The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-06
THE CAPITAL.
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Sensible Views of a. Iax-payins
workfngman Upon the scheme 10
Take the Capital from wheeling.
WHEELING, August a, 1877.
THE CAPITAL.
Edit RS OF the Register

Edit RS OF the Register: so,
desire. through the columns OF your
psper, To offer some reasons why The
voters of Ono county should not vote
for either Clarksburg or hartlnsburg
becoming the Capital OF the State, and
At the same time 0tier some reasons why
we should vote for Charleston.
At the outset, both ClsrksburS and
Martin, burg acted in bad faith with Us
in the formation OF and passage OF the
bill submitting the question 10 the voters
of the State Their bad faith consists 10
this: they allowed Us to-v"te Tor but one
of the three plsces-we are offered no
opportunity of voting for any other
place. They joined hands and forces In
The Legis AZURE to pass this bill, thereby
depriving you and l o! voting for toe place
of our choice. Before dom, this, how
ever, they joined hands aId .prcs' 10
pasS the capital removal bIIl, ny which
act they took the capital from Charlie
ton aud located it II Wheeling ! BE-
Iieye now that when that WAS dCac IL
vas done with view to the passage OF
this act, which set, as before stated, Was
,arried through the legislature by the
friends of Clarksburg. Martinsburg and
Charleston uniting their forces, which
would have been proper enougn provided
they had allowed US an opportunity
to vote Tor the place OF our
caoice. This they carefully guarded
against IN their bill b. STIMULATING for but
the three places to be voted tor; there
tore 1 suggest TO our voters that we Al!
vote Tor putting the Capitol back to
Charleston.
In doing SO | offer the following rea.
sons for so doing: | say that majority
o. the people OF this State are not in
favor OF either Clark, burg or Martins
burg. Make it clear TO the friends OF
Martinsburg that she can not get the
Capital and feel sure they would pre-
fer Wheeling SO ii Clsrksburg and SO
also o. Charleston. Therefore the injus-
tice OF leaving Wheeling out OF the bill
After Wheeling l feel sure that Charles
ton is the next strongest paint
Aside from the pre- erences of the people
The advantages are rs follows, viz: tax
ing the dollars and cents view OF the
case, Wheeling has all the advantages,
CAPITOL building in possession of the
State now; no need for spending any
money for years TO come, after which
the advantages 10 the bestinterests of the
State and her citizens, are all with
! Charleston; tor instance locate the capital
at Charleston, let It be understood that II
is a permanent location, what will
be the result? Its very isolation
its want OF communication, railroad
facilities, &c, will force capital and
capitalists to open up communication by
| building railroad through the State,
which will be the means OF developing
our mineral, timber and other resources,
which are now lying dormant for want
Of transportation facilities, &c.
With these facts before us, what is our
drst duty? Clearly 1t is to vote for
Charleston. Ii Charleston wins, Mar.
.insburg and Clsrksburg can have choice
oi two things, viz; either submit and let
he Capital go pack, or else they can
mite their forces, as they did before,
and repeal the measure altogether, and
ct the Capital remain where 1t is and
should be tor many years to come.
Respectfully,
A TAX PAYING WORKINGNAN.