Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-01
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Points Picked Up Aboat the Legislative
halls ana Corridors :
The House Committee on Printing yes
ierday submitted for considerations
H., B. No. 1856, providing that on the 4th
day Of March, 1885, or witbis FIVE days
thereafter. the Governor shall appoint Q So.
peiinterdert Of Public Printing, who shall
hold the Office for the term OF tear years
The said Superintendent must be a practi-
cal printer, and during his term OF odice he
must reside at the Capital OF the
State. The salary of said officer
is fixed at 81, $50. He IS not
to be interested, directly or indirectly, in
any contract for printing. or in furnishing
to tie State materials therefore, or N sup
plying stationary, blanks. or blank books to
any department or Office Of the government
No public printing or binding shall be done
by the public printer or supplies furnished
any State Office. unless upon q written Or
der of the superintendent herein provided
for, except the laws, and journals OF the
Legislature, the acts of the Legislature and
the annual reports of the State officers.
The superintendent is to take care that all
work is welldone and decide what price shall
be paid therefore. Heis to make 9 biennial
report to the Governor, showing the amount
and character ofthe work done and the price
paid. he is TO be ex-oficioa member OF the
State Printing Commission.
Messrs. 0xley and Chambers, from the
Committee on Education, submitted the
following minority report concerning the
bill establishing an independent school dis
trict at West Grafton, Taylor county, re-
ported fsvorably from the Committee on
Education: ave are opposed to the estab-
lishment of this independent district, and
all others, on the broad ground that such
is contrary to the object and policy of our
free school system. We believe that it is
intended by the spirit of our Constitution
and free school system that the property of
the rich should educate the children Of the
poor, and this policy Of establishing indie
pendent school districts whenever a city,
town, village or ~neighborhood accumulates
sufficient wealth to support a longer term OF
school than four months, and at a lower
rate of taxation, is detrimental to our free
schools and cuts off, uniustly, the revenues
of the property from the poorer districts,
thereby diminishing the number of months
of school and increasing the rate OF taxa
ton"
The noise and confusion in the House,
yesterday, showed no diminutiou. The
Speaker once suggested the propriety OF
calling in the Sergeantat-Arms to enforce
order.
Mr.. 0xley referred to a delegate who OPP
posed bis amendment to n. B. No, IS, as
the delegate from China
Discussion OF II. b No. lG occupied
most Of the time of the House OF Delegates
Yesterday.
A number of ladies graced the hall ofthe
House Yesterday.
The House gallery way almost deserted.
The House Judiciary Committee met at
. o'clock Yesterday afternoon, and the Com
mittee on Mines and Mining at the same
hour.
In our report of Bills introduced
Yesterday, we quoted Mr.. Gilkesou as intro.
dueing H. B. No. 100, providing for the CO.
education of the sexes at the State Univers-
ity. Mr.. Gilkeson merely reported the bill
from the committee, not as his own, but
merely the views of the committee.
The House Committee On Agriculture
will meet TO- morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
A slim audience showed up in the Senate
gallery yesterday, though the fair sex were
we'll represented ON the floor.
1t worries some Senators to keep politics
out of the Senate chamber.
Senator Scots bill to open the University
to both sexes was passed yesterday by a
vote of Ia to IL. II was debated upon at
considerable length by Senators Coburn,
Byrne, Sommerville and Scott for, and Sen
atorS Smith, Flournoy, McCreery and Nor
rs against the bill. The only difference
from the previous days debate was that
more politics were lugged into it.
Little routine business has been trans
acted in the Senate the past two days.
There was a disposition to applaud on
the part Of the ladies present on the an.
nouncement of the passage Of the bill
throwing open the University TO their sex.
The next thing to do is to make room
for the girls in the University.
Ministers to offer prayer in the Senate
are at a premium.
Senator Scott got mixed GU a metaphor
yesterday and compared the girls to a mule.
There vas a general objection.
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