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VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
/ iH. r. B. GlLIlgll. IlIlIhS
,arlestown, Jefferson Co.. w. Va
OFFICE IN "JEFrEBsoS BUILDING"
Saturday, March @, 1875.
Tne Capital Bill Discussed.

The bill to remove the Capital from Char
lesion to Wheeling " temporarily" being call
ed up for discussion, on the 10th instant, Dr..
Tame: made motion 20 recpmmit the
bill for the purpose of making the location
permanent if the Capital must be removed,
aud 10 put the question forever at rest.
And upon this question he made the follow
Ing remarks:
Little did think until within the last few
hours that it would ever be necessary iur me
To raise ny feeble voice IN the support of the
Capital II this Sta.e remaining ~ THIS beduii-
tul Valley of the k.nLWha; little did thlnk
that any cunsilerAo portion ot the members
of this House could suppose that the true 10
terests OF the policy oi the State at this time
either demanded or juSuted any interference
with this question.
And, Mr. Speaker, We're | to remain silent
upon this question, would iall I" discharge
Az obligation lowe u my Constituents, Tor
which may never be able 10 make to them
the proper amends.
But this question has been 50 discussed that
inspiration itself could scarcely throw any
further light upon 1t.
Yet it appears that the fat has gone forth
regardless uf the true interest oi the State,
and of the people, that the Capital shall be
removed.
Let me ask, in all frankness aud honesty,
are the true aud real interests OF the State,
and of the people subseryei by this act Are
we b, this act representing the will of our
.sff..r la nvH
fsted yeomanry Of the State, the people who
pay the taxes? These now are the true qnes-
tons that address themselves t. your judge
meut aud t. your undertaking.
Will you by the perpetratlon OF this act,
aid in developing the resources aud the wealth
of the Slater
Will you, By concentrating all the patronage
Of the State 10 one siugle locality, accomplish
the great development ut the great Resources
aud the wealth Of West Virginia?
Will you by removing the Clpital to the
city of Wheeling, temporarily, enhance the
value of one single acre Of the adJ icent lands,
or the price Of one single building Ia that city.
whose property and land has already attained
al the value that State patronage and accu-
mulated wealth eau bring WITH II?
section Of the State you at once check the all
vanciug prosperity OF tins people aud you
roll back the tide Of public improvement III
the southwestern section frr years 10 come
by one false stroke OF your policy you forever
ruin aud render worthless the best Prospective
impruvement on the West Of the mountains.
and the only one that ever proposes % traverse
vour State from North g. South. have re-
ference % the Northern and southern West
Virginia Riilroad. leading from Charleston 10
UnioutOwu, Pa. aud sslug through tie CELL
tra portion and entire length oi our STATE.
If the Capital remains at Charleston inr a lev
years that must add t. the value Di the tax
able property Of this State through which u
Is to pass, must IN the uature aud the tace of
soon be completed move II
to Wheeling, or near the other end "i thIs rail-
road, and years aud years will pass without
seeing this road completed. or without seeing
the resources of this State developed a. it has
heretofore promised siuce the Capital has been
located here.
Will you by this fatal stroke Of policy rem
der tributary 10 one section alone the entire .
balauce of the State t. the detrim-Gt "f all
the Interests that Is - make you a united aud
prosperous pe"pieE
IL has been said by gentlemen on this floor,
that It l. inconvenieut tor member, 20 get rom
Wheeling To- Charleston: by what roai then .
", uld ask Is it easier iur members to travel .
from Charleston 10 Wheeling
Let u> see then what remedy the bill pro-
p 81, To- the wi ot which you complain:
Last year you spent IA the useless discussion .
If this question SIS 600 IT tie peoples mp- .
ney; tins wear W. hav, already spent Sl2 600
mor. of their hard ea'niugs, aud l"ur hlll now .
to remove It Temporarily 20 Wheel 4
ug. a. some of the members assert, foT the .
purpose OF making future location Of II
,..rntwherr. AZ spme future time !, this the .
kind IT e is'at n that tn people demand at
,ur hands, think not. Your bill proposes
10 Keep up the u>elrs, aud rninou- discussion .
If this vrxrd qurstiin from year {" y'ar,
without the slightest hope nf arriving al any .
.nncin>ion of tle matter and tiai to- a.
5, 10 the pie If irom u 600 :" 1000 dol ,
ar- apuutl y
Mr.. Speaker. fce COZ fdett that not
,fl, represent the will II NV constituents.
.ur that represent the will IT a large ualr-
~ # tie constituent body # this State, 10
entering NY protest agains. the passage OF
Ills act