The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-10
Charleston Letter
Correspondence Register
CHARLEIsoN, Feb. 9th 1886

AldAEkLEIcONs GAls77OeAA
Correspondence Register
About alltime of the Legislature
was taken up to-day IN a fghtov
the new county of Augusta. The
opponents and friends of Angus
ia are at swords points, and there
has been good deal of elimination
and denomination between the
friends and enemies of the new
county, and some pretty harsh
language has been used between
some of the members. And if it
were not unlawful, and felony,
no doubt several challenges to fight
to the death would have been sent
ere this. As it is the people are
expecting to see several members
come to blows over Augusta, " be-
fore the matter is disposed of and
ended.
It is rumored here that a bill
win soon be presented in the Legis-
lature, to create Board of Trust
ees for a Memorial Hall. to COM
memorate the battle of Point Pleas
ant, fought October 10th, IVA,
and asking that the appropriation
heretofore made, amounting to
$500, be turned over to Board
of Trustees, and to take it out of
the hands of the present Commit
tee, who have never done anything
toward the matter. Besides this
appropriation large individual sub
scriptions were collected, and the
total fund now in the hands of the
Committee, amounts to over $10,-
Coo. IL the Legislature will pass
the Point Pleasant Memorial Hall
bill, the other moneys in the hands
of the old Committee will soon be
forthcoming. Let something be
done, and done quickly. or let all
this palayer about it close.
The appropriation of the sum of
$4,000 for the purpose of repre-
senting West Virginia at the
Tennessee Centennial, is provok-
ing much discussion and that gen
orally antagonistic to the proposal,
its DIRECTORS contending that we
have altogether too many Centen-
malls, and that the money would
eventually resolve itself into trave-
ling expenses for few gentlemen
ON a pleasure jaunt. And that
view of the situation is not alto
together without reason.
West virginsa is in line with
many other States in going for the
large corporations. The tele-
graph, express, telephone and in
surance companies will get well
roasted before March LIST.
An exchange gives laughable
exampleof the illiterateracy of some
of our Legislators. 1t says this
knowledge of parliamentary law
possessed by some of the members
is something terrible to witness
when it breaks out. The other
morning, shortly after the House
was called to order, a well meaning
member, not from the rural dis
tricts either, arose and said ''Mr.
Speaker do that which you done
yesterday morning" Then he sat
down and the House is wondering
yet what the old man meant.
We never had much respect for
the lobbyist, for he is often uncon-
ecionable and unscrupulous, but
he seems to become more degrad-
ed these latter days, if reports are
to be believed, and resorts to the
pettiest means to gain his ends.
Just fancy giving out theatre
tickets to curry favor with dele
gate or a senatorl and yet we do
not know which is the worse, the
man who offers the paltry bride. or
the representative who values his
vote only at the price of a theatre
ticket. Legislation has come to a
pretty pass, in all conscienceI By
and by. another bill will hang in
the balance with glass of whisky.