The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-20

provisions that has ever come under my
notice, in any law. II q man be on trial
Tor his life or liberty, and discover after q
jury has been impanneled that one or
more OF the jurors In his case Is incompe'
tent for any one OF the causes mentioned
in section 2, quoted above, he cannot take
advantage Of that discovery, If the above
provision be construed to be law.
The 9th section Is as follows:
a. No person shall be admitted as q
Juror, except in trials of felony, at any
term of the court during which he has
any matter oil fact 10 be tried by jury,
which shall have been, or Is expected to
be tried during the same term" .s.-.
1t strikes me, II this law be passed,
with its present obnoxious provisions, It
will be almost impossible ever to have q
case tried by jury, for the reason, that q
sufficient number Of competent jurors
will be hard TO obtain in any county. q
The "old fogy" idea that no man who
has an "oplnion" Of his own is competent
to sit on jury Is incorporated In this
law. Mr.. Cunningham moved to amend
the bill by striking out the words "or has
expressed or formed any opinion" but the
amendment was lost.
Another provision Of the bill, which, In
my opinion, Is particularly obnoxious, Is
allowing sherifs to pick up juries, instead
OF drawing for them as heretofore, or, In
other words, providing, in effect, that the
sheriff may pack any and every jury from
Grand Jury down. Day
Again, the bill discriminates against
persons living in town and cities BY pay
ing jurymen from among them one dollar,
only, whereas, from without the corpora.
ton, they are allowed one dollar and fly
cents and mileage.
There arc other moss covered proVis'
ions, but as the auctioneers say, "they are
too numerous to mention, and hence l
will not further take up your space BY en-.
numerating them. Senator Scott pitched
into the democracy generally, on all
these provisions, and showed ably and
fully that they were contrary to the spirit
of the age. He was followed by the other
two Republicans, and also, In some ol,hiS |
motions, by one or two progressive Dem |
Ocrats, but the majority OVerruled them.
It's no use TO advocate the passage OF
any law in the Senate, as general nile,
unless it is copied from the Code OF Vir- |
ginia of 1860, or 1S40, or unless 1t con.
forms to customs ante. dating the flood.
A few days ago, BY the kind invitation
OF some friends, I accompanied Legis- |
tive excursion up Elk river to Lock No. |
of the Elk River Navigation Company. |
This is work of considerable magnitude,
and Is superintendent by II. Q. Weaver,
ESQ, through whose kindness / have
been furnished with the following facts
and figures: .-.- .-..r, ....-r ii
Work was commenced on this lock !
and dam in October, 1871. In Novem-
Der, 1872, the work was completed, when
unfortunately q rise in the river washed
the breast and bottom OF the lock out.
Since that time the contractors have been |
using every means possible TO complete
the work, but owing to repeated floods
they have been unable to do So, II they |
could have low water for two weeks, the |
Improvement could be finished in two
months time. The dam Is 1865 feet long |
and 40 feet wide, and dams the water
back some ten miles. The Company up |
to this time have expended one hundred |
thousand dollars. and it is estimated that
il can be completed for ten or twelve |
thousand dollars more. The officers oil
the Company are Mr.. II. L. Holden, of
Williamsport, Pa, President, Mr.. John J.
Thompson, Of Centre county, Pa, Vice
President, Mr.. Charles Stewart, Engineer,
and Mr.. Weaver, Superintendent. 1t Is
the intention OF the Company to. improve |
the Elk river for distance OF one hun
bred miles above Lock and dam No. l,
which has cost them 1000, and which |
has a capacity Of 10000, 900 feet OF lum-
Der. When the vast forests Of valuable
timber, hitherto inaccessible, or at least
unavailable for transportation, are taken
into consideration, Il will be seen that
this is work oil no ordinary Importance
to the citizens not only of that section,
but of the whole State, and hence should
BIO lostered by our Legislature and the
Company granted all the time possible, to
complete their improvements.
At the secret caucus held by the De.
mocracy, few nights ago, a committee,
composed Of MesSrs. Miller, Withrow,
Bradford and Stout on the part Of the
House, and Messrs. Bennett, Eastman and
GranthRm on the part Of the Senate,
were appointed to draft resolutions setting
forth the principles and future policy Of
the Democratic party. This Committee
was to report TO an adjourned meeting
to be held this morning, and presume
will do so, as l understand the meeting Is
to be held. l will send you copy oil
the resolutions, as adopted, as soon as
they are acted on and l can get hold oil
them.
The Board Of Regents for the branch
Normal Scohol at Glenville; Gilmer
county, held a meeting this morning, and
elected q Principal Of that school. There
were number Of candidates, but Mr..
Lewis Bennett, Of Weston, son Of Senator
Bennett was the lucky man. His salary
was fixed mt 81 200 per snnum.
Mr.. Richard Q. Lsidley, prominent
druggist OF this city, and 8 former resi-
dent Of Wheeling, died yesterday Of con-
sumption. Mr.. Laidley was 0 man In the
prime Of lie, being only Of some 81
years OF age, and leaves an interesting
family. He was courteous cultivated
genial gentleman and his death Is uni.
Yersally regretted. = r
No report has yet been made on the
charges against the Public Printer, but
will likely be presented tomorrow. The
weather was rainy yesterday; snowy
today. Helen D'Este's theatrical troupe
Is still here and drawing good houses.
The gentleman from Hancock and Mr..
Speaker, "little at outs" No move
ments Of interest on either side in
the Senatorial contest Of Mcmillan
o.. Camden. Democratic members are
very much exercised because none ofthe |
Democratic papers Of the State Except
the C0urier,) uphold them in their course
on tho recess per diem" question.
ALPHA.
Correspondence Of the Intslllseaeetl