Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-07

! otherwise desirable; he could move that
/ the whole section be- stricken out, and
/ this motion falling, the other amend
| mcut Ia the section could not he made
/ though the whole senate desired 10 ~
amend. As senator Turner says: "lt a
fellow should he On the alert, hc could
| defeat any amendment To- u bill.
HOUSE or DELEGATES.
The House was opened without
prayer Yesterday morning. though prob
ahly To this hct VAS not due the stormy
session oi the afternoon.
The morning was quiet almost o.
-lrypiucss, motion having already pre-
vailed that all bills on the Clerks table
be- read the first time. Members settled
themselves comfortably ia their desks
and in the CummlttCcr rooms With pa
pers aud periodicals, AMI prepared Ia
pass away the time. All the business
ui this nature was transacted, and sew
rral bills were read the second time.
House Bill No. III, in relation IN pay
ing mileage tO witnesses and jurors came
up as unfinished business, hal lew
uuhuportant amendments put on, and
was ordered tOa second reading
Several attempts were made hy mrm-
hrr, interested tu bring up particular
bills aud read them the second time, hut
thry generally failed.
THE SCHOOL LEVY.
The lull ui tho morning Was only the
,ulm which prccelcS the storm. Any
matter pertaining Ia the school law needs
only Ia be- hruachcd tu have every mvm-
hrr uu the tlnnr up lu arms. The lie
bate ol Yesterday was the most spirited
that has vet taken place On any subject
The particular, are a. follows:
House tall NJ. p came up ou itS
uR IT. second reading. II 4, n relation
tu raising the school levy lrom Id I" ~
cents Mr. Jacob moved tu re-cummlt
tu the Committee uu Taxation and
Finance.
JUDGE SIT NRr
opposed this motion, a. hc considered
10 had uu other object than the killing
uI ui the hill. lie grew very CNcltcdaud
hitter iuhis speech aud protested against
the burdens imposed upon the puurrr
counties hy the law a. Il now St"ud
carr ,mrLEN
said that cyeryhulY know the object at
the mutldu Was Ia klil the hill, AMI a.
hv desired the passage at the hlll h'
would vote against this motion. tie
favored the bill because hc Thought It
m-t. even though II put an additional
IN u several hundred dullars upon hlS
own county. The Constitution ct the
State provides that the Legislature
hall provide ior thorough amt
efficient system at Tree schools.
But has hr done it, Ne, sir THIS
Constitution was adopted hy the vote 81
the Democratic party, which proposed
L. carry Il out, bat have they duuu suf
Ilr wanted a system perfect AMI uniform,
amt cnull not see how We can educate
uuryhillrru lfthcy don't tx this hy Law.
MR. rNrS,uNs
said the true pTIuvIPlc at raising taxes
aS conceded hy the most celebrated pc
htlyM economists, was upUu u true
property basis The day VAS hong gone
hy when a tax Was imposed upon mus
clio. tie thought no one would deny
that il was a duty ut the public Ia rear
aud educate the children ui the public.
Pursuing these ideas, hc thought thls
hilI pcrirrtly correct, aui wanted To-
wipe out and forever ublltrrJtc the
plan 1T loral taxation. THIS hIll WAS
not an increase ut taxation generally,
hut uuly a shifting ut taN from the DIS
trIcts tu the State at large. Tie dId not
envy the hry,i or heart 1T the man who
was uppos,i tupaving tax To- school hS
puuT uvlghhuTs children.
uR. IuUNN
said hc hal not intended tn argue this
question at pr,-scut, hut VAS called Il"
the Huur tu answer spnc incorrect state
mrutS Ot the gentleman from Jarks"u
Parsons sumr ui which, hc SAID, we're
without foundation, aud utterly unhe-
coming au advocate ul this Till. lie
Didn't want Ia tax muscle, uuj dit not
SEE why Il should hv dragged into this
discussion The gentleman had said
thi. hIll dill not increase taxation, which
statement every memher knew was not
correct. Aud the Till would la uncun-
stitutiuUal q 70 WrrC not 81. The gru-
tIyluuu hail said 1t didn't affect hls
county ,JarksuuI, which WAS not 81, 1~
it would make difference ot truu one
tu twn thousand dollars. aud hc doubted
n such had not hccp the ease, whether
the gentleman would have taken the
h1ur as hc dld That the gentleman
had been careful not to >ay that thus
tails upon the poor ~ well as the rlrh.
aud nu one on the other Sidc had al
lUdvd to the laCt that while THIS tax
Was tu be levied aS 10 property hut dis
trlhmtCd as to population.
srEIGER NoFFEUr,
touk a special interest Ia this till he
cause iu the Constitutional Convention
ui 1872. hr hal the honor ui introducing
this very measure, aud which was the
inst time the proposition had been
m0otOd It's friends upon that oCcaslon
were decided minority aud nothing
could hc done, and all arguments against
il we're ui a most selfish nature more l.
paid out than is gotten back. But it's
not q question ui selfish COnsldcrI-
tiOn a question above counties and
above distriCts-One in which every
Que is Interested, II he ieols any
interest in his state. lie had felt that
the agricultural interests ot West NIr-
ginia required law ot this kind, and
hal hhorCd TOT its COnSummStlun. tie
lived In county ,rocahuutasl sparscly
settled, though, Tor It's people, one ot the
wealthy ones. lie had thrown cloud
over his political reputation IN hIs work
Tor this proposition, hut was happy to
SAY IL had cleared away brighter than
before, and he had educated hiS people
up to his own belief. Tie thought Il the
policy oi West Virginia to huild up u
sChool system equal to tho education ot
the youth al the State. This must be
done, cannot be avoided. and can b.
done by NO other than the AT rUiprrE1
principle, and this system is ior the
benefit OF the State at large and not Tor
any county. lie closed with the eX-
prrssion OF the hope that s..hool Sys-
tenn would he built up. and So hrmly
that no cause OF dispute could arise in
any future Legislature.
Mr. Ewing made sensible point
when he spoke of the difference in the
clOseness of assessment ia the morc