The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-11
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

During the recess Of the House yester.
day, the friends OF the good natured door
keeper, James r. Nealis, presented him
with an elegant gold headed cane; Col.
Elisha Hutton presented the-eane in the
following appropriate speech:
Mr. Nealis: Your friends OF the House
Of Delegates OF West Virginia have obscrv.
ell with pleasure the faithfulnCss and
courtesy with which YOU have discharged
your duties as door keeper OF the House
Of Delegates during the session which
is about to close; and how in that respect
you have fulfilled the expectations of the
appropriateness Of your selection as "the
right man i'll the sight place"
The position i'll which you have served
isone which brought you and the members
OF the House, and their number OF friends
who visited the floor OF the House during
It's session III constant intercourse, and it
has gratltied them 10 observe, to hear and
to know that at all times and under all cir
cumstanccs you have been faithful, obig.
ing and kind. Such being the case, the
members OF the House in recognition OF
the manner in which you have discharged
your official duties, and Us a mark OF es-
TEEN for you officially andasan individual,
have directed me 10 make public express
sion Of their high estimate otyou as n man
and officer, to tender to you their hearty
good wishes for your success in life and on
their behalf TO present you, as memento
oil the pleasant associations of the present
session, with this gold headed cane.
Col. Alex. Monroe responded for the
obliging DoorEeeper rs follows:
| am instructed by Mr.. Nealis 10 say to
the members of the Legislature and 9th.
ers, through you, their representative on
the present occasion, that he is over.
whelmed by this unexpected demonstra.
ton Of their confidence and esteem,
and that he cannot find words
extensive enough in their compre-
hension TO convey to you the
gratitude that swells his bosom OH this
occasion. 1t is but yesterday, driven by
the necessities OF the helpless ones de.
pendent upon him for support, TINT he
was thrown amongst you, poor unfortn.
nate stranger-a petitioner on your boun-
ty, but while in fact n stranger, he has
nevertheless found himself in the midst
OF friends. Your kindness shall ever
bloom fresh and green-an oasis in his
pilgrimage, and while struggling through
the battles OF life, this mark OF
public confidence will ever re-
main in his memory rs n
clear ripping spring in n parched and
dreary land. He trusts in Heaven that
this cane is true emblem OF the effect
your Kindness will exert on his future life.
lie trusts that it will steady and support
MS tottering steps in the path OF virtue
and right and that he may never act un.
worthy OF your confidence and esteem,
and with his bosom heaving with the ten.
dereSt emotions, and heart OVERLOOKING
with gratitude, ho bids me on behalf Of
himself and his dear ones at home, TO
thank you, thrice thank YOU.
MIR, GoOch offered resolution in The
House yesterday. to the effect that Col. d.
U. Johnson, on the part OF the Senate
ana Messrs. llagans and Post, on the part
Of the House, be appointed us commit.
Tee to wait on the officials Of the u. & o.
X. IL. Co. and ascertain whether that cor.
poratton had any further use for the pre-.
sent Legislature.
In our report Of Yesterday the specchs
ot.J. NJ: Hagans and W. r. Gum. In the
railroad resolution, were thrown together,
making u appear Us though 1t was hut one
speech, that Of Mr.. Ilagans. The latter
part should have been attributed 10 Mr..
uunn, which was as follows:
a question OF this importance cannot
10 properly discussed in The five minutes
allotted. a cry comes from all along Inc
line OF the b. e o. road in this State from
shippers, that the action OF this I.cCisla.
ture has brought ruin upon them, by lore.
ing the b. 4 o. Company back upon its
chartered rights. These gentlemen have
met members Of the committees in the
committee rooms OF this Capitol and told
them OF these grievances caused By unfor.
tunate legislation, and they have prayed
for relief and for tho adoption ui the new
schedule, and that heqIO lrarraniO proceed.
ings be abandoned. They were answered
By, line spun theories, to which they re.
piled that the theory might be well enough,
but that they felt and know that the prac.
teal effect was ruin. | will answer the