The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The House was occupied during its
morning session with the second
reading, discussion and amendment
of House bill No. 80, ia bill pro-
tenn OF free schools" The bill is in
tended to embrace all the measures re-
lating to free schools passed ut previous
sessions of the Legislature, and to rene.
dy the defects and Inconvenience OF
the law on the subject, which was pass
ed at the heel of the long session OF 1858,
and being n hurried combination OF the
Senate and House bills, was Omen in
consistent and perplexing TO those gov
erned by 1t. The bill was amended.
Mr.. Maxwell unSuccesSfully attempt
ed TO have the bill amended so as to
make teachers salaries proportionate
to thenumber of their pupils. III -
Mr.. Trainer moved TO amend by pro-
viding that school trustees, whose duty
| IL is to employ teachers, should take the
oaths required of officers in this State.
Mr.. Hinkle said that he felt con-
| strained to oppose the amendment,
since its effect in his county, where he
was frank TO confess the talent had
been with the rebels, would be injuri-
choosing persons who were best fitted
| by education to act rs trustees and to
| nut in successful operation the free
school system of the State.
Mr.. Kellnr likewise opposed the
amendment, as he nverred the purpose
OF the petitions which had induced its
proposal were TO subserve personal and
| partisan ends,
Messrs. Trainer and Hornbrook sup
ported the amendment, contending
that some such provision was demand,
ed by the loyal people of the State and
was necessary to secure the proper IN
struction of its youth.
} on the amendment the yeas and nays
7 were taken, on motion of Mr.. Kellar, as
YEAs-Messrs. Pinnetl Speaker,
Ballard, Beeson, Bell, Bristor, Brown
Carroll, Cassidy. Cunningham, Curtis
Dolly, Dyche, Fleming, Hagans, Htg'
gins, Hinchman, Hooker, Hornbrookl
Little, Lockhnrt, . MARS, Mccoy
McQuilkin. Mcwhorter, RAIDER, Riddle
Smith of Hancock, Smith of Berkeley
Spencer, Stidger, Trainer, Williamson
Witcher, Workman and Zinn-35!
NAYS Bennett, Camden, Combs,
!. GOfT, Hinkle, Johnson, kellar, Kyle
Maxwell and McCurdy-l5.
Mr.. Trainer proposed to amend SO as
to require teachers to take the sans
oath. 49,
Col. johnson opposed tbeamendment
as being branch of an obnoxious sys'
: tenn OF test oaths. He hoped this Legts
lnture was not about TO follow the un.
happy example set by the Legislature
of Missouri, which, not content
) with interfering with the temporal
! affairs OF men, meddled with things
81 spiritual, and required an oath of q
/ minister before they allowed him tC
discharge the duties of his sacred office
The imposition of test oaths was iT
every age of the world n weapon o.
tyranny, and he delied gentlemen L
point outAn instance where their efteci
had BEEN other 1han bad. With res
pect to the matter before the House hG
felt that sufficient profession against
the evil of Instruction by rebels was tc
be found in the present aw, which re-
ouired the county supertntendentto re-
quire evidence of the loyalty of teach
ers.
4 Mr.. Trainer considered the amend,
ment proper and lust. He was moi
willing-no loyal man in the State was
}, willing that his children should be in.
structed by rebels. He adverted 10 the
filct that in- some instanceS-iu-theS State
the schools We're already underline con-
troll OF returned Tebels aud bushwhack-
} ers, and nsked the House to put u stop
to this thing by adopting the amend,
Mr.. Hornbrook, by way~of reply &c
!, Col. Johnson, said that since tho adop'
ton OF the test oath system by Nilsson
ri, Immigration TO that State had been
Igreater far, than ever before TO that OF
any other State. $50 ~.
The amendment was adopted, and the
bill laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. ii. Golf the House
TOOK recess until half past two o clock
II p. NJ.
In the afternoon, Mr.. linn, from the
Committee on Claims, reported g bnl q
relaise Joshua III. Stats and his sure
ties, of Jackson county, from certain
Il liabilities to this State, and 'reportedti
4 inexpedient to legislate for the reliefoi
Nicholas Kennedy, OF Kanawha coun.
fly, or MeSsrs. Orchard and Mccall, q
Randolph county.
j Mr.. McWhoTter, from the y judiciary
Committee, reported back the bill to III;
How parties interested 10 be witnesses,
recommending that IL do moi pass and
the bill establishing the State capital at
tBuclShannon without recommendation.
He also made report OF the reSolu-
tion referred 10 that Committee, as 70
4 the expediency OF allowing Greenbrfer
and Monroe to vote separately. The re-
tport decides that those counties, al
though not delegate district. must
vote Jointly in the election OF delegates.
I Alarge number of bills Were read the
second time and appropriately IrefeEred
Tor ordered to engnossment.
K The bill deciding ON n point for the
Agricultural College, was made the spe-
I fsfal order. for Tuesday -gnextzf,ae ~