Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-10-28
THE CAPITOL QUESTION.

pr, especially the Nosdrrd, II
spesAing Of the Capitol Question ---
1h.v look with lofty consideration
c. ;he Third District, rs entirely Out
~ the ring; as having no interest IN
ihe future disposal of the question {;
thew c1nde>cend 70 notice the Opin
iuns Of the Second District, but only
60 pooh-ppoh them. as too feeble t"
he considered, AMI only noticed 10 let
it be seen how Ettle worthy of notice
they arc. But perhaps there are
some persons in the State who will
not asue with the Standard, that
There Is no other place in the State
which Offers advantages equal 10
Wheeling; :" the city OF Charleston,
although il is under the displeasure
- his Excellency. Gov. jacob, and
j. not situated on the Baltimore ana
OHIO l.. II, managed 70 sccommo-
date the Legislature and AL The State
officers tor sev, raj YEAR. and lao COM
plsints were heard Is TO the ma incr
of RECOMMENDATION The cit zens OF
Charleston, at an expense of several
hundred thousand dollars fitted their
CITY % accommodate the Govern
meut, and then in the int'ieS's u;
Wheeling and the Baltimore and
Oaio Z. X and by all the corrupt
practices by which legislation WAS
ever procured, their cXpcu i,ures
we're reuIered worthless. And the
Standard adds With great dignity,
"snd rs the Legislature which Assem-.
HES here shortly, will hardly -tultify
itself by entertaining other PROPOSE
t,ns on this subject before the State
i prepared to EJECT permanent build
ings, We lSc1mEeud that our Eas-
tern Panhandle brethren p,sseSs
their souls IN patience, until that
period arrives
Il seems that the "Handl,s' Eas-
tern and Wes,erE' are Of more I'M
Elrtance than the Pan" that The
question is wherasr the $4,000 peo-
pie who live in the pan" sha.l Los
down 20 the $4,000 who live in the
Western "hanlle" or III, ,. 900 who
live in the Eastern one. The veople
ghO live in the A. coiuti,> con;pos-
ING the body OF the State. have an
ii.a thii their Welfare and conve-
a:e1ct shoTli be c.lsul;cd in tie L.
eaton of tn Capi;o!. aaG Z WI br
seyn that they DO nV: propose to rest
aater tn legislation, procured by the
mcs; disrepu,aLle prscticcs, that 10
catcd the capitol. N remote e'rner
u ~ State, far mu-e coavcricn, To
sac States Of Ohio arl Pennsylvania
taan il is 10 that of West V ciaia.
Another matter to be- considered
10. that the Third District, from ita
aent-e 70 its circumference feels that
;se renewal of the Cspitul from
Charleston Wa gr,,tu;tou-, unncces-
sa,y outrage. procured by trauH, auc!
not in consonancc with the will Of
the people hut Influenced BY poi.;i
cal bunmers from Wheeling wh'
we're working foT money and for NJ
other consideration.
We maintain. that tbe question Of
Accessibility ia the mere,t "bnsh =
that 70 average ;3e population of the
State, Charleston = cCessibl, hy L.
X. 70 vary near Y As many a' Wheel,
ing, and the didcr. nee j. Lo argu,
m,nt tor removal. A for the rivET
population, Charleston has the al,
vantage over Whec.'as, :or low va
ser cuts of Wheeling, while naviss,
ton is open 70 Charleston.
AZ for IT, feeling Of the District
on the matter. i, j. much more in.
tense shan appears - the surface. -
~ far as We a-e Informed. the pee
pie o, the DisrriC, expect THEN repre-
peBtatives u refuse all c1mpronise,
and 20 force the decision If the CAPT
tnl Question ~ ;he very first oppor,
tuniiy. NJ matter whether the cir
cumstSnccs sui; or not circumstance
we're not considered ia the removal
a0m Charleston, aud the S'1adlrd
,uay he assured that whether "our
brethren Of the Eastern Huhsndl,
possess theis souls in patience 1rnot,
cur brethren If the pan viii Civ,
orr brc lrcu " ~" Western PaudlC
occasion Go briug .A;o ac;.on all iht
st0ck OF patience they possess hef1r'
tie question Is disposed Of.
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