Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-10
THE COMING SESSION
OF the State Congress of West
Virginia.
The Vast Amount Of Business Already Map
ped 0ut-The ReVisOry Committees
llbors-The Approaching Reap
rortionment All Around.
THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE ARRIVED.


THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE ARRIVED
Tomorrow the extra session of the West
/ Virginia ! ngi,iaturc will begin in this city
Ind Il' usual preparations for the event
J have been mpIetcd. The Capitol build
( ing. and especially that portion devoted to
! the sessions vi our State Council, has been
put IL IA" hest r1SSihle repair. Jan!tOi
Volt has had =. force Of men at work anu
D their !;bu,s have resulted in placing the
building in aCOmparative state OF order ana
c,crr:.ur,. The senate chamber iuNuriatcs
i.i.s. tv..iturc and handsome Brussels
20 Jet. and ne House. though nothing Is
nrw. J., lrilnt and comfortable looking
Offices ag.. .pmmittc" rooms have been
ga..i.hc.. uud generally orcrhaulcd until
Ike 81. beers IN find no fault with the
c"l,. ,i"u oi .,nv portion Of their domain.
TIE ru>T ARRIVALS.
Y,;si..v tine members began slowly
Gru....a IN and GnmiCiling themselves
about the city. Being more or less &c
.raiutyi. the settling was unaCcOnpanicd
is tie rush which usually characterized IT..
And tArgc Vas u notable absence o! lobby
i>r, aud hangers OIL ot any kind Tn" SeS-
siD. =, 10 '- one I'll work. There are no
cil,.s t. 4 Il. and no Senator Ia elect and
me-. IcTS quietly crjUycd the pleasures OF
living without being curn"rcd or button
hr,,t by ts,rIlutS Tor their suffrage. The
hotels did IL. present their wOntcd crowd
al l,oi.i,S and uyerwOriscd clerical force,
and all wcuI on calmly Is summer day.
Comparatively few members OF either
l,Hsr SERVED Yesterday. The Andes
.irlf ar
more r.Iuc by rail. but all told there are
not more than fifteen members OF the
Legislature in The city at this writing. TG-
t:.y tn,y will no doubt swarm in from
every direction and by morning al but 1
few will have reported for duty.
TIE SESSIONS WORK
was the topic Of discussion, yesterday, rs
by@~.r., Ulun the probable length OF time
we wuuIQ have he body wiki Us. All
a--cc thai 1t least iurty-ive days must
r..l,sr before the work can be Accomplished
and some arc even afraid nearly twice that
tiu', wi Ice necessary. The result OF the
lua,r> daring the summer, Of the ltcYISury
CD..mittcc will occupy week after week OF
the Legislatures attention and promises u
,ispI,ty no lack OF hard work. There being
no organizations 70 make, full sessions will
he held from the beginning with view u
pushing the work forward Is rapidly Is Is
consistent with its importance.
The r,uppurIiOnmcnt of the State into
Congressional and delegate districts IS one
Of the important labors Of the session, and
tie time Will depend largely upon the &C
tiun OF the National Legislature. 1t IS gen
orally agreed that il shall bc one OF III" last
duties and its completion be followed
closely 10y the adjournment.
In circulating among The newly arrived
members yesterday, the REGISTER lnquiS.
tors gathered the drift Of sentiment con
ceruiug the length Of the session, lis work,
methods DC, which are given below.
SENATOR r. =. DENNIS,
Of Grccnbricr,waS one Of the advance guard
having come in ON the L. Il .. Yesterday
morning. He was found at the McLurc
as gallant and courteous as in his place in
the Senate. lie was one OF the ReviSpry
committee. and is in favor of bringing the
bills prepared by it directly before the
Houses without being passed upon by
another committees The effect ot this
calendar and ready for . second readjrsand
amendments He thinks this would shorten
what must be necessarily = very long SEES
sion, two months, ut least.
The k&GIsrE! reporter found
Hon. GEORGE II. NorFErr
comfortably luratcI -, tn McIurc House.
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C"i-'"' t'"l'""' ui''H 81" "ey '', 90. W
"'h''> E' recovery 90. nus l'"E ~ i" = e'IT'u
pFoT,'u'" l" ,"iP'H ll' II a"I."' pup
l" u'S" .,'' Us Tvs "P''i nav, NJ
lett stated that he was fearful
the session would be more protractcd
than would he agreeable to either
thc hGih'eF> OF 10 ''' P''P'G ~ ~,
Ntat'' IN" F'''NoT! committee H'.' S"oPPvi
"N' IarE' amount vI ""!N "h''i "U"".
receive CaIeiui N''"'''E' "iiH S"'' Hc'' Vi
IL M0U'" i"uo'.cN' meet Win earnest opp,
H'Ii"h. - H'T rs ms tNH!"'''"'ionS I'',
gone nc 'noUEh' '.'t' t'!' C"nIli'.''cc u"u
""hS H"H,,'H"tH' VI ''uI,t thcIc mSS "
Ep"G YEA. '""l "'I n"' ''y'' ".S an ''DtI
he "'"h T"!uI I'c't " U ,Il'.'ou5 u i'i i:I
''"HnE.' "aIy ~ .I"''S' i ~ 'a,t
hp' suit Hii!' re H"i oppose" ''ie Sl''c"tc
OF appointing inc reTlSprS r3il'ihi''ce III
The irNt pace. but the Legislature III us
wisdom haI oNcrENIcu ms views !u" ne
was now WiIlllg 10 MAKE tac pest Oh H. anu
To deal larry WIN It's work. " Ilh one eN-
c"pu"h II" tHouShl the coilh1.IIee Ntu peth
C"nsutUt'i "i the pest material III the Two
houses "i inc hGS'>iaI"I'' tHG hicWUsIS
haN worked 1lih'"i!E; ana tnS 'TonHD'ItE
~ - - ~, - ::
ud0pt"r REJECT Their report rs whole. IL
We commence ripping up there Is no tell
M Whrrr the en-" VIII DE-. ..,
iu'h 'Ae ""rN 81 rr'IN'r'''"S HtI reap
I"f,'""hi'i'' VIII De EcN"u'H' an" h.'.9'
SArlIE create Hcla{' As 20 the FeapPor''Oh-
m'nt he favored HHTr ferguson pan, I"
increase the number oil inthih'rN % 'Ae
House |" seventy seven. lie opp''tl an
increase or any chanSr IN the senatorial
districts. lie Clu not thIhK the 'uAStltu-
ton c"nt'mpi"iGd any such increase as
was proposed. lie was hr"iNtr oil inc
!'nStl'Hil"naI convention OF -, ana ms
impressions "er" very c!eaf '.'' tlr Nyh-
Sut"'Th was framed IN ms particular
upon III" theory th4t the N'na'c was inc
CONSERVATIVE body OF the Lrs'TiatnrS' anu
ihc smaller II was, Iili' 0'iI'T; nc !u"uSh,
IL unWi,e 10 pass OH rediS'rirt!li inc
sac INTO i1Ur congress" ha' "iHtFIt,; III
advance e, 81 tlr laHsAtr Oh inc Ttapioruom,