The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-17


The ball opened yesterday on this
question in The shape Of ''House bill
number %" bill 10 submit the selection
Of location for the Capital 10 the peo-
pie Of Wcst Virginia at an election to be
held next August We print The full
text oil the bill in this issue.
IT. Will he Seehthat7 2 placer are 10 be
voted ior-vi1 Charleston, Weston, Par.
k"rsburg, Clarksburg, Wheeling, Grafton,
aad Martinshurg.
We ask attention to the wording Of this
bill. 1t selects four localities in The
First Congressional Dlatrict, two in the
Second, and oalt one 10 he7 Thinl,- The
motto il odivi,le and conquer 10 all
intenIs and rnrposca il might as
vol have been Designated as bill
to locate the seat of Government
ut Charleston. This Is what il
really means, and the person who drew
up the hill, probably one Of The Charles.
ton delegates, took very liItlo pains To
disguise his real intent and meaning.
1t is intended that the FirsI District
shall be frittcrei away between Wheel.
ing, PArkersburg, Clarkshurg and Wes.
ton, and the Second District between
Grafton and Martinaburs, but that the
Third District shall be concentrated on
Charleston. The balance OF the State is
to bs set by the ears, hut the Third Dis.
trict is to be preserved serene and unan,
imOus.
We call this pretty thin edition Of
the old spider aud ly attempt at feluc-
ton, anl We rather think that the mem
bers from the counties Of tue First and
second districts are not quite 80 fresh as
to walk into snch an obviona Trap with
their eyes wide open.
The contest yesterday was over the
committee 10 which the bill should lie
referred The inlroducer Of the bill,
Mr.. Hays, Of Gilmer, moved ils refer
"mce to the Judiciary Committee, which
motion Mr.. lIeArnc amended hy subsii.
tmting the Committee on Taxation and
Finance. The membership OF the two
committees is as follows ..--
Judiciary Committee Ferguson, Of
Kanawha, Barr, Of Ohio, Faulkner, oil
Berkeley, Quarter, OF Kanawha, Arnold
Of Lewis, Pennybacker, Of PendIclon,
Riley, of Jackson, Imboden, ,iof Fayclle,
aud Chipley, oi Hardy.
Committee on Taxation and Finance =
Chancellor, Of Wood, IToE, Of Jefferson,
Enwan, of Monroe, Johnson, Of Third
Delegate district barbour, Harrison and
Taylor counticsl, Elliott, Of Preston,
Bright, Of Greenbrier, Simpson, OF Ohio,
Hoffman, Of Bcrkcley, and Quarter, oI
kanawha. ,I4rg ft--5 ,s.,..,vs.. .,f
1t will he seen that there il nothing in
particular in the personnel Of these two
committees that necessarily makes the
reference Of the bill to either Of them q
testvole, unless itbc theiaet that two d
tile members from Charleston are on
the Judiciary Committee and only one on
the Committee on Taxation and Finance,
1t is Of course well known that these two
members are par excellence the cham.
pioRs Of removal, and no doubt they are
delighted 10 get control OF the bill in
their committee. Whatever other bill
may hang fire in the Judiciary Commit.
tee this one will no doubt be reported al
an early day. And when reported il will
be the standing subject OF debate for The
balance OF the session, unless perchance
the House firmly makes up ills mind 10
promptly dispose Of the subject by vote
to the effect that the present hundred
thousand dollar Capitol, rent free to the
State, isas good an arrangement as West
Virginia can possibly make, and that
nnler present circumstances the money
spent in holding elections and building
anolher State lIouse will simply be SO
much money wasted. ' POP. ' ''''