Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-04
Another Fierce Railroad War in the Senate
The Educational Bill on Deck in
the Afternoon-ln the House
the Assessment Bill 0ccu-
pies the Day.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL
INTRODUCED.
SENATE.

satisfaction OF the Auditor that the sure.
ties of a deiaulting sheriff will be COM
peeled to pay the amount OF indebted
ness of such sheriff, he may, with the
advise and consent OF the Attorney
General, settle with such suyeties, by
receiving the amount OF principal. with
interest thereon, at the rate OF six per
centum per annum.
Mr.. Douehoo introduced bill provi-
ding for cases appealed or transmitted
from justices.
:. 4. No. %, in relation to transpOrta
ton Of freight by railroad corporations,
which had been laid OH the table, was
placed ON the calendar.
Bills Passed.
A bill To provide suitable block of
stone to be placed in the Washington
monument by this state.
\ bill in regard to the care OF luna.
ties.
\ bill 10 confer certain additional
powers on the Potomac and Ohio Rail-
road Company.
Mr. Dennis moved that the Senate
agree To conference with the House
committee on the justices bill. The
President appointed the following COM
mittee: Nlessrs. Dennis, DOnehOO,
Faulkner, Stout AMI Barbee.
:. B. No. ~ was then taken up. Ii is
& bill Ia regulate the transportation OF
freight by railroad corporations.
Mr.. Newman, who introduced the
bill, made the opening speech and his
remarks were OF a nature which scarce
ly suited the members Ot the Senate.
lie spoke of the hired lobbyists who had
been here for weeks working against
these measures and that now it was but
necessary for them 10 pull the strings
in order that the Senators should Jump
up and vote.
He proceeded at length TO explain
how he was here to protect the interests
OF the
Hard-Fisted Yeomanry
against these grinding monopolies. He
was OF the opinion that after the action
OF the Senate on "Wednesday upon the
Wilson Bill that it was useless TO at
tempt to carry any measure not favor
able 10 the railroad companies.
Mr. Brown, who voted in the aliirma-
tive upon the bill, thought that the pat
ron of the measure had allowed his inn
ayinatiOn to get the better OF him, when
he spoke OF the "hired lobbyists who
were ready to pull the string which
would eau " the Senator's to spring up
to vote upon thisquestion." He thodght
that probably the senator was excited,
but ii he intended To intimate that there
is any power other than his oath that
could govern him,
He Was Surely Mistaken,
and further, said he, there is in my
mind, no Senator on this floor who ls so
corrupt ~ to be governed by any hired
lobyist. lie thought that the remarks
of the Senator were degrading to the
Senate and should not be passed by in
silence. In regard TO the bill he would
say that he had received many letters
from shippers and business men, and
every one Of them had requested that
the railroads be let alone. "lf railroad
companies ruin the people, my constft-
uents desire to be ruined in Just that
way.
Dr. Summersyiewed the remarks OF
the patron Of the bill in the same light
that the Senator from Jackson did and
he very much regretted the words at the
time they were uttered. Mr.. Summers
said that he had received no intOrma-
tion from his constituents on this sub
iect, other than that they wanted the
railroad question To be let alone. mo
hired lobyists" have whispered in my
ears and my reason for objecting TO the
bill is because il does not suit mt. lie
desired %
Enter Protest
svlinSt the hard criticism ut the patron
ol the bin against those people who had
made their wishes known on this sub
jsci.
No men on the face OF the earth were,
i'm his opinion, more honorable or honest
than those who had been working here
to protect themselves and those whom
they represented against such measures
"A this is. these gentlemen have come
hcre to work honestly against these
measures. actuated 10y the will OF the
ppop!e, and cannot allow such re-
marks as those Of the patron OF the bill
tn rsss unnoticed Il it the hard listed
yeomanrv of this country who make use
al the railroads Is II they who make
nse of these thousands of cars? No,
it is not, and it is very evil
dent that the gentleman is reaching his
arm
Amer the Railroads
rather than for the protection OF the peO-
pie.
was in no frame of mind to vote upon
the question at present. lie thought
that the Senators were too hot, and
that time should be given for delibera-
lion. lie therefore moved that the bill
ha laid over until the first Friday after
the first Wednesday in February, lSS2.
Mr.. Brown differed with the gentle
man on that subject. He said that all
oi the Senators were perfectly cool,
Jus, as Cool a. the Unruftied Sea-"
and he therefore desired that the question
h,. decided at once. He said there was
NO country in the world where land
with It's wealthy soil sells one,half so
cheap as in this State. Why is this"
For the simple reason that the eastern
capitalists have the idea that We, in this
state, are a set of guerrillas, and gov
erped by a set Of Red Men," and they
would be still more OF that opinion
should the Legislature pass any such
measure rs this.
ON the question Of laying the bill on
the table, those who voted in the affirm
alive were: Messrs. Brown, Dawson,
Donehoo, McGregor, Newman, Rob.
erts, smith, Van Meter, and Williams
9.
Those who voted in the negative
were: Messrs. Summers (President),
DAWSON, Dennis, Ewin, Farnsworth,
Faulkner, Maxwell, McGrew, McNeel,
Samples, Shelton, Stollings, and Stout
-lS.
Ou the passage OF the bill those who
voted in the affirmative were- Messrs.
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