The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-14
THE APPROPRIATION BILL
Has a Hard Time--Cost Of the
GubematoriaI Contest,
THE C0NFERshCE COMMITTEE
On Certain amendments VIII Make
Two l,cports-Tlic Ballot Blll In
the Senate Comes Up and IN
Knocked Down Again.

Special DEpnfch 10 me iMdu0tTccf.
CHARLESTON, ". Va. Feb. 13.-Al
soon as the Senate was opened thiI
morning the motion Of Mr.. Floutnoy tt
call up House bill No. 2S, (the ballo
billy which was pending at yesterdays
session, came up as unfinished business
Mr. Morris raised the point Of order tha,
the motion was not in order. The Presi
dent ruled that the point was not well
taken. Mr.. Snyder moved to lay Mr.
Flournoy's motion on the table, but the
motion was defeated by an aye and nay
vote. The question recurring on the
motion to take up the bill, 1t was then
defeated by Il tic vote. ~
The Cleik then proceeded to read Sen.
ate bill No. 8, pending which motion
TO lay the bill OH the table prevailed.
Senate bill No. l2. regarding the indie
pendent schoo! district Of, Ripley district
coming uR,iu reguiar order, was also
tabled.
Senate bill No. IS, in regard to adopt.
ing Hartigan'a Anatomy, Philosophy
aud Hygiene and Lewis History as text
books, wns tabled.
Mr.. Minear, Chairman on the part OF
the Senate Of the Joint Committee on
Enrollcd Bills, made the following re-
port:
"The Joint Committee on Enrolled
Bills have examined and found truly en-.
rolled bills and resolutions OF the follow.
ing titles: House bill No. II, to further
protect the interest OF counties which
have heretofore subscribed, or which
may hereafter subscribe, to the capital
stock OF railroads; House bill No. q, to
amend and re-enact chapter OF the
Acts OF 1885, entitled an act authorizing
the State Superintendent Of Schools to
contract for tho supply OF class books to
be used in the free schools OF this State;
House bill No. Is, establishing Grim
inal Court for tue county OF kanawha;
House joint resolution No. s, authoriz.
Ing the Governor to procure from the
State Of Virginia certain land books, and
to ascertain and communicate to the
next Legislature the probable cost OF Sc.
curing copies OF records" etc.
The report was received and the Presi-
dent signed said bills.
Mr.. Morris offered Senate Joint Reso-
luton No. 6 expressing the sense OF the
Legislature as to adjournment sire die:
WHEREAS, The special business for
which this Legislature should have been
convened, namely, the trial Of the Guber-
material contest, was completed several
days ago; -. ...-
"Reiolred, By tho Legislature of West
Virginia, that it is the sense OF the Senate
and House OF Delegates that this Legis.
lature adjourn sine die at as early a date
as possible" The resolution lies over
one day.
The House Bill No. regarding the
Cumberland road was read a second and
third time and was passed with its title.
House Bill No. II, requiring railroad
companies to give notice ut the station
whether passenger trains are on time or
not, was read Il first time and ordered to
its second reading.
House bill IS coming up in regular
order, Mr.. Flournoy moved to suspend
the rule requiring the bill to be read on
three different days, which was lost by a
tie vote, after which Il recess WAS taken
until $50.
Six Senators are absent and as ten Re-
publicans and ten Democrats are present
the roll call has been tie during the
whole day on matters Of party character.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Nearly the whole OF this afternoons
session was consumed in the reading OF
House bill No. 80. 1t was read a first
time and on motion Of Mr.. Flournoy its
reference TO committee was dispensed
with, although it had q narrow escape
from m untimely death, as Mr.. Snyder
demanded the ayes and noes.
Senate bill II, relating to juries, with
amendments proposed by the House,
was then taken up on motion OF Senator
Gettinger. The amendments were
asreed to and the bill MS amended was
agreed to. n
Senator Sweeney made Il fruitless
effort to take up House bill 2S out OF its
regular order and on motion the Senate
adjourned till tomorrow at 10 o'clock.