The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-09

Mr.. Riley moved TO strike the counties
OF Doddrige, Harrison, Gilmer, Lewis and
Braxton from the First district and insert
Marion, AIonongllia, Preston and Taylor.
The ayes and noes were taken and the mo.
ton rejected by vote Of 80 to IS, strict
party vote, Mr.. Thompson, a Greenbacker,
voting with the Republicans. The vote was
as follows:
The ayes were: Babb, Day, Evans, Hobbs
Hubbard, Lusk, Maxwell. MCUord, McCrHm
Orr, Riley, Siler, Steere, Thompson, Watson,
wayt Wells tot Tyler and Wilson (of Bar.
0? III noes wee. Wilson tspea1er,, Beck.
with, Bee, Bell, Brady, Cresap, Crumrine,
DAWSON, Depue, Dodrill, EdmiSton, Fer
guson, Fulkerson, Grantham, Hall (of Bar.
bourl Hall (of Wetzell Irons, johnson, KEEP
ner, Leonard, Lowry, Lurty, Lynch, Mcneil,
Meadows, Monroe, Morrow, Poe, Prince,
Quarter, seabright, Settle, Sheppard, Syden.
Absent on leave and not voting: Coz,
Davis, Floyd, Hackworth, Holt, MofTett,
Rowley, Sharp and Sinclair.
Mr.. Cresap moved to take Randolph from
the Third district and place 1t with the Sec.
ond. This motion was opposed by Mr..
Lowry on account OF disarrangtng tile reia.
tive population Of the districts. Judge Fer
guson favored II on account OF Randolph's
location, and It wgs adopted. Mr.. Mcneil
then moved that this bill without further
amendment be reported to the House to
pass. Judge Ferguson and Mr. Patterson
opposed this motion and 1t was withdrawn.
Mr. Fisher, OF Braxton county, wanted to
take his county from the First and put it in
the Third district, in place OF Randolph,
This was done by large majority.
Mr.. Poe moved to transfer UpShur from
the Third to the Second district. He said as
now bestowed the people OF the county were
practically cut of from communication with
the rest OF the district on account OF u
mountainous piece Of land without roads be.
tween. The motion was adopted.
Mr.. Morrow called Mr.. Kepner 10 the chair.
Mr.. Lowry moved to transfer Kanawha
from the Third Congressional district to the
Fourth, and to take Cabell, Lincoln and
Wayne from the Fourth and put them in the
Third. Mr.. Holt, from Lincoln, opposed the
change for his county. The district Us now
arranged is both compact and Democratic,
and he Favored allowing tito stay SO. Mr.. Leon.
ard opposed the motion on political grounds
Mr.. Lowry said the districts as he proposd
to arrange them would be respectively 9,O0C
and 5000 Democratic, and II they could not
keep that majority they deserved Repuli.
can Congressman.
they put kannwha. He was not candidate
for Congress, but II he ever became one he
expected to be elected.
Mr. Lowry retorted that the gentleman
was not candidate for Congress, but he was
Credited with desire TO become United
States Senator. The Judge said he was moi
q candidate for the United States Senate, hut
II he ever undertook TO get there, that was
where he was going. [Laughter.l
Mr.. Fulkerson pointed outthat this would
not make districts complying with the Cons.
htutonal provision requiring the dNtricts
to be as nearly .as practicable uniform in
population.
ME- Lowry thought Mr.. Leonard had i'm.
peached his Democracy, but the latter gen.
man disclaimed any such intention. Mr..
Lowry said Us fur as his district was con.
Cerned he would see that 1t remained Demo.
cratic. The other gentlemen ought TO 20 10
work and do the same instead Of allowing
the Republicans to make inroads upon the
Democratic majorities, as they did Inst year,
Finally the motion was lost.
Speaker Wilson moved to reconsider the
vote by which the committee authorized the
calling OF the ayes and noes. Mr.. Hubbard
demanded the ayes and noes upon the vote
10 reconsider.
Tho vote resulted as follows: The ayes
were: Messrs, Wilson (speaker), Beckwith,
Bee, Bell, Brady, CreSap, Crumrine, Davis.
son, Depnet Dolrill, Fisher (oi Braxtoa$.
Fisher (of Hardy Fulkerson, Granthau,
Hall (ot BARBOUR, Hall (of Wetzel), Holt
kepner, Leonard, Lynch, Maxwell, Mead.
ows, Monroe, Morrow, Poe, Prince, Quarter,
seabright, Settle, Sheppard, sydenstriCkCr
and Wells (of Marion)-33.
The noes were: Messrs Babb, Day, Ed.
miStona Evans, Ferguson, Hobbs, Hubbard,
Irons, johnson, Lowry, Lprty, Lusk, Nc.
Cord, McCrum, Mcneil, Riley, Siler; Steerc,
Thompson, Watson, Wayt, Wells (ot Tyler
and Wilson tot Barbonrs2i.
So the motion was rcconsidered. 1t was
then rejected by vote Of 10 to31.
Mr.. Fulkerson then offered substitute
for the whole Bill, by which the countiOs are
arranged as follows: