Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-17
COLUMBUS.
The Saints Of the Sanhedrim in
Z" General Session.
THE COMING STATE CONVENTION.
Special Correspondence ofae Register.

Speaa Corresponds,es OF TIE Register.
CoIENsUs, April l5,-Nothing ofespeeial
interest in legislative circles has been done
this week except the passage OF the Smith
Sunday bill by the Senate and a redistrict-
ing bill which gives the Democrats three
members of Congress The REGrsrER ar
rived in time to- strikes death blow to the
Locke bill (which was offered as a substi-
tute to the Allen bill the next morning at
ter the 500 copies Of the REGISTERS arrived
After the members had caught on to the
menagerie article, they began to file down
the central aisle where Judge Walker y
seated to extend to him their congratula-
tons over the simmense success he haf
achieved. The 5trage fooked IKE q Metho'
dist bishop. He was dressed in steel pen
coat a white choker, doeskins, and silver
buckled shoes, and his shirt front was a
marvle of artistic skill, and from its snowy
whiteness a many faced diamond "of
purest ray serene" as large as a hazlenut
sent flashes of fire upon the astonlshed
members. After order had been sufficient
" restored, the roll was called upon the
Locke substitute. 1t was found that Judge
Walker and the REGIspEs bad strangled 1t
ere yet twas wholly born, for it received
only IL votes. .
The Hero or the Hour
was Judge Walker. The Democrats hired
the Barracks band, and at 8 P. NJ. OF that
night in front of the New Neil it struck up
that impressive air Hail to the chief who
in triumph advances" Fifteen hundred
enthusiastic Democrats and Republicans
then commenced shouting Walker,
Walker, Walker" That conspicuous states.
man from Logan answered the call, and
made speech of noble courtesy, which
abounded with gems and flashes OF wit and
humor
An effort 10 make an appropriation OF
$500 to the Wheeling REGISTER for valuable
services rendered the State is on foot.
Judge Walker will offer a resolution and
urge its passage in strong speech. 1t Will
hardly justify you to send lobby IN be
half OF the appropriation, as 1t Is expensive
business.
One of the strangest gatherings that ever
met in. the chamber of the House of Repre-
sentatives was that of the
Republican Caucus,
which had love-feast last night. The pur-
ity OF the party was represented by the
lofty Griger, of the State Library; Poker
Alexander was present, Sissy Nash was
there, and all the Republicans who wear
corsetS were on hand. All the pap. suckers
from the penal, benevolent. charitable and
reformat0ry institutions of the State were
on the ground, to contribute Peter Pence
to pay Ghouls to mutilate the Democratic
corpse, about which they talk so lightly.
Why this alarm, gentlemen, if you only
have corpse to deal with?
Sunday school Papers
were read by a large number of sumptuary
| law people, whose names do not deserve u
place in clean Democratic sheet. 1t was
! astonishing to learn what an immense
amount of patriotism welled mp in the
hcaying boSOmS OF the great army of office
holders, whoidraw big salaries for doing
nothing. Not least by any means, OF
distinguished parvenneS was that
] prince of small politicians,
Governo- r~..>--
He was proud. he said, OF the great party
of which he was 4 member. Indeed he
| said that "he loved it better at the partic-
ular time that he was speaking than at any
| other time in his life; that it had taken
| lofty views, and was in favor of higher
| state of public morals than at any other
| time in its history. Fosters speech was
as good as Judge Walker menagerie which
| he exhibited in the House the other day.
But he was big gun, and it was Cheered
triumphantly.
Senator Horr
distinguished himself. He said that che
| would rather have supported Garfield for
| President and then gone to his grave, than
| to lie a Democrat and live thousand
| yearsS." The announcement OF this sentl'
| ment was received with long continued ap-
1 l.. .,f fhn otn'c a
| fry which packed the galleries and the
available space of the chamber proper. This
| distinguished statesman was exceedingly
] anxious to have his redistricting bill pass the
| House, and urged the necessity of such ac'
| ton. The milk in the c)Ca-nut which Brother
| Horr was after, was a sure seat in Congress
| which he had carved out for himself He
| could afford under the circumstances to
make a rampant speech, and he filled the
bill.
| Joseph Geiger
made speech, in which he said that these
| $50 doggeries in Franklin county; make the
country people and the town people under
| stand that the Pond bill will create a reye
uue which will diminish their taxes. use
that argument in your townships and il
will win In effect, Brother Geiger's argu
ment was that revenue to perpetuate his
| party in power could be derived from Crimi
nal practices, not that society was to be
| benefited by the regulation OF saloon men
and the liquor traffic. but that the burden
of taxation should fall on those engaged in
the conducting of an unlawful business
Stand 10y the Pond bill, said Geiger, as ;
party measure. The real
Rat in the Meal Tub
OF this strange caucus was something akir
| 10 Deacon Smiths Cold-water and Sunday
law convention, which was held a few
days since 10 force the passae,
of sunday law, and other sumptSry
measures. The tTo TO one majority OF the
legislature. according to the statement o.
Mr.. Rooms, of Knox, ana others, "had
covered itself with everlasting disgrace IN
connection, with bribery, corruption and
gambling. The crusade brethren headed
by Sissy Nash and Governor Foster, felt
that a tremendous caucus made up from
the stitfbacked and high morality apostles
would create such an intense pressure to
every square inch of time, which would
| intervene between the hour of the
caucus and the final hour fixed for adjourn
ment as would compel reversal of some OF
the Cdious measures passed into statutes.
Trying to Apologize.
The drift of all the speakers was that a
mistake had been made and that such
measures as appeared most Objectionable
to the people ought to be repealed and that
the legislature ought not to adjourn on the
18th inst, bat that such resolution to
adjOtlrn should be rescinded, that is TO say,
that every measure general in its nature
ought TO be repealed. Foster and Sissy
Nash did not indOrSe that species ofarticles,
but majority OF speakers were Of the con-
trary opinion.
| A Dependent Brother.
Mr.. Armor Smith thought that the Pond
! bill would loose Hamilton county to the
| Republicans. He did not believe il would
work we'll in Cincinnati, and thought il
! should be amended in several particulars.
The next Speaker was Townsend, Secre-
| tary of State, who was received by the large
crowd with the best of feeling. His speech
was lame effort at defending the present
Legislature, and the laws that have been
passed by it. He believed that the Repub'
liCan party would win this fall, and he had
faith in the Pond law and all other meas.
ures which have been passedby the General
Assembly.
Take The Back Track.
The following extract from Governor
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