The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-07
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
Points Picked up About the
Legislative Halls.


From the Wheeling Register, JAM 3oth,l
1t was field day in the House for
prohibition petitions.
The House judiciary Committee
fairly riddled S. B. No. 5.
The House gallery contained the
largest audience of the week.
Senators Byrne, Dawson, Burgess,
B. W. Price and Cochran are the early
birds.
Col. Whites stand on the question
of admitting visitors to the floor Of
the House was well taken.
Oil paintings of ex Governor
Stephenson and Governor Jackson
were hung up in the hall of the
House yesterday morning.
The minority report submitted
by Senator Morris, from the Judi
ciary Committee, appeared to aston
ish some Senators.
President White, of the Press AS
ISOLATION of West Virginia, was in
the Senate Chamber during the dis
cussion of the motion to reconsider
the vote that passed S. B. No. 8.
The Committee on Mines and
Mining met at 2 o'clock yesterday,
Printing and Contingent Expenses at
$3.50, Humane Institutions at 2:30,
immigration and Agriculture at 5,
and Penitentiary at 1870 last night.
Several exhaustive speeches were
made for and against Senator Nc
Creery's bill (No. III increasing the
tax for the support of free schools
ten cents on each hundred dollars.
For the bill, Messrs. McCreery,
Switzer and Floyd. Against, Messrs.
Tourney, Byrne, Melvin, Price (of
Mineral), and Sommerville.
On the discussion of Senator Daw-
sons motion to reconsider the vote
by which S. B. No. 9 was passed, re-
ducing the price of the publication
of county statements in county news
papers until the Press Association
conld be heard, Senator Byrne ex-
pressed some doubts whether or not
the smart newspaper man wouldn't
get away with the Senate.
The total tax collected from IL
censes last year was $49,958.15, of
which Ohio county paid $19,15S.9S,
as follows: Malt and spirituous
liquors, SIG, POTTS; druggists, $27S,-
33; billiards and bowling, $SS9.52;
circuses and shows, $675.52; buck
sters and peddlers, 1862; auction
GERS, $3.50; brokers, $619.9S. and
hotels and restaurants, $425.73
Delegate Oxley thought the oppo-
nents Of H. j. R. No. 2 were endeav-
oring to kill the measure by delays.
He favored the immediate considera-
ton of the measure Mr.. Dean was
was willing to make any fair com
promise with those who thought 9TH
err property beside farm products
should be exempted. He was oppos-
ed to deferring the resolution. The
matter had been before the people
for years, and no amount of discus
sion would be likely to throw addi-
tional light upon it. The sole OBJ
ject of those asking for delay was to
defeat the measure. Mr.. Gilkeson
was surprised at the statement of
members that the motion for a
special order. was made with the view
Of strangling the measure. He fa-
vored a reasonable delay. He be-
lieved that if the matter had been
brought up on the first day of the
session it would have been opposed
by members who were now in favor
of it. The postponement was highly
proper, and was not made for the
cause assigned by some members.
Mr. Marshall was ready to vote at
once. Mr.. Post was sorry the mem
Der from Upshur had attributed i'm
proper motives to him. He was not
an enemy but friend Of the meas
ure, but he thought some delay ad
visable. The gentleman from Up
shur announced himself as ready to
vote at once. He might be so con-
stituted as to readily see into it, but
the speaker was plain, blunt, un-
sophisticated farmer, and it took
some time for him to see into such a
complicated matter.
The Senate has passed bill
known as the Stock Law. 1t pro-
vides that it shall be unlawful for
any cattle, mules, hogs, goats or
geese to run at large, and should
such stock while running at large
destroy or injure the property of an
other, the owner of such stock shall
pay to the party whose property
may be injured Or destroyed, the