The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-05

Have Had Their Eyes opencd-Tho
ProocedluEs IN Detail.
Special pipdtea 10 A< Is.t.!igtaer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Fob. 4.-This
has been a field day in the house and
when the sitting was brought 10 sud.
don close, they who looked on were
struck dumb With amazement. Tho
speaker had jumped to tho relief Of his
defeated partisauu and in defiance OF
the rule, OF the house, OF parliam en.ary
law, and OF common decency had ad.
joutned the house in hot haste TO pre-
vont the announcement OF vote carry
ingaproposition to which ho was hostile.
The fight was over a feature OF the re-
maskable school book bill, reported by
the committee on education. The com.
mittee proposed to throw out Harvey's
grammar. published by. the American
Book Company and to put In It's place
Hyde's Language Lessons, published by
Heath 4 Co. who publish also Dole's
American Citizen" the free trade pub.
lication, which the committee asks the
legislature to feed 10 the children OF
West Virginia.
Mr.. Jones, OF kauawha, moved to
n.rike out Hyde's book and 10 substitute
Harvey's. the grammar now in use.
After hot debate the vote was taken
by yeas and nays. There were thirty.
two votes for Harvey and twenty.seven
for Hyde.
AFuNSY PROCEEDING.
Speaker Edwards, seeing defea. for
his side. sent page for Chairman
Morris, OF the committee on education,
brought Morris up and suggested to
him to move to postpone the announce
ment OF the vote until tomorrow morn
ing. Mr.. Morris got back to his place
In Jihy and fell on the speakers cue
On this the yeas and nays were
called. This was not what tho defeated
side wanted. and from that side came
a motion to adjourn. Ths point was
made that the motion was out OF order.
The point was obviously so well taken
that friend, and foe, and the disInter.
es.ed among tho legislators were nike
amazed when the speaker not only en-
tertained the motion to adjourn but be.
fore members could get their bearings,
lifted delegates of their feet by declar-
ing the house adjourned. The object
WAS to give to Heath & Co., publishers
OF Hyde's book, q chance to put in the
night working on members in the hope
ofgettiug enough changes in the vote to
change the result in their favor.
TIE ACTION DENOUNCED.
The speaker had packed the commit
tee in this interest, had got the report
be wanted and now resorted to these
bold tactics to pull the Hyde book
through after the house had turned 1t
down. This action ia being denounced
tonight by everday fair minded mau.
Some delegates. who voted tor Hyde's
book, haye declared tina. they will to-
morrow change their votes and go the
other way, as a protest against tho in
decent action OF the chair.
The incident has raised such breeze
as rarely sweeps Though this capital
city. Itis being asked to- night whcthor
the speaker or delegates compose tho
house. The morrow is eagerly awaited
for 4 renewal OF tho fight. II members
do not change their minds by morning
there will be raking foie and Of. in
tho house that will make the splinters
fly.
1t is worthy OF note that in tho coin.
mitiee's bill publishers are required to
give tho per cert discount on their
hooks. The sing o exception ia Heath
& Co.. who publish Hydc's book. They
are lot OF with reduction OF % per
cent. which shows what great luck thcy
are playing In with :he house com.
'n!.tac.
LIVELY FIGHT.
Tho Morris school book bill wEs
called up out OF It's order on motion OF
in patron. Mr.. Jamca moved TO amond
by substituting Harveys grammar for
the Hyde books. when the fun began.
Ir. kl5er. OF Jackson, mado n strong
hpcGch tavoring tho amendment. lIar.
yeY's grammar might not bG perfect,
but III hi. opinion II VIVA much botter in
po!ntlof arrangement than the books 1t
was proposed to substitute for It, Hs
believed in legislatinc 70! tho state at
large, not for any book firm or firms. A
large percentage OF his people arc poor,
Without ready cash to pay tho dlllor-
snco In exchange price. The change
would virtually force the pooplo 10 to lose
the price paid for tho books they now
haYo, and in tho present condition OF
our financial RESOURCES it will DO m in
iua:ice to tho psople TO make n change.
II change must bo 'made let ii bo madc
In tho future. This is not the time for
change. From n party standpoint II
is bad policy. When n Republican log.
stature votes Harveys grammar out Of
tho public schools il only puts another
spur on tho heels OF the opposition to
ride it to defeat In 90.
Mr.. Jones. Of Kanawha, anid ho did
not come to tho legislature to gratiiy
tho whitna OF loDbyiHts and book agents.
II he did not know anything else ho
thought ho knew something about
school books. Ho beloved that on this
subject teachers should bo heard and
not people who know nothing about 1t.
Tho tcaclierl OF Kanawlia, aa well us OF
other counties. asked for the retention
OF llarveys grammar. Tho people don't
want change nude thnt will tnko Sl5.-
GOO ont OF their pockets. Only two
counties max for a change while twonsy
Countios ask for tho retention oi Har.
vega grammarB. In taking tho posi-
tlon no did, he Represented tho poorer,