Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-06

lDEP EVIDENT
OF the State, wipeing out the pres.
ent County Court system, increas-
ing the judicial Circuits to fifteen,
and providing for an additional
member Of the Court Of Appeals
bench. IL provides for three COM
missioners TO be elected for the
county at large, and the transfer
OF probate Jurisdiction to the clerk
OF the Circuit Court. The pre-
posed amendment seems to meet
with general favor, and will un-
doubtedly be adopted by both
branches of the Legislature with
little or no opposition, so odious
has the County Court system
become In all parts of the Slate
Your correspondent is especially
gratified at this action on the part
Of the Judiciary Committee of the
House, as he was among the first
in the county Of Berkeley to make
open and decided opposition to the
county court system at the time It
was first proposed in the Constitu-
tional Convention, and has con-
tinued that opposition to the pres
ent time, notwithstanding 1t bro't
down upon our devoted head the
maledicti0ns ofall the old fossilized
Bourbons. We believed we were
right, and the action OF the Judi
ciary Committee, which will be
endorsed by a vote fthe people of
the State, will be our complete vim
dicaiion.
The Capital Removal Bill has
been ordered to its engrossment,
and will come up ON its third read
ing and passage In a day or two.
The opponents Of removal are
throwing every obstacle in the
way Of its passage, and 1t Is now
said that lift passes they u i'll APP
ply for an injunction to prevent
removal, and thus get il fnte the
courts. / am inclined to think
this morning, that the Bill will
pass, removing the Capital
temporarily to Wheeling, and that
Martinsburg will then have decI-
dedly better chances for permanent
location than any other point in
the State, II her citizens will make
the proper effort to secure 1t.
While all the hard-fought SenA-
torial contests in other States have
been decided, the Dead Lock !"
here still continues. The election
of Andy johnson in Tennessee has
electrified the masses. It was q
triumph of the people over the
politicians. Andy is q party unto
himself. He has never been In
sympathy with the politicians, but
has always had the support Of the
people. He left the Presidential
mansion as poor as when he went
into 1t, and no one las ever
charged him with dishonesty. He
is an honest man, and that Is the
highest recommendation In these
corrupt times, for such a response
BILE position. In Michigan, lack
Chandler has kicked the beam and
the political atmosphere IL purer
therefor. It Is not to be expected
that i should feel particularly
gratif1ed ct the election o. Burnside
in Rhode Island. / am not on the
best Of terms personally with the
General. In 1862 1 happened TO
be an involuntary guest at the Ho-
tel de Burnside In Cincinnati. Dur
Ing my enforced stay at the Gen.
erals hotel we had o little coz
pleasantness F" which did not IA
v0rably impress me with the cha r
acter Of the man. However, II
Rhode Island can stand 1t / sup
pose / have no right to complain.
She will now be represented in the
Senate by more beard and less
brains than any other State In the
Union
But am digressing. The SEN
atOrial question here shows little
or no change. Camden and Walk
er still lead, and the friends OF the
hindmost candidates are not dis
posed to yield, although 1t Is
thought the vote to-day may show
some signs Of weakening on their
part. An effort has been made to
select some man on whom the OPP
ponents of Camden and Walker
can be concentrated, but without
success. If the friends of Camden
remain firm, and refuse to be wor-
ried Clown by continued prolon-
CATION of the struggle on the part
of his opponents, he will triumph
In the end. 1t is simply q ques-
ton OF endurance as 1t now stands.
The Berkeley county delegates, i'm
Guiding Senator Grantham-and
in fact, the Eastern Panhandle,
with one or two exceptions--stand
firmly in support Of Camden. No