The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-10

were only for few, while the great null
titude Of the people were left without
any protection whatever. He claimed
that the resolution left the people Of the
tender merCies OF this great corporation,
He was not willing that the people should
fall upon their knees and beg for terms
from this company.
Col. Monroe said that while the pro.
posed resolution was detrimental proba.
bly, to his section OF the country, Il bene
fitted the great interests this side Of the
Allegheny mountains, and should TX
adopted by the House. These special
rates were given 10 the shipper OF one cal
load as well as to the shipper Of thou
sand car loads.
Mr.. Post said that he could not help
from protesting against the adoption Of
tlcresolulion, he would not haveit known
that his voice helped endorse the great
surrender which has been made by the
sovereign people to this gigantic corpora
ton. lie objected to the resolution be-
cause 1t ignores the very principle laid
down In the charter governing that rail-
road.
Mr. Holt said he was in favor Of the res.
oluuon. He was not In favor OF doing
anything that would ruin forever the great
coal and iron and various interests OF the
State, which he claimed would be done Il
the resolution was not adopted.
Mr.. Hagans said that he was opposed to
the adoption OF the resolution. That the
committee was appointed to receive and
entertain any concessions the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company might make
through its legitimiEed and authorized
agents. Instead OF that, the resolution
submitted proposes TO adopt the tariff Of
the -ailroad, which affords nothing new
whatever from the provisions OF their
charter. He asked the members to refuse
to adopt the resolution and stand by the
quo lrdTrdniO resolution heretofore passed.
A question Of this importance cannot
be properly discussed in the five minutes
allotted. A cry comes from all along the
line OF the B. 4 o. road in this State from
shippers, that the action OF this Legisla.
tnre has brought ruin upon them, By fore
ing the B.& O. Company back upon Its
chartered rights. These gentlemen have
met members OF the committees In the
committee rooms OF this Capitol and told
them Of these grievances caused by unior.
tunate legislation, and they have prayed
for relief and for the adoption Of tie new
schedule, and that theqlto lrdrrdntO proceed
ings be abandoned. They were answered
by fine spun theories, to which they re.
pliedthat the theory might be well enough, |
but that they felt and knew that the prac.
teal effect was ruin. will answer the
gentleman from Harrison and Randolph |
who ask what is to be gained by the adop-
ton Of the resolution. 1t provides against
unjust discrimination, the very grievance
OF by these gentlemen as u rea-
son for the quo 'rdTdntO proceedings. The
that prepared the resolutions
and recommended their adoption, are all
gentlemen OF worth, one Of them Of great
legal abilities, all representing the inter.
ests Of their constituents, and yeti Is init
mated that they have recommended reso-
lutions that would be injurious to their
own interest and that Of their constituents.
Must the suffering OF the people be indcf-
nitclY prolonged that some one may be
made governor.
| trust that these resolutions may be
adopted and thereby this ruin to the best
interest OF the shippers be averted.
Afer considerable discussion the resolu-
ion was adopted BY the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Motfett (SpeaEer), Bell
of Mineral), Billmyer Butcher, Chipley,
Clark, Davidson, Fisher. Fulkcrson, Gist,
iooch, Gum, Hill, Holt, Hyer, Jacob,
Kitchen, Logan, McCreery, McGray, Me-
Neer, Melvin, Monroe, Montgomery,
Pennybacker, Quinn, Reynolds, Ross,
Roush, Shelton, Sheppard, Snider, Toney,
[In0ar and NVilsnn-1S
NAYS = Bradford, Calvert, Campbell,
Carter, Ewing, Furbee, Hagans, Harver,
Ilawver, Hutton, Kirtley, Lewis, MeCrum,
Mearns, Post, RICHTER, Rock, Rymer,
SCherr, Stuart, Taylor and YandaI-22.
Messrs Arnold, Barr, Bell (Lincoln),
Hare, johnson, Nixon Parsons, and
Poundstone not voting-S.
An effort was then made to take up tho
quo narranio resolution, which did not pre-.
vail. After passing few local bills the
House al 1890 A. n. adjourned.