Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-06

! ing OF deeds, &c. A numDer OF aulenu
ments were added, which were adopted
without opposition or discussion, a
! they merely perfected the bill. 1t wa:
finally ordered to its third reading.
House Bill No. Ill, bill in relation
to paying mileage 10 witnesses .betor'
! grand juries, came up on Its second read
ing. An attempt was made to recon-
nit it to the Judiciary Committee, but
was unsuccessful.
At ) o'clock and 10 minutes, by vos
OF % 10 26, the House adjourned.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Hagans, Chairman Of Committee
on Mines and Mining, reported in lieu
of House bills Nos. 2i and 1913, House
hill No. 30, bill providing for the reg
ulation Of coal mines, and the protection
and safety of persons employed therein,
with Recommendation that it do pass.
By Quinn: II. B. No. 2lS, to amend
the charter of the town Of New Cumber-
land.
By Lewis: II. b. No. 2l9, requiring
trustees IN deeds OF trust TO give bonds
before selling the property which they
hold in trust.
HARD HIS FROM THE HOUSE.
House indications are hard TO read.
The greatest apparent interest will be
taken in bill, and innumerable amend
mcnts tackled on, when suddenly mo-
ton to indefinitely postpone will be OF
fered and adopted.
Tho Legislature will excurt to Mount
de Chantal on Saturday in response 10
an invitation extended by the ladies OF
that institution through Sister Mary
Agnes.
Mr.. Johnson il probably the most i'm
pulSive man in the House. Ii he has 4
thought il is bound TO come out, with
out regard to consequence. When 4
smile turks round that mustache a gen.
eral laugh is inevitable.
4 demand of the ayes and noes often
changes votes, as many will vote aye
upon some riTd rOcS vote, where there is
no record, but who would vote no if it
went upon record. Legislators, in many
cases, are like sheep. When the leader
jumps the rest shut their eyes and fol-
low.
Mr.. Butcher made successful point
oi order at last. lie raised the point
Yesterday that a motion 10 lay on the
the table was not debatable! y. b
The point was sustained by the Chair ,
Hon. i. J. Jackson, Of Parkcrsburg,
was on the floor oi the House yesterday.
DoorkeeDer Jim Neelis says that when
he once told a lady he could find her a
seat on the floor Of the House. she re-
piled: II don't want % SIT on the
floor" Jim has the papers to substan-
tiate this little fact.
II is generally allowed that eN-
Governor Jacob is the ablest lawyer Of
the House. His opinions are always
listened To with Difference.
\ stranger, yesterday, enquired for
Mr.. Quinn, and upon being told he was
a clerical looking person, east about TO
find some one answering the description.
\ wrll-knOwn and eccentric young at
torncv of this city was peramhulating
about. wearing white tie, and was
astunished upon being addressed by the
stranger as Mr.. Quinn.
Members are already talking of the
probabilities of ancXtended or adjourned
session. Both propositions have their
supporters and seem 10 be equally
divided. Many are opposed to either.
Ii is the general opinion that when
the Judicial amendments come up,
gOOd-bye to everything else.
Some Of the members are "Out' on
their arithmetic. and couldn't figure the
amount Of mileage on 2Omiles at } cents
per mile. One made IL S4OO.
Mr. Parsons thought the per- dtSH paid
10 witnesses before the grand juries at
tractrd great many worthless "des,i
beats who 90 in for money to pay their
board
One member went to sleep during
Yesterdays argument on the school bill.
No fair minded outsider could blame
him,
The House galleries are crowded daily,
and many are the suspicious glanCes
cast i'm that direction by the Sergeant-at-
Arms will the Sheriff of OhiOcOunty
clear the galleries.
The clerks table groans under the
weight OF two resolutions restricting
windy speeches One limits speakers
70 five and the other to fifteen minutes.
J. W. schulz, Of the independent dis
trict 81 Ritchic. occupied two places in
the gallery, Yesterday, and no one even
thought Of propping 1t up.
According 10 Judge Stuart every pro
position or bill before the House belongs
to the gentle sex. lie says: Don't
let's pass her"
\ motion to adjourn always has
plenty OF supporters and seldom goes
begging A. >olon Shingle SAYS: You
fellows can carry a motion to adjourn.
some Sorc-hcaded individual Is circu
lating petition to endeavor 10 prevent
the passage of the Military ApPropria-
ton Bill. His Arguments are ot con-
temptiblr and sour-grapeS nature, and
among the iair-mindcd delegates will
meet the rrLuke they deserve.
After fighting for over a day upon the
rad law bill it occupies nearly the same
position n at first The boys carried
the dav. and those under eighteen don I
have 10 work on the rpadS.