The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30

CHARLESTON, Jan. 18th, 1889.
Editor Register.
The time drags wearily along in
the Legislature.
1t was a week before the dead
lock in the Senate was broken and
an organization was effected.
i Everything is moving along nice
lily now, but not much legislation
i will be accomplished until the Som
ator is elected, and the vote for the
State officers at the late election is
Opened and counted and the result
declared.
These are the all-absorbing quest
ions, now before the Legislature.
The vote IN joint assembly from
day to day does not mean anything.
It'does not show the strength or
the weakness,of any candidate, as
the vote is scattered by an under
standing, SO that an election cannot
be accomplished earlier than We'd
nesday of this week, because of the
fear of legal complications, growing
out of the failure of the Senate to
organize on the drst day of tho ses-
ion.
In my opinion, there is no doubt
of the reelection of Senator Kenha,
when the time arrives. 1 think it
is pretty generally understood by
democrats that Mr.. Kenna will sue
coed himself.
There is nothing in the Republi-
can claim to alarm Democrats, that
Golf will be elected to the United
States Senate, for the Republicans
are in a, minority on joint ballot,
and he could not be elected without
the aid of Democratic votes, and no
Democrat is SO lost to all honor as
to vote for him.
What will be the result of the
Gubernatorial contest, / cannot at
this time toretell. Butitis my opin-
ion that the Legislature will declare
the result as they find it certified to
them by the Secretary of State, and
if this is done, it will of course,
give Golf a majority on the face of
the returns, and would put him in
the GubernatoriaI chair, and he
would hold the Office until the con-
test was decided.
Upon the counting of the vote as
certified, the Democrats are by no
means a unit, nor can they be
brought up to that point. A por-
ton of them are opposed to opening
the vote at all until the contest is
ended, and others are for opening
and counting the returns at once,
as the constitution Directs and it is
believed enough Democrats will
vote with the Republicans to force
the counting of the votes as certi-
fed, and of course this will elect
Golf.
There are several contests in the
House, notably among these Is the
case of Thomas We. Kirk, from Put
nam county, and the other is from
Mercer county. 1 do not believe
Mr.. Kirk will be disturbed, but the
Republican from Mercer will have
to walk the plank, as he ought to
do.
The Senate has commenced pro-
ceedings to GUST Messrs. OILY, of
Lincoln, and Sweeny of the Park
ersburg district from their seats,
but 1 don't believe they can do any
thing of the kind. 1t is looked
upon as a bluff to the House. Buff
these Senator's are unseated, the
House will unseat two Republicans
to every Senator unseated. So you
see the Democrats have the Repub-
lican schemers at disadvantage.
Senator Campbell has introduced
bill in the Senate to amend the
law creating the Independent School
District of Point Pleasant, so as to
empower the Board of Education
to issue bonds to borrow money to
build a new school house. This
bill will pass, and I hope the Board
will not be slow in putting it into
effect by securing the money to
erect such a school house as your
growing little city deserves.
Your Mason county representa-
tives are doing the best they know
how, but the truth is, neither one
of them knows much. They are
not apt to make very brilliant rec
ords for themselves.
But this is not true as to your
Senators Messrs. woodward and
Campbell, for they are active, ener-
getfc and Woodworking representa-
tives; and although Republicans,
are no discredit to the 9TH Senator-
raj District.
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