The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-08
MouNDsynLE
stouSbsyiLLr, March 0, b

MoCSpaYlLLE, AuTeH u letVst
EdLon In,slllgepssti
An act to define the limits and bound.
aries OF the Independent School District
ofthstowg pi Mbuhdsvillc has passed the
Senate. and Is nov pending before the
House. II the bill passes in rs present
shape, great many In .inct nine.tenths
Of the citizens now living in the school
district, think Il will be very unjust to
them, and will be Of great injury 10 our
school. The bill onits face is calculated
to misleal those who are not conyerant
with the formation Of our school district,
IN this,that the Bill seems to imply that the
limits aud boundaries are not ut present
properly defined, and the object Of the
bill is only to more particularly define
boundaries, &C., while in truth the object
sought to be obtained by the passage Of
the bill, Is entirely Of another character,
Section one Of Chapter 131, Of the Acts Of
llSG3, makes every township in the State a
SCHOOL ulstrlCtl seCLluu U VI tlle ballc Cllul'
tor provides for the dividing Of the town.
ships into snb.6isitiCts. Under section 0
aforesaid, Clay townshipof our county was
divided into sub-districts and the town Of
Mounlsyille with certain territory, bound.
cd and described Ia said subdivision, was
made one of the sub-districls OF Clay
township At tho sametlm Washington
township OF our county was divided into
sub-districts, and the town Of EliEabetll-
town, now known as 4 part OF the town
OF Moundsyille, with certain territory ~.
ing adjacent thereto bounded and descTib.
ed was made one OF the snb'districts Of
the township OF Washington. Section !,
OF chapter So ofthe acts OF 1867, makes the
town OF MOundsvillc, then aud now, the
towns Of Moundsville and Elizabelhtown
combined, and all parts otsChoOl districts
connected Herewith u school district, now
known as the Independent district In
other words making the snb-distriOt in Clay
township that embraced MoundsVille, and
the sub.district in Washington township
that embraced Elizabethtowl, one school
district. Certainly there is no necessity
for an act to further define tho limits and
boundaries OF our school district,
Now as 10 the real object OF the friends
OF tho Bill pending before the House.
First-There are several farmers and a few
Of tho citizens OF our town who have
farms in the independent district, who
are heavy tax payers. SeCond-When our
school house was -bnilt q debt was COLI
tractetl, part Of which Is yet un.
PAID. Third-If the proposed bill passes
these farms arc thrown out Of the dis.
trict and the owners thereof will not be
taxed to keep up our school or pay the
balance OF the debt, There are many
reasons why the billshould not pass and
none that it should We havG a good
school house, and q good school and us |
said before ninc,tenths Of the inhabitants
OF the district arc satisfied. In fact, the
proposed bill will throw the school house
out Of the district, for ii is not in the cor.
pOration OF Moundsville. At least, that Is
tue opinion Of very nearly all Of our citi.
zens. cast no reflection on those who
favor the bill. II ! was In their place
likely would do just as they are doing.
| notice card in your paper of to-day
sigued James Cunningham, which deem
it my duty to notice. Mr. Cunningham
does notdeny, because he cannot, that no
stopped off OF the train at Cameron as he
went through to Wheeling; that he re-
manned over night with his brother; that
he left his brother the morning OF the elcC.
ton, and that his brother, who had always
before been au incorporating Republic
eau, suddenly developed into an enthu-
siastic Wilson man. Neither does Mr..
Cunningham deny that lie voted for Col.
Wilson, but lie does do some very decep.
tive special pleading in his card. ! have
nothing 70 dowith Mr.. Cunningham's pri.
rate character, but his political acts are
public property, and man has a right to
criticise Snother's political acts without
laying himself liable 10 be called paul
Pry" or "Uriah Heep." Mr.. Cunningham
certainly. to judge from the language he
uses in his car, is competent to judge Of
the necessary qualifications that n man
should have to be- reporter for the Daily
Whittier" ltappears front the card OF Mr..
Z. that in my feeble innocence" | did
throw a'slIell that reached Washington
City and hit the mark at which ii was
fired. l am not 'jeal0us" and do not
want the position of'Mr. c., and would be
sorry 10 see him lose It / am not an as.
pirant for government clerkship Of any
kind, and my onlyobject in calling pub.
lie attention to the vote OF Mr. @. was that
thought it good retutation of the com.
mon charge made BY the Democratic party
that the llepubllCsn party is kept in power
through the influence and votes Of $4,000
Office holders and that government clerks
are assessed to pay campaign expenses and
were compelled Ito yote- Tho Republican
ticket. Mr.. G. is certainly notable ex-
celtiThAha ffiheD could come homie and
cast in his mite to help Col. Wilson back
into Congress, it. Is mot unreasonable TO
suppose that btherl clerks could do the
same thing. | may he wrong but am
yet ur der the impression That this "stal-
wart young Republican" owes his
place 10 the Republican party.
l. have been under the inipros,
sion that Mi. Hayes was nominated
and elected by Republicans, and that the
Secretary Of War was appointed by Mr..
Hayes, and that Mr. q. was appointed BY
the Secretary Of War. eau It be that /
have been laboring under mental hallu,
cination about this matter9 MIR. q. got in
q good stump speech for Col. Wilson, iu
his card. Is 1t nOtR little wonderful what
a great love and interest these lntter,lay
saints have for the Union soldiers, and
how generous they are OH the pension
question. The Democrats III The Senate
were even willing to pension jeff. Davis