The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-24

place whore mined was indefinitely
postponed on motion OF General Watts,
~ THE HOUSE.
The second reading OF tho appropria-
ton bill was concluded about o'clock
to-day. Comparatively few changes were
made in tho appropriation for 1892,
most oil them being made to conform
with the amendments for the present
year. The aggregate increase proposed
for 1891 is $B,5S2, OF which the state his
torical society ia given $3.50; Tor paving
ut Marshall college, $500; TO purchase
lot for the deaf and blind school, $685.
for the expense fund Of the Spencer
hospital, $1,000; for assistant clerk IN
the treasurer's office, $1,000, and for the
tablets or monuments to West Virginia
troops at Gettysburg, $1,000, The re-
auctions proposed are 5000 from tho APP
preparation for books for university
cadets; $40 from the fuel appropriation
for the colored institute; $3.50 from the
fish commissioners; 5000 from the sec
rotary OF states contingent fund 5000
from salaries for clerk in the auditors
Office, and 500 from the appropriation
for the vaccine agent, The amendment
providing for $1,000 for monuments at
Gettysburg was made on motion OF Hon.
Clarence smith.
Mr.. Johnston, OF Monroe, moved to
amend by providing that the tablets
mark the positions Of both federal and
confederate troops, Notwithstanding the
fact that he had introduced similar
amendment two years ago when he re-
ceived the information that tho regula-
tons OF the cemetery and battlefield
management will not permit OF monu-
ments 10 Confederate troops. Mr.. Greer,
Union soldier, said no man on the
floor would more gladly clasp the hand
OF a Confederate soldier than he, or
would take greater pleasure in seeing
monuments at Gettysburg to those who
wore the gray as well us those who wore
the blue, but as an unfortunate regula-
ton over which the legislature had no
control prevented this, he hoped tho
amendment woutd not prevail, as it
would render the appropriation una
valuable for the purpose intended. Mr..
Johnston's amendment was defeated by
avote Of 81 to 27, and tho original mo-
ton passed by q vote OF 32 TO %.
BY close vote the house refused to
strike out the item for the state board
of agriculture for 1894. Mr.. Brocku.
nier's usual amendment to hold the
board OF regents personally liable for
amounts exceeding tho Appropriation
for the purpose was adopted wherever
new buildings or improvements were to
be contracted for.
AN UNUSUAL INCIDENT
was communication from the Cover.
nor stating that in former communion
ton he had announced his approval OF
II. b. 2S, but had since learned that
the bill had not passed the senate. A
similar mistake was made by tho COM
mittee on enrolled bills, they have re-
ported the bill as truly enrolled and
afterwards asked to withdraw their re-
port. having discovered their mistake.
Mr. cambridge offered resolution
that tho state board OF Worlds Fair
commissioners be requested to inquire
with the view OF establishing tho fact
that on the Potomac river at Shepherds
town was launched the first steam boat
that the word had ever seen, and that
to James Ramsey, a citizen OF this state,
il duo the honor of this, tho greatest
discovery Of modern times, and that
thew examine the papers of tho late
Col. Botelar relative to the subject,
which papers are in tho possession OF
Mrs. Helen Penlleton. OF Shephords.
town. On his own motion tho resolu-
ton lies over one day.
THE NIGHT sEysIoN.
Business was disposed with rush at
the evening session of tho house. The
lecislotiyo onnronriotion bill wos or.
e',"''0 "peIV ,, "''O'l o'' ""'
dereu 10 lts thlrd reading without
amendment; also Senator stewards
antl-PlnEerton bilI' mo senate Dill
making the land records procured from
virginia part oil the records OF the au,
ditors oitlce, the bill to reform ana
alter the county court OF Marshall
county, the MGDowell county criminal
tOnt ,o o IL % nao 1870 ~" oaim;aI sao, H.
biil empowering the school district Of
ST. Adams to issue bonds and tho
WAYNE county criminal court bill were
ordered 10 their third reading A num-
her of bills we're laid ON the Table
The Wheeling water works bill was
taken up ont Of its order on motion of
Mr.. Wilson and passed. Tho Cabeli
county criminal court bill, and Senator
Doraey's hill cnncerning Tho mnnnvn.
ment Of the penitentiary were passed. 10
take effect upon their passage, The
gubernatorial mansion biii was orlored
To its third reading hit there wore 81
votes npninst il
1t was largely due to the efforts of