Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-26
p,rt Of III, farmers Of the State were against


"aH Puritan Laws. s
am opposed to the bill. said he, because
am opposed to all puritan laws wnich
axe away the primitive privileges which
1ur farmers always enjoyed
Free Mountaineefs and Free Bulls.
He was opposed to il, because he believed
IN the motto OF the State, that Mountain
eers are Always Free, and he was In favor
Of letting both them and their bulls re-
main free. .Sgrgptl iEH
He had no doubt but that the gentleman
from Pocahpntas would call his BOUT
tson. but he might call him an o'e los!i he
might call him f.4-i4.,- - i
10 might call him a inoss-back; or he might
cali him a Greenbacker; but eall
him what he pleases, he could say no.ning
that would intimidate him from aotnS
what he believed to be honest ana lus'.
Let us look, said Mr.. Brady, with grow
ing pathos. at the facts in this bill. 1t pro-
bibits male stock from running at large IN
This State. for what7 For the beneht Oh
few individuals against the many. IL was
moi eyery farmer in this State who was
horn with a silver spoon in his mouth ana
sble 70 nav $4,000 or $50 600 for a bull calf,
and there we're many in his county VINO
did not want them.
The Moses OF the Legislature.
Now. said the Speaker, the Moses OF the
West Virginia Legislature, as he was an
nornced last Sabbath, the gentleman from
Pocahontas, is not the Moses that was found
in the bullrushes, but is only the Moses
that is opposed 10 Letting the bull rush
He. Mr.. Moffett was tired OF seeing
those little pennyroyal stock and cross
eyed bulls in this State, but II the
Poeahoutas Moses
will send each one of his constituents
golden calf, he, Mr.. Brady, would venture
the assertion that his vision would never
more be disturbed by the cross-eyed-bull
More than that, he continued, II our
Moses has not the
Golden Calf,
he, Brady. had no doubt that II he would
amply TO the Aaron, from Kanawha, Mr..
Ferguson, he would supply him with some
tboroughbreds, which is nearly the same
thing, as they cost from $1,000 TO $1,000
piece.
And the gentleman proposed, finally.
that these thoroughbred gentleman shall
build fences that are sheep high, bull
strong and pig tight" so that the penny
royal pig and the cross-eyed bull VIII not
be able sir to get in and degenerate the
royal blood ~,
At the conclusion OF his speech, Mr..
Brady took his seat amid the applause OF
the Honse, and his Republican colleague
very promptly and kindly administered
glass of water. ~,
Mr.. Moffett said he felt hattered by the
attentions of the gentlemen from Berkeley,
especially by the complimentary rela-
ton he was given TO occupy as the
Moses of the House. He had denounc-
ed the expressed desire of the Berke-
ley member in wishing to exclude thorough
bred stock and retain the scalawag or PEN
nyroil stock of cattle and sheep, as the
worst feature of Bourbonism he had yet
encountered. He still thought so, and the
most typical character OF Bourbonism he
had ever read of either in sacred or profane
history was Pharaoh of old, who, whether
or not he forgot things certainly didnt
learn anything and was only equalled IN
a hard. hearted, Stifi-necked policy by
this modern Pharaoh, the Representative
from Berkeley. He desired to impress
upon
the necessity for giving heed to the words
of Moses and Aaron before an everlasting
destruction overlook him. And he desires
to commend to him the reading of the fol-
lowing Scriptural paraphrase: And the
Lord spake unto Moses (Ferguson) saying,
| will make thee u god TO Pharaoh Brady);
and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy
prophet.
And thou shalt speak all the things |
command; and Aaron, thy brother, the
prophet, shall speak unto Pharaoh, saying
send the pcnnyrOil bulls out of the land,
for it is q goodly land, tit for pure blood
cattle and Sheep
And will harden the hearts OF Pharoah,
and he will not let the bulls go; so signs
wonders shall mnStiply in the land OF
Berkeley"
MIR. Mofiett continued by saying that he
hoEed the vote of the House in favor of the
passage of the bill would be so decisive as
10 oyerwhelm the Berkeley Pharoah and
his Bourbonism in the Red Sea, and the
horse and his rider should be overthrown
therein, while the Israel of Progress should
march forward TO possess
The Land Of Canaan.
MIR. MONEY! turu argueu tnat the INV
would operate no special hardShips, but
would encourage those who were endeav-
oring to improve the breeds of live stock in
the State. Live stock raising was emphati.
callythe business of West Virginia and the
legislature should lend encouragement to
those who were laboring to elevate the
standard.
He also insisted that il was frequently
the case that these animals rowing about
over the country endangered the lives of
women and children that might meet them
upon the highways; TO say nothing of the
annoyance given in vain efforts to fence
against them. 1t was next to impossible to
keep q Scalawag bull or buck from fence
breaking.
"You may build and fence as high as you WILL
The tricks OF the pennyreil will cling TO them
STILL"
Mr. Holt would not vote TO the adverse
interests of the State. The passage of the
bill would work greater hardship TO the
mass of our farmers than its defeat would
TO the few who own fine stock The bill
would work an exceeding hardship to a
large body of poor settlers who have large
ranges of wild land, and who are not able,
and the land will not justify, enclosing it.
He did not want il to go out that the Leg
iSlature has passed law favoring one class
to the prejudice of another
Mr.. Ferguson said he intended to vote for
the bill, and he did not intend to have any
such issue made upon il as the gentleman
from Lincoln, Mr.. Holt, seeks to raise.
1t is not bill in the interest of the rich
against the poor. These scalawag animals
were nuisance to the whole people of the
State. They were constantly breaking in
10 enclosures and damaging property.
Mr.. Holt said he made no such issue, but
he said that he did not want such an i'm
preston to go abroad in the country. But
he did insist that it was a greater hard
ship to the majority of the people than it
would be to the few who owned fine
stock.
A vote being taken resulted in the fol-
lowing vote:
The ayes were: Messrs Wilson, Speak
err, Babb, BeCkwith, Bell. Cox, Cresap,
Crumrine, Davis, DAVIDSON, Depue, Dodrill,
Ferguson, Fisher (of Hardy, Hall (of Bar
bour), Hobbs, Hubbard, Irons, Johnson,
Leonard, Lowry, Lurty, Lynch, Maxwell,
McCum, Mcneil, Moffett, Monroe, Orr, Poe,
Prince, Quarter, Riley, Rowley, Seabright,
Settle, Sharp, Siler, Sinclair, Sydenstricker,
Wayt, Wells (of Marion) Wells (of Tyler.
40.
The noes were: Messrs. Bee, Brady Day,
Evans, Fisher of Braxton) Floyd,
tulkerson, Grantham, Hackworth, Hall (of
Wetzel(, Holt, Meadows, Sheppard, Thomp-
son, Tibbett, Watson and Wilson (of Bar-
OourI-lS.
Prohibition with n Big r.
On the call for petitions, the sluice gate
opened and the following avalanche of petit