The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-22
ST,TE DEBT QUESTION.
uorrErI.wILLEY CoNrko'
Thh vERSY.
.,or samuel Price, OF Green
Ii J,ses q Hand In the DIS
su..iop-Hr. al o. nHA some
ReeoIieeiions ON the
subject.
.iance of the Register.

,,,, CORES pondent "G. ID. H. ih us
,op Of the 7Lh inst, chose 10 IN
.aIss in ,Ome of his own fsmln''Senss' mil %',;
'',1, =. saving, sud dOings Of the C0ns'i.
o. wi w Convention OF 1872. l send
y. a. ,suember land l h've no doubt
..wr Wiley has some recollecIion Oh
ID" 49,, .'I in the Constitutional Convention
u ,.es ,S the subject OF the Virgins debt
Ol 70 s.iore the Committee on Taxation
VS. Sinsnce, and that, after due delioer-
'l- the committee made report
~, a.s-I ,sport IS subsequently, adopted by
va 80. convention, being the same article on
.aO .,ion and finance as it now stands In
-, '"ons.itution. In this report, how
~. NO direct allusion was made 70
VS., yrginis's proportion OF the OLD
", dsbt This omission seemed un-
a.n ..n,isc,Ory TO some of the older men,
~. Of the convention, and late IN
Ha ,asrnoon, just on the eve OF sd-
'-U,nmep, .- for the day, 8 resolution was
limited and passed without debate au-
,!o,;,ing the President TO appoint
..Ia,t committee of seven 10 whom this
,"Sec, of the State debt should De spe-
liz re.errcd. Early the next morn
80 the committee was announced, but
gssn II leaked out that ali OF the seven
,rsmbers we're personally interested
!. this qIestion-being the owners OF
VIRGINIA bonds suspicion stole
,,..s, the minds Of the members oil the
c,sysn;ion that there was cut and DRIED
~ IN hand, and motion was msde TO
.,,,,,ider the vote by WHICH the resoiu
"a, WAS passed authorizing the appoint
rsr, Of the committee and wss carried
~ T.p Overwhelming vote. The resolu-
-, va, then laid on the table, and IS
,,s,e vet A reference to the journal OF
,bs c5pyention will verify this state
msni'
Tbs,e are several errors in this ex-
..>c, which l wish to point out. In the
49,. plsce the subject did not come be-
.o,. the Convention in the manner which
20, are left to infer from your corre-
.pOpden.'s statement. "On Thursday
h, lat day of February, 1872, the Presl-
4s,t laid before the Convention the fol-
,,xiov communication and documents
..5n the Clerk of the House of Delegates
which, on motion Of Mr.. Armstrong,
were lsid on the table" (psge Is OF the
;5urr sn. The letter and documents cover
80. - 20 snd so on to S5 inclusive.
Thew consist of letter OF Governor
Foreman 10 the Legislature indicating
what be hsd done under resolution
erecting him "to ascertain the amount
o! registered and coupon bonds oil the
STATE OF Virginia, held and owned oy
citizens OF the Slsle of West Vlr ginis on
the 10Th dsy Of June, 1868, snd still so
held by citizens of this State, together
With the names of the persons holding |
the same ard the several amounts held |
by them" And among other papers he |
reported lis. Of such bonds snd certih- |
c.,es Of registered stock bell BY citizens
Of West Virgibis, snd which had been
presented and inspected By him. This
i.. covers pages 81 81, 50, 50, 81 and |
y Of The journal OF the convention.
On the same day, Gen. Wheat offered |
iso resolutions. First, that the Sth sec.
hon Of the Ssh article Of the Constitution |
be referred tos select committee OF seven,
10 consider and report whether sny, and |
ltsnv what, amendment Of said section |
should be siCplcd second, that the re- |
port OF the detI commlssiOt ers OF West |
Virgins, and the GOyerror Ut West |
Virgins, and the accompanying docu-
ments sent 10 the Legislature snd this |
day communicated TO the Convention, be
referred 10 said committee
Mr.. Woods moved 70 lsy the reso-
luton on the table on which motion
the syes and noes were taSen-syes 20,
Zoe: As. Thereupon Mr.. johnson, of
Tyler moved sn amendment 10 the frat
resolution, in these words "And whether
j! is eIpedient 70 incorporate sny pro-
VISION in the Constitution in relation TO
Wes. Virginia's portion of the public
tso! Of Virgins" page S6).
Thus !! will sppesI that the resolutions
acre not struggled through the COnven-
lion hlr'iediy, but were duly considered
And Il further appears from the Journal
lbs! much other business was afterwards
Cone on tbs. day; 80 tbs: 1t is sn error
= SAY these resolutions were not intro
i-cet until "lste in the afternoon, and
.-si on the eve of adjournment for the
cay
On the next day, Friday, February
=, ls'2, the President announced the
committee under the resolution offered
y NJ. Whes. on yesterday and adopted
y the convention"
According 10 the views of your cores
PoodenL General Wheat must have been
81 TIE head Of this 'cut and dried iob,"
hi VAS next 10 Importance. The main
i-iy which deyolved on me as President
q The body wS TO sppoint com.
alsiee thst would lend themselves TO
As sa,complishmeut Of this "cut and dried
20, And whom do you think ] sp-
Poia!ed' give their names as they sp
psA' on the Journal: General Whest,
o. Wheeling, chsirmsr; ex-senator
Wiley, Of Monographs; Mr.. nov Judge)
raymond. Of Marion; Mr.. Msslin, OF
Acty; Mr.. Peerce, Of Mineral; Mr.. Nc
C:serv, Of Raleigh and Mr.. Pate OF
Boone.
Iesse names, so well known TO the
%lhi'y, will yindicsle me from the i'm
P4A:'oo Of engaging in the ''cut snd
-'ed JOB" or show that l WAS very ig-
a0'Aa! OF men, and made very bsd SO.
.e''ioc OF agents to accomplish my p1r-
pee Tor The ides that those gentle
zen, OF either OF iheu, would engage S.
taHamests 10 accomplish 8 corrupt end,
merely ridiculous.
oai your correspondent says When it
oa1ea on! tia. ali Of the seven members
ere personally interested in this ques.
"'n-oeing the owners Of Virgins bond.
suspicion stole scross the minds
'oe members OF the conven-
.oa 'aa there was 8 cut and dried
20 90 hand" This statement OF the
,s se might induce the public to think
n 10 'ee appointment of the CON-
1..''ee hsd exercised more ssgscity
-n pretended 10 have. But when
!. '1'ns out however, that the statement
untrue. the Suspicion falls to the
EO4oo. They were not all owners Of