The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-24

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In soliciting riSks insuring or obtaining
the issue otpolicies, selling tickets Of In
surance, either by direct ppolntment from
accompany. q or % such agent .na,nliS'ti I
Ts5aso much Of the act passed twenty
fiith Of February, 1871, and Of section
three and thirteen Of chapter thirty-fop
Of the code of West Virginia as Is incon
sisisE, 81 In sG9iot WITH sAis act aF
The fight was on the 8 per cent TO-
provided Tor in the third section, on d
premiums taken In the State, on residen
% vel, ,as foreign companies. This wa
o aheaYyi drive Of the W heeling companies
who have heretofore paid no tax on ;thei
premiums ,snd Was warmly and vigorous,
ly resented by the Ohio county Delegates
Mr.. Campbell, Of Hancock, was the pat.
ron iot The )bill and was o; course 1T
champion. BE wanted the insurance
companies oi Wheeling taxed the same o
the foreign companies that were doing
business In the State He was opposed &
taxing one and not the other and was II
favor ,oi taxing al OF Ethem. BE could sec
no reason why money made by an iinsur
ance business should not be: taxed the
same as money made In any other kind oi
business. Mr.. Davenport on the other
side maintained that the paid up stock In
insurance companies was taxed by the
State, and thatfit was unjust TO tax the
money that.was made from o capital that
was already taxed. Mr.. Pannell was; ol
the same opinion, but the heavy fighting
was left for Mr. Davenport TO do. Daven.
port Is one Of the keenest fellows in The
House, and always manages to bold his
own. II he would keep stSan1 o little
dopn he would be much better off, and
would have . great many more friends
than he now has. - ID ~ = f,u ~
y Mr. Campbell is zone Of the purest
men I ever knew, and is a man Of abil-
ity besidea.. He Is courteous and kind,
and treats every one +, kindly and gentle.
mAnlye, But, because he isai good par.
lismentafian, and thereby manages 10
check the Speaker and other hot.headed
partisans In their muzzling and gagging
the minority, he is often mistreated by
the dominant party. have seen him
snubbed. until silence was no. longer, o
virtue, and yet jhc remained quietly in bis
The debate on the above bill soon re-
solved itself into personal quarrel, prin-
cipally between Messrs. = Davenport and
Campbell, as will be seen from the iol-
lowing abstract Of the remarks Of the
uttered on the floor OF the House.
Mr.. Campbell moved to take the bill
from the table on yesterday, which was
carried. He kcomplainedi that 'hoH had
been badly treated the; day before, and
he had been and said
MIR. speaker:-I would like to be
treated with common courtesy on the
floor of this House, The gentleman
from Ohio, (Mr. DavenporD has snubbed
me on one or two occasions. When he
said that / blackguarded himself or his
constituents he knows thathe was telling
what was untrue. I used no obscene or
vulgar language whatever.
Mr.. Dayenport-I rise 10 question OF
privilege. The words were taken down
Yesterday OF the gentleman's request, and
when he says here that / lie, he avails
himself Of o privilege OF the House. he
would never use such language to me In
another place without getting slapped
2 Nil Butcher thought these personal
matters should be settled outside Of this
hall. He had never known the gentleman
from Hancock tornake iallusion to any
uentlaman nm this foor.
Mr.. Davenport-Does the gentleman
propose to reply to my question Of privi-
iege2 4.g ..s.s... q, -. /
'Mr. Butcher-Ifthe whole floor belongs
to the gentleman from Ohio, I will yield Il.
Mr.. Campbell moved to amend the bill
by striking out the words, "and foreign
stock life insurance company" which
amendment was adopted, as will be seen
by the text Of the bill above published.
Mr.. Pannell-I came hero TO represent
the people Of the State Of West Virginia.
This bill contemplates the passage OF .
special law, relieving an insurance COM
pany from taxation. Where is the mer :
chant or other business man that would
come In here and ask any such legislation 7
have heard that these insurance COM
panies were the great beneaciaries OF the
poor people. 1t Is not so. Now, who can
believe that the poor man, struggling for
D living on six or eight hundred dollars Q
year, is going to get his life insured. No
Dir, he will try first 10 secure home. :, /
Mr.. Butcher-I would like To- ask the
gentleman question.-Who pays the tax
on these insurance companies?
Mr.. Pannell-Suppose merchant buys
goods, gets them insured and brings them
home, who pays the insurance?
Mr.. Butcher-The consumer, the poor
laboring man, the mechanic.
Mr.. Campbell insurance compan.
les, representing $500 900 OF capital, do not
pay one dollar Of tax. .r,iW;Nnop :
MI. Davenport-That Is not the truth.
Not one word Of It. ..
Mr.. Campbell-Wherein, specify.
Y Nj. DGyenport-In this, that each
Htockholder Is compelled to have his stock
listed, and is taxed for the same as any
thing else. ne N't5 .-@."i. "'.
MI. Campbell-I hold in my hand a
copy Of the insurance law, and under
that law you cannot collect one dollar Of
tax. Ny amendment TO this bill Is OBJ
jected to under the guise that I am max
ing war upon our home insurance compa-
nies. am not making war upon them.
But cannot see why the city Of Wheel
ing, with her S5O0O00 capital towering
towards the heavens, should be exempt
from taxation. The gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. PannelD cited q case where one OF
these life insurance companies failed 10
pays its policy. / could cite one, two,
three, four or five cases where these same
Wheeling companies have failed to pay.
E1IfP PsnnellS Name them IN
leMf. Camphell (continuingl II lam here
laboring for constituency that are max.
ing living hauling coal and making
brick In my county. Thousands Of dol
lars are taken out Of my county every
year In the way Of policies to these same
companies, ~. - hht !oi 1EiA
hi. Dayenport-I never heard such an
argument astheIgenilemanI has just de-
ltv9rad and "a 6hoW, that i am not dis-