The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-26
CHARLnroN, ". Va. Feb. %.

holiday, nnu believe N maze BuCh ny
an act Of Congress, still our Legislature
failed to observe 1t, and went on with
their business. Last year they adjourned
for horse race, but this year they re.
fused 10 adjourn even to show that respect
which every one admits 10 be due to "the
father Of hia country Their conduct In
this regard may be explained in tho SAME
way that the boy who said he must get
tho woOtl-chuck, "becausc he had no meat
at home" They have thus far done moth.
ing, and there are only four more work.
ing days till the end Of the session, hence
It Is necessity that they employ every
hour Of time between now and ADJOURN
ment day, which Is next Friday, II they
accomplish anything that Is worthy Of
mention.
In n former letter We mentioned the
fact that some valuable amendments
would be made 10 the.
.r. ,a SCHOOL Law. sp..g
The Educational Committee had a new
bill printed Of eighty.one pages, and re.
commended It's passage, and as no one Oh
jeCted to H. OF course all Of us thought
that II would pass, But 1t il now very
evident that 1t will not, because II IL COW
cred up on the clerks table under a ton,
or lcss, Of rubbish Of dog laws, turnpike
and mule path appropriations, and trash
Of that character, so that 1t will take at
least month to reach 1t, The road law,
that needs amending badly to make II
fair andetIeCtive, Ia In the same condition.
Neither Of these important questions will
be touched this session, although every.
body demands u change In them.
TRTFLINH WITH THE PEOPLE.
There aro now upwards Of three hun.
dred bills OH the Clerks tables Of both
branches Of the Legislature that have
been offered thia session, and thus far
three Of them have become laws, and
there are now only three more working
days Of the session. We claim that this
kind OF triIling with the people Is not
only unreasonable, but unbearable.
There Is no use for II. The session will
cost the State not less than 1000, Nnd
all they have to show for II IL the re-
nOvnl OF the Capital to Wheeling, the
election Of M old rebel fOgy to the United
States Senate, and one other act, purely
local and unimportant to the people OF
the Stute ut large; and IA the session IA 80
near its close, II would be unreasonable
to suppose that much more will be done
between now and Thursday evening.
Again We any TINT the people have beet
only triIled with, nnd not benefited IN
my particular by the expenditure Of
$4,000 Of their money. ...
THE ALPHABETICAL RULE.
The House Of Delegates has adopted
the rule Of calling the roll in alphabet.
cal order, so as to allow the members TO
call up their bills regularly and advance
them one reading. This IN bad rule for
two reasons; FiFsL, 1t Is unfair towards
those members whose names are far down
in the alphabet; md secondly, 1t willprc.
vent tho passage Of but very few laws, for
the reason that the object Is to read bill
but one time and lay i aside, and then
take up another. It strikes ME that while
they are trying TO bring up all Of the bills
in regular order, they will fail tO pass
any of them. Mr. White asked for leave
Of absence, because he said that his nalnC
would not DO reached until next spring,
and he could therefore be Of no services
to his constituents The House declined
to accept his excuse.
IMMIGRATION AGENT
The Rev. DR.. Richards, pastor Of one
OF the Presbyterian churches In this city,
stated to some Of the members Of the Sen.
ate that he was going to spend the coming
simmer in Europe, and II the LegislatIire
would appoint him an Immigration
Agent he would render The State all the
service he could free Of charge; where.
upon Senator Bishop offered Joint reso.
litioh giving him tic appointment, which
passed without debate. But not 40 in the
House. When II came up In that body
Il met with serious opposition, principal.
" because the reverend dnct0r was q
GYaukee and q Radical" Mr.. Wick
WoUddell said that lie could not vote for
the resolution, because "he had heard
that the doctor once said In sermon
that Niger was better than n white
man." II However passed, n0twithstand.
ing the very forcible ~ speeches against
II by such fossils as Woodiell and others.
DR. HALL vs. QUACKs.
. Or. tTnll, The Delegate from KilClie,
prepared a bill to regulate tho quallfCa.
tiUns Of those persons who engage In the
practice Of medicine. The Doctor Ia a
physician himself, and he wants to cut
of the thousands Of 1uacks who are not
only diagraCing the State, but are killing
off the people by their quackett. Dr.
Hall is to be commended for hiS effort to
nut an end to all quack doctors In the
State. His bill allows three classes Of
physiciahs ID practice without authority
Of law first, those who have diplomas
| from a regular medical college, second,
those who have attended one course Of
lectures and aiterwatd pracLiced FIVE
years In their profession; and third,
those who have pfactlced successfully
ten yearS, whether they evet saw q col.
lego or not. But all the self.constilnted
disciples Of EsculapiuS who do not come
under these three classes shall be exam.
ined by board Of three physicians, who
shall be appointed by the Judges In the
several districts Of the State.
This Ia unQuestionably move In the
right direction, but IL will not pass on the
general principle that nothing will pas
This session. II must necessarily he de.
ieatcd more TOT want Of time than any.
thing else. We need Just such n law.
| The State Il full Of medical quacks. ]
would like 10 sec them scattered. Or.
ITall's bill would be a bombAhell ii their
camp, II he could only getiL through.
0ESERALITiEs.
II IA generally understood that the In
vcsligatfhg Committee IN relation to the
Auditor and Treasurer will report to-
morrow. The sessions OF the committee
have all been secret, hence no information
could bo gotten, except in clahdeStine
way. We will furnish summary Of II
when Il IL made public. -
The Delegates aud Senators Of the Third
! Tfa02ta0 hSId A Tnaatin0 lNat niGht and