The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-23
CHARLESTON.
The Per Diem Question-Shameful
Trihing with Public Interests-
Legislative Nonsense and Folly
COntested Election.

TrinfnE win Public Interebts-
10 Legislative Nonsense and Folly
le COntested Election.
~ Special Correspondence to the Register.l
CHARLESTON, w. Va, January IL.
The question OF per diem for tn
recess" has excited the otherwise placi'
stream OF legislation considerably il
the last few days. A member of tn
Senate, conscientious in his conviction
. o. duty, and Shelton by name, intro
duced in the Senate few days since {
joint resolution providing that no mem
-. Der or officer Of the Legislature should
receive pay for the time Of the recess
After much hard lighting and after
being amended 30 rs to provide that
the amount drawn by any one hereto.
fore for that time, should be deducted
from the accruing paw, it passed the
Senate by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. johnson, Benr EFT,
Bishop, Blakemore, Camden, Dickn-
son, Eastman. Grantham, Hall OF Bar,
bour, Mcdonald, Price, Shelton and
Vawter-l3.
Noes-Messrs. Cunningham, Guston,
Jacob, McClaskey, Scott, Sherrard,
Summers, Walker and Wilkinson-9
This resolution was sent to the
House, and there a substitute was
adopted, offered by DR.. Thompson.
RESOLVED by the Senate and House Of
Delegates
That it is the indubitable, inalienakle
and indie easible right of every member
Of the Legislature to refuse to receive
bis per diem allowance for any part or
the whole OF the session, and that for
the exercise OF the right he ought not
10 be despoiled Of bis property or dis
turbed in his person.
The substitute was adopted by the
following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Baker, Bridges,
Brown, Bumgarner, Butcher, Clendenen,
Coiran, Davenport, Farnsworth, Fergu.
aon, Fi.her, Fleming, Flowers. Foley,
Gwinn, Hindman, Hudson, Hulliben,
Johnson, Kantner, Knotts (of CAL
houn,) Knots (of Marion,) Legg,
Lewis, Monroe, Morrison, Potter, Price,
Reynolds, Robinson, Ruckman, Shirley,
Smith, Suider, (of Gilmer,) Snider, (or
Monongahela,) Spates, Stone, Stout,
Taylor, Got Randolph Taylor, (of Rit.
CHEZ Thayer, Thompson, Totten. Trip.s
lett and Vossler-46
Nays-Messrs. Barrett, Bradford,
Grow, Deaver, Jr.. Hinchman, Hively,
Miller, OF Fayette, Rogers, Short,
White, Withrow and Wooddell-l2.
Previous TO the adoption OF the above,
the following resolution had been Of
fered in the House by Mr.. Hinchman:
ResolVed. That no member or officer
Of this House shall receive psr disw,es
SSfhfbs House. and the Sergeant-at,
Arms of this House is hereby directed
to credit upon the further accrulhg pay
OF anv member or officer the amount
that may have been received oy sucn
member or officer as pay during such
recess.
Mr. Butcher moved the indefinite
nostponement OF the resolution.
Mr. Rather Humid Butcher, ESQ.,
General Orator, &c, in support OF ms
motion. said he had drawn his per diem
for the time stated, and no power, legs
i,,iye or otherwise, could compel him
10 refurd it; hence his motion:
Mr. Crow said his attention had been
first called to this matter by letter
published in the Its!Rgsncer, OF W heel
inc and he found his people very lndlg-
nant abou, it. He did not know the
resolution providing for a recess con-
TEN o. ated per diem, or be would not have
supported 1t.
Mr. Davenport said he had been
guided in his vote on the recess oy the
Gentleman who preceded him on the
roll-Mr. Crow-and had been gener-
ally guided on all questions, where he
had any doubt, by his vote, but would
have to disagree with him in this de
tavorei the motion Of Mr.. Butcher.
Mr.. Will Exit Brown then spoke
his niece" and supported the rather
humid" motion aforesaid, for genera
Tessons too lengthy to be reported.
Capt" Reynolds, Of Mason, who
claims to he the pink o. loyslty, then
came to the front, and ext,nguished
him. Elf by a few (rutended TO be) iunny
remarks. gaiDst the resolution.
Mr.. Farnsworth, OF Up-hur, not
DanieN then. on behalf o. the Radical
par,y, shouldered its share "ot the
odium that might be attached TO the
Leg stature Tor its course IN this mat
ter"
Mr. Torture.to-sit-s,ill Spates
,, ,housht be could not be compelled
under the rules to vote on a question 10
which he was directly interested ana
berce declined to do So -,
In short q majority OF both sides o'
, the House favored indefinite postpone
men, OF ibis or Gry othe. motion al,
feeling their rockets, on the general
t grounds that they had been sent 10 the
: Legislature for the special purpose o.
D receiving AZ many four dollars per day
=, as il was possible for them TO draw, and
e hence anv motion looking to the cut
6 ting down of the precious per d'sD', ne
0 matter whether justly due or not, wa
!, unconstitutional and clearly contIar!
t, ~ The indubitable, unalienable ant
!, ipdeieasiblc rights OF the Legislature.
!. The resolution was incontinently anc
o almos, unanimously postponed, with
o ou, calling the yeas and nays ,
# In order 10 com plete the farce, as tn
e gentlemen OF the House are pleased L
G Term it, Mr.. Mcmillan offered the 10!
.e lowing nonsensical rhodomontade, thi
IL | a,,eynn0n.