Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-01
THE POND BILL.
A Heavy Blow at the Liquor Inter-
ests of the Buckeyes.
Provisions of the BiIl-RepubIican Caucus
The PecuIiarities Of the Game Of Draw
The Investigating Committee
g. It's Report.
ANOTHER DOSE OF PATENT WHITEWASH
Special Correspondence OF the Register.

Special CbrTenpondence OF the Register.
COLUMBUS, March 31.-The House Judi
ciary Committee, yesterday, at O'CLOCK
reported back and recommended the pass
age of the famous Pond bill which passed
the Senate two weeks since. 1t is sweep
ing measure against the liquor dealers,
wholesale and retail. 1t imposes tax OF
from 800 to $500; provides that every
dealer shall give heavy bond, and that no
wholesaler of any kind of liquor shall sen
to any customer unless he shall have first
learned that such customer has COM
piled with the provisions OF the said
law, and in many other was
hampers all dealers. The law is lengthy
and is weighed down with crude and con-
Trajectory matter, and unfair and unjust
determinations. Noah H. Swayne, Jr.r the
best appearing and ablest man on the Re
publican side, said in short speech that
the bill, with its present imperfections,
would not stand moment in court OF
last resort" Mr.. Barger, by all odds the
ablest lawyer land strange, too,) but the
entertained the same view, and in courte-
Gus and dignitied twenty minutes speech,
urged members not TO assume power which
the peoply had not granted to them. Both
of these distinguished young men are
members of the Judiciary Committee, and
their opinions are entitled to great weight.
Intense Excitement
prevailed during the afternoon, yesterday,
pending its consideration. Fillibustering
consumed the time until O'clock when
the House adjourned. 1t came up, of
course, the first thing this morning, and
the scene was picturesque, to say the least
At times every member of the House was
Oh his feet Green, OF Cuyhogua, cOlored,
recited q poem Of thirty.foUr verses deSCrip-
tive of the sutierings of an eminent cock
tailist whom he knew at the heavenly
Oberin, where he was graduated. Amidst
much confusion, COld-water apostles, Sun
day reformerS and distinguished divines
tOckcd To- the hall, and il can be said that
EmmanueI's Hosts
urged successful combat against the legionS
of Satan, for, after hours of Skirmishing,
the final engagement came on, and just as
the bells in the neighbOring steeples rang
out the hour OF -, the silver CadenCedyolCe
of Speaker Hodge announced, Yeas 56,
nays 40 the bill passed" when uproarious
ers. like the judge who rode down the lane
POndered RuefulIy
over the gravity OF their situation. The
middlemen will be swallowed up by gildet
and fashionable Saloonists, and the dives,
which are made up of the other extreme,
will grow and flourish like q green bay
tree So that the first above named may
as we'll get ready to make assignments.
The refOrmerS are so enthusiastic as to an
nounce that their powerful influence will
reach "even TO the Supreme Court The
Republican Caucus
which was held two succeeding nights,
fixed up bill, which the committee OF
| twenty for that purpose say will pass. 1t
gives the Democrats seven members OF
| Congress and the Republicans fourteen.
| Leading men of that party say that it will
| not pass. They claim the Democrats ought
| to have only four. The Democrats Will
offer their substitute by which they would
! hove ten members, and the Republicans
| eleven.
The Dig Game OF Draw.
All talk about this game is now sup
! pressed. 1t reminds one OF the antique
| poet who said that the Jury had a
| him whom they tried" For it
was learned when Miller, of Mercer, intro
| duced a resolution to Investigate the poker
| business, that it reached all around from
| the august Speaker to the very invests
| eating committee itself Indeed, it seemed
| tkat there was a meat little riYulet Of
poker which ran through a wide meadow
| of margin" in, around and through both
| chambers of the Assembly; in all the State
| departments; from the uncleaned stables
in the basement to the unfrescoed dome OF
| our pagan palace. In the vaults and dark
! recesSeS it was no uncommon sight to see
the porters, pages and others OF the States
| small fry playing poker for cent
ante, by the sickly and ilckCring light OF
a tallow dip. The consequence was, that,
| by reason OF introducing the poker resOlu.
| tion to investigate the players, Brother
| Miller became
Famous in Single Night.
| Though a gifted and handsome yOnng man
1 this is his tirst appearance on the stage OF
/ action. The pastoral electors Of Mercer,
T HrejOiccd over product so promising, and
lthey sent him to the Capitol as a legislator.
After he had offered his Poker resolution,
and, as he calmly lay in the arms OF Nor.
pheus. at his hotel, carriage drove up.
The footman called for Brother Miller. and
passed him the Governors card. The Ad-
utant General came next, then two
r three members of the Board
ii Public Works. They were
i1l turn followed by Joe Gciger, Alex.
SandS, Senate Clerk Donaldson, and Peter
Sucker, of Cincinnati. Chairman of Sen
ate bnd House Committees came in car
riafS, and long line was drawn up in
front Of Miller's tavern. The occupants
and other callers forced him to an unwil-
ling n,atinae. They only called to ask him
not . press his poker resolutions, as such
action might compromise some of his
friends, and ever since this midnight
matinee Senators and Representatives
and State officers frequently set it up for
Miller with the toast: May you live long
and prosper
The Investigating Committee.
The members of this highly respectable
Ooaru nave held their sessions with closed
doors. majority of the committee thought
Tor time that charges for bribery and cor.
ruPtioh against two or more members were
strong ana rwhelming; subsequent cir
cumstahces' openings and so forth, and
so on, nave 'dihed, changed and reor.
ganized such lief, and the committees
report VIII cor in unrivaled as work of
art; but 1t vii! axe powerful telescope to
detect, IN Its hundreds of sections nara
graphs and -ixty.fourthly and one
hundred and ninety, any specific criminal
charge, couched in plain English Saxon.
NJ.
Frozen 10 Death.