The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-20
CHARLESTON.

The session Is drawing TO close, and
we are glad Of it, We are tired Of eau.
cuses, Of legislation, Of eySrYthipg,.sWsI
want TO quit-Want to go home.
The Governor has ; approved two
triaing one-hOrse acts OF the Legislature
which have become laws during this ses.
sion and the third act is before him, viz
The bill removing theCapital temporarily
to Wheeling, This is wonderful work
for SO men IN 80 days. Now, il it takes
80 men SO days to pass three laws, how
long will it take the West Virginia Leg,
islRture to make . Code? We answer
about ten thousand years. q, 4aal 5.Lsi
They admit that they have not dOhC
anything this session, and further, that
they don't intend to do anything. They
made a bad start, and then they have had
long bloody fight on the election OF d
Senator and the removal Of the Capita,
which very much disOrganized them.
They have been peculiarly unfortunate.
They expect to behaulcd over the Goals by
their Constituencies In all Of the
speeches. y0u hear iltha hteIeOtyped
expression: u mover expect 70 rbO
member Of the Legislature agIIin.Y
That is true. Very lem of the, pre-
sent members will ever DO returned.
Their Legislative career isEwell nigh
spent They lack the moral courage u
do what they believe to be right, From
the first they felt that Walker and Cam.
den should both DO pitched into the SEQ,
They knew that neither Of them would DO
acceptable to the people Of the State, even
Of Democratic faith, abut they lacked the
back bone 10 the outletit1 stand, up and
vote against them. half Of the Dem
ocratiC members are not men7rthsy are
only supple jacks who have learned like
the parrot, To make such answers as their
ring masters stuff into their mouths.
Take the poor, harmless Delegate from,
Hardy county rs an example, He per.
haps means well, but lie lacks tho brain
force. He lacks manhoOd-courage He
has declared himselEiR favor OF Walker
for the Senate, because he stEs he believes
that no represents the "true' Democracy
OF the Sd District" when informed by
some hurt Democrat that w. was a public
plunderer he replied; an go for him
any way, because he can't steal out Of
the great treasury at WaShihgton." This.
gentleman Ia only one OF Q large number
Of similar individuals who allow them.
selves to DO bought by means Of fine wines,
pleasant parties and the such like, into
the support OF man whom they know to
be corrupt and who would disgrace the
State forever, he were placed In the Senate.
! have had conversation with the gel-
.heman who wrote the card to your plper
defending Mr.. Good, who declared HIM
self In fdvor'of dsSaIsinatinEl the Presl.
dent and General Sheridan aud he htl-
mits that Mr., Good said just what l re.
ported, but he claims that he did not
mean what he said, This may be true.
| don't go by what man means, but by
what he says. When Mr.. Good declared
himself In favor Of RSsassinating the Pros.
ident, I took 1t for granted that he meant
what he said and 80 reported II. Now,
lhave no desire to harm Mr.. Good. He
is, perhaps, the most upright Democrat In
tho House, aud seems determined to do
the fair thing In legislation, but am do.
terminCd that Mr.. Mason nor no other
man shall smooth over his assassination
speech by palming It of az q Joke. lie
offered It In earnest. tGo meant what he
said, and said what lie meant. He must
stand to the rack. |.n tHh
II was thought by many that rs soon
MS the Capital was removed tho IIegiSu.
ture would go to work aud elect Sen.
atOr, but It has not boon done, and they
are even worse divided than before ri
account for II from the fact that II Is
generally believed that the Governor
will veto the act and the members arc
determined that no Senator shall be |
elected until they know exactly what tue
Governor has done. II he yetoes lie
act, then some First district man will 10 |
the Senator; but II lie fails to yet6 Il, II |
will be- given to tho Third district, but
not to Walker. II they we're 10 delay II
M long rs Rhode island did, they would |
never take Walker. He has "g6hc I'M
der" 30 to speak. They never did intend
TO elect him, although they figured hard |
to make everybody believe Il. have
quit guessing as to who they will 'unito
upon, II Is matter Of indifference to |
me, so II Is not Walker OF Camden. VI
The investigation into the charges
against tho Auditor and Treasurer Gre.
Otes more excitement than Ill things ellie
combined. Mr.. Cabell laid IN jail for
four or five days md nights for refusing
to testify, but after he satisfied himself
that he could not get out under d hdbeds
corpus, hc sent word 10 the committee that
he wNs ready to testify. lie was present.
cd to the committee and lot The cent out
OF the meal tub" lie said II was no nae
to conceal II longer, he did pay "A large sun
q money 70 a certain young man tghO teRrt-
sented TIC Treasurer, 10 secure tho depOsiiiag oil
$4,000 in his bank. / have all the sScis'
from member OF the committee, but
am not at liberty TO use them 1T this
time. At first I was under the impress
sion that inasmuCh rs the State had lost
nothing by the Transaction, that tie
charges against tho Auditor and Treas.
ilrer we're more for bhncOmbc than lily.
thing else, but when l read the doth Acc
lion Of article G OF tho Constitution of The
State, was led to believe that somebody
was III precnrious position, II certainly
IL uII uIleIlNLuUle pUblllUH 10 NC DlHCeU 1T, |
although no material wrong has been
done. The charge IA that Il bonds IN the
way Of bride has been paid for the use
Of State funds, and the charge has been
sustained and, Of course, under tho. Con.
StitlltiOn, somebody must suffer. -
There Is considerable excitement Dyer
The general suppositlon that the G6verHr
Of will veto the Capital Removal bill,
This Is all snrmise, biit 1t seems to be 40
prevalent a. TO give II sOnle force Fri.
lay Ia his last day TO hold II, when NC
will know lis destiny, II he should veto
I, II will defeat the removal scheme for
The prcstht, "a Senator Gfahtham IL uL.
tent and can not be got back In time 10
pass II over The veto. Besides, il Ia
claimed that GFahtham will VOte against
II Le should return. This il all
SPECULATION, h6wcIdf.a = 9 Y WA
The Hon. John Vaughn, Of Lincoln,
yesterday Introduced me following ftsb.
ution, which | think il worthy Of place.
ii your columns. II reads "a follows.
?WHEREAs The bill removing The CAP.
tai temporarily to Wheeling has been
passed by dlCl 1Asi'lRtdtf tilefef6fS
J0 1t L EtIlt