Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-21

commission to report to the next Lesisla.
ture Of the State. locations for Q second
hospital for the insane came up.
The patrons Of the bill made speeches
evincing the .1pediency OF the commits
sion, stating that in the counties generally
throughout the State the jails had iunatics
among their inmates, and that every mem.
Der en- the floor could testify to this tact q
The opposition asserted
An Additional Asylum
was unnecessary, and appealed to the tes
timoDy Of the superintendent OF the pres
ent asylum TO that effect
Judge Brown said there was an outcry
all over the State that the asylum did not
accommodate those who were there, and
and applications bad been sent in, which
were refused. Certainly humanity de.
msnded that this thing should cease and
economy demands i. should cease. That
it is an evil is proved BY the fact that We
have appropriated $4,000 for the support
Of these people, now in the Jail OF the
county.
Mr. Hall said il was $4,000.
The object Is TO mitigate that evil. We
may not eradicate it entirely, but it is q
notorious fact. the present asylum does not
accommodate the public. 1t has not done
IL in the past and cannot do it in the fu-
ture without further provision. Will you
make this provision at the same place or
where il will
Better Accommodate
the public.
Judge Brown also referred to the incon-
venience OF reaching the asylum in its
present location from other portions OF the
State owing TO the dear.h OF railroads
Mr.. Armstrong was in favor OF taking
care of the lunatics, but when We had am.
pie provision for them he was opposed to
unnecessary expenditures. He did not
pretend to personal knowledge OF the pres
ent condition OF the hospital, but knew the
Superintendent said they could make room
for so more patients. 1t had been
A Healthy Instituiion
as far as be was informed. The patients
enjoyed as good health as in any institution
within the United States. Ii there were
any necessity for this action Of the Legis.
lature it should be taken. II not IL ought
not to be taken. Another remarkable fact,
Mr. Armstrong said, was that tho asylum
was TO be located near the Chesapeake and
Ohio and the supporters Of the resolu ution
lived in those sections. Yet he did not i'm.
pugn their motives. The opposition gained
their point and had the resolution referred
10 the Committee on Public Buildings and
Humane Institutions. II is fair TO state
that all those in favor OF this reference were
not opposed to the commission:
Judge Brown introduced bill, ,amending z
and reenacting section 60 OF chapter IS OF
the code, and a resolution insuucting the
Committee on
Finance and Taxation
to report shat amount was due the school
fund, and also what amount Of the indebt.
by present levy, and what portion was dis.
tributable over a period OF 20 years, having
it referred 10 that Committee.
House bills l2S, restricting druggists In
the retail OF poisons, and %, concerning
the incorporation OF joint stock companies
without special charter, passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Cox, the Honse took
recess till O'Clock.
NIGHT SESSION.
1.-THE House re con nvened at o'clock.
House bills l55, regarding conveyances,
devses or dedications to churches. lt7, in
cluding a lot owned by Hezekiah Stuck,
near Clarksburg, within the Clarksburg In
dependent School district Passed.
The first reading Of House bill l47 being
pending, a call OF the House was manipu.
lated, full particulars OF which will be
found IN the local.
Squibs.
Mr.. Burgess, ot Wayne, has returned
home and foregone participation in the
grand legislative finale.
The sgpregate OF the Senators has materi.
ally diminished.
The legislative serio comedy is drawing
10 a close.
The numerous incipient Statesmen In the
lower House have made their first record.
The sessions OF the lower House have de.
yelOped some antsgonisms, which furnish
unlimited entertainment to the habitues
Of that body.
BY an inadverterce, Senate bill GS, con-
cerning the Secretary OF State and Supreme
Court reports, was reported TO have been
passed by the House, when IL was rejected.
Mr.. Daniel Daugherty, the great orator.
visited the Senate chamber and House oil
Delegates, yesterday morning, holding an
informal reception. Mr.. Sargent conduct.
ed him to the Senate and presented him in
the handsomest style. Mr.. Daugherty Is
the man that nominated Hancock in 1880
at Cincinnati.
Mr.. Smith, OF Marion, based his speech
on sections and Of Article 10 OF the Con.
stitution.