The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-22
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No one expects a Wheeling newspaper
tosSpress perfectly disintStesied oPin.
ion on the Capital question, but there Ia
nevertheless no. insuperable reason why
Wheeling newspaper may not discuss
the question rs fairly as other people.
The Charleston people naturally want
the Capital back again. The especial
champions Of removal are the three
members from that place. The Charles.
ton Courier has virtually proclaimed that
this is their great mission to Wheeling.
OF course, no one Of these gentlemen
introduced the bill that is now before
the Judiciary Committee. This, however,
does not say who il was written by. We
presume to say, with all proper respect,
that it was got up by the gentlemen isOm
Ksnawha. The gentleman who intro
duced il is not lawyer nor yet writer
Of bills. The origin OF the bill, however,
Is only important rs showing its inSpira.
ton and animus. While II mentions Z
places 10 be voted for il means that the
Capital is to 60 to Charleston. There il
where il is to finally land. II Ibis was not
the end in view the Kanawha gentlemen
would not favor the bill. There are two
ofthosc gentlemen on the committee that
will report the bill to the House to-day
with recommendation that it he passed.
II was no. a matter Of accident, hut Of
calculation, that the bill shonld thus go
the Judiciary Committee, where it would
be received with open arms by the two
gentlemen from Charleston who are in
that important committee.
Considering the fact that Charleston
setherself upin 1875 to oppose the power
otthe Legislature to dispose Of The Capt.
tai question in accordance with the
wishes Of the people Of the State, as cx-
pressed through their representatives, ii
need not be matter Of surprise il we now
suspect the present. bill as expressly got
ten up in her interest even while
it pretends to submit the ques--
tton to popular decision,
Charleston undertook and persistcnlly
attempted to prevent the Legislature Of
1865 from disposiug Of the Capital in ac-
cordAnce with the will of the people.
How comes she now 10 move TO submi,
the question TO the tribunal whose repre-
sentatives she did not respect in 1875?
Does it not look as II a good sized cat il
probably hid in this present meal tub?
When the Capital was removed from
this city in 1870 the people did not turn
out and enjoin the State Government in
order to detain II. They respected the
law making power Of the State. They
bowed TO the will OF the peoples repre-
sentatives, recognizing their righ, to 10,
cate tue Capital where it pleased them.
Wheeling does not pretend 10 own The
Capital Of West Virginia. This was and
ia the grand difference between her
aud Charleston. Charleston got an
idea that she owned the State Gov
crnment, and that all that was
necessary in order TO override an aCI
OF the Legislature was to get y paIGnI
medicine Judge to issue M injunction
1t il no thanks TO Charleston that the
hooks and records Of this State are moi
hopclcssly aud ruinously confused to-day,
She tried to prevent and did prevent
their removal for months, and left the
officers of the State 10 improvise such
ways and means rs they could for carry.
ing on the government at Wheeling.
All this may have been perfectly nat,
ural on the part Of Charleston. We are
not discussing the human nature in
voIvcd in the history Of the affair. We
present it simply in connection Eitltthe
present renewal of the ecOntest by Charles
ton through the indirect agency of the
hill til at will be reported To-day. Letui
all understand that the bill is simply !
scheme to return the capitnlof the State
10 Charleston, and that it is not by any
means intcndedto to inure to the benefit oI
any other place named in 1t. The
friends Of Grafton, Clarksburg, Weston,
Parkersburg and Martinsburg who ar,
deceived by thebill are notwise. , rs