The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-14
PROHIBITION AGAIN
m TnE HOUSE. on pEl.EeArEs.
A Brief and One sided pIseusllo;a on side
Issue sprung by Nj. orlsy-rhs House
Rejects Legislative and Endorses
Constitutional Prohibition.
Prohibition ,lid not occupy 50 much Of

Prohibition did not occupy so much oil
the time Of the House yesterday as was
anticipated. The Hobbies and galleries
were crowded with visitors, few ladies'
being present. More would have been
there but for the early hour at which the
question came up. II was first presented
10 the House In a new form-a sort Of side
issue.
Mr.. Oxley offered the following:
WHEREAS, Section 10 Of Article O Of the
Constitution Of this State provides that
laws may be passed prohibiting the sale
OF intoxicating liquors within this State,
WHEREAS, Under this section Of the
Constitution the present Legislature may
and has the right to pass such law;
therefore
Be i Resolred, That the Judiciary Com
mittee be instructed 70 prepare and re:
port bill at once, prohibiting the sale oil
Intoxicating liquors in this State.
Mr. Lucas on this question made long
speech, going into all branches OF the pro.
hibition question. He said the last
Democratic platform had taken a decided
stand against sumptuary Legislation, and
he compared the votes received by Cleye'
land and st. John as indicating the rela'
tive strength Of the ideas represented. BY
the two. lie predicted that II prohibi
ton were adopted in this State It woulc
be the death knell Of the West Virgins
Democracy, and shortly these PSEUDO re
formers would come up demanding thu
Gift OF suffrage for the women. Both thest
reforms were demanded by the st. JOIN
platform.
Mr. Oxley's resolution only received
three votes, those OF Messrs. Alexander
Miller and oxley.
CHECK VALVE on THE DEBATE.
Mr.. Hayman offered the following, Il
the present consideration OF which Mr.
Oxley objected, and it went over one da!
under the rules:
WHEREAS, There has been q great dea
OF unnecessary time consumed IN making
long speeches, which have excluded othe
members from expressing their views upoi
the same subject, and
WHEREAS, Two-thirds OF the allottet
time for holding this session has passet
by, leaving near all the important bushes
;; before the House unfinished, therefore
Be Il ResOlred BY The House Of Delegates
That we henceforth have less talk an,
more work, and that all speeches that pei
tain to House Joint Resolution No.
shall be limited so that no one speed
: shall exceed more than ten minutes G
time.
: Some difficulty was experienced In get
= ting rid OF tho complications in whicl
business was involved when the the Hous
adjourned, but this being accomplished
House Joint Resolution No. . was taken uE
"A TEST VOTE.
Mr.. Edwards at once demanded th
previous question, and it was ordered
The question, Shall the resolution be OF
dered TO its third readingY was then pu
and decided in the affirmative by vote G
IS toll.
The ayes were: 3Iessrs. Anderson, Alex
ander, Arnold, Beard, Callison, Campbell
Chambers, Crockett, Davidson, Davies
, Dawson, Dean, Dorr, Edwards, Ferguson
Terrell, Fisher, Fleming, Fortney, Gilke
, son, Givens, Glover, lIayman, lIawver
male, Marshall. McClung, McGill, Nc
Afechen, McWhorter, Miller, 0wings
Parker, Parks, Post, Powell, PoynteI
Price, Randolph, Roach, Rock, Rusmisell
Ssyre, Smith, Snyder, Stapleton, Taylor
, Thompson and Workman.
Alessrs. Chew, Dyer, Gilmore, Hay
mond, Hinkle, Jacob, Laidiey, Lucas, Nc
Conaughey, Morgan, Myles, 0xley, Rich
ardson, Robertson, Snodgrass, White nut
Speaker Dennis voted no.
This settled the question for the day
and the hall was quickly emptled o
visitors and ordinary business proceeded
with. The vote shows considerable mar
gin pyer the ueoessaFy two-thirds vote IL
favor OF the resolution.