The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-16
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b THE CAPITAL REMOVAL
4 the bone OF contention III The TTols

AAAA Nett sssN N~teANNhh
was the bone Of contention IN The House
the greater portion ofthe day, When The
bill was being read a second time, Mr.
Chapman, of Kanawha, offered an aiifcrd.
nlGnt 10 strike out the word "dAys" md
insert the word years, 40 that The bill
would read: This act shall take effect
within ninety years after its passtg."
On which proposition tho aycs and lrtcs
were called, and the voto st0od 42 to g2,
50 the amendment waa lost. p"r 'riut
Mr.. Miller, Of KAnAwlia, spoke at
length against removal, but gave way 10
Mr.. BlaCkmOrG, who offered q substitute
for the bill inserting MartiDsburg Us u
permanent location Instead VI Wheeling
~ u temporary location. Mr.. .. made an
earnest and able speech in favor VI biz
substitute, and was replied to by SulOn
ShinglG Stuart, from DOltlridgu. SOlOn
Is tho acknowledged granny" VI tho
House, While speaking his uburn locks
stood on end, and reminded your CORES
pondcnt Of the sun rising on spring
morning over the tOprOf rickrty hay
stack. Ills "!cOek GEeY was d,euuliary
fascinating 10 the large audience, and
l.whCn he threw both hands through his
venerable Democratic locks his logic WA
sent forth with the peculiar sound and
force Of a whip saw tearing through
knUlly log. As II Bourbon, S0I0n Is d sue
ccss, bnt Us II law maker and statesman
he Is failure md farce, Ills "nOrMal
sphere" iSthatof a midwife. Like many
Olhersh he unfortunately missed bis calling.
Mr.. WClch, the hald.headCd man from
Mineral" had tho floor when thG House
adjourned The question will come ~
again tomorrow, when II vote will liz
rCaclIctl on tho amendment offered by Mr..
lIlakGmorc, and It Is generally admitted
that il will l'e lost. The lobby was over
flowing all day with resident spectators,
rs il always he case when tic capital
question Il under consideration.
..., THE CAUCUS ,.
tonight was unusually interesting Fire
ballots were taken, and the opposition 10
II. y. Walker WIS for the first time Eatis-
fled that they could not defeat him. They
have now tried The strength Of every
leading Democrat In the State against
him, and he hns led on every ballot taken
In the caucus. Seven motions we're made |
10 nd onrn Tonight, and the Walker nMt,
refused TO CONCUR. lie had the control NJ
the caucus In every movement Al Lat,
however, n motion to al iOurn was carried |
and n nomination whs thereby prevented |
II Is now my deliberate opinion that
Walker will DO the caucus nominee, how.
ever much | regret II. but We arc con.
Eolel by the pledges Of the opposition In
bolt in case the CAlCnH nOminaips him. A |
large number Of leading Democrats
hwear that they will not vote for him,
They also any LliAt II he ia nominated he
wilIba defeated In tho Joint assembly, +
don't believe h word If IT,. II he IA The
nOl1heO Of tho cuucua lie will be The
slIitel of the Efforts of honest
Democrats TO the contrary II would 10
a burning disgrace to the State forever To
elC,t ttianto the ul2 nateoYekUTefy
inch Of whose back ia written "pnhIir
plunderer." sI..ts.4Y
o." Nm. dooDs bEFEScE.
IN your paper Of The Sui, which hn
insi reached me, see ali article written
rom this place, over The signature Of "a
Democratic Member of tht House Of
which attempts to hniIihtr
The position taken by Nj, j. II. Good, II
your city, In relation ID The assassination
u rtcRidcnt Grant and General Sheridan
Or the course taken by them in tho t.Oi.
siana troubles. IN,
Nov, Have iio fRrtiraiat inartel
with MI. GUu,l. Personally | like him!
lie il n man II ability and inllupdrc, Aul
aims Ia do right 40 fat ns
ihow. But he cannot get out Of The mn,
Ortuhute position that he took on the
louisiana resolutions. 1IHmu4t NAH1Wt
be rack. lie shall not laRk oul over
bur correspondent. In my REPORT oi hiI ,
ematks confess | was too lenient.
made no mention whatever tUfiNhat he
aid In his first speech on the Louisiana
thinking that he was young,
ind uniler The, excitement III the tIipmbnbl
made Iuse lVtl lRhshakt that Id ldld IAolE !
mean; but when he repeated the same IN
distance In a second speech, / took II
or granted that he meant What he said, !,
nd 80 repQtted him. ia.
In MA htSl speech he said, III wbHM
lain no greater fame for my pustefiB
han to lie the BfutuS that would plant
aggcr in his (Gfant's) bosom that would
tfikc him down. At the time, / sai q
hat this was dreadful and iatncnt
bic position for man like Cool to take, \
nd said that the country should know j
That he had WttefedJ but was prevailed
pom moi 70 mention Il, 0s M
Theshe4t day, IN replying 10 Nj. Push
Z Tyler, on the same subject, he used
he following language, which | deter.
lined to tepor. that the people Of this n
tate might know what kind Of men were b