Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-29
cArrrAr. cutErses.
points Fieksd Up About the Legislative
~ HEELS and Corridors.
ThsSenate yesterday rejected one bill,


There were a number Of ladies on the
aOOr Of the HQase.
Gallery continues crowded. and yesterday
several ladies graced the floor.
Ninety per cent Of the discussion in the
House is BY six or seven delegates
There appears to be some doubt among
Senators as to the title Of the Auditor.
Several bankers appeared in the Senate
Chamber during the debate on s. B. Al
The Joint Committee on Capitol Repairs
was on the floor OF the House for q few
moments yesterday.
The passage of the resolution requiring
the adjournment of the House at 1870 p.
m. wss good move.
] Skerifs John Sweeney, of Hancock, and
]. W. Robinson, of Barbour, called at the
Auditors Office yesterday.
The House reporters are indebted to the
always accommodating Col. Peyton for sun
dry articles of desk furniture.
Messrs. Snodgrass, in favor, and Mr..
Raymond, in opposition, debated Il. j. Z.
No. z, at considerable length.
Mr.. Gilkeson voted aye on the resolution
appointing a custodian of oyercoats and
gum shoes. Mr.. Gilkeson is mourner.
DR.. Wells DeHass, the historian, late of
the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington Wis
tied the various State officials yesterday.
Senators are not as promptly on hand as
at the beginning of the session. The gayel
echoed over seven empty seats yesterday.
Delegate McGill was anxious to shield
the Speaker from anything like discredit
which might attach to Mr.. HaymOuds ap-
peal.
Among the visitors on the floor Of the
House Yesterday we're Messrs. Quarter,
Logan, Gutman, Hughes and OFT, of the
Manufacturers and Jobbers' Protective As
ISOLATION.
The incorporation of the Chicago, Park
ersburg and Norfolk Railroad Company
fled a map and profile of their line through
Wood and Writ counties with the Secretary
of State, yesterday.
The House Committee on Railroads met
at . p. m. yesterday, the Committee on
Taxation and Finance at 1870 last night,
and the Committee on Education at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Senator Scott fought as hard against his
own bill, No. Al, to make banks report their
conditions, as any Senator on the floor.
This bill was yesterday cut and hacked out
ofall resemblance to the original
Andrew Edmiston, of Weston, yesterday
secured a certificate of incorporation for the
West Virginia Central Telephone Company,
which contemplates running and operating
a line between Clarksburg and Weston.
II. B. No. lis, extending the time in
which railroad companies, organized since
March IA, 1881, may commence the work
Of construction, is extended to smooth the
way for the struggling lines in the interior
of the State.
Under the proposed increase in the school
levy Ohio countys apportionment and tax
will be as follows: At 20 cents, apportion-
ment, $l8, 1873; tax, $39, 1879. At rs
cents, superintendent, S22r679.72; tax,
$4S, g64.l9.
The reading in the House by Col. White
of the paragraph from Roberts on Rules Of
Order threw food of light on the ques-
lion as to whether the motion OF Judge
Raymond to lay Il. j. r. No. 2 on the
table was in order.
Superintendent Butchers Office is turning
ont an immense amount OF work. The tab
ulated statement showing the total school
TAX and apportionment under the proposed
20 and % cent levies, as compared with the
present levy, will be most valuable exhibit.
Mr.. Hildreth, of the Commercial Bank,
said yesterday that banks made statements,
thou Oh not for publication, as often as the
officials said their prayers This did not
strike Senator Byrne as conclusive, and he
req arked, What if they don't say their
pray ersY
Among the distinguished visitors on the
floor of the House yesterday were the genial
Colonel John II. Holt of Preston; W. G.
Brown, Jr., one Of the solid and clever young
men of Kingwood; Colonel Geo. W. Thomp.
son and W. N. Chancellor of Parkersburg;
ana ex-Delegaie Andwew Edmins,on, Of
Lewis prominent figure in the Legislature
Of 1881.
H. j. r. No. 2, amending Article TO- Of
the Constitution, reads as follows:
Section |. Taxation shall be equal and
uniform throughout the State, and all prop
erty, both real and personal, shall be taxed
in proportion to its value, to be ascertained
as directed by law. No one species of
property, from which a tax may be collect
ed, shall be taxed higher than any other
species Of property Of equal value; but
property used for educational, literary,
scientific, religious or charitable purposes;
all cemeteries and public property;
agricultural products grown directly from
the soil and the products and increase in
number of live stock products within
this State during the year preceding the first
day of January and remaining unsold on
that day in the possession of the original
owner or bis agent may, BY law be exempt
ed from taxation. The Legislature shall
have power to tax by uniform and equal
laws all privileges and franchises of persons
and corporations"