The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-25
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Special dispatch to Intelligencer
Charleston. w. Va, Jan. 24!-The fu-
ture location of West virginia's capitol
has been settled finally. according to
members Of the Senate. who today up
ported a Joint resolution which ptneed
that body squarely on record as fSyur-
ing Charleston. The resolution passed
the upper house by vote Of 70 to 10
and will be referred to tho House OF
Delegates tomorrow, where Il Ia not
thought It's treatment win be 20 cor
dial. -..
The Resolution .......
The resolution after a long preamble
setting forth that the Capitol has been
located at Charleston for forty years;
that removal would disconmode . large
number Of people who have been drawn
to Charleston because It is tho state
Capitol reads:
BE It resolved by tho Senate Of West
Virginia, the House OF Delegates con-
CURING therein, that the seat Of gov
ernment should not be moved. but
should remain in the city Of Charleston
and the capitol building should be re-
built In said city without unreasonable
or unnecessary delay and that for the
! good order. the peace and welfare Of
the capitol from said city should be
! abandoned"
The resolution was introduced by
| Senator Floyd s. Chapman Of Hunting
ton, ono Of the finn defenders Of Char
lesion as the capital city.
Led BY Harmsr.
Senator Harvey w. Warner, OF
Clarksburg. led the fight as he did
when the matter was up before. His
first move was to attempt an amend
! ment. cutting out number Of phrases
which he said cast a stigma not only
on Charleston but on the entire state"
/ This amendment was accepted without
! debate, only to be followed by an at
J tempt TO secure the addition to the
! resolution Of the clause following:
D.! Provided, however. that this reso-
luton shall not go into effect until
county Of Kanawha shall have dona ted
and conveyed to the state Of West VIZ
ginia the ground adjoining the old
state house site bounded by Washing
streets, as was indicated they would no
in a communication cad to the house or
delegates"
This amendment was lost by a vote
plays the Combine.
The vote on the resolution In its
amended form followed Immediately
and in a speech spreading tho vote
Senator Harmer took the floor IN at
Eharlestonians, Char s in which no fIayed tho
| CLOSED combine controlled by the hog
ring Of the big Kanawha," with sar-
castle Inventive and we'll turned ironio
which followed showed that twenty
senator's favored Charleston as tho
state capital Harmer Immediately gave
up the fight for the day. He was Tor
stalled in an attempt to secure :es, recon, Sbo
put the motion at once, only to have
il met by q chorus Of noes"
The action Of the senate today proves
fairly conclusively that no attempt 10
! The administration senators aided by
n few outlanders and Democrats All
favor the retention OF tho seat OF gov
ernment where 1t now L. AthouEh the
senates action today VIII vi! Sor,,s Se IN and nd
the resolution itself lost. tho resolution
today shows that it will b an exceed
!ngly difficult matter to push . biu 20
! change tho seat Of government tnr0uHn
. senators-Jesse A. Bloch: OF Wheolng;
r Ness Porter. of Newell and C4Sl n.
Hunter, of MoundsvillA voted with
Charlestonians today. ss,H
The members Of the houses who arc
in favor Of tho moving Of the capitol
haSe already begun making pans
whereby their aims will be accomplish.
ed THE plan first advanced and one that
NAV be adopted Is refusal on their part
TO- accept any appropriation bill pfovi-
ding for the erection Of a new gtAte
house in Charleston. This would et
last delay the matter until the Ad-
iourned session. when an attempt to
| move the seat of government may bot
successful. -r...s
Tho vote in the senate was:
Ayes: Bloch, Boone. Chapman. Coal
ter. DInsmoor. Godbey. Hager, Harman.
fieimick. Hunter. Lewis. McClaren, Po-
ing. Porter. Sanders, Shaffer, Shinn,
Stewart. York and President Arnold
Noes: Bowers. Burr. Harmsr.. Hin
shaw, Hill. johnson. Morton, Shackle-
ford. Stats and White. Total 10.
THE wEATKER.
West virginia-Coudy Tuesday; Wed.
nssday probably snow or rain, 2e
change in tempernturs.
ohio-Cloudy Tussday, probably fol-
lowed by snow or rain in west portion;
wednesday, probably rain In south ana
rain or snow IN northern porto.
western Pennsy!vania-C1oudy Tues
day, probably followed by snow Tuss.
lday night and Wednesday, not quite -
eoId Wednesday,.