied that there
was something wrong whenever q Re
publican could wink and vote with
them. They should have known that
these men could not or would not
&c! especially with what is certainly
the Bourbon branch OF the Democratic
party, except through some ulterior de-
sign. These Republicans intended that
the Democracy should bear the odium
Of this second class" back pay and de-
ssgDed that We should carry the bur
den OF it.
After one Of the most disgraceful
squsbbles that has been seen in the
legislature OF tdis State, the House ad-
iourned and the tenth legislature Of
West Virginia passed out OF existence.
II has done more good, more narm, and
has been more lied about and more de-
servedly abused than any similar body
that ever assembled ir the State.
Yours SPiylyg