Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-14
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

The House convened at 10 o'clock A. N.
The Speaker laid before the House a mes.
sage from the Executive approving certain
bills passed by the House.
Messrs. Davis and Isbell, by leave, intro
duced new bills amending certain statutes.
A petition was presented by j. II. Brown
against bridging the Kauawha; and by Mr..
Davis for the passage Of House bill l9G.
A Parliamentary Tilt.
The House having resumed consideration
Of the Appropriation bill, proceeded there
with until 35 minutes past IL O'Clock, at
which time Mr. Burtt called up the Mining
bill, which had been made the special order
for II o'clock,
The Speaker (Mr. Holt in the chair de.
cided that the time having passed the bill
had lost its place and could not be called
up after that hour.
Mr.. Burtt appealed from the decision OF
the chair.
The appeal called out a somewhat heated
debate. On the question OF sustaining the
decision of the chair the ayes were 81 and
the nays q.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House reconvened at O'Clock.
The debate was reopen ed Oh Mr. Staple
tom s amendment providing for refunding
the loans from the school fund and banks.
Mr.. Pennybacker said that the report OF
a Republican auditor showed an indebted
ness OF SEQ, 200 TO the school fnnd. He con-
tinued as follows: How was that fund
paid back? It was after the general fund
arising from taxation had come Into the
treasury, and by reason Of the fact OF It's
being in the general treasury. Then 1t was
said TO have been paid and / defy the gen.
| teman TO show me in any place where II
was put back TO the general fund.
Mr.. Eyans-Was there such prohibitory
| clause in the constitution under which that
auditor acted as there is in the present
constitution under which the present
auditor acts?
Mr.. Pennybacker-Yes, there was, and
will read the constitutional provision as
made by you, gentlemen. Mr.. Penny
hacker .hen read from the Constitution
| And yet in defiance OF the Constitution
they did take this fund and did apply 1t to
general purposes. Now comes TIE cues
tion whether you, gentlemen, paid 1t back
! or not. cay you did not.
Mr.. Evans Our Auditor said so.
Mr.. Pennybacker-I know he said so,
| but the books show he did not Now 1t is
stated here it was long since paid back. l
| propose to put one Auditor against an
| other. His successor, Mr.. Bennett, said in
femarking upon the report o! Mr.. Bogyess,
nsde 70 tbe Legislature in 1872, that the
annual report Of the Auditor for the year
| 1870 exhibited the fact that the general
| State fund was
| Indebted 10 the school Rand
to the sum OF sixty odd thousand dol
lars which grew out OF the said fund for
| expenses which should have been paid out
| OF the funds raised for general State pur-
| poses. 1t will be shown by the report this
! year, the amount OF the Indebtedness ma
teiially reduced. The amount Of the re-
| ductiop vas $4,000 lin round numbers }
| Now that was paying back 10000 with q
sengenance. That left Fifty six odd thou
| sand dollars, which you gentlemen never
paid back and defy you to prove you ever
paid one dollars OF it. The Republican
party entailed on the State and ieit the
Democratic party TO pay ninety odd thou
sand dollars, as shown by the report OF the
same auditor. Boggess- Now gentlemen,
there is some reason why we should be
under ban of deficit We become the heir
of a debt of niaety-two thousand dol.
lars. In addition IN that We have gone on
and appropriated $4,000 for these very
benevolent enterprises within our State.
The record shows Il. We have spsnt more
than q hun lred thousand dollars on the
hospital at Weston, appropriated for the
institution at Romney, added to the uni
versity, enlarged and improved the peni
tentiary and appropriated over $ioo.0)o foi
your
| 10000 understand, and yet we have moi
increased your rate of taxation one cent
Now, gentlemen, whence comes the deh
Cheney? The valnss iui no, increase nc
cording to poru'-t'"n - 49, - IS A'-''
reason Why We sis ~. isa.l S.sa SIS dc