Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-27

To Secure a Two Thirds Vote In
House or. Senate,
And the Session Of the Twelfth Legislature
of West Virginia Will Close
To-Day.
Heated Talk In Both BOdies-Can Of
the senate Last NIght-An Unique
Excursion-The Third House In
s~ession-The Talk OF the Town.

sion came up in the House of Delegates
again yesterday, it having been agreed, at
| the morning session, on motion Of Judge
I Raymond, TO reconsider the vote by which
the resolution had previously been rejected.
After the resolution had been reported by
the Clerk, Mr.. Raymond arose to again
urge upon the members the Importance of
passing the resolution. 1t had been said
By some of his fellow members that the
| Legislature had better adjourn and go
home, lest it infect great wrongs upon the
people. That same argument would for
ever prevent the assembling of another
Legislature. Were we to have no
legislation because wrong might be done
he was MOI prepared to go home, with a
great part of the work upon which he b d
spent anxious days and sleepless nights I'm
completed, and by his actions virtually &C
knowledge that ali his labor had been
child and of no Importance. The
time was now so short that the House could
hope to do nothing beyond passing the two
appropriation bills, and be asked the mem,
bers if they were willing to abandon the re,
suits Of their six weeks of toll and give the
people no substantial return for the large
amount of money their services had cost.
He asked the members to give an homes,
conscientious and patriotic vote upon the
matter.
Mr.. Dennis followed Mr.. Raymond. H.
| much regretted that, after the Legislator
had spent fortyfve days in getting its bust,
ness in shape, the time Of adjournment
/ should come Just as the members were be
/ ginning to understand the questions pre-.
| sented for their consideration. He had
long been convinced that, meeting but once
in two years, forty FIVE days was a period
entirely too short TO enact welleonsldered
and wise laws for the government ofthe
State, and this being admitted as a general
proposition, he would leave it with the
members as to whether or not that emer-
gency had now arisen. He claimed
hat the fear that ill-advised or
injurious laws would be enacted was
groundless. The Mason bill had been al,
iuded to IS a measure Of this kind. So far
as he knew there was no such measure be.
fore this body. He said the bill 10 question
had for its object one Of the CHEF matters
which this session OF the Legislature vas eX-
pected to conslder-reliet to the farming In
terests of the State-aud he called the a.
tention OF Delegates from agricultural Sc =
tons of the State TO the formidable o. y
which had been raised Up against the ingtr
ests Of their constituents. Did those MEN,
bers ever hear of a farmer hanging a1ou
the doors of the legislative hl
working in favor Of this 0
that bill? There was n t al
instance Of such q thing in the history o
the State. He was willing to let the Mason
till 20, if he could save the fruits of tn
weeks of toll since the 18th of January
He begged the members not to be fright
e~ed by the bluster of Tom, Dick aud
Harry, outside the walls of the State House.
Ii, would n I O CIV tte clan oings o ev r.
man in Wheeling or in the State, to inlu,
e. ce him in the consideration of a measure
| ZION which he had well founded convic,
| ticrs. He trusted The resolution would
T@ss.
Mr.. McWhorter opposed the resolution.
IT had been said that the one thing above
all Others for which the Legislature had as
sembled was to e~qualize taxation By some
such measure as the Mason bill. He was
glad that came from the head of the House
/. tie Speaker. In the next breath we were
told that the Mason Dill was on the table
without hope OF resurrection. If that were
true-it We were here 10 do a certain thing
above all others, and the measure which
was to accomplish that thing had been drop
ped, then why NOT 90 home. He said the
gentleman who had proceeded hin had
claimed it was impossible to get the appro
p~riution bills through before the end Of the
session. He would stake his reputation as
q lawyer and as a legislator that the appro.
p~liation bills could be passed in one
hour. There was abundance of time, but
the time was being trittered away. The
Senate was hard at work, but over in the
House they we're at play. AS soon as it was
ascertained that the session would not be
extended the members would stop this fool.
ishness-for he could call it nothing else
and 60 to work.
Mr.. Dennis replied to the delegate from
Kanswha. 1t was not possible to run bills
through on the double-quick, as that geltle-
man had outlined. Referring to the Mason
bill, the speaker asked the gentleman from
Eanawha il it was not right to put some
such measure on the static boO&s,and there
by relieve the incoming administration OF
great embarrassment. Mr.. McWhorter
asked Mr.. Dennis if the incoming Governor
might not be content TO carry out the laws,
and not set himself up as a supreme court.
Mr Dennis could not say what the in,
coming Governor might DO. He knew the
present Governor had held certain laws to
be unconstitutional, and he submitted thai
it was tsir and proper to relieve the new
L'-aNutF-n from, Tho rraAf ~ har-a1,r,ap
which must inevitably result.
At this stage of the proceedings Mr.
White offered a resolution setting forth that.
in the event of an extension being agreed
to, no bills not now upon the calendars Of
the House or Senate and none on the table,
should be considered.
Mr.. Post would never consent to be tram
meled By such a resolution. He desired
that he be LETT free to do as he pleased.
Rather than be bound By such a resolution.
be would, reluctantly, consent to adjourn
and 90 home.
Mr.. Dean wanted to know how long the
members would debate the point: Shall we
90 home tomorrow Hours and days
Of precious time had already been consumed
in debating the point, the House had de.
clined to extend the session by q bare ma.
jority, and yet here we were, within a few
hours of the time of adjournment, talking
over the same old point. He hoped the
House would speedily determine the point
and get to work.
Mr.. Powell had seen no reason to change
his vote. He would vote just as he did be-
fore.
A vote was then had or Mr.. Whites reso.
lu'iOn and it was rejected ayes IL, noes 81.
Mr.. Hswvermsle demanded the previous
question, and the roll call stood:
Ayes-Messrs. Dennis (SpeskeiG Alder
son, Calison, Chambers, Chew, Crockett,
Davidson, Dsvisson, Dorr, Dyer, Terrell,
Ferguson, Fisher, Gilkeson. Gilmore, Hay
mond, Hinkle, Jacob, Lsidley, Lucas, Mar
shall, McClung, McConaug6ey, Morgan,
Myles, 0Wings, 0xley, Parks, Post, Powell,
Poynter, Randolph, Richardson, Roach,
Rock, Snodgrass, Snyder, Thompson and
White-39
Noes-Messrs. Alexander, Arnold, Beard,
No-nIalI naysae noap EI-orJa Elar.