The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-01-28
CHARLESTON LETTER.
CHARLESTON. liam. "a

Correspondence of the Register.
The members of both Houses of
the Legislature have lost no time in
introducing bills and resolutions,
among them one by Judge Fergu-
son in the house, and one by Col.
st. Clair, in the Senate, looking to
the prevention of frauds at elections.
If either of these bills are passed,
we will have something like the
law recommended by Gov. Wilson
at the last meeting OF the Legisla-
tGre, and will be a modified Aus.
tra!ian system for conducting elect
ions That something of the kind
is needed, is apparent to every hon.
est voter in the State. The whole
sale attempt of the Republican de-
bauchers of the ballot box, to steal
the State in 1888 should be lesson
that the Democrats should heed.
The bills are now in the hands OF
the Judiciary Committee, and no
doubt will be reported favorably
upon. OF course the Republicans
are dead set against it, because they
are opposed to an honest ballot and
a fair count.
Should the Force bill pass Con-
gress, no doubt the Legislature will
act upon Gov. Fleming's suggestion
to change our State election day so
as to keep it apart from the con-
gressional elections, and to prevent
the interference of Federal election
officers with our own local elections.
Through the exertion of Col. ].
w. st. Clair, State member of the
Executive Committee of the Worlds
Fair Commission, big meeting and
banquet of the citizens of this State
is to be held at Charleston February
18th. AT meeting of the citizens
an Executive Committee has been
appointed with Hon. w. A. McCor-
kle as president, to solicit aid from
the citizen of this State, to assist in
in making this banquet the grand
est affair that was ever held in the
State. The object of the meeting
and banquet is to get an expression
from the people of the State, and to
urge the Legislature to make lib
eraI appropriation so that West
Virginia can make u creditable eX
hibit at the Worlds Fair, of her
mineral wealth, in coal of the vari-
Gus kinds, iron, stone, timber, &c
In other words the people want to
give our little Mountain State u big
boom. We hope the Legislature
will do the proper thing in the way
of liberal appropriations for this
purpose, and then West Virginia
will make an exhibit ut the great
Worlds Fair, at Chicago, that will
astonish and surprise the nations.
The Legislature will be asked to
appropriate 100000 for this pur-
pose, but from the remarks of mem.
bcrs, we conclude that they will not
be willing to appropriate over $780,
900 or 100000. But from what we
have heard among members there is
a very strong feeling against appro-
priating a dollar for this purpose, if
the Republican pass the Force Bill
through Congress. They look up
OH the bill as a subversion of the
rights and liberties of the people
and blow at the prosperity of the
South, West Virginia is part of
this chain of States at which the
Force Bill is directed, and she must
stand by her sisters in refusing to
make an appropriation for the COM
ing Worlds Fair at Chicago, if this
infamous law is passed. The peo-
pie of the South will look upon APP
preparations as u useless expendit-
ure of money to pay for exhibits of
their resources, when laws are made
by INSCRIPTIONS partisans to de-
grade them. 1t is the only way the
South has of resenting the base and
brutal tyranny of the scoundrels
who are trying to force this imam
GUS measure upon the South.
The ball given here at the Armo-
ry in the Capitol building, on the
evening of the Goth, in honor of the
Legislature was grand affair. It
was the second event of the season
A half q thousand people were in q
tendance, among them being man
members of the Legislature You
correspondent saw on the foo
Senator Wiley, and Delegates Aus
tin and GreerrOf your county, bu
wethcr they participated IN tn
HMerry whirl'' we can't say.
good many people from all over tn
State were in attendance, and few
Point Pleasant boys in tho person
of Homer Smith, John a. Arm