Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-18
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Morning Session.

inr, and transacted the following business:
ON motion Of Mr.. Faulkner the Senate
insisted on it's amendment to bill amend
ing the first section Of the charter OF the
town of Martinsburg.
The Senate asked for a conference com
mittee on the bill, and the President APP
pointed Messrs. Dennis Fanmeter and
Dawson.
The follow ing bills worO Fassodi a Sait =
to prevent certain animals from going at
large and to provide that they may be taken
up and sold: a bill TO amend chapter 81 OF
the code, concerning insurance, telegraph
and express companies; House Bill No. 2t',
to amend section q of chapter l03 OF the
code; House Bill No. 309, to amend chapter
l24 of the code: House Bill No 3li, to
amend chapter - OF the code; House Bil!
No. All, to amend section 3of chapter "A OF
the code; hill to appropriate all moneys
arising from the redemption or sale OF
delinGuent lands returned for the non
payment OF county taxes for the county oil
Lincoln, now in the Treasury OF this State,
or which shall hereafter come into the
Treasury, to the construction and improve
ment OF certain public roads in Lincoln
county.
A large number OF bills were read and
ordered to their engrossment, after which
the Senate took recess.
Afternoon session.
A number of bills on their second reading
were taken up for consideration, somewhat
amended, and ordered to their engrossment.
Mr.. Newman moved to reconsider the
vote by which the Senate passed the bill APP
portioning representation in the Senate
and House of Delegates in this State. Mr..
Faulkner raised point of order and was
sustained by the President. Mr.. Donehoo
moved that the House of Delegates be re-
uuested to return the bill to the Senate,
which was defeated by vote of IL to IL
Mr.. Stollings offered the following resolu-
ton which was referred to the Committee
on Finance:
Resolved. That the clerk OF the Senate and
his assistants, the committee clerks, the
Sergeant-at-ArmS, doorkeeper and pages OF
the Senate who have attended at the session
OF this winter he allowed the same mileage
as members. to be paid out OF the cOntin-
gent fund of the Senate.
A number of bills were read and referred
to their appropriate committees or ordered
TO their engrossment and third reading.
House Bill No. 4O7, to provide for con-
finement at hard labor of persons found
guilty of miSdemeanOr, was considered on
a second reading, and Occasioned lengthy
discussion. in which Messrs. Faulkner,
Brown. Donehoo and Newman participated.
The bill was finally laid on the table until
to-day.
An effort was made TO adjourn at the
usual hour but the Senate refused in order
to give
senator McGregor n Chance
to crate upon his female suffrage amend.
ment to the Constitution. The Senator
took the floor and opened thus: 81 believe
some Senators think ] offered this reSolu-
ton for fun, and others say il would be the
cause of many divorces, while others say
that this and the prohihitory resolution will
ruin the State. | care not what Senators
think or say. am responsible for the in
PRODUCTION OF this resolution, and intend
to stand by it, | know tits right, and have
been of this opinion for 10 these many
years, and | want the Senators TO under
stand that my constituency did not send
me here to make fun, or to take up the
time of this Senate with foolish resolutions
of my offering. But that | am honest in
all my efforts to do the very best
can for my constituents and
for the State" Here the ysice of the gal
liant Senator gave way. and he explained
that on account OF serious cold atfiiCtion
he would, with the consent of the Senate,
allow the clerk to read the balance OF his
ovation The clerks, in turn. and with
considerable effort, spent about half hour
in figuring II out, although assisted by the
Senator himself The speech first referred
to the constitutionality ofthe question and
then to the workings of similar law in
other States.
"The general tendency of modern civil
lization and progress" the speech read, lis
onward. Then, Senators, let us throw of
the old shackles that have bound US so
long and be men and say: Oh, woman,
thou art truly my equal, come this day
and vote with me- Never in the history
of the world has woman occupied
the proud position that she
does to-day. She wields equal
influence with man, and in many cases
tepfold greater. She stands at the head of
many of our great reforms and is recog-
nized everywhere in the onward march of
progress and improvement At this point
we naturally inquire where woman re-
ceiyed this power and this commanding in
huence? The answer is, from God and God
alone. He placed her at the fountain head OF
government in the family. Now, as wo-
man is the legitimate law maker in the fam
ily, why not allow her voice in the gov
ernment of our common schools The
speech then drew very heavily on Biblical
history for arguments in favor OF woman S
edual rights with man. "Let Us do as
great thing as did King Akasue-
rus when Queen Esther appeared
before him to plead Cor her people. tesaid