The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-27
a speech q In Vaughn, OF Lincoln
County. WeSf Virgfuin.

county, west VlFgtntn.
A letter from Columbia, KY, to the
Louisville Commercial reports as follows
accurately, it isclaimed), a speech deliv.
cred in that town on the Sd inst, by re-
turned member Of the State Legislature.
GENTLEMEN-I hardly know where 10
commence in giving an account Of my
stewardship. / will first speak Of the
gineral statutes: il are very imperfect.
We tried TO repeal the whisky law, but the
lawyers were 10 strong for us; said that
were all the way they had TO make money.
We came very near repeating the stuff
oulen CaintIcky. There Is some com.
plant about us extending the session,
You must remember that it taken us one
week to orginize, and then it taken us two
weeks 10 elect a United States Siniter,
and that make one-third OF the constilu.
tional term Of sixty days. And when the
provision were made the population were
only half what II are now, and OF
course we need twice ~ much legis-
latin now "a then. The finances
were in a very good condition. The
State are outen debt and have 81 ,5O0,-
900. lt's-true we owe some money, but
il amt due till 1900; and We have more
money in the treasury than We ought to
have, for when there-is- money there
every one in Frankfort is a grabbin' at it.
II We hadn't n extended the session we
could have reduced the taxes ten per
cent. The Legislator passed the bill At
ten cents, but the Sinit defeated It and
but il at, five, and we cOncurred In II.
The Librarion has hal $50, 1000 to pass
through his hands every year, and
couldn't account for $40 OF the money.
Everybody went there and backed off all
he wanted, and there was no account
taken OF 1t. We seed proper, in our Wis
dom TO Investigate. We raised the juris.
diction Of the magistrites to Sl0O, and
give them concurrent jurisdiction with
The Circuit Court. The plcadins are TO be
orcaI. You don't have 10 employ law:
yer; you can write out your claim and
put it in and demand payment. We
made grand larcency $40. Tie Legis-
latur put il at $40, but the Sinit re.
duced 1t 10 Sl0. Little petty larccncy
and miner offences are under ten dollars,
and he can be worked on the street
or work house for whatever his
offence air. We extended the Geological
Survey. The State have paid ont over one
million dollars and got back nothing. We
appropriated $4,000 to complete lhe
survey. was opposed TO it, but the Sinit
was too hard for US. There were more
intrust in the fish bill than any thing else.
opposed II, thinking IL. was not bene'
fshel. No man can trap, dip or seine for
four years, We appropriated $1,000 TO
sitairs and hatch EN-. II air fine Of
IS and gail 10 violate the law. The Sinit
appropriated Sl25.O00 to clean out the
Caintuck river. We reduced it to 81, 900.
II it had n stayed ut the fust sum 81 ,OO0,-
0O0 would have been required, and our
children wouldn't u seed the end ot it. !
tried to kill the bill by amendment askin
for 81 500 10 build bridge over Green
river at Neatsvillc, bat they killed my
amendment, and We then taken it on
| square vote and killed it. kept acopy
OF all the bills | passed, but ! forgotten I"
bring them. | got two other bills put
throngl-one from here prohibiting the
sale Of liquor. TWAS the most easiest bill
to put through had. This is what got
done while were thar. ! wouldn'ts suffer
my.county to go into the dog law. II were
to serve. A man were to be fined and
Jailed for failing to get his dog in-l put
In hill pervidin that each bony lide
housekeeper should be allowed one dog.
Ia hunter, three houn1s, but no more.
II he KEEP any more he was to bc taxed
one dollar on the head, and the money
put into the jnry fund, and so one'half to
The owner Of sheep killed BY dogs. were
in n bad fix. | had no siniter to put in
my bills. :, Mr.. Hu6aker, were n nice man
and Republican, but whenever he would
get up 10 put in bill they would rai'cn
pint Of order on him and down heed sci.
lie couldent stand before pint OF order.
And now gentlemen We have q siniter to
elect, and we have two candidates, Dr..
Hunter and B. S. Mcclure, and let me nd.
wise YOU to select no man, Dimecrat or
Republican, who can't stand before n pint
Of order. We had the reputation OF bein'
The most sobcrest set OF men that ever
went to the Legislator. We had but three
regular drunkards-C Captain Shanks, Capt.
Ford aud another man whose name l
can't remember. / thank you, gentle
men,