Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-01

/ government of the pc~5. ~. la
I ana Tor the people. AL power t. '..
| pie. ana the various dcrartrr-,'.' 90. 20
| ernment are merely the agent. lt e...
| PIE. constitutions national ,Na Da.
are charters from the peorl ~ STA
tam inc limitations OF tn. r. c,.
/ stteu by me people 10
( branches or departments ~
put they also place res. rafrt .-.
- .Idlnts-upcn the people r
| II requires, everywhere d.. ..Ia...s
/ OF me restraining power OF
/ 80 man from the iuhumartf, Y --
o. man: yes, and to defend tbl'rt.
! ne Entertainments OF the ma.r
80 protect the many, society .t
, '. ..,, g,rlrnes committed by IN. .1
I -. me power. and the dufv
the1 evils Of such they arel NJ '
| a sySteln, Is, as stated ly tr.
-fpPSdIs, with the Leg!siaru- u
Hitou'u ne a careful revision
utes upon the subject. Tho .
receive and act upon the pr.r,... %
! ttiGn Tor the charter Of tow rs.
! tully suggest. might with lr-- E.
/ tIusted 10 the Legislative trl'm-.
! county that Is to saw tho C...t ~ ts
oI NE Board Of Commissioner
~ Muere tnere is such O. l1l- &c.
! question Of boundaries womb
! before the body best acgu4flf.f ..
.,,,ItOry' and whose d1ty &c f.
VIVA me towns any question ai.Y. .
! Po'lloiinent OF road taxes Thor
ne holice 10 all parties iutrrc..f
! Lu!l ana Iair hearing Of aU ohI..,|
/ Tore the boundaries are G..-.r.-
not until the boundaries have l
/ proved by such tribunal. Should 81, ~
ton Of incorporation De- Submit.
voters for their approval.
CT may De mat right 0t appeal OIL.
CIIcult Court should also Doe allow
| tleIt should be no Legislative MAST.
/ HH" nHnH
~ -t S1Iit requiring 20 lr enter .r.
! Gr,'",H '-H declares ITS urrr1val and
t;l-l1tl'ln Gf any matter which n nr..
] ideally been forbidden I'D c9rsilo-, f-'
THE DISCUSSION
upon this paper was to have been ,.-
ed by General Sureiss. but he w. r.
aVoldably absent, as the Presider- --
: planned, and Col. Arrott ,ool, the h.,
ana SAID he did so because he had F.
come so accustomed 10 combating q.
county lawyers that he could NOT rr. 81.
hitting the head of such I'm 9ftor-.
whenever he saw one The Col..
confessed both 10 q familiarity ami D..
unpleasant experience with ths m.-....
treated Of By the cssayist. and ,ba-
gan a comprehensive criticism NJ .t.
paper, and Of the law upon tha srht
The Colonel defended the present n
Of Incorporating towns. and unr..
upon the general idea tina fa rair..r
OF the people could do III Damn c- F.
they did, that there was uo r.mafr a-
hand because the majoriu mcs rt."
"Ot course" he said, "A majority nav
be swayed by improper motives
that risk is run in all matters 9t F..
peal TO the suhrages Of the peCl 2
there be fault, il is in the voters s
cid not see how the suggestion
by Mr.. Erskine could be made
able, or any further restrictions or .
itca'ions made, so long as the
subject Is in the hands OF the pea.
Col. Arnett was succeeded ur
John Bassill, who endorsed tha u
Of Mr. Er5kine. His oWn town o
Clarksburg had a population O.
thousand before il was Inc0u9
and yet it got along wen lc'o..
He thought interpretations were w.
brought into being without au,
necessity, and discretion n the d.
ought to be lodged in some one.
Col. Robert White was then called
for, and responded in
A THOUGHTFUL ADDRESS.
He said the sum OF CO. Amor's avn
ment was "voX popul voc def" an A.
said he did not believe the law V
bear any such construction, ncr
! the Supreme Court had ever decide
that effect. He review the recent 0a
cussions Of the Court eff last res
this regard, and said he did not trina
the Court had gone as far as Coz r
nett had indicated, making The Circuit
Judge, if not q legislator, at le
Of ministerial agent OF the Leg. @
He cited q recent instance of r n
corporation, where not only
amount of farming land inc.HioI with
in its boundaries, but acua'. H
ton. n portion of the State Ohio s
reference being to the town of 0.
Mechen. He cOnceivCi . tte
of the Supreme Court was % com.
something Of discretion upon .he Cr
cult Judges, and said HAT ii the ia'
should be as Col. Arnotr believed there
should be a speedy repeal of The cs
listing law.
Judge Thomas p. Jacob. of New Nr
tinsville, was the next speaker and o'
gan by saying that uUOI raI o'.
sions he had been the unwilling m
of carrying the law into effect and
acted with great reluctance. Orr
half-a-dozen cases. he only recalled ni.
which had any real merit Tic re
one case when the only motive ter "
incorporation was the desire io give 70
non-residents the right 90 scI spin
liquors, for which they otherwise cat
not obtain a license. sit seems 90 w.
that the whole thing
is RADICALLY WRONG.
The Constitution ought 20 proyid'
the reference of an such matters to RI.
LEGISLATURE" A bin viii DE prep
on behalf of the Association, for d.
duction into the Legislature.
The paper to have been read To
John II. Holt, Of Huntington. was
esSarily omitted, lir. Holt not 7
Dresent. The President sllo
however, that a paper hr ' '''
2. Price. of Charleston, upon i.e '
iect Of pleadings in c''.'meh' '.
containing some Legislative sNe-r5
was i'm the possession 0f Mr. D. 10 '
michael. and il was accordinsI!
by the gentleman last named.
naDer was Of purely technical
-, .rtlo,,s,b % most valuable O