Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-09
TIE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Colonel Chew and Others MAintain Posi-
tions Elo quently.


tions ElC quently.
IN the afternoon the House took up
General Duval's bill, requiring railroads TO
give notice at depots when trains were
late, ani passed it without division.
General Sprigg then called up the Aus
trslian ballot. By the use of little skill
ful effort the General succeeded in having
the bill made the special order for 7:30 p.
m and the House went on its way re-
jociug.
Altizer's bill, repeating the present
school law, which was toe special order at
three o'clock was called mp, and sga!n
made the special order for Monday.
At1Ol5, this cleared the calendar of
important measures; and Col. Chew
brought iu the appropriation bills, which
were iust completed this morning. The
first reading was rushed through with
under a suspension of the rules, and the
House Immediately began the considera-
ton Of the general appropriation
BILL on its second reading. TIE
first section, appropristing $1,000
in addition to former appropriations
for an armory at the State University,
and ID Avies led the assault on The apprO-
priatioD, and Col. Chew and Dorr de-
Tended it bravely. Col. Chew explained
that the money was needed for the com
ple,ioa of building, which the Board Of
Regents had authorized; the plans had beso
drawn, part of the money had already been
appropriated, and serious loss would re-
suit if the preparation were cut off now.
In the course of the debate, Davies re-
fscted very severely on President Turner
for bringing inaccurate estimates before
the Finance Committee. Dorr insisted
that So. 600 should be granted instead OF
i've. A vote was fiually taken and the
motion 10 strike ont the section wss lost,
aves Is. noes 20 Several sections of the
bill were passed without debate The sp.
propriation Of 1000 to be expended for
the formation sld instruction CT Farmers
Institutes, was reached, end Immediately
a storm of criticism burst from the Repub'
lican aide of the House Hanen and
Moore again led the assault They denied
that the farmers wanted any such sppro
pristion, and said they had never heard
Of the Farmers Institute or the Farmers'
Alliance.
Col. Chew spoke eloquently and vigor-
ously for the bill. He said that the farm
era had asked little of this Legislature
When he had attempted TO call up bill
which YVES designed TO protect the farmers
from discrimination by railroads he had
been denied the poor honor of hearing
Now. as a farmer himself and in the name
of the farmers, he demanded this appro-
Driation. In the name of the men who
owned three-fourths of the property and
Maid four-ifths OF the taxes in the State,
he demanded it. This appropriation Was
IN ne made in order TO better the farmers
condition, and the Legislature could no;
refuse it.
The Democrats stood almost solid for
the snpropriation. St Clair. of Moropgalis,
was the only Republican who dared
10 raise his voice for it. A vote Ess tsEen'
A few Republicans voted with the9Demo-
Gratis. The motion to strike out was de-
fested by vote of 50 to IS. A few unim-
portant amendments were made. Ihe
section appropriating Sc, 25O to the
Contest Committee, in addition TO their
per diem, was read, and Pugh, OF Hsmp-
shire. Immediately moved to strike
it out. Colonel Chew said that
the Contsrt COMMITTEES had asked for this
sum, as a proper remuneration for their
services. 1t was justified on the
ground that they had given up their bu'
siness and suffered heavy loss during the
time given TO the contest. General Sprig2
asked that Messrs. Morris sOd Maxwell,
whe had come over from the Senate N or
der TO log-roll for their little plum be
heard by the House. Permission was
given, and both the distinguished Re