The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-08
FROM BARBOUR.
Action OF the County COurt--TEe
Capital Questin--ImpeaCh Oc
Messrs. Burdctt and Benneit--Mis-
ceIianeOus News.
PnLIpPl. w. VA, March 3, 1875.

PHILIPPl, w. VA, March ), 1919.
Editors of the Register
Our County Court has been in session
since Monday, President Hall and Is
quires Right and Towel, presiding.
But little business has been done by the
Court, but the grand jury in attendance
ha, been doing "land office business,
having up to their adjournment to-day,
found So Indictments against various
offenders. all for misdemcauors. y ma
jority being for retailing the ardent
without first having obtained license
therefor. In order to correct any false
impressions that the above would create
upon those who don't know our temper
pto people, we will state that nearly all
the indictments for selling liquor were
made upon the evidence of four men,
one man being the witness III 1t.
Hon. William II. Ice gladdened his
home and friends on Sunday evening by
his return from the late p. ). His slick
and saucy appearance indicate that the
rood people of Charleston have not been
unmindtul of his fonduess of the good
things of this world. We feel sure that
his desire for the removal of the Capital
could not have been upon the ground of
short rations. We hope the people oi
Wheeling will return him to Us III such
fine ksiter after the next session. Mr.
Ice RECALLED the people ut the Court
House on Monday afternoon with 4
speech Of an hour length, enlightening
them upon the doings Of the legislature
and giving an account OF his actions ~ .
participant therein. His speech Wa
/ well received. Mr.. Ice says that the re-
lnoval of the Capital TO Wheeling is only
temporary. and the bill will So show. The
REGISTER some time since in ann
aivcrting upon communicates
Of my own, stated that the bill
/ does not show the removal TO b'
| temporary, but was n permanent "a
could be made ana that the matter might
be regarded rs ut rest | have not seen
the bill, but there must evidently be /
misunderstanding 1t, 10 lis provisions
| shall regret very much If the people
who have long ago tired of this "bOnc
of Contention and expensive barmaclc
shall have TO be jOrcd for another series
of years, by removal howl"rs, spending
the butt end Of every session while bow
INC of their stock in trade-chich rs a
rc,,,oral Of the Capitai Thepeople don't
care 4 cu>S where the Capital Is located
So they are given wholesome laws, good
Government and honest administrator o
the same, and the lowest taxes possible.
The Legislators proved thcmSe!ve
worthy of the confidence r"poSed il
them, when they launched their net int,
the pool of official transactions, Tor the
purpose of testing the integrity OF thos,
! 10 whom has been trusted the money anC
honor of the State
+ have nodoubt the committee 10 whom
was cunhded this delicate and response
. h,c trust regretted that their sitting int,
the affairs of officers Burdctt and Ben
/ nett led them tothe conclusions arrived
nj. and on TO the inevitable results whicl
must follow. We all regret tina. Demo
,rat official should be charged with hi@i
crimes. We expect nothing better from
Radicals, it has become so common io'
them to steal that if one Of them was I,
/ take and carry away the streets OF tn
7 New Jerusalem. which are said TO be
,.,,',5 Nh ,,,1I il wouldn't amount +,
!. ',,nd IocaI f,r , country newspaper
But the rarity of Democratic official cor
the committee nppninted push this in.
vcstiration withdu, fear favor or alice.
ton. let the victim be- whom he may
W. want no more halters slipped by
tcchnicalitics. lfJohn :. Burl1tt and
my friend Bennett can satisfy tn,
Wt"uSIu'i! accused no one VII