Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-29
Discussion Of the Proposed Additional
Appropriation.
DELEGATE CLARK OPPOSES IT
As Unnecessary and Extravagant.
General st. Clair Asks Mr..
Clark Some Pointed Questions.
The Committee Reports the
Bill Favorably to Both House
and Senate.
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CHARLESTON. w. VA, January 2S.-The
Joint Finance Commute OF the House anu
Senate continued its consideration Oh the
Worlds Fair appropriation bill this AFTER
noon, and decided to report favoraoly up
on it. The bill was fought stubDornly IN
| committee and the fight will be continued
when the matter N up IN each mouse
General st. Clair addressed the commit
tee making an earnest appeal Tor q laA0r-
able report 10 the respective houses. he
pointed out the fact tina the addltional ap-
preparation is absolutely necessary TO
carry out the plans formed by the Com
missioners for making a proper exhibit OF
inc States resources. He referred 10 the
Centennial Exposition 10 Philadelphia,
and detailed the advantage derived by the
State. Independent Of the peeuniary Dene-
tits TO be gained, he thought the appro.
priaticn should be granted as a matter OF
State pride.
Delegate Clark, of Greenbrier, followed
Mr.. ST. Clair, in a speech, vigorously at,
lacking the appropriation. be said ne ala
not see the advantages to be derived. and
thought the appropriation Of $4O,00O was
ample for the purpose Of making a credit
able exhibit.
He was interrupted by Mr. st. Clair,
who asked if IL was not true that he favor
ed an appropriation of $6O,OOO at the last
session, and II it was not true that he SAID
be would have voted for an appropriation
of $75, 900. Mr.. Clark replied that II was
true.
at is not true, also" continued Mr.. st.
Clair, that you told me within three
hours that you would w voted Tor an
appropriation of 100000"
II have said that" replied Mr.. Clark.
"Then, sir, how do you reconcile your
present position when you would nave
voted for an aggregate appropriation ex-
ceeding by $50, 900 the sum not asked!"
Mr.. Clark replied that be favored q
larger appropriation two years ago, out IN
the meantime the financial condition OF MS
people had become greatly depressed, ana
be felt that he would not properly voice
the sentiment of his constituency unless nc
voted against the appropriation.
This brought Mr.. ST. Clair to his feet
with the retort that he represented the
people of Greenbrier as much as Mr..
and that gentleman had admitted TO him
that the only letter be bad received upon
the subject, was enc requesting him TO vote
for its passage. lie paid a compliment 10
the intelligence, and progressive and enter
prising spirit Of the people Of Greenorler,
and stated that, without exception, every
citizen of that county who had been an.
preached by him favored the granting OF
an appropriation necessary to make "a
proper exhibit.
Ex-Judge David D. Johnson then ad-
dressed the committee on behalf OF the pro-
position in an excellent speech, which made
a good impression. He appealed TO State
pride, and pointed out the benefits to be de-
rived from u creditable display of the
States resorceS.
MI. Clark and Senator Peck intimated
that the Commissioners had exceeded their
authority in expanding the appropriation
and had gone beyond the legislation.
Ex-senator Tarr replied that the state
ment was untrue. $19,0 900 Of the $4,000
appropriations had been expended in erect
ing a suitable building and with other ex-
penses paid, but $1,000 was left. The com.
missioners could mako a certain KIND OF
exhibit and stop. To make the exhibit
which the commissioner desired, the ADJ
tional appropriation of $685. COO was abso-
lutely necessary. The commissioners
could stop at once, and not leave a deficit.
Mr.. Clark, of Upshur, favored the appro-
priation as necessary to u good advertise
ment of the States resources. MIR. a
bridges motion that it be the sense of the
committee that the appropriation be grant
ed, was then put and carried by a vote OF 5
to5.
Those voting in the affirmative were SEN
ators st. Clair, Park, Tarr and Hender-
son Delegates Clark (of Upshur), Brock
unier, Mckinney and Anderson. Those
voting in the negative were Senator Peck
and Delegates Clark (of Greenbrier),
Shumate (of Mercer), Mooman and Prince.
Mess-s. Mckinney and Anderson ex-
planned that they voted for the motion for
the purpose of getting the matter before
the Legislature. There was a bare quorum
of the two committees present, aud it is
understood that a majority of the absentees
favor the appropriation.