The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-03

agement of tho states Finances.
sp,rtal Dispatch to the In'd1t7eHeer'
CHARLESTON, WA, March 2.--Ihere
were lively times in the house this
morning, in fact, the warmest Of the ses-
aon. They were caused by message
from the governor announcing that he
had vetoed the Prince school tax bill,
The house had made some progress ON
tho appropriation bill, mostly in the
way Of disagreeing tothe senate amend
monts, aud things were going smoothly,
bnt this announcement vas like bomb
shell thrown in camp. After q moment
OF breathleSs suspense. Mr.. Smith, OF
Calhoun, moved that tho legislature ad-
iourn sine die. This motion was ruled
out Of order and was followed by q mo-
tonoi Mr.. Harper to indefinitely post.
none the appropriation bill. Mr.. Floyd
loped the motion would not prevail.
lie said members should not, because
their net measure was defeated, under
take TO interfere with Il matter OF the
utmost importance to the state and lose
llmD unnecessarily at the expense oil
the peorle. lie had always accepted
tho situation when defeated and he was
satisfied tho constituents of these gon-
tIcmen did not desire them to take the
position they had taken. They should
not undertake to dictate to the house
and prevent it from disposiHg OF the
business before it because q measure in
which they took special interest had
lcen defeated.
PERSONAL TALK.
Messrs. Smith and Harper both re-
sented what Mr.. Floyd had said and
their remarks were somewhat personal
in their character. There was great
deal Of confusion and excitement in the
house and IL was with some difficulty
that order was restored sufficiently to
take vote OH the motion. Tho ayes
and noes were demanded and the motion
was lost by vote Of q to o. Mr..
Ihomas Of Putnam, voted to postpone
aud said in explanation that while II
member Of tho house he had always
acted according to the dictates oil his
conscience and, as he believed, to the
best interest OF his people, although
imputations had been made that his
actions had been actuated by other rca'
SOM. lie regretted that he belonged to
party the chief Of which had declared
himself opposed to the common schools
OF tho state. The fight on the tax bill
had been the most clearly defined oil
the session aud it was understood IRON
tho first to be fight OF the richer
against the poorer counties OF tho state.
it seemed that the money power had
triHmphad. lie was not in favor OF the
appro priation bill ms u whole, and he
believed that in voting to indefinitely
postpone it, he was acting for the best
interests OF the state.
THE GovERNoR's REASONS.
Governor Fleming's reasons for veto.
ing the school tax bill are that the pro.
posed reductions in view OF the pending
appropriation bill are inexpedient and
that in reality it makes no reduction in
the state tax, He states that tho aggro-
gate appropriations proposed amount TO
Sl,A25,0OO, and that the available reve.
nues under tho present tax are only
$l,423S30. II tho proposed reduction Is
made he says there will be Il clear def
cit in the treasury oi $4,000
Many Of the Democratic members are
loud in their adverse criticism OF his
action. They claim that he has no
right to veto bill on account Of his
own individual opinions, which they
claim no has done. Furthermore, they
claim that he commended larger nppro.
prations than are proposed by the bill
under consideration and at the same
time recommended reduction OF taxes,
and they arc "hot." 1t was evident that
after this no further business could be
attended TO this morning. Amid the
confusion MIR. Lively moved that re'
cess be taken until 2:30 TO allow the
members to cool oil. Tho motion pro-
vailed, but thoy did not cool oil.
When they reconvcned the war was
carried on more bitterly than ever, II
was opened by q motion by Mr.. Wilson,
oI Wayne, to reconsider tho vote by
which tho house had refused TO indoti.
nitoly postpone the bill. Mr. FLOYD
moved to lay this motion on the table
but this motion was lost. He then
moved to ad djourn, but the motion was
lost BY votu Of 20 to 81.
MAD AS WET HENS
The remainder OF the session was
spent in GlbustOring, 1t being evident
that tho opponents of the bill we're In
tho majority, at last the motion to re-
consider prevailed md Mr. FIoyt
moved to postpone the announcement
Of tho vote until 10 o'clock tomorrow
This motion was lost Mr.. Dandrldgu
raised point Of order that th,
bill could not bo indefinitely postponed
rs II was not on It's passage, and the
senate amendments instead OF tho bill
itself wcro under consideration. This
point was ruled well taken aud another
attempt was made to work on the bill
but II was useless. The house adjourn
cd at b o'clock with Home Of tho Nom
bors mad Us wet hons.
TlR glNATE.
Realizing tho inevitable defeat ot the
bill. II matters were allowed to proceed