The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20
POKE FUN AT
RESOLUTIONS
PROPOSITION TO MOVE uNrvER.
SiTY BRINGS COUNTER ONE
Both Are Subject Of Considerable Lev.
ty and Much Repsrtee-Matter
Indefinitely Postponed.
BY W. r. kEYSER.
star CorresDondanf A

AoNs ". va LtD- IL
Senators during the rush inciednt to
the closing days OF the legislature di-
verted for a short time from the ser
lou business At hand today TO enjoy
repartee over the resolutions rop
ing the removal OF the state univer-
slty and the state capital from their
present locations. The resolutions.
while taken seriously by some. were
REGARDED as frivolous By a majority.
and debates were marked by a vein
OF humor.
Retaliating for the introduction
Yesterday OF a resolution proposing
to remove the university from Nor
Eantown to a more centrally located
ste. friends of that Institution to-
DAY offered In both the house and
seEat a resolution providing for the
ieauon OF a committee TO consider
the advisability OF removing the capt
tl from Charleston. and suggesting
that IL be- located in C~larksburg. The
res olution declared Charleston an
undesirable location because OF its
uncertain climatic conditions and its
inaccessibility. and added that
Charlestonians are out of sympathy
with other portions OF the state, be.
ing In close touch with the Old Do
minion. where they and their chill
dren have been and are being edu-
Gated. The resolution provided that
the committee consist OF Arlen c..
Swiger. Flavius Davisson and G.. l..
Shaver, OF the house. and George =.
White. Roy Parrish inc Scott C..
Lowe, of the senate. all OF whom. with
the exception OF Mr.. Swiger. are from
Ma Ftnn uHnH UI.wWHu.. g....sa--
Special Order.
Both resolutions were made a
special order for the afternoon. Sen.
atOr Parrish OF Clarksburg. was the
first TO speak. Logan. Webster
Springs, Elizabeth and CIarksburg
were suggested as possible sites for
the capitol. Senator Parrish's ad-
dress was humorous. and in defense
OF the resolutions to move the capitol
he said nhat never before had the
Legislature been suffered the indig.
nifty of being fumigated. II was plain
hat his remarks were intended TO be
as a joke. and Senator Blessing
called the Harrison county Senator
TO a FOR not realizing the serious.
ness of the resolution.
Senator Blessing said that appropri.
ations to the amount OF several hun.
dred thousand dollars have been
asked for the university, and before
this amount was expended the cues
ton which frequently arises as to the
o desirable location for the uni
purchased from the Wheeling Really
- II. Garvin Of sherrard spent YES
Tsrday to business matters M
Elm Grove.
". II; CHAIRMAN OF Potomac spent yes
terday looking after business matters in
the out the pike district.
ArrangeNnynts are being made for The
opening OF o fruit and confectionery
store In the Springer building at Elm
William Winters OF Elan Grove has
purchased "a fine team Of horses.
teorge Aarchrod Of Echo Point h cuff
itIlhE from slight injuries he received
from FALLING from q .1ny At WoodSdaIe
Thursday afternoon.
charles bague has returned to his
having spent the past several days ~
i~owhatan looking after business MAJ
Mrs Frank Rodgers Of Washington
Ia, u spending several days a. me
guest OF friends and relatives az Wo,is?
Miss Margaret Hervcy Of TrisdeIpbia
VIII leave this morning for Pittsburgh
TneGr sne viii spend the week end as
4. j. M~cGlumphy has returned to his
rome AZ Dallas after having spent a
rev DAYS as the guest Of his son. Harry.
at EdEwood.
MRS. Elle Davis. who has been com
lined 90 her home on the stone church
Intd Tor the past several days. b. much
Miss olive Hervcy o. TriadeIphia is
s~p'udluE me week end as the rucsf ~
friends It -~i0rEantowu.
DIVISION NO. . OF the Pastors Aid
society Of the Stone church curd,,s
school viii Rive n mlFlcle in the ,LUrSb
Tue day evening. '