The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-12

...,, IN. roll call twenty-five votes was
"tyE u h.. could muster, eleven less than on
saturday. and in the caucus last nlght
he only got bcggarlv two. After one
ballot the Joint session dissolved.
For week or more, the business ol
the House being so Interrupted by thi'
Joint session. both branches have been
holding afternoon sessions. To-day,
however. as soon ~ the JOINT session ilau
disolved and before any real business oil
the dav hud been transacted, Miller, O!
Eorawba county. moved to adjourn.
This the plant Speaker, Mr.. Monroe
MI, in the affirmative and declared the
motion carried, without calling for the
nays and when pressed with tn" ndlg-
pant dcnunciatlon of the Wheeling dele
gates and.others for such a fragrant abuse
of his position. he mcekiy replied that
Mr.. Miller, of Kanawha, and BIakemorr.
of Pendleton, chad set it up In other
words, he had entered into al intrigue
with these gentlemen to adjourn the
House thus summarily to delay as far as
possible by such action the consideration
Of the capital removal bill. The indIS-
nation loudly expressed at this action
was almost universal and the explanation
that followed the abuse of power, made
the matter worse \ presiding officer
who would prostitute his position by en-
tering into Il conspiracy with the friends
upon the floor OF Il certain bill, to rrtard
legislation ana ob>truct the business ot
the House. is the sort of an individual
now the Speaker Of the House of Dele
gates of this State.
Ever since his election to that position.
he seems t. have regarded il as lever 10
advance hi, own personal Interests and
political ends. He has given the position
Hno intelligent effort, being less time IN the
chair than almost any member on the
floor. leaving it to intrigue with thc!IttIe
minority here whose principal endeayor
has been to retard legislation and bring
discord into the party ranks. He has been,
il is said. on all sides of every question;
first for and then against thi, removal OF
the capital. and pledged to each ScnatorI-
al candidate in turn, and from his own
linz, now comes the confession that he
adjourned the House ut the bidding oi
one or two men 30 "a to delay legislation.
II i, a queer commentary on the vagarc-
Of our political system that brings such
men To- the fore of our political efforts.
He never was fitted, by either education
or interest. for speaker, and hc has failed
even To- make the best use of the mcaguc
powers that he had. He has helped To
delay the usefulness Of the session by hi'
bungling iutrigucs and mastery -tupl-
dity.
The excitement of the day was kept
up well into the evening and the Sena-
toriaI caucus was more interesting than
i; ha, been for some time. II was turned
into sort of an experience meeting,
Mason OF Jefferson occupying most OF
the time in giving the experience "i
the little cotsrie Of malcont"nts, whose
mouthpiccc he has been from the opening
of the session. Hedeclared their uncom'
I promising hostility to any other than an
'.old Virginia gentleman but pledge,
himself for Walker rs against Camden
\ resolution was adopted calling upon
the candidates through their friends I"
define their position upon tn" financial
question. and tonight or tomorrow We
will probably have the opinions Of these
learned gentlemen upon that question.
The vote of - given to Walker last
night, was Il surprise to every one, and
caused considerable commotion among
the friends of other candidates. y mo
ton to adjourn prevailed II soon II the
/ vote was announced, or II. ;. Walker
/ would have been the Senatorial candidate
( upon the next ballot.
The Capital bill will come upon its
first reading in the House this morning,
and it is believed successful vote will be
reached this week The friends OF
I Charleston are rcsortiug to all sorts OF
tricks To delay action, and will fight the
till bitterly. Such revolutionary actions
ms We witnessed yesterday, however,
helps thc.bill rather than otherwise, and
will if kept up, facilitate its early passage