The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-04
spleial pl.paleA o he Inteaigenoet.

Tomorrow evening and the situation Is
practically unchanged. Adjournment
sine die still seems far of in the future,
The session OF the house this morning
was neither orderly nor digniled.
Scarcely anything was done, Colonel
st. Clair announced the action OF the
senate last night and requested the re-
turn Of the appropriation bill to that
body. Mr., Floyd objected to this, say
ing that the house could act upon the
senate amendments, reject them and
send the bill back as it was sent to the
senate at first lie thought time could
be saved in this way and claimed that
the senate's action in reconsidering the
vote on its passage amounted TO moth
ing from the fact that the bill was not
before it, but before the house when
the action was taken. BY u vote OF IS
TO 90 it was decided to return the bill,
and Mr.. Smith, OF Calhoun, was APP
pointed TO report to the senate,
Almost every member either had
solution OF his own for the problem be-
fore the body, or an objection TO offer
to somebody else's solution, and some
time was lost in that way. The friends
Of the tax bill still felt sore over the
governors veto, and many OF them did
not care to have the problem solved at
all. Many motions, amounting to moth
ing in particular, were made and the
confusion was so great that it was with
4. difficulty that the speaker and clerk
could keep in mind what was before the
house, and tile vote had frequently to be
taken twice because the majority OF the
members did not know what they are
voting on,
Private information was received
that the senate was willing to agree to u
plan by which compromise might be
effected without unnecessary loss OF
time and would DO ready to make a re.
port looking 10 that end in short time
ii the house would do its part towards
II. II was with this understanding that
the house took recess until o'clock
to await report from the senate.
THE SENATE
When the senate convened the mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which
its amendments to the appropriation
bill had been adopted was taken up. 1t
was thoroughly discussed, some being
in favor OF having the differences refer
red 10 conference committee and others
being Of the opinion that the senate
should stand by its action and let the
house take any action it pleased.
Among thetatter was Senator Whitaker.
lie expressed himself fully and plainly
and in the course OF his remarks char
acterzed the proceedings Of the house
yesterday afternoon as the most dis
graceful that had ever occurred in the
state. 1t had been openly declared that
the bill would never DO passed until
certain conditions had been complied
with. When the governor = all
all honor to him for it-had been
loyal to himself, loyal to the constitu.
ton and loyal to his oath, and
vetoed certain measure, and his action
was reported to the house, and that
body became raging, seething mob
without reason, without sense and with
out propriety, he believed that no
matter what action conference COM
mittee might take the situation would
DO unchanged. He was opposed 10
opening tho question again. 1--WE are
right" he said; lets go on" The bill
may not be what it should be, but it
provides for our state institutions, and
no was willing to take chances on It,
He said the bill, appropriating nearly
100000 OF the peoples money, had
been sent TO the senate on the last day
OF the session to force upon the gov
ernor the necessity of calling special
resson at cost to the people OF nearly
$1,000 per day. He believed the same
spirit oil passion and prejudice prevailed
in the house rs prevailed yesterday.
He was opposed to opening the ques-
ton again and he had no faith in the
arbitration OF conference committee.
COLONEL ST. CLAIR REPLIES.
Colonel st. Clair said that in the bill
as passed by the house there was no
provision authorizing the auditor to
draw his warrants on the treasury for
the $4,000 current expenses for the
Weston asylum, and the same was true
OF one.third Of the appropriations
made by the bill. The house of dele
gates is not a mob, but body of hon
OIhulG RtutCuou, ullu ue Wuuteu 70 say
to the people OF the state that the
enemies OF the tax bill are responsible
for the extra session, and not its
friends. The bill must be amended to
authorize the drawing Of warrants by
the auditor. II passed as II is, We will
have no appropriation bill and tho gov
ernor will BIO compelled to call another
special session. A compromise had
been effected whereby conference
committee had been agreed upon and
that offered ready solution OF the
problem. At the close OF the discussion
the senate refused to reconsider the
vote by which the amendments to the
bill had been adopted.
Senator Scott moved to again refer the
bill to the finance committee, but the
motion was lost and II was ordered to
its third reading, read third time and
passed. This action was reported to tho
house this afternoon and Mr.. Lively
moved that all the senate amendments
DO rejected. There was decided oppo.
sitionlto this, but the motion carried by
close vote and Mr.. Lively was appoint
cd to communicate tho fact TO tho sen.
alto, after which o recess was taken to 4
o'clock. On receiving the report from
tho house the senate refused 10 disagree
TO its amendments and MessrS. 81. Clair
Stewart, Call, Whitaker and Worloy
were appointed as members on the p art
oitho senate Of conference committee.