Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-25
Special to the Register.

Charleston, w. Va, February "a
There will be one more day of the
session.
During the closing hours Of the forty
five days fixed by the State constitu-
ton a resolution was offered in the
Senate to extend the session "a hours
for the passage of the general and leg
islative appropriation bills. 1t met
with very little opposition in the Sen
ate, but after two unsuccessful attempts
to amend in the House, it went through
with the bare four-ffths majority re-
quired, and only after considerable
pressure had been brought to bear upon
those who were opposed to It.
The necessity for an additional day
was created by the failure of the con-
ference committee of the House and
Senate to reach a prompt and amicable
agreement upon the items in the gem
eral appropriation bill, which varied in
the respective branches. AS was fore
casted in these dispatches, the House
substituted its appropriation bill for
that of the Senate when it came upon
its second reading and the Senate re-
fused to concur, and the conference
committee wrestled for several hours
with the knotty problem of bringing
about such an adjustment of the differ
ences as would meet with the approval
Of both the House and Senate.
There was a great deal Of wrangling
in the committee.
THE HOUSE ITEMS WERE LOWER
than those of the Senate, and for an
| hour or two neither committee showed
any disposition to yield an inch. The
principal points in dispute were the
amounts to be given to the University,
Storer College and the hospitals for
| the insane. An agreement was finally
patched up after eleven o'clock and re-
ported to both houses. The Senate
then concurred and the House will act
to-day.
While the House was awaiting the
report of the committee, and having
disposed of all the bills which members
desired to be brought up out of their
regular order, Speaker Mckinney made
a ruling which upset all the presidents
in the West Virginia Legislature.
Some persons suggested stopping the
| clock, as has been the custom heretofore
on the last night of the session. The
| Speaker announced that there would
be no sIoppage of the clock and as the
hands crawled slowly toward twelve
there was an inpatient clamor for rec
ognition by those who desired to offer
resolutions.
The House adjourned on the stroke
of the hour.
During the closing hours of the ses-
sion there were indications in both
| branches of sincere good feeling I'M
deriving the partisan bitterness which
has been manifested on numerous occa-
sions during the session.
In the Senate Mr.. Kidd arose and
made a felicitous speech in presenting
to President Marshall handsomely
framed group of photographs of mem
hers of the Senate and attaches.
In the House Mr.. Davis, of Harrison,
was
| PARTICULARLY HAPPY
in his remarks in presenting to Speak
er Mckinney a center-piece in which
the names of all members Of the
House are embroidered.
Mr.. Mckinney replied in a feeling
manner.
Another surprise was in store for
him. The pages of the House, through
their spokesman, Mr.. Bowman, gave
handsome recognition of his courteous
treatment in the shape Of fountain
pen.
little later Mr.. Talbot presented
Clerk w. E. r. Byrne with a com
bination pen and corkscrew, on behalf
of the clerks of the House.
The usual resolution for extra COM
pensation for attaches of the House
and Senate went through both
branches, but only after more deter
mined and unyielding opposition than
has been heretofore manifested. Par
ticularly is this true Of the House, in
which a number OF members on the
majority sile spoke in opposition to the
principle of giving additional pay.
Among the measures of general in
terest which were passed to-day was
the bill TO create an advisory pardon
board, which will consist Of two per
! sons of the dominant political party
and will have minority representation.
The House rejected the amendment
that the Democratic member or mem
bers must be Silver" Democrats, and
the Senate concurred.
The effort in the Senate TO recon-
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