The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-13
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Speaker Monroe's "ApOlogy"-Th,
Amendment of the Rules-The Sen
ntOrial Fight.
CHARL EsToN, Feb. y, 1919.
Editors of the Register:

/ most insipid mincing and almost inco-
/ herent cOnglomeration of ideas, little
/ calculated to extricate him from the bad
/ lob Which he undertook yesterday in con-
/ junction with Delegate Miller and
Others, but was unable, in the face
of the stings OF a suspicious opposl-
ton, to successfully carry out. AT the
best his statement was very inpolitic,
inasmuch Us it amounted to no more
than n reitcratiOn of the diSgraceiul
facts developed before the House yester-
day by the Speakers forced confession.
He evinccd a good deal of cmbarrass-
ment as he proceeded to State his case,
and ask the pardon of the delegates be-
fore him, one and all; but his very SIN
ccre and penitent desire TO either justify
or rectity his precipltant and discourteous
ruling Yesterday obtained for him Us
/ great Il degree of consideration as the
/ BODY of men before him was capable OF
! exercising. If there was any logic IN his
J defense. 80 far as he undertook to defend
/ his course, it was not evident from the
| stampede of equivocating words poured
( forth upon the heads OF his auditors, and
perhaps the best point made 10y hlm was
( to the effect that if he did violate the
/ rules of the House in his extraordinary
and unprecedented decision of yes
/ terdav. the members who SO keen
/ " upbraided him for his ruling
/ were also guilty of violating the
rules IN speaking within the bar without
recognition from the Speaker, and IN TAX
ing other petty steps enumerated by the
very naughty and very penitent MIR
Speaker. Ex-Spesker Miller was brought
in for share of the unpleaSantness at
taching to the present case, IN view oil
manual and sundry works of advice giver
the present presiding officer. 1t wa
found among other things during the eN
plantations that the supposed governing
rule in the premises had been CROSSED
/ out" and that the alleged crininalty
/ of the ruling and accompanying schem,
for blockuding. the Capital removal bill
was thus cxtcnuated. The Speaker nd
mittcd however, that his decision dissolv.
/ ine the Houseion Il dozen ayes, without
/ giving the noes chance to be heard, was
AN error. He said it was human to err
and said that he had indeed erred. lie
humbly invoked the pardon OF offended
members. and reminded them by way Of
rccrlmlnatIon, that 'h'! WTrc ""1 nv,
from technical, II not "iiluI V'o."V'oh ~
the rules. tie might nave sald III aoo'
ton 60 his remark aN TO It's beng human
I" err, that 1t was also human TO cohc"c
innocent little schemes Tor the aeiea' o
the objects for which the House was MS
seinoI"d, and TO so wieIc ms position a
presiding officer, as to effect that emu
But nlas, 1t Is likewise human TO IAN
failure brings recremih"uon ana as
grace, and these are iDIo~e" 10y
pen!tence ana tohlesSioh' lie o'"u.ti" u.
! grace - forgiveness mas my '""'
OF penitrhcr' ana 'nS UHei'"r' mas n sI;
l"liy re'i'''a''" Ill '''e i''Sn IsSGiG VI US
reno" members, Us 'H'" P'eS'N''S 81
mus. n III ,,c,,s;o,
but TINS was not an = NC 'o"io'' ~
OF the speaker Ie.' M'I'cF III M
h''N'i'ort' '"'N'lH ."' '''; -; q" 49, "D'
pr"T-"' ny" J., o''.''' ,h .I;,,Ja 80, "n
W.. II; '"'.'%S"l 49, aF ,bo ovnIono,ions
ann III lo' S..s " UNI VI H. e"T onp",'"'or
nv, dnr;n, r NJ s'rorsoraI nr;yiIarop re-
nd "rI Io,l.rr,3 ,i,'t 10 SnnaI,. ,.os
ri.,bt tirst md yr,,ncr Iost. thot +boro ,vos
mn p,,yortb,, .chano an fo,, - hi.
knowledge 10 be forwarded or facilitated
by pTccipitant adjournment Of the
+ body. and ANYBODY who said there was
WAS a falsfier, and finally that the whole
proceedings of the day previous, which
had excited So much comment and crit.
ri,m WAS as straight forward Il ANY pro.
COS or LEGISLATION rould be-. Before the
..rtl,,n,n embraced the personal priv
i..a ,r toLing his seat he canva,>ed ,
c,TsidoroIIa array or technical arru
mrnt, TO sustain himself. He undouht
rdIv made the best case out of the fact,
in hand that was possible. He is shar,
and cynrricnced lorician, bold and fire,
tsl,ar OF how much avail the effort
was towards establishing Il case Of clca,
conscience and uprightness of action. i,
quite well understood by those acQuaint.
ed with the inside bearings Of the CUES
tion Tho superficial effect was doubt.
! less good.
The House rot itself into muddle
! this forenoon rs Il ALWAYS does. \ mo.
ton TO change the rules so that major
itv vote will suspend rules, and allow a
/ Gill or other matter TO be taken I'D and
disno.ad If ont of It's REGULAR order on
tbr calendar was the sub;ect Of an in
! ox,i.,J 5iscrssior The
a,"anJmnnt WINS rbamnionrd by Mr.
WeIcL of Mineral and nnnosed nr;ncj-
naIIy Lv Mr. Mason, of Berkeley who
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