The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-11
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

The Capital BiII-It> Discussion and
the Enects-RumOrs of a NetO-A
Stringent USury Bill-Th" Senator
ship-AIiernate Elevations AMI De
prcssions OF the Caudidates-Pl0ts
and Counter PlOis-Vnited States
Court.
CuARL ESroN, Feb. 6, 1873.
Editors Of The Register:
The success of the Capital bill in tn"
Senate WA, all the time a torcgonc con
rlusion with those who were to amy con
siderable degree conycr>unt with the
personal and general status of that body.
There were comparatively no new argu-
mrntS advanced upon either side OF the
question when it came up for final dr.
nn,i,ion. aside from those with which the
nroule of the State ar" already abund-
autiv familiar 10y reason of the frequent
and protractcd agitation OF this question
in the recent past. The arguments, or
rather the iilibustrring %a-c"nade Tor
timc.killing purposes, that found expires
sion through some Of the friends "i
Charleston. showed in pititul way upon
what rugged edge of grief and st,-
pens. their sensitive feelings were poised,
ID, the bill progressed through IT. differ
en-, ,to.c,. Senator Bennett took It stop
IN the commencement of thl, long Scg"
Of clustering raucor which developed To-
"a most lamcntabic extent tn" hlt,rrn",-
If the Charleston men on tins question.
IL expression, a. drawn forth hv Mr..
BruucttS call tor the previous question:
10 cut oil the surfrit of malignant dis
rn.,ion which he knew was but pent up
Ia br flooded upon the heads Of those Ia
voring removal. at the first opportunity,
WAS principally owing To- the want "i
courtesy in a hot-hcad who springs direct
from this very hot and very Inaccessible
town
The Senate was told by McGinnis, (oi
CpbrlN Dennis .of Grocnbricr,) and
Burdctt. .of the aforesaid hot and IN
accessible town. that if the Capital va.
taken To Wheeling, the Democracy OF!
the Third district would cover up any
candidate having al auti.Charieston Cap
ital removal record, who vcnturcd to run
on Democratic State ticket, under Il
majority Of $1,000 This proposition or
threat was continuously Haunted in tn"
faces of the removalists. 1t did no good
to demonstrate with the rampant McGin-
MS. the digniticd and slippery Dennis, or
the hot headed Burdctt. When asked
what sort of Democracy theirs was, that
it would allow a complete bolt from the
party organization, on account OF Il mere
sectional question within our own borders,
they repeatedly lodged the ISSUE until
finally pressed to the point, when they
cave their opponents to understand that
their grief over the Capital removal was,
by far more absorbing and more rugged
than their Democracy was pure. 1t was
denied by Senators Camden, Cunning
ham, and others, that they reflected the
feelings Of their Democratic constituents.
when they seeded the Third District
from the regular party organization on
such q frivolous prcteXt rs this.
The speech of Senator Cunningham
was one of model correctness and force
Of argument, though he was, if any odds
bee against him. ccn>urab!c for condo
sending from the dignity ola Senator 20
rr,ponG to the threats and the bragga-
docio Of those opposed to him in the ar
gument>. Senator Camden arguments
were principally confined to the cons;-
tutiurnl m LEGAL questions raised by the
opposition in support of the very cool
PROPOSITION that the State should pay
the State House Company $4,000 and
interest from the time OF laying the cor
ucr stone of that boastcd cdIiicc, or from
some other extraordinary date, which
have not nova: hand. Camden Is very
dry and aggravnting >peaker-not az
gravatinS from any bitterness of man
ucr cor offensive disposition, but from
dizziness ot ideas and slowness speech
but hi points We're all sound. and of
sufficient force to take care OF the qucs-
tiuus raised bv Dennis, in very good stylc.
The discussions | have omitted to note
occurred on the substitute offered 10y Scuu-
tor Shcrrard, of Hardy county, proyid-
ing for & popular vote of the people to
settle the capital location p"rmrntly. |
have also omitted 10 say that Senator
Bennett. withdrew his call for the pre-
Won, question out of courtesy 20 those
who wished to say their pieces, n"twlth
stand the extraordinary manner in which
hc and his fellow rcmovaliSt, had been
treated
Ii i, thought that the bitterness of the
friends of Charleston consequent upon
their defeat in the capital matter viii de-
vrlop itself To- the drtrimcnt Of the pub
lie interests in more than one way. For
instance, the general appropriation bill
/ a OF. u