The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-21
THE ExTRA SESSION.
rne REASON Tor Calling an Extra SEES
sion of the Legislature by MT. Az
mold Not Satisfactory.
,,,esrondence of the Register.

correspondence OF the Register.
| notice in the .REaIsTER communi-
cation from the Hon. w. E. Arnold, oil
Lewis. ling the calling OF an extra
session of the Legislature. From your
White Sulphur correspondent, II appears
that Speaker Gibson is working Tor the
same object. 1t is also intlmsted thst
our worthy Executive is isvoraoIy IN
clined.
The reasoning OF these gentlemen Is
not satisfactory to those of us WHIP prefer
TO save the expense and annoyance OF
such session There can only De Two
reasons foP such action. One Is great
public necessity, where 1t Is apparent
mat the public interests will be seriously
injured by delay. The other "a very
NOR one) is that certain party or lndi-
vidual or local interests may be pro-
NOTED. Presumably, il such extra session
he called. it will only be put upon the
grounds of public necessity. The / eces-
slty ought TO be fully demonstrated be-
fore 1t is called.
If the party in power in TINS State
utilities by its practice, the provision Oh
the Constitution limiting the Legislature
Ia biennial sessions, and IN SO dong Grip.
pies tie State financially, and adds 70
Inc burden of taxation unnecessarily,
!, NAV soon be very serious question To
us. AS to how much longer Democratic
rule shall prevail
What is the necessity on which this
claim is based? According to Mr.. Al
mold, it is to appropriate money 10 oulld
- Capitol and Executive Mansion, and
thereby Render Judgment. But ne
fas TO show why this can not be done
As we'll at the next regular session as at
An extra session. Nor has 1t been OBJ
s.rveG that there is any great discontent
nr public excitement IN relation to the
Capital question.
Mr. Arnold must furnish some better
reason than either the appropriation oil
money, and construction OF government
buildings, and the "discontent" he speaks
o. Again he urges the necessity for
providing against the evils Of civil com
motion. 1t seems TO me there Is no sucn
dlnger as TO warrant an extra
session. If he or any other IN
dividual in the State can hnd wherein
this danger lies, ard SHOWS that 1t Is I'M
mrnent, and OF ~ character beyond
the control OF the civil power, then
the Legislature ought 20 be convened IN
extra session. Manifestly nc such dan
ger exists rs 10 authorize the draft on Tue
State treasury incident to an extra ses-
sion.
Again, it is urged that there is much
her legislation needed. This Is II popu-
I,r error. We have too many laws and
TO much legislation A few laws vel
uoder.topd Cd s'~ictlv m we'd, tend t.
much igher state Of pu nlic morals
than many laws beCes s4rl.y lilly under
stood and often violated. That people
which ls governed the least is governed
the best. While | admit there are many
things in our statutes which ought to
be corrected, yet there is nothing OF ths'
pressing character US to require another
suspension OF the Constitutional inhloi-
ton. A new legislature will meet IN
January 1879 little more than one year
from .hls time They will come up fresh
from the people and familiar by that
time with evils which ought to be cor
rected, and the evil will be 80 well under
stood that the remedy will be plain
Legislation will not cure all the evils un-
der which We labor seriously question
j the legislature can Mt this time render
due received Tor the money which
would be expended in AL extra session.
While 1 belong to the party IN power
and desire 10 see it successful, yet de-
sire more to see the State prosper in all
ner material Interests. If the Demo
cratic party is successful in fostering ne
material Interests OF the State, 1t Ough. t.
remain in power. If it fails, and be.
comes mere tool tor individual nd
vancement, it ought to go out OF power
Believing that the present scheme IS
..u. calculated to relieve the people OF
tue burden now upon US, prot,s 81
against 1t, believing thst ii will result IT,
iuriously to the party In power, and IS
pecalIy TO the people at large. l trust
it may no. be the pleasure OF the mem
psrs to ask HIS Excellency 70 call All eX-
TIA session.
A MEMBER
From Rural District.