Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-03-11
The Legislature.
communicated.

Inc LeR1sAAturos
communicated.
1t is not very easy tor pers ms llv'
ing in the 81 District to weigh fairly
the actions of the last session Of the
Legislature at Charleston. There was
so much selfshness and injustice in
the removal of the Capitol, and so
much unfairness in much Of the 9th
err legislation that it is hard for us to
think we'll of even the little good
that was done.
That the removal Of the Capitol
was "set up" job, conceived when
the Sd District was urged to vote for
the call of q convention, carefully
watched during the Convention and
cautiously concealed when the ratlh-
cation of that instrument was secured
by the vote of the Sd District there
can be no question now, that by dint
of great effort on the part OF the po-
litical wire pullers in the Northern
part of the State, a public sentiment
was manufactured among portion OF
the people OF that section in favor OF
removal, and that that sentiment was
magnifed into an universal cla0or
by the schemers who worked the
thing, is equally certain This is ev-
ident from the fact that heightened.
honest gentlemen voted for the meas
uro under the false impression that
their constituents so unanimously de-
sired it that they dared not exercise
their honest Judgment and vindicate
their sense of right and justice, Tor
fear of going against the universal
sentiment Of their constituents. The
meanneSS of those who manufactured
this sentiment among noisy dcma-
gogues, and then took advantage Of
it to impose upon the creduitv Of
honest men, is beyond measure or il
lustrati0n. 1t is almost certain, now
that the representatives have return
cd to their bones and consulted the
real sentiments Of I'll their people,
that the iniquity could not be again
pcrpetrated-
After The Capitol had been fraud
ulentiy taken from Us, and the Sena-
tor was reluctantly conceded to Us,
because the 1st District had no man
strong enough to win it, the GOODNESS
with which our Northern friends
stepped in and inserted their elonga-
ted nasal organs into our business
and dictated who should he Senator,
had that iciness about it that has a
tendency to repel any warm affection
on our part.
When it was attempted to change
the MAD HOUSE Prison at Weston,
into something ike an asylum for
the unfortunate lunatics Of the State,
bv purchasing the Salt Sulpur prop,
erty for the purposes OF an asylum so
rs to relieve Weston Of the over
crowd there. and to accommodate the
rnfortunates lingering in our .laiIs,
the measure failed to pass. The Cap
itol has been removed and Weston
must he further pampered with APP
preparations.
When the bill to create Tobacco
ware houses, and to regulate the in
spection of Tobacco in the State, a
measure when carried out fully that
will add largely to the revenues Of
the State, came Up in the House the
miSchievous and untounded i'm
parchment business SO engrossed the
minds of a large number Of statesmen
there that they could not take time to
consider the public good. Perhaps
the fact that Huntington was one OF
the points designated for a ware
house had something to do with it.
4 few laws were passed, some
good and some Of doubtful eXpedien-
CIV. y sheep and dog law that will
cause more quarrels and ill-ieeling
than any thing ever passed by any
legislature became a law. The Coun'
ty Court of Jefferson County is to be
altered, and the County curt system,
as at present organized, to be abolish
cd in some other counties. The pub
lie institutions Of the State are gener
ally provided for, and the Normal
Schools get the pittance Of $500,
each tor the present fiscal year.
Taking the result altogether The
chances are that future statesmen
NAV equal it.