The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-22

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xestiyatinG Committcc---A Noun
tain out Of Mole HiIi---FuIi In pla-
nation OF the whole Matter.
CHARLESTON, February Il.
Editors Of the Register:
Well! The long agony is over; the
child i born; and his name Is Allen Tay.
lor Caperton. of Monroe. This result
was scarcely anticipated by any Of the
members of the Legislature when they
went into jointsess at half past twelve
o'clock to-day, and it certainly was not
expected by the outsiders.
The morning had been spent in the
House in suspending rules and advanc-
/ ING various matters of legislation, mainly
/ of a local character and at half past
/ twelve committee was sent to notify
the Senate that the House was ready to
hold Joint session and invited the Sen
ME To the hall Of the House of Delegates
for that purpose. Soon after, the Sena-
tors came in and were provided with
seats. The Sergcant-at-arms then an
nounced the fact that the memerS OF the
Senate were present in the hall OF the
House. The President of the Senate,
standing in the aisle, then addressed the
sneaker of the House stating the
senate of West Virginia WAS
now present for the purpose Of holdings
Joint session with the members of the
/ House of Delegates for the election oil Il
Senator TO represent this Stat" IN tn"
CONGRESS of the United States. The
Speaker then invited the President of the
Senate to preside over the joint session,
and vacated his chair for that purpose
Upon taking the chair, the President
! .allcd the members to order and directed
/ the Clerk of the Senate TO call the roll
/ of the Senate, after which the Clerk OF
the House called the roll of Delegates,
and che body was then ready to proceed
10 business.
Somebody then moves that the reading
of the journal of the joint session OF the
day before be dispensed with, and, II
there be no further motions, the roll Is
called and each man announces aloud
the name of the candidate for whom he
votes. This solemn tormality has been
INDUCED in in the same manner, and
with almost exactly the same words
every day since the second Tuesday OF
the session.
TO-DAY. after the joint session
was organized, Mr.. Fleming form
ally placed in nomination Judge
/ C.. p. r. Moore, of Mason county
and in a brief speech commended hun to
; the members and urged his election. The
nomination was warmly seconded by Mr..
/ Schon. of Mason county and by Mr. Ice,
Of Barbour, and then the roll was called
JUDGE Moore received - votes, y. /.
Caperton 30 votes, Samuel Price ~
Judge Looms votes and lscvcn votes
were scattered among ~ many different
persons. Another vote was then taken,
And when the roll was called 1t was found
that 80 members had voted for Mr.. Capcr-
ton. % for Judge Moore, 10 for Mr..
Price. and the remainder were scattering.
Before the vote was announced, some
Gentleman Stuart, of Dsddridge, ! be-
Level who had voted for Price, asked
leave to change his vote and recorded it
for Caprrtun. Then another followed,
/ and another, and another, until nearly
the entire vote originally given for Price
and Moore, was transferred to Mr.. Caper-
ton, the Republican members changing
and concentrating upon Hon. K.
l.. Berkshire, of Monongalia.
When the result was announced it stood
as follows: Whole number OF votes cast,
. 81; necessary to choice, -; of which
Mr.. \. T. Cupcrton had received IS
votes; K. L. Berkshire Il, Judge Moore
|. and Hon. Geo. W. Thompson, of Ohio
county l. The one vote for Moore wa,
subsequently, by consent changed to Ca
pcrton, thus making his actual support
80. The vote for Judge Thompson
Wa, cast by Gen. Il. ". Price. of
Marshall, who stated that
he was determined not TO vote for any
more old line Wings. That they now
hold all the offices in the State and that
he. ~ an original Democrat would like
to see change. The announcement
created little sensation, and two or
three members declared that they voted
for Mr. Capcrton because he WAS an old
line Wing; another said that he voted
for Mr.. Cupcrton because he Is now q
Democrat. There was hearty round OF
applause when it was found
that the Senator had been elected and
that the controversy was ~ an end, and
the Joint session and each House almost .
Immediately adjourned, the members /,
seeming to be all in good humor, cheer /.
fully congratulating each other, and we'll /.
satisfied with the result
Hon. Allen Taylor Caperton, the new .
Senator. who will succeed Mr. Borcman
on the 4th ofnext March, is "a wears old. .
in prime health. and of good
physique. He is about medium
stature and weight and would
not fail to attract attention in any assem-
Div bv his air Of culture and refinement,
no less than by the snowy whltencS> of
his handsome hair and beard. He was
born in Monroe county where he now
lives; received thorough education
and was graduated at Yale College IN
1882. He studied law. and was admitted
to practice in 1884 and in ISL was elect .
cd member of the House "t Dele .
gates of Virginia, and was chosen
q member of the State Senate III
lsi4. He co.operatcd with the
Wing party. and took AN active part III
political affairs. having been Il PrcSIden-
>lal clcctor on the Henry Clay ticket IN
1874. and member of the Convention
that nominated President Taylor in lSiS.
He was member of the Constitutional .
Convention Of Virginia in 1850, and .
then practiced his profession until 1853, ,
when he again was called to .
legislature, and was subsequently, .
chosen member of the Convention |
oflsGl, which adopted the ordinance of ,
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