Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-09
MOUSE OF pELEaATEs.


T.. body WAS called to order at
u-.-urv O'Clock by Speaker W l.s9n
arE was led IN PRAYER by Rev. j. d..
V.Tt The great attraction Of the day
Vr. ,.r Wilson Railroad Bill, whic7
hal u.uu male the specia ! order for 3
O'Clock. The rrsu'; was that the gallery
WIS again packed and all the seats on the
A .Yr VrrguccUp,vl. FROM tOS O'Clock,
tGa r.r.u. ot the J0UrUa, having been
dispensed with, considerable business
was transacted. a.. Oi which Is found be-
Igu. About ..GT 0t'DnS Speaker VIII
son rl ID Mr. Monroe t1 the chair, who
son ra..,t Mr. Nadet, who in turn
called Nr. Crrsap, the latter gentleman
H..as .u '.- chair when the
Order Of the Day
was called T.aral.r9ai bin was put on
s.. s.rHut rra ling, and also the snbsti.
u'a uF.-,l Hv ,ur Railroad Committee,
reported several DAYS sgp. Mr.. Wilson
t.. .a Ua-uiu.u, ,O OIer % this sub
-,.tgfr. saving tlt. sJuv additional facts
.l' ..au .srr.Euuaj that necessltated
rI-u-u .u -U- schedule of prices 10 be
rgar-.t This brought Nc. MOtlet 20 his
.-., lui with q peculiar smile he said
'1' chat uUr. oU, a statement he had
uJic snu. .ay> before, 90 the effect that
r.r ... was crude, aud that il such
... was 'r hr passed, now was not the
-wr rgf rsgt more time and study was
required. Tie further continued: Z" l
u.H.rs, ttarlt is with diihdence | un-
..r.asr tr discuss a subject Of such vast
m.-u.'Ute as the
Railroad Problem"
@ y.rr rusr1,.ing the best thoughts
.. ..r a.~r-t thinkers IN the land. But
when uruggl' face % lace with such a
t., 'u,u lu exercising the functions OF
L.-~.a'urs we must approach 1t with
ru"nr.
Iuer have been loud complaints Of
yN.sug-gy.,,. lhe,ryc that wrongs do
rNlS., nut | doubt whether in proDor-
'uU 'H '.e amount Ut grumbling. Pop
wU d,Seonteut is not always a safe
,' tlNN..u 'H uu,t legislation on, espe-
'a.N 600 SUBJECTS Wugret titles and values
a'r ,'H.OrH.,A nor Is legislation always
tu" rtwety. Iur .aw maxim, mower
can only uUIerlak" to dpa. with a busi-
ness 90 q community under general
heals, 'ar movement Of business and
population are regulated by unyritten
laws, HU, rUeNorlb.y above and beyond
tIr control ut legislation.
arH .r.... .f.t That human hearts endure
A.-. H.-. Hh.ra laws or Kings can cause OF
Snow that people are apt to and will
--lun.'. They are like the old man
Who hrwa,.ed his fate because he had
nothing t' sruw.at. Legis alton cannot
wr5i.r with everything | now. Mr..
>i'dNrr propose 90 take the time OF
't.N House Tor short time and state
"F objections tD this bin and its amend
mrH'> aEt The geutleman's remarks Of
yesterday First, then, II is a bill that
b, ,'' T~.rrUJ, and pstronizing alto
E..Irr lra contrary % Democratic prin-
o..s. second, 10 lnterieres with the
.'.r5r. oi company and this is an
.E.r.-r unless In the charter, when
granted, such right be specifically
reserved Tor the right Of the State.
.u connection with this, he called the
..'"utruu 0t the House to the opinion ol
le great Constitutional lawyer,
Hon. =. Randolph Tucker,
.. Virginia. delivered rs Attorney Gen
y- ID. Virginia 10 the Legislature OF
uU state, holding that the state had no
.-st Oh step into the charter and saw
low much the railroad company should
Charge for carrying ireights and passen-
s.r-. The gentleman read a small pas.
Sage from the opinion, which was on
-.e desks 90 the members in pamphlet
.rm.
be- continued, the statement that rail
-ais arr public highways OF corpora.
Tons shall IeTst, although the gen.
temgu Yesterday inSinuated that
'a1se who resis el this and
Judge Blacks decision must be
newspaper >cribb.ers or railroad
.rs.lngs. am. hasten to assure the
c-uaewau, neither. lie should remem-
.'r tIst when Jude B,ark wrote that
letter. he was employed As the cuunSe
.. e. prominent company, New YORK
'.aurrr oi Commprce.l Were he 10
write au unbiased opinion, no one would
quicker accept 10 than mv>eli. resist
.." N,"-yugut 1TU railroads aIv
Pushc Eig1ways
.a TINS ground. Chief Justice Waite, i'm
DIS decisions in the case OF Mum vs..
,.r STATE OF Illinois, defines public
y.l'i ration which the gentleman claims
''- D. * U, - be- as either political