Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-01
Tks Belmont County Seat Bill Re-
csisss Its Death Blow at the
Hands of ths Legislature,
And Is TsndsrIy Laid to Rsst Amid
fhs Fearful Sobs Of st.
Clairsyills's Citizens,
while the BslIairsitss Smils Be-
nlgnantIy at the Rsmalns--Par-
ticulars Of the 0bsequlss.

two soldiers are Colonel C. L. Poorman and
the Hon. David Wagener. They entered
into the battle with body and soul, they
have worked increasingly and they have
come OF the ield weary and worn, covered
with gore but still bearing the trophies OF
war. The St. Clairsvills 100000 court
house bill came up Thursday at O'Clock
In he afternoon. Hon. John +. Locke, the
caustic orator from Madison, as the cham
pion Of the measure, made the opening
speech in favor of the bill. His remarks
were forcible, pithy and to the point. st.
Clairsyille
Could Not Have Had Better Expo
nent
OF her views. or a man that would at tract
as much attention on the floor OF the
house. Local bills are usually rushed Oil
in qnick order, but the Belmont county
seat war has become recognized as matter
OF State importance and an unusual
amount Of interest has centered
in the fight. Consequently when
Locke began to speak members hurriedly
sought their seats. he galleries were filled
and The lobby auu vsStibule was packed
with an eager crow. Locke stated that he
would scknOwieds, that Bellaire was
thriYir. little city He took as much
pride as any one in fact that its bells
had ug all over I lrlStendom, that It's
nails ave been used IN parts Of the coun-
try ti,G; its glass had let the night OF day
shine I'm the cottage Of the labOrer aud the
manson Of the millionaire, that paper
manufactures, rolling mills and fOundrtes
were in i,s midst, and that the hum OF
coninirrCe and the Clang of the hammer
was h, ard from early dawn until dusk.
~ Glory In All These
said Mr.. Locke, ''as much as anyone and
hays the kindliest feelings for every one in
the bI ting thriving city, and hope that 1t
may kCme day become a metropo IS. But
we want this question settled. We have
been bothered with the matter now for
years II this bill passes it settles it; we
will hear no more of it. The people of st.
Clairsyile will have their court house and
be happy, and as for Bellalre she can get
along without il. The county seat is
not DeceSsary 10 her prosperity and
il is not justice and right TO go to work and
stick the county seat OF IN one corner OF
the cLUnty."
= Mr. Locke was followed BY Mr.. Pugsley,
OF Highland county, the wit of the Assem-
bly, and the handsOmeSt man on the 1onr
OF the House. There is a strong probability
that Mr.. Pugsley made the finest speech
ever made in the Ohio Legislature. He
started Oft by holding up a Republican and
Democratic ticket with the name OF q 81.
Clairsyilie gentleman on both and stated
that one was for county seat removal and
the other was not. The COu nty seat re-
moval ticket had carried ana the Represen-
tatiye had been
Chosen without Regard to Politics.
Sc. Clairsyille had population Of little
over one thousand. while Bellaire had
4 I'1airlri1la had nnly II -
worth OF property altogether, compared to
millions IN Brllaire; ye' they talked of
their large property interests and the
damage il would be to them should
it be removed. This is not the
case. This property was worth blt
little Dow and they wanted 10 burden the
people of Eellaire TO pay for a new build
ing 70 make their present worthless prop
erty valuable. St Clsirsyille is not the
city il vas thirty years ago. In the last
fifteen years il had gone down hill; 1t
was yillsge pitted against city in such
contest 81. Clairsville had brought up
map and stuck il on the " all with heart
in the centre for st. ClaiISyille. There was
nothing correct about 1t except the heart
and It's color. Ii was out of the line and
misrep-eseut ted, and instead Of being
kadrf, proposed TO suck the hearts biOod
put OF the county. The business prospects
of the village was alluded to by the bills
supporters. lie held q ST. Clairsyille paper
u his hard, which was
The Best Thing In the world
to Judge the business Of town by. He
found two or three advertisements in il
Outside Of Yours for Health Lydia \.
Pipkham and two or three others, Offering
TO cure nearly any disease in three or four
days without the use of mercury. He
tound that one OF the principal things ad,
Yertistd was q drug store. He had
made ii,Equirie' ,.,s8t and b0sind found the he
selling HUstettar's buffers. We had all
heard OF beer drinking communities aud
whisky drinking communities, but in the
name of common humanity Who would
want anything to DO with such an utterly
hopeless, hapleSS community as lot OF
people soaked in Hostetter's bitters. He
read another advertisement OF dIeSSmak-
er. Several members had married during
the last wear. What a nice thing it would
be for them 10 60 down to 81. ClaIrsville and
have their wives dresses made in the Cont
men ial fashion of Of patterns that
Came over In the May flower.
St. ClairSyille was dead, but wanted the
,sourt house fo- a monument. Like Daniel
websters dying words, though dead he
wouldsril live. The village in this regard re-
minded him of the soldier who read the
epitaph on a monument, though dead |
still five. -" and who turned up his nose and
said ~Well III he blamed; il | was dead
j wouldn' he mean enough toOwn no toit.'
St CiairSyille, rs the county seat was TO
the rest Of the c.unty,iS like the race horse
with the tin pail to its tail, like the
hen Who had Pecked at an oyster shell
which had closed on it's 6eak, like
the old man OF the sea around
the neck Of Sinbad the Sailor. 1t wanted
10 shake il OIL but could not. 1t was the
dead tied TO the living, with no hope OF
separation. Nearly every one believed in
tbe Bible, with the exception of certain
people from Madison (meaning Mr. Locke
Ihe scripture tells that one NOsh had an
ark. and the various specimens 1t animals
we're mated, male and female, and brought
INTO the ark. Many of them were emu
meraied but the biblical historian had
failed 10 note one male and female resident
~ a. Clairsyille. As 10 the employ nent
~ the peCple he had found it lobbying.
For 90 years they bad done nothing else
than
Hang Around the Halls of Legislation
md talk county seat, and Capt. Alexis
Ioke aud Dr. West had grown gray in the
eryice. Pass the bill and they would be
)ut Of Employment, which would indeed
,e sad. be had the highest regard for his
riend Mr. Locke, of Madison, and always
believed in his sterling integrity. but be
ieved that the 81. Clairsyille lobbyists had
empgsd d him and SsduCed him from the
rsths u IIue. All know that the Lord !
layer Of London was grand officer. The |
ord Mayor went about in a great |
allow {, acn followed by a retinue of cour- |
isIS StL Glairsville proposed to make the |
entleman from Madison Mayor of the viii |
tse. lns'ead of being taken around in a |
rsnd coach. as he expected be would make |
is sut,Ve into the city, he came in an old /
elloR obe horse wagon, with q hoop pole |
,r q tongue, and hickory withes to hold |
Ne tirts pn, while the children, the young
st OF which was seventy or eighty years Of
re. danced around and beat on tin pans
ocko's only fault was that he was ambi-
Gus + the speaker Tad
nsn6c1 Any OF His st. ClaIrsYiIle
Friends
wi5hfo to be forgiven and wanted to
solof,kc He desired to apologies for adj
s,AfX them in English. He should