The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-21

| uOs cACccuIuS tmO OuuSoo III "O'kus'
After brief discussion as to the pro-
priety of restoring the trsnklng priyi.
lege, the amendment was agreed To-.
Yeas, 80; nays, q.
The bill was then resd third time
and passed.
The vote upon Mr.. Hsmlin's amend
ment was as follows:
YEAS.
Allison, Edmunds, lamar,
| Beck. Garland, Mcdonald.
| Burnside, Grover, Matthews,
| Butler, Hamlin, Morgan,
Cameron, (Pal Harris, Paddock,
| Chaffee, Howe, Ransom,
| Christiancy, Hoar, Saunders.
Conkling, ingalls,, spencer,
| ConoYer, Johnston, Teller.
| Dawes, Jones lEla.) Window,
| Dorsey, kirkwood, Withers-33.
NAYS.
Bailey, Elton, Oglesby
Bayard, EustiS, PLUMB,
Booth, Ferry, kaTgent,
Cameron, WisMcCreery, Salisbury,
| CockreIl, Mcmillan, VOORHEES,,
| Coke, Merriman, Wadltigh
Davis Ill.), Morrill,, wallace-2l.
Mr.. Patterson, who would have voted
for the amendment wss paired with Mr..
Armstrong, who would have voted
against it.
Mr.. Davis, of w. Va. spoke in favor
of the measure yesterday, but failed to
record his vote on the bill.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the unfinished business, being the bill TO
annul an act of the legislative assembly
OF the Territory of Wyoming, to pro-
vide for the organization OF Crook and
Pease counties and to provide for holding
Court therein, approved by the Governor
of said Territory on the 10th OF Decem-
Der, 1877. The act Of the Legislative as
sembly referred 10, after providing Tor
| the ogsnization OF the counties named,
to constitute the Third judicial district
of the State, assigned Associate Justice
VIM. Ware Peck as judge of said dis
trict, removing him from his former dis
| trict.
A lengthy debate followed. which was
participated in by Messrs. Edmunds,
Davis OF Illinois, Teller, Paddock, Howe,
Saunders, Dawes, Hosr, and others.
During the debate it was stated that
Judge Peck had been removed from his
district and assigned to Crook and Pease
counties, inhabited only by Indians, be.
cause his administration Of justice was
distestelul to certain bad people IN the
Territory, who Influenced the LeRlsla-
ture to make the change.
Mr.. Paddock said Judge Peck was
one of those gentlemen who parted his
name in the middle and seemed 10 think
that he was an apostle sent to reform the
people of that terSitory. He was pre-.
tentious and put on airs no! acceptable
10 the people of Wyoming.
Mr.. Conkling ssid Judge Peck lived
long in the State of New York. He
was lawyer of good repute and large
instruction and knowing him and his
family he [Conklingl must say that he
never heard before nor did he suspect
that Judge Peck deserved such sppeiia-
tions rs the honorable Senstor from
Nebraska Paddock had bestowed on
him. He knew Judge Peck 10 be well
instructed lawyer and pure and up
right man.
Mr.. Edmunds said he had known
Judge Peck personally for more than
thirty years. lie was al honored, re-
spected citizen, and skilled IN the law.
For the last twenty years he had resided
in the city OF New York, and he had
been recommended for the position now
held by him by y large number OF leaf-
ing members OF the bar OF New York,
among whom be had lived. In Wyo-
ming one of the delegates in the Terri
torisl Legislature, q lawyer who prsc-
ticed before Judge Peck, was fined by
the Judge for contempt OF court, and II
Immediately came 70 be understood that
Judge Peck would hear Of the matter
afterwards on the assembling OF the
Legislature. Mr.. Edmunds deten ted the
administration of Mr.. Peck, aud sand
that under it many rum sellers, gam
blers and robbers had been punished.
The bill WAS then read third time and
passed. On motion Of Mr.. Wallace, the
Senate took up the bill introduced by
him 10 authorize long bond for the IN
yestment Of savings, 50 that 1t should
come up as unfinished business to-mor-
Tow.
After executive session, adjourned.