The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-09
Our BrpxtOn County Letter.
The Extra SesslOn--The Capital
RemOvNl.-The lInpGuchnlGnt.-.
Crops, etc., In BraxtOn County.

Crops, etc., In BraxtOn County.
BRAxFoN COUNTY, March A, 1875.
Editors Of tho IntSlllsouCCr.
The Legislature has taken recess till
November. This means n long session
next winter. The reason for this unex-
pccted move Is not known. We presume,
however, that the members want TO see
what kind OF Capitol will DO furnished
in tho metropolis Of the State. We doubt
whether this is sufficient reason for an
extra session at u cost OF about 500 per
day. There is another very plausible
reason, which Is that II will be necessary
to prepare the State next winter for the
campaign in 1870. 1t has not been Gus.
tomary to pay parties four dollars per
day to attend political meeting, but The
organization of all parties seens TO DO
out Of joint and their members scattered
to the four Winds hence the necessity OF
thorough reorganization. We have
faith enough in our present Legislature
to believe that theywill at once take hold
Of this difficult subject and do everything
that can be done to bring about peace and
harmony In their party organizations,
and II our Legislature succeeds In doing
this II Ia about all we may expect from
them tho next session. Tho people, re-
gardless Of party, seem to DO terribly OPP
posed to an extra session. This, however,
Ia to be expected from the fact that they
do not understand the situation as we'll
as their representatives, and there are
many thiDRst that must be kept Sub rosa"
for The present, which when explained
we hope will give entire satisfaction;
vet we confess that two sessions year
seems stYange under Constitution that
requires forty.hvc days session only
once In every two years. But we must
remember that We are not all Constittl-
tlonal lawyers, and tho Constitution may,
where properly construed, say one thing
and mean another, 80 We zee nothing in
this objection.
OUR,DEAR CAPITAL
has departed and our people arc very
sad, We now have nothing in tho way OF
public buildings except Marshall College,
therefore all appropriations will have to
no made for the First and Second Dis.
tricts. This looks hard, but we suppose
it Is right for the majority to rule. Tho
run SoI, e. III II wns v;riuCiIy scttlrd In
IS2o IN H. ~, was onIy a question OF
time. The Constitution Of 1858 says:
"Tho Seat Of Government shall be at the
city Of Wheeling, until u permanent Seat
TtrJSr Nj nrnvjeion NJ thS Dii CSnslitu.
,;nU ~ Cion;,ai was ncrmnncnily 10.
o S,y VI" HLSrios,orIhnt tl,c now
T S s,cnncJ In nnl re.
o TU"''"V n" 1Testion IL reads "a
i6Ilows, dThe Seat Of Government shall
remain at Charleston, until otherwise
provided for BY law" II will thus be
seen that the Third District had tho bird
In hand, but let II 20 by adopting the
new Constitution. With these iacls before
us We can see no necessity Of any great
amount OF fuss being made aboutit. The
Capital IL now permanently located at
Wheeling, or as permanent as II can be
located under the present Constitution,
and any further agitation OF the subject
will In our opinion result in no good to
tho people Of the State. "Let us have
pence,p
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
in this District is not settled. It's be-
lie we'd BY many that II an election was to
take place to-day that something near
100000 or $4,000 majority would be cast
ovninst any man who had anything to do
N removing the Capital from Charleston
With this feeling IL the largest Democrat
IL District In the State IL will require an
nnus,,ol amount Of care IN preparing a
tieket hit we believe that there Il "balm
IL CIiisadj and that Il will he applied at
lhebfopef time. LgfEpsEg5
THE AUDITOR AND TREASURER SMOKED
OUT.
va observe with astonishmeht that the
Auditor and Treasurer have at last been
smoked out We were not surprised at
ihC FeSnlt of the investigation, but we
were Sllrprised to hear Of an inyestiga.
ton AZ All, We remember there was ap.
pointetl d similar committee 10 investi-
gate this matter last winter, and we
expected o similar report this session or
no report at all, The people oil tue slate
will thank Mr.. Good for his prompt anu
decisive action in reference 70 these two
cases. The only thing that looks Oau y
the cownrdly act Of the LegisIati n ~ ~ :
journlng without giving these Two olliclals
atrial. Justice e The people ana .ne
parties impeached demanded that they
should hayu peen trled WITHOUT y, uelay.
The idea oil allowing these .wo olll 1N,,.. 70
hold office nearly 9 year after feSolut 1 y
q impeaG,nlgIns . iisNV ~, Ss,sdr ~O''T hc
Governor should never nave i alioMf iG sa9
Legislature 10 leaVe Tue S slP1 "''"'"'
giving these gentlemen 1rl"l'
OUR NEW SENATOR.
We hear but little said about the elec;
ton OF Hon. A. ]. Capetton TO the United
9laIns sonajn The nniive mon In politics