The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-24
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(IOhG VI luG HeAAAVAs
The 18th session Of the West Virginia
r.,i.l,ture was formally ended last night
~, AN adjourned sitting Of iOrty.iour
%r, The House has gone out Of ezis-
,.1,. but the Senate still retains its or
',rinlion Al a Court Of Impeachment,
T. rill rea.semble as a court to try the
,,Ji,or and Treasurer on the articles
n,e,cn.ed by the House, on the 18th OF
January next. 1t is an open question
,h.,ber it will have any power to exer'
,;., any Of the functions Of a Senate
.h.o il reassemblea, The members
EJ not seem to be agreed on
b,t polnt last night. A motion waS
mujs BY one Senator to adjourn until the
lsbol January next, which motion was
,m,olel to read that they adjourn to re-
,,smbls a, a Court OF Impeachment.
Imam this motion the ayes and noes be-
mo demanded ii was discovered that no
quorum was present, whereuPOn a mo-
tioo va, made to adjourn sine die, but the
Presidential | not put this motion us made,
ba, simply that the Senate adjourn, thus
leaving the point unsettled whether the
b,ly /. still in e~e as Senate or not
However it isa point Of no great i'm
D,r,,nce since at best it could only
transact executive, business in the
,b,soce Of the House Of Delegates.
Therefore no fine spun argument need be
wasted on the subject.
We publish this morning = list OF the
us passed by the two Houses. The sched-
u,compri.eAOnly a tithe Of the bills intro
ducel. The usual number Of local bills,
introduced, a la Senator Davis, for bum
cont, asking for appropriations for roads
and bridges, sleep the sleep Of oblivion,
AZ /. meet aud proper. Que or two such
bill, did get through both houses, but as
4 general thing they were pretty effect
ulIIy squelched. The Democracy have
enough to answer for before the people
without swelling the deficit Of 100000,
already acknowledged, with appropria.
tiop, for all the crossroads throughout
the State. The mere expenses OF the
present adjourned session, such nS the
pay Of members, clerks, Sc,, will amount
to over $4,000, which il a good-sized
load Of itself to carry into the next can.
yu", considering the purpose for which
the session wa, called. And the end Is
not yet, for the Senate Is to reasonable in
January, and who knows but that It may,
after the French fashion, constitute itself
Convention en- permanence."
Thepresent session Of the Legislature
has made more manifest than ever the
dificNlly-the almost impossibility-of
iegislating intellgently under the pres.
ent bungled Constitution. The disgust
expressed for that mndlled specimen Of
organic law has been quite emphatic.
PcfhApsby tlcassemblingof the next Leg
islature,nilcr. The discussions that will as
Suredly take place on the huStings
have been heard, the people will be ready
to demand the passage Of the Scott
amendment offered at Charleston two
years ago, viz; the rc-adoption Of the
old Constitution with such additions as
the present condition Of the State may
call for.
Without stopping, however, this morn
ing to enter into particulars touching the
legislation Of the session just closed, we
may be permitted to express the hope
that twill be many a day before an oC-
ca'iou will again arise calling for an eI.
tFaOrdinary session Of the West Virginia
legislature. Still more devOutly do we
hope that no similar levelopements In
any Of the departments Of the State gov.
eminent will ever again afford nn excuse
TOT holding such session.