The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-07

and other dainty luxuries OF home pro.
duction that were furnished on the hotel
tables was bought st Gsllopolis, IN the
State of Ohio, Ia place OF buying them In
the First district. This was an innocent
argument but drowning man Will!
grasp at strsws.
Wheeling workmen could tell The
orator more wonderful story than the
chicken trade. When the capital was
taken from Charleston to benefit
few rich men in Wheeling.
TIE 100000 special tax that was
levied on the morgaged homes OF the
poor, how was that money spent? The
greater part of it went 10 England to buy
polished tiles for that capitol flooring and
walks; nothing in this country
would do, and few, ifsny, of our Wheel
ing mechanics ever earned dollar on
that capitol building except the basement,
and the same merchants that have profted
by that tax will buy Ohio coal 10
preference to Wheeling coal if they get it
two cents ton cheaper to day. How
will this compare with MIR. Baselrs
chicken trade story? 1t is the mote and
the beam business over again. After
other remarks the speaker retired in the
midst of silence lie made neither
friends nor enemies. The Hon. Benjs-
mlh Wilson was then introduced, whom
we would Judge 10 be the Krupp gun of
the Clarksburg battery of lawyers. He
had neither lots nor lands in Clsrksbutg.
He came at the request OF committee TO
pay debt Of gratitude TO the people OF
Harrison county, who along with Others
conferred many honOrs on him. He pro-
duced statistics TO show us the wealth OF
the First district, and tho am Dunt OF tax
We psyed over and above the Third dis
trict, and LAID special stress on the thous-
ands of dollars that We annually paid to
educate the poor people of the Kama
whs valley. Well, OF course, the christian
would not attempt to do anything to
contradict the scriptural prophecy, thst
says the poor will always be with you,
so ne thought that those who had the most
wealth aud pay the most tax should have
the capital. Then the honorable speaker
burst out in all his eloquence and showed
the monster in its true colors. he sal |,
after all, that seli-iDterest WAS at the bot
tom of everything and that the people OF
Benwood and Wheeling should not over
ook the benefits that would return to
them in trade and commerce from
Clsrkesburg. il the capital was located
there At The close OF this sentence some
thing whispered IN our ear and SAID,
post trading on q new SCALE Belknap Is
left far in the rear. In substance, 1t was
this: Give us the Capital, and we will
trade with you in the future. The dawn
Of the degenerate days Of the great
American republic will bs at hand when
the honest toilers, labOrers and mechan-
les of any populous section Of this coun-
try can be prevailed upon 10 walk up to
the polls in their sovereign capacity to
sell their manhood and barter away the
common interest OF their fellow citizens,
and the welfare OF future generations, tor
the miserable consideration OF trade
the god of dishonest merchants. If we
close and seal tn contract with Clsrks-
burg next Tuesday at the polls,
do we deserve sympathy from any quarter
il we are bought and sold in every new
Legislature.
1t lie not often that the whole voting
population of State gets the opportunity
OF voting directly on question that will
have so much to do in shaping their fu-
ture destiny, therefore every honest man
should act his part we'll
The greatest evils that are destroying
the vitality of our government have
shown their dragon-hesd in this Capital
question. These evils are the arrogant
claims OF monied centres that they have
3 right to gobble up everything because
they have money. Legislation controlled
by money matches out paupers and mil
lionaires, and it is the am bition OF Clsrks
burg TO become one of those centers.
q If the Capital goes to Clsrksburg il
will be the best piece of property that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
will own in the State of West Virginia.
Clsrksburg is the home of bondholders
and bankers and kind oil wet nurse for
raising lawyers and politicians, and yet
eminent men come to tell US that il is TO
the interest of the whole people to locate
the State Capital under the care of such
q community. The honorable speaker
said many other things, but we lost track
OF him when We began to think seriously
on the post trading N the Cspital ques
ton. Respectfully,
LALLA RoOKH.