The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-06-04
West Virginia Legislature
[EXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.
WHEELING, June 8, 1865


SENATE.
s WHEELING, June 3, 1868.
Mr.. HOKE, Chairman of the Join
Committee appointed to submit plaI
for proceeding with the revising of ths
Code, reported in faver of raislngst
Joint committee of twenty, composed o
] eight members from the Senate, anC
twelve from the House, which shall be
called the Committee on Revision
Their duty is to revise the Code anc
submit their work to the Legislature fol
confirmation.
The report was adopted, and thu
President appointed Messrs. Hoke
Farnsworth, Carskadon, Boreman, Bur
ley, Applegate, Zinn and Slack as said
Committee on the part of the Senate.
DEBATE ON "sTAMPs."
Mr.. MARION offered resolution in
structing the Sergeant-at.Arms to fur
nish each member with ten dollars
worth of postage stamps.
Mr.. WORKMAN said ne was not sure
he needed any; he had some left voted him
at the last session, and didn't see the
necessity of their use now.
Mr.. FARNSWORTH thought that
when there was a demand for postage
stamps the resolution under consider
alton could be acted on, and as there
were no public documents to be sent
out this session he thought there would
be no occasion for their nse.
Mr.. MARTIN was aston:shed at the
Senator from Upshnr county, and was
not so much aStsnished either when he
considered that the fall elections were
coming on A vote for "stamps" might
defeat some of them. He said that SEN
ators were sent here by the people, and
| he cared not whether there were any
documents sent out OF not; they would
be compelled to correspond with their
constituents, and as the poor pittance OF
three dollars per day was all that they
received it was but justice that their
postage for correspondence should be
| paid by the State. He liked the prece-
dent set ut the regular session of having
ten dollars worth of stamps furnished
them, and argued that there were as
much necessity now for them as before.
Mr.. CARSKADON, to settle the ques'
ton, moved to amend the resolution by
making it three dollars instead of ten
Mr.. CHAPLINE couldn't "see it in
that light" and was in favor of ten
dollars. He said that at the last cleo
tion they carried the State by seven
thousand majority, and that by voting
themselves STAMPS" their majority
could not be reduced more than five, at
most. He thought he could get the
UpShur county man to go for ten. In
justification for favoring the ten dollar
resolution, he said he was going to sub
scribe for number Of newspapers to be
sent to his constituents, aid he thought
that it was nothing more than right
that all the Taxpayers in the State
should help to pay the postage on the
papers that he chose to segd to his
radical friends.
Mr.. BURLEY said he did not intend
to open his mouth, and that he could
not open it without saying something
He thought that no one in voting tol
"stamps" should be influenced by polit
ical motives, and that he intended tc
vote iu the matter without regard ia
consequences. He expected that nc
public documents would be sent out
and that he would take his share Of
stamps" i'll tobacco and in rappropria
tions for the penitentiary. He was op
posed to voting for stamps for postag,
purposes.
During the time Mr.. BURLEY was
making this little speech he was inter
rogated by Mr.. CHAPLINE whether he
thought that this appropriation would
interfere with any subsequent appro
priation for the penitentiary, which oc
casioned Mr.. BURLEY's reference K
that institution at the close of his re
marks.
Mr.. HOKE thought that ten dollars
worth of stamps" would be more thar
they would nesd; yet they weuld neet
some, as there were reports from th'
committees appointed to investigate th'
affairs at the Penitentiary and Insan'
Asylum, amounting to over five hun
dred pages, for which they could b'
used in sending these reports to thei
constituents.
Mr.. YOUNG thought he saw that the
Senators were getting little mixed OF
this vexed question, and to better th'
condition of affairs moved to lay th'
whole matter on the table, as he under
stood that the House was debating the
same question, and he preferred waiting
20 see what course they would pursue
Mr.. YOUNG'S motion was lost.
On q vote being taken on Mr.. CAR
| SHADOWS amendment it was also los
by unanimous vote.
Mr.. WRIGHT thought that he woult
split the difference and please all partie
by moving to insert five dollars instead
of ten, which motion was carried. =
Mr.. CHAPLlNE called for a division
which was sustained, but the origina
motion sf Mr.. WrigtA's prevailed max
ing it five dollars.
Mr.. H0KE offered resolution, whicl
was adopted, instrustiDg the Presidsn
to appoint an additional page for tn
Senate.
Mr.. CHAPLINE gave notice that ;
Republican caucns meeting would b
held in representative hall at half-pas
seven o'clock. Mr.. NEWLIN, from tn
House, who had back seat in the Sen
ate, here interrupted Mr.. CHAPLLNE
by stating that no such Lotice had beel
read in the House. Mr.. CHAPLINf
accepted his premptings, although on
of place, by extending the Invitation
to the members of the House.
The committee on Education asket
leave to attend the public school pic
mic, which was granted.
Senate adjourned.