Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-09

laugh in the Senate. His good humor Is
very catching.
Senators Sommerville and Floyd and
Delegate 0xley are learning to "skeet, and
it may be said that they do not look nearly
as digUiGed on the wheels as they do IN the
halls of the Capitol.
Several motions to adjourn were made
Saturday without effect, until Senator Bur
CESS, while temporarily occupying the chair
decided it in the affirmative 30 quickly as to
make the honorable body stare for few
seconds till laugh relieved them.
Nothing but routine business was trans
acted in the Senate Saturday because OF the
absence OF half dozen of the most active
members. The session was taken up al,
most entirely with bills on first and second
reading, and few Senators had hard work
to keep awake.
Mr.. Myles offered the following bill in the
House Saturday:
l. ANY person who has the reputation of
being thief, pickpocket or burglar, who Is
found lettering about without visible means
of support and maintenance, and who does
not apply himself to labor or other honest
calling, shall be deemed guilty of vagrancy
and shall be confined in jail not more than
six months.
2. ANY person having in his possession
any picklock, false key, crow, bit-erether
burglars implements, shall be deemed
guilty Of vsgrsncy, and shall be confined
in the penitenti, r. for one year, or, at the
discretion of the court, be confined in Jail
not less than six months, or more than one
year.
In the House Saturday morning the res
olution introduced on the 22d of January
by Mr.. MeWhorter, directing our Senators
and requesting our Representatives in Con-
gress 10 vote for the Blair bill, was taken
from the table.
Mr.. McWhorter hoped it would be the
pleasure of members of the House to pass
the resolution. One Of the newspapers OF
the city (the REGIsTER), had printed the
bill in full since the introduction OF the
resolution, and all had had an opportunity
to acuuaint themselves with its provisions
and objects. The bill wao deigned to aid
the educators and people OF the South, and
should receive the support OF the Southern
people. He called for the ayes and noes
on the adoption of the resolution.
Mr.. Lucas thought the proper disposition
of the resolution was a reference to the Com
mittee on Education. 1t was true, he said,
that the bill had been printed in one paper
of this city, but it had not been printed in
the other, and he doubted if all the men,
bers bad read it. The bill had already been
voted upon in the Senate by our own Sena.
tors, and therefore any instructions to them
came too late. In regard to requesting our
Representatives, they represented the peo-
pie. Just as members on the floor did; they
we're elected some thirty days after the Dele
gates we're, and he was opposed to interfer-
ipg with the duties of our Representatives,
except in extreme cases.
Mr. Powell did not regard the resolution
as an interference with the duties Of our
Representatives 1t was merely an express.
ion of opinion on tho part OF this Legisla-
ture.
The hour for recess having arrived on
motion of Mr.. Oxley the House adjourned
until this morning at 10 o'clock.
The discussion OF Friday, in the House,
over q. B. No. %, for the mutual protec-
ton OF stockholders III corporations, was
resumed Saturday, aud continued for an
hour or more. Messrs. Powell and Alex
auder led the attack on the measure, while
Col. White defended it with considerable
skill. The object of the bill is to protect
citizens of this State from being imposed
upon and swindled by wildcat life insurance
companies and requires all NUT laI
| companies TO submit statement
of their affairs to the Auditor and
pay fee of S25 per annum. One Of the
objections of opponents OF the measure was
that in the event OF the noncompliance by
foreign companies with the provisions o!
the bill the companies will be prohibited
from doing business in the State, and il
was claimed that this prohibition would
result in the loss to citizens of the State o.
large amounts of money already paid al
premiums to foreign companies.