Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-27
A. n. o. r.
In the House of Delegates Over. the APP
priation Bill.

gates at 1890 yesterday morning, the frst
item to be considered being an appropria-
ton of $500 for the purchase and binding
of books in the State library. The sum was
increased to $500. Things went on smooth
ly until the item sppropriating SlOS.SO to
reimburse 7. NJ. Mason, tax commissioner,
for printing done for the Commission at his
expense, was struck. This brought on
storm. and for the next few minutes an
orstorical gale swept over the desks and up
and down the aisles, the end being the re-
lection of the item by the decisive vote Of
ayes Is, nays ~. 1t having been explained
in the course of the debate that the Tax
Commission had turned over into the State
treasury balance OF S77.5S, remaining un-
expended out of the original appropriation
of $500. Mr.. 0xley moved to allow Mr..
Mason that sum as payment for his original
claim. This was also rejected-ayes 81,
nays 3l-and the House passed to the con-
sideration of an amendment, BY Mr.. Nc
Whorter proposing an appropriation of
S6,56i 43 for the relief Of certain creditors
OF A. H. Sheppard, late contractor for the
erection of the Capitol building at Charles
ton. Messrs. Marshall and McClung op-
posed the appropriation, the former de-
nouncing it as dangerous precedent, while
the latter thought section 3S of article 6 of
the Constitution expressly forbid the pay
ment of such claims. Mr.. Lucas thought
the appropriation did not come in conflict
with the Constitution, because the amount
sought to be recovered did not exceed the
sum of the original contract. He thought
the State should deal fairly and Justly in
the matter Mr.. Laidley thought the claims
were Just and should be paid. Mr.. Powell
was opposed to the appropriation. He was
getting tired of seeing contractors coming
10 the Legislature, after the completion OF
their contracts, for supplemental appropria
tons IL the Legislature could not look after
The interests of the State any better 1t had
better adjourn and go home without making
any appropriations whatever. On motion
of Mr.. Jacob the claims Of Thompson X
Hibberd, for 81, ,3O2.82, and of William G.
Miller, of Greenbrier county, for $Sj, were
added to the original sum, making total
Of $7,952.25. Mr. Powell wanted TO know
where this sort of thing was going to stop.
He would advocate bill fixing the State
capitol at Wheeling forever if this treasury
draining was not stopped Mr. Workman
in stage whisper-Bring on your bill.
After a long discussion, Mr. McClung de
manGcd the previous question Mr.. Nc
Whorten's amendment) and it was agreed
o; ayes 80, nays 2G. Mr.. White offered an
amendment allowing $500 for expenses OF
he State Board Of Health; agreed to, The
ppropriation fer the year 1855 having
been all considered, the House returned
10 the consideration Of the appro-
priations for the State Univer
sity the pending amendment, offered by
Dean, being to reduce the allowance for
salaries OF professors from 81 | 800 to 3, 600.
Mr. Lucas had the floor he having been en-.
gagged in addressing the Chair when the
House adjourned Wednesday morning and
he proceeded to make an argument against
the amendment. He said the money ap'
propriated by the Senate had already been
earned, and he thought there was no men,
Der on the floor who would desire TO deprive
any one of money Justly earned. Mr.. Dean
said he was laboring under misapprehen'
sion when he offered the amendment
Wednesday, and he now withdrew il as far
as it applied to 1885. Mr. Dorr moved to
reconsider the vote by which, on Wednes-
day, the contingent expenses Of the | nlver-
sity had been reduced from $1,000 to
$4,000. The House agreed to reconsider,
wherexpon Mr.. Dean withdrew his amend
ment, for the reason that great part of the
money had already been spent. For salary
of commissary at Penitentiary 5000 was
allowed, after which the House
proceeded to consider the appro.
priations for the year 1886. The item OF
$4,000 for support Of lunatics in jails was
stricken out and $4,000 inserted When
the University was reached Mr.. Dean
moved to amend line four, appropriating
S, 800 for salaries Of teachers, by adding
the proviso that no part of the sum SO ap.
propriated and no part Of the interest of
the endowment fund should be paid for the
salary of professor in the medical depart
meut Mr.. Lucas locked horns with the
gentleman from Upshur. He enumerated
a number of reasons why the medical de-
partment should not be dispensed with;
charged that the amendment proposed arose
from motives Of personal hostility to GER
tain professors, and TO the Regents, and es-
pecially to him, and hoped the House
would not agree TO anything having its
birth in malignity and prejudice. Mr.
Dean replied in a manner characterized by
considerable warmth. Mr. Lucas retorted
in the same way the old matter Of the
alleged mortgage on Mrs. Hoores property
in Norgentogn, was dragged from its grave,
and for a time irst class row seemed lmi-
peut but The storm blew over, and Mr.
Gilkeson took the foor 10 plead for a stay
Of proceedings as they were going and a
return TO business. This excellent
advice was disregarded, however, and Mr..
Snodgrass stood forth and proceeded to
drag the gentleman from Upshur over the
Goals. He referred to the Biblical state.
ment of the devil taking the Saviour up
on a high .Iountain, showing him the beau
ties and glories Of the earth, and offering
them all 10 the Son Of God if he would fall
down and worship him, and drew parallel
between bis satanic majesty and the Dele
gate from Upshur, who, he said, had made q
! bid for the Presidency Of the University by
agreeing to put two hundred students into
the school in a year. The speaker alluded
to Mr.. Deans championship Of co-educa.
ton, and called the proposed system a
grand Irritation scheme" and wound up
by saying that If the gentlsman from Up
sipr could gather two hdndred students into
the University be would vote for him
"uraniulouslgh for President. Laughter.
Mr.. Powell followed in a speech in which he
charged that the Professor Of the Medical
Department was Of notoriously incorporate
habits, and said that If pains we're taken to
get proper men in the professors chairs the
University would have more students. For
one, he would never send his boy to school
where there was q drunken professor. A
vote was finally reached, and the amend
ment of Mr.. Dean was reiected-ayes IA,
noes 40. The appropriations for the Hos
uitai for the Insane we're then taken up, Mr.
White moving to increase the item for cur
rent expenses from 81, 900 to $4,000. Mr.
Edwards amended the amendment By max
ing the sum 81, 900. but his motion was re-