Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-02-18
Columbiana Couaty's First and
Only Love Succeeds II Stirring
up a Hornets Nest.
A Newspaper Reporter Ia the Role
Of a BIackmaiIsr---An GaHs-
Greet Member.
Special 10 he Sunday Register.

$23, 600, 900 upon which to levy tax. This
shows Belmont awsy up iT the list 81 the
prosperous counties of Ohio in regard to
finances. The bill provides that the money
shall be raised by the issue of bonds noe to
run 10 exceed to ten years II j, understood
that Judge Chambers, OF st. Clairsyii5e,
drafted the bin.
second Bout In Favor or Wsgener.
Though the Committee on County Affairs
reported Wednesday in accordance with
their decision recommending the indefinite
postpOnement OF Wageper's county seat
removal bin, that gentleman ralload his
friends and had the bill engrossed for third
reading over the committees head. He
then had it made the special order for the
following day, which gives him the right to
call il up at any time. He might call it up
soon when the opposition are mapping and
psss it, but then the enemies of the bill
could have it reconsidered. At present
the chances look abont even for both
sides, though Colonel Wagner will
labor under the disadvantage Of cham
pionipg bill on which the committee has
put black mark. There are some very
tender hearted men upon the committee,
and it is stated that when they visited st.
Cla'rsyille old men and women and chill
dren came around them weeping and with
voices full of emotion entreated them not
TO remove the county seat from town that
had been the home of so many great men
and around which clung so many historical
rCcol ccti, Rs.
The sell of the season.
Love Of Columbiana County-a neighbor
of West Nirginia-bas made for himself
the r, putation of being the biggest sss in
the p; esent Legislature. He is more than
cCnso ed for this, however, in the fact that
he is The heir of a lot Of fsnatical temper
anCe women and crusaders who should be
at home attending TO their babies aud
washing skillets instead Of bunming
around legislative halls, and boIueting"
and "taffylng' feeble members from the
rural districts Lore is the author of the
bill providing that in addition to the com.
mon branches, pbycoology and hygiene,
which would show the evil consequences
attending the use of alcoholic liquors upon
the human system, be taught in the public
schools uf the State.
No politics entered into the discussion
of the matter but the ablest men on both
sides OF the House thoroughly demonstrd-
ted tie fact that it would be prostituting
the public schools OF the State to the cap.
rice oi gang of fanatics and bigots. They
INSISTED that the place to teach such things
was ar home and not at school, where even
religion was excluded. Locke, OF Madison,
affirmed that if such a measure was to
prevail he public schools would be ruined
hy cruugs who would throw their arith-
mcli". psammnr and geography overheard
to III! r"ss temperance. little more tenn
perarr- talk around the hreside and less in
school houses and Legislatures would in
Mr. L:,cke's opinion be vastly better for
thA - GA Tbs Honsn seanlad zkash~sa be-
fi.TsF wi with him as the bill was defeated by
over ~ pnty votes.
rae General Appropriation
ti,i VAS rather quickly disposed Of this
y,gr The only hitch seems TO be the APP
-, prtation for the Adjutant Generals
OF! -. and The National Guard. \ great
many people are Of the opinion that the
American soldier business is tremendous
fraud and useless expense to the State
VI vas attempted 10 run in about Sl3OO0
ftI upes foreign uniforms foe the boys, but
it seems to be the opinion that the present
u iuNus were good enough If the guard
w,rIld he of service rather than ornamental,
so Ifg clause was struck out.
IN the AdjUraut Generals office are
nu-,Ner Of clerks who work at transCribing
tlr lrcnrds of the soldiers in the late war
IL VA, Il mammoth undertaking, and has
bsra IN progress for years. About iOur
y,ar, ,inue tEc FinauCe CuniIni'tee thought
IT ~, about time the work Has nearing
conn elton, and were told IL would be done
in , ,rar or two. This year the end seem
cd 80 hp a. far off ~ ever, and the fear was
e, pr.:s.d IN drbauBg the question that
ri. ihc ex-soldiers nnd veterans
wossId Dte
b,iu:,. the records were completed. 1t was
also demonstrated that these clerks worked
about four hours II day. Clause was
IN. r, Iore inserted that the clerks on this
wurf eight hours per day. Mr.. Conrad,
the Eepu5ican chairman of the Finance
Cnum;tler, is one OF the best men as q
iiI.ancier that has been in the Legislature
for years.
Rhe Sensation
of the session was created this week when
a petition, signed by every reporter
on the floor OF the House, was
presented, reciting that common
rumor bad it that member OF the General
Assembly had been blacknailed out OF
500 hy reporter accorded the privileges
ui the body, and connecting the name OF
Governor Foster and several Senator's and
Rcprcsentstives with the report The pc
titions requested that an investigation be
ordered, and il the report be found true
the offending journalist be expelled from
the floor Of the House.
Ifa bembshen had exploded IL the House
the excl itement could not have been great
er. An effort was a. once made W smother
the resolution and petition, aud IL was evt.
dent from the manner in which several
spoke against the resolution that they we're
endeayoring TO protect some one. They
succeeded in having il referred 10 the Com
mi,tee on Federal Relations which, ordi.
| narily. would kill any measure remote To
| the committees duties. The gentlemen
ccmposing the committee, however. an
nouncea their intention 70 investigate, and
| commenced Immediately. Governor Pos'
! ter and several members of the legislature
| have been before them. and some racy de-
! velopments have bsen made. IL Is eeiiey.
| ed, However, that the guilty reporter will
| be shielded TO keep from exposing the pc
cuIiar weakness ei one os:the members for
| tie fair sex from being exposed.
]. B. X. Connolly, cor,espood'
en-. Of the Cleveland Leader,
is the surprised blAekmailes. asd
Speaker pro TEN Hathaway, the member
| Whose indiseretions have put him In
| posi,ion TO be victiDized by blackmaiiers
IL hss been learned TINS far BY the con
mi,tee that the correspondent alluded q
would puff members in bis paper and
then bay . new hat or pair OF boots and
s+nd in ihe bill 10 those be had nsttered
In this way be could keep himself vel
Il
underwear, cigars, etc, in fact live |,
clover. Ii was also found that he sent In
Leader to every Republican member Of to
Legislature marked ~. s."-'til stoppet
for which paper he would rece've
dollar nxf month. These are tn
reports made so far. The Coramitts
is still on, but is expsoted
Temperance LeEklafiaa
seems 10 be the shoal which the e,
tremists OF the Assembly are lisble tG Srec
their craft. The effects OF fanAtical legisl
ton last year on the part OF one wing
the Republican party drove Thousands I
ire minded men to the opposition. N
: eontenIed with surveying the ruins the
have made in the party, they seem incline
TO destroy the lsst remnant BY attemptir
to pass sumptuary and unjust measure
But the opinion prevails it cannot be do'
this winter. The Democrats and the ltrsr
S / men on the other side will vote for 9
= passage Of bin submitting 70 the people