Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-08

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CHARLESTON, w VA, March t.
Both houses OF the Legislature met this
morning at ten o'clock. The Senate did
nothing but walt for the appropriation
bill TO be reported from the House. By
eleven O'Clock the bill was reported and
the conference report was taken up and
adopted. The appropriation bill was
taken up Immediately and passed. The
Senate then took arecess until $3.50.
In the House resolution providing
that the appropriation bill take effect
from its passage was adopted. The
newspapers then came In for large
share OF criticism by certain members
of the House and especially
the correspondent OF the REG
IsrER. Floyd sent to the Clerks
desk, and had read that part OF the dis
patch from Charleston In Mondays
REGISTER referring to him, which re-
cited that it had been said that be was
offended because he was not made q
member of the Conference Committee,
and that he felt that he carried the Re-
publican vote in his vest pocket.
He denied that he had such control
of the Republican vote. He asserted
that he was not angry because he was
not placed on the conference commit
tee, and that he would not have served
on the committee IL appointed. de pro-
ceeded then to criticise and censure the
REGISTER correspondent.
Mr.. Lively got the floor to say that
MI fro nd o. n nnsf m n
ner, wholly unbecoming member OF
tie House.
Edwards offered resolution censur-
ing the correspondent of the REGISTER.
cambridge offered an amendment In
GLIDING the correspondent OF the intel
boercer, and stated that he had been
severely criticised by the correspondent
of that paper, but that 1t had never &C.
Cured to him that it was the proper
thing to call attention to 1t on the floor
of the House. However, since the House
was goiug into that kind OF business he
would include other correspondents.
Harper wanted the clerk to read an
editorial in the Charleston Gazette re-
| hecting upon certain class OF men,
bers in the House whose intellectual
| qualifications did not fit them for the
responsible work of egislating for the
good of the whole people. Mr.. Harper
thought he was one of the class re-
ferred to by the Gazette and wanted to
resent 1t.
Mr.. cambridge thought the House was
disgracing itself in the eyes OF the peo-
pie when it undertook to notice eriti-
cisms by the press or the people.
Edwards then withdrew the resolu-
ton.
Early In the session certain members
of the Legislature undertook to bull
doze and intimidate the press and pre-
vent any sort Of criticism Of its acts.
This was the purpose Of the resolution
of censure proposed this morning, but II
may be said to the credit of the mover
| of the resolution that he became
ashamed of himself and withdrew the
resolution before it was acted upon.
The legislative appropriation bill was
taken up and passed, and the house
took recess till 800. At the expira-
| ton of the recess the house adjourned
until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The senate reassembled at 2:3O and
took up the legislative appropriation
bill and passed 1t.
A message from Governor MacCorkle
Informed the Senate that he had APP
pointed w. <. Chiffon, OF Kanawha,
Secretary Of State; James A. Holly, OF
Lincoln, Adjutant-General, and M.
VanPelt, of Fayette, Superintendent OF
tie Penitentiary. The Senate then
went into executive session to consider
the appointments OF the Governor. The
appointments were confirmed and the
doors were opened, when the Senate
adjourned till tomorrow at ten o'clock.
The adjournment of the two Houses
till tomorrow was for the purpose OF
giving the clerks time to enroll the two
appropriation bills. This work Is ex-
pected to be completed by the time the
two Houses convene at 10 o'clock. The
Legislature will probably be ready to adj
iourn sine die before noon to morrow.