Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-16
JURORS
To Fix the Term Of Imprisonment.
for Felony.
The Water Question Makes Some Trou-
bic as Well as the Whiskey
Conundrum-Mine Inspector
Dogs and Sheep.
A DAISY LITTLE VALENTINE.

The Senate assembled a: 10 o'clock yes.
terday morning.
Mr.. DaTson's motion to reconsider the
vote by which House bill 100 (the appro-
priation bill was made a special order for
to-day at IL O'Clock, was carried and the for
mer vote negatived.
On motion of Mr.. Floyd, the regular
bill was suspended and the bill taken up.
The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Smith
OF Tyler, laid the bill on the table.
Senate bill a leaving 10 the jury TO fix
the term Of punishment in case of convic.
tiOn for felony, passed by vote OF p to 3.
Mr.. Byrne III supporting the bill. said he
did not think the juries had deterioriated.
The jury was kept together, excluded iron,
everything, which could influence tie
minds of men, the opinions OF the press,
etc. The court on the contrary heard every
thing. In the present law you left to him
to pass upon the imprisonment when his
mind might be influenced by outside
biases. He did not believe the Judge of a
court more TO be depended upon than the
honest farmer or workman who sat in the
jury. No sir, he did net believe he was as
much TO be depended upon. There were
two or three classes of people in this world;
one tile great HlluuIe TIER Vi sOCltIN, Eldut
up Of the thrift ana labor Of the country,
and TWO Others, one who stood above human
sympathy, and one who was SO low they
were below human sympathy. AS long as
you protected, respected, ard gave authori-
~ TO this great middle tier, wherein
intelligence and integrity reigned, you
might expect 10 have your laws properly
administered, but, when you put II in the
bands of those below human sympathy, or
those above human sympathy, your laws
and liberty were gone.
Mr.. Smith, of Marion, motion that the
bill should take effect from its passage,
warmly supported BY him and Mr.. Donehoo,
was defeated.
Mr Smith, of Marion, introduced bill
providing for the appointment OF board
III 'hr several cCuEIlcs 10 revise and cor
rCCi the books of the commissioners ap-
rClr'ei for tie rtasSeSsment Of real estate
in lHS2.
or melton of Mr. Scott House bill lG.
was taken from the table, and on motion Of
Mr.. Floyd was taken up for consideration.
On motion of Mr.. Naumeter the salary OF
the C,erk of the penitentiary was reduced
from II, 100 TO 81, 900.
After the blll progressed somewhat
further, on motion of Mr.. Scott, it was
u aGr = special {, Monday at II o'clock.
Z Communication From the Governor
stated that the Clty of Wheeling had pre-.
,enied for wafer furnished the State House
frrm Is15 IN lSS2 a neriod of seven wears. a
hin amounting TO 81 100 and semi.annual
bills since amounting 60 $3.50. making a
total of ~ 900: that no charges AS vet had
hern made AGAINST the State for the supply
of water. Whether the item of water was
inrI,,l,d in the contract TO furnish the
STATE with legislative accommodations, the
Governor did not know. The Governor
further stated the building could not be
occurird without water, and he had no
fnrJ, IA DISCHARGE the de bit.
IN mution nf Mr. Donehoo the cOmmu-
nico,,nn was referred 10 the Committee on
Fins, 80.
Mr S,nt. STATING If the hill WAS not paid.
tbe President ur III, Waler Board had in.
form. i him the water suruly would be in.
terru.,I,d. N,r. McGrew said that in case
the .y,.I,rurr uurht to remove at once TO
CLa, .,i,n ana lhr .,,n,r they rot awav
from i.,n ihr brIter
Nj ~r,Ir suid he might exercise that
rigb, .I,.. ,, he nIcsScd and he replicd me
mos e., ,,a,nly would.