The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-13

Presidents 500, and other officers and
professors in the aggregate $500 per an
mum. Mr.. Brown. Jr., Of Kanawha, favor
ed the amendment, and defended the In
crease OF salaries at the University. Mr.
Brown, sr., OF Kanawha, also favored the
amendment, while Mr.. Pennybacker OPP
posed 1t. Il was lost by vote Of SO TO ID
Judge Brown moved 10 add an appropria'
ton Of $500 for gymnazium Of the UNI
versit, which was also lost. Mr.. Rider
wished to cover deficit Of S9S5 In the ap.
preparation Of 1882 for the Normal
Schools; this was also rejected.
Mr.. Salisbury moved to strike out the
appropriation for Normal schools entirely.
He said he did this because he had never
seen graduate from them schools In his
part OF the State, and the people had been
payin' taxes to support EN-" Mcssru.
Holt, Isbell and Cox opposed the motion.
He said with all the faults OF the schools,
II they were abolished fatal blow would
be struck at the free school system OF the
State. Mr.. Armstrong favored the amend.
ment. He held that as far as furnishing
teachers were concerned, the schools were
a failure, and they were OF local benefit
merely otherwise, while all the people
were taxed. Mr.. Pennybacker also favor
ed the amendment, speaking, earn
nestly on the subject. Mr.. Isbell again
warmly defended the schools. Mr. Evans
alluded TO the remark that all these amend
ments to the bill came from the minority
party, which Mr.. Pennybacker had made,
and he said that here was an amendment
which did not come from the minority,
and It struck at the free school system re.
cognized in the Constitution. He denied
that the schools were failures; at the close
OF the war his county had to send TO Mas.
sachusetts for teachers, and now normal
school graduates taught all over the coun-
try. This provoked little colloquy OF
partisan character between Mr.. Armstrong
and Mr.. Evans. Mr.. Pennybacker also re-
sponded to the party allusion, some
whatfeelingly. Mr.. Brown, jr., Of kanawha,
held that the State was in honor bound to
support the schools. Mr.. Rider defended
the schools from the charge OF inefticiency.
Mr.. Jones said this was q thrust at the
teachers Of West Virginia, and expressed
his regret and surprise that such an illiberai
motion should have been made. He read
some statistics showing the good work OF
the normal school at Fairmont. MIR. David
Powell said II the money appropriated for
the University and the Normal schools
were taken and added to the salaries
OF the free school teachers 1t
would do more to advance the cause OF
education than any other equal expendi-
ture. The main trouble is that the salar.
les are too low. He did not favor the mo-
ton Of Mr.. Salisbury, however. DR.. Bee
said that in the school at Concord, Mercer
county, twelve counties were last year rep.
resented by pupils. Prior to the establish
ment OF normal schools his county was
obliged TO send abroad for teachers, while
now there were plenty at home. Judge
Brown favored the system as necessary to
the efficiency OF the free schools. The de.
bate was finally cut short by Mr.. lsbell de-
manding the previous question. The vote
resulted in an overwhelming defeat OF the
amendment, only Messrs. Armstrong, Q.
L. Brown (of Jackson), Corder, Eckard,
Parsons, Rife, Salisbury and Stump voting
for 1t. Z"
About dozen leaves Of absence were
granted, and the House took recess until
$50.
The night session was devoted to reading
bills the second time for amendment, and
was without special features ofinterest.