The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-17
CHARLESTON.
Deferred Letters.


' CHARLESTON, February, 4th 1873.
have delayed writing you-ior several
l.vs simply for want Of material for q let
rpf, As ! propose to deal in facts and not
IN fiction, and as there is nothing Of real
importance taking place in the present
Legislature, lam somewhat nonpIuSseu
The Republican minority in the House
ia the most cmphaticaIly snubbed set up
men ever saw. No matter what ques-
lion ia 10 Tor discussion, republican is
scarcely ever Tin order" il democrat
wNnts Inc floor. One or two Of the mem
hers who have been most persistenly
Snubbed have become very indignant OF
late and taken the opportunity to inform
MI. Sneaker" that his treatment OF them
ia thereyerse of courteous. l think the
minority have parliamentary rights on
the floor, If no other, and the tact OF their
being treated CONTEMPORARY, simply be.
cause they arc politically opposed to the
Speaker, is deserving Of the seVerest con-
demnatiOn.
ASIAN instance OF the way in which the
money OF the people is uselessly sqander.
cd BY the present Democratic economists,
lei me tell them that one day last week
the House consumed one hour and q halt.
or one hundred and twenty-five dollars
worth Of time, discussing whether the
word "That," was properly ina report OF
the Judiciary Committee. Mr.. Bradford
the Dignitarian OF the body-thOught
the Committee had left out that word.
Mr. Davenport, who informed the House
that he would not lie, except for a pecu-
MARY consideration" took up the gaunt.
let, and for the time above specified q
wordy war ensued, in which the state OF
the nation generally on the word THAT"
WAS fully eliminated. Both sides admit.
led in their remarks that 1t made no diff.
ference whether tho word was retained or
left out. That "that," that was OF no i'm
DortanCe TO that bill, that, that "that" was
proposed 10 DO inserted In, Is matter
that the people who sent that set here, will
probably remember, and that In way
that will probably not be pleasant to that
"Dignitarian," and that "Pecunlary"
EQuiVOcator.
a bill was introduced some time since
in the House providing for the payment
OF certain Registrars not heretofore paid.
The chief advocates OF the bill were
AIessrs. Bradford and Butcher. 1t was
referred to the COMMITTEES on Claims and
Grievances, OF which Nr. Butcher is
Chairman. He reported it back, recon-
meuding its passage. On motion Of Mr..
Stout It was then referred to.the Commit
tee on Taxation and Finance, OF which
Mr.. Davenport is chairman. These two
Committees, be it known, being nearly al
lied look upon each other with jealous
eyes, fearful that prcponderance honor
will be given to ono over the other. On
Friday last, Mr.. Davenport, from his
committee, reported the bill back, with.
out recommendation as to It's passage"
This aroused the ire OF Mr.. Butcher, and
he pitched into Georges committee gen
orally, among other things saying 1t was
the burial ground Of the dead" for the
House.
Davenport, very much excited-I dc.
mand that those words be take down.
Butcher, calmly-I am willing they
shall be taken down but l meant them in
\ PiCkwickian sense, only.
Mr., Davenport then defended his COM
mittee in their report, and claimed they
did all they could under the circum'
stances
AIr. Stout, who was evidently fighting
msd, then obtained the floor, and said the
remarks OF the gentleman from Jefferson
were evidently meant for him, as he
made the motion to recommit the bill,
lie would acknowledge he was very
much excited, and would not say in the
House what he would under other cir.
CumStances.
Mr. Butcher was happy to say he was
perfectly cool. If members opposed this
bill on political grounds he was not with
them. He was in favor OF paying all
honest debts. He had as little respect tor
boards Of registration as any body. They
had registrated him out OF everything,
but that was no reason why these claims,
which he was satisfied were Just, should
not be paid. The gentleman IRON Ohio,
Dir, Davenport, had an imaginative mind,
and sometimes-not to speak in an Of
l01stVe manner-was given to fiction
Davenport, excitedly-Does the gen.
ueman presume to say l lied?
Butcher-Oh, no! | only say ones i'm.
agination oItentimes leads one far away
from facts, and think this Is the case
with the!gentleman.
MIR, Bradford said this amount was
Justly due "hi8 client" and ought to be
paid. He never did admire the board Of
REGISTRATION, but 1t was u part OF the
machinery OF the Government, and its
debts should be paid. This CQUivOcal re.
port was like "Eeeping the word OF prom.
'e to the ear, and breaking It to the
hope"
The bill was finally laid on the table,
where suppose 1t will likely remain,
Justice or no justice.
The first through train from Richmond
on The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad has
NlsSt passed Charleston, Onthis impor,
liant occasion the Charlestonians had a
bonfire and shot off q number Of rockets
Alter which crowd assembled in the 70,
'anda Of the hall OF the House, and alter
repeated calls John b. Baldwin, of Staun
ION, delivered short address. In the
course Of his remarks, which by tho way
were well timed, he said that II this gre3I
artery had been completed fifteen year!
ago, the two States-Virginia and Yves
Nfgtnia-would, perhaps, have been ont
and indiVisiblo,
Then Rfole little WIaCkv" Vnrpar IN,