The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-11-25

in the beginning of this letter for
the reason that he is at this time
time busily engaged in the discharge
of his arduous duties as Clerk of the
Judiciary Committee. This apology
is due him because he was under no
special obligation to perform what
has been 80 hastily thrown together
by your correspondent Mr.. Howard
is not the man to shrink from any
labor that may legitimately fall upon
him. By the way, there is probably
no man in the State that enjoys a
more extensive acquaintance with
our public men than the gentleman
referred to. As a humorist be is an
undoubted success, fully the equal of
'Eli Perkins, wlich may account
for that personal magnetism which
draws around him 4 crowd whenever
he is at leisure. ma aar ..aa
The notablcs in the city at present
are too numerous to mention. If we
were to say all are here who have po-
litical aspirations for the more exalt-
ed offices to be filled next year, we
would probably not miss it far
More Anon. j.
WHEELING, November Goth, 1915.
After another week of hard and in
cessant labor in an honest cndeayor
to store away our victuals @where
they would do the most good" and
drawing our scanty and meagre al
lowance of $1,000 mileage, by the
nearest practicable route, We find that
nature demands rcst--a cessation from
toll Of this character,-and 4 good
square look right into the face Of the
Legislature, with the enquiries, Of
"what have you done since you came
here?7 What are you going to do?
How long are you gong to stayG)
and what did your people elect you
to do?
These enquiries are pertinent
When the Legislature assembled it
looked business, it talked business
and acted business. Now, it seems
to have been turned into a wind
mill, for the manufacture of capital
and stock in trade for the Radical
party, in the next campaign.
Auditor Bennett and Treasurer
Burdctt are made the Escape goats, T"
the prctcxt by this impeachment pro
ccedings. Aftcr a careful reading of
the testimony and listening to a
number of Arguments, both public
and private, upon the subject, it
seems among the candid and unpre-
JUDGED lawyers to be such case as a
country justice would dismiss with
costs against the witnesses and the
constable. 1t is not proved nor con-
tended that the State has lost sin
gle cent, by either OF these gentlemen;
their books are correct and straight,
and why, in the name of a suffering
and tax-ridden people, their money
should be spent by Democrats in a
prosecution Of these two men; in or
der to allow Republicans to divert
the public attention from that $751;
900 stolen from the Treasury under
the rule of the Radicals, in the palmy
days of registration, is more than l
can tell. But the waysof Providence
are mysterious and past finding out,
and it may be for some wise and ben
ifcient purpose that will be made
apparent in due time. We are told
that there will be no less than eigh-
teen speeches in the House of Dele
gates on the subject, and a vote will
be reached by Wednesday probably,
on the question whether or not the
impeachment articles of the managers
shall be adopted, and the whole mat
ter turned over to the Senate for
trial. The indications now arc that
the articles viii be rejected. Out
side Of the impeachment proceedings
legislation is about at a stand still,
and nothing will be done until that
is disposed Of.
Candidates are already commcnc-
ing the button-holins business, and
from our observations, We feel free in
saying that the coming year will see
no dearth in the crop of candidates.
We have one aspirant here, though,
that is in a quandary. He is unable
to determine which OF four Offices to