The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-22
Special Dispatch to the In,elllrencer.


In the senate this afternoon. In open
session. and In the presence of u
chamber crowded with visitors. Senator
Kidd boldly accused President Marshall
of having wilfully delayed calling tho
senate to order so as TO thwart the
passage OF the valued policy insurance
bill. J." even went farther. and
charged ,idcnt Marshall and Sena-
tor WHITAKER with being In collusIon
with the insurance corporations. by
whom, he inslnuatcd, the former had
been influenced In his conduct previous
TO the convcnlnG OF the senate.
President Marshall. thus violently
attacked. denied that he had any mo-
tive whatever in not calling the senate
TO order at the regular time. and eX-
plained that the delay was due to phys
ical indlsposition on his part Sena-
tor Whitaker also entered 4 vigorous
denial. The unpleasantness was but
an Incident In the bitter war that Is
being waged against the corporations.
Last Saturday vote was taken on
the passage of the valued policy insur-
anCe bill.
The announcement OF the vote was
postponed. however. and made special
order for . o'clock to-day. When .
o'clock came. President Marshall was
not on hand, and some OF the chief
opponents Of the b... We're also alb
sent.
When President Marshall called the
senate TO order. II was , o'clock. Sena-
tor Whitaker called up senate bill No.
10. which had been made n special or
der for that hour. Senator Kidd was
on his feet In an instant. with 4 pro-
test. He said that II WAS no fault of
the supporters OF the valued policy bill
that the president was not on hand
when the hour FOR calling II up had
arrived. Therefore. he claimed. the
point OF order Of business. the valued
policy bill. had precedence. Then he
made the charges. the like Of which.
IL Is said. have never before been made
on the floor OF either branch OF the
West Virginia legislature. He stated
that 1t had come TO his ears during the
noon hour that President Marshall and
opponents OF the valued policy bill
would not be on hand until o'clock.
In order that when the senate recon-
vcned the hour OF the special order
should have passed.
He would not. he said. have put any
stock In the rumors II circumstances
had not eEsued which seemed 10 prove
them. II he were doing the president
any Injustice. he said. he -wOIld apollo
gize. but he would be the last man to
apologize. unless lie were satisfied that
BE- was wrong. Then he assailed Sem
ator Whitaker. who had been the leader
OF the opposition 10 the bill.
Senator Whitakcr's Reply.
Senator Whitaker. in vigorous re-
liz
had been no collusion. he said. between
himself and President Marshall. or be-
tween himself and any one else. Il Is
unnecessary 10 say to those who know
Ohio cOunty's senator that he needs no
defense from this vicious charge.
President Marshall denied also that
there had been any such collusion. and
explained that his delay In calling the
senate To order was du" To Illness In
substantia,iOn Of his statements he up
held the point OF order taken by Seun,or
Kidd. and ruled that the vote on the
valued policy hill took precedence The
vote WAS :hen announced. The valued
policy insurance bill. after struggle
such as Few matters OF legislation have
gone through at the present session,
had Won the victory. and now awaits
the signature OF the governor TO become
Il law.
The main fight was waged over the
bill taxing express companies. which
was defeated yesterday. 1t started
over a motion to reconsider made yes
terduy by Senator OseniOn, who had
voted aye in order to be In n position
1" demand a reconsideration. which
motion had been tabled. ut the Sug-
gestiOn OF Senator Whitaker. \ half
score OF preliminary motions We're
made to-day. every one 0f which re-
suited IN Il victory for the champions
Of the bill and after the substitute
a.~pted yesterday had been rejected.
the Origina! bill itself was taken up.
and advanced 10 its third reading. and
made special order for business for
Tomorrow morning ut li:30 II. M.
The entire fight over this measure
hul been most peculiar. When the bill
came UP In the house III. opposition
attempted tn offer the same substitute
offered In the senate. the omnibus
measure. taxing telegraph. telephone
and pipe line companies, as well as cx-
press companies.
Ground Twice Covered.
When the express bill. as passed by
I'll. house. reached the senate. a fight
was made on II, and the omnibus meas
urc was put forward as the more sat
lSiaCiory, oH the ground that II inCluG-
ed all four corporations. But the
champions of the express bill argucd
that II would be easier To fight the cor
p0rat!ons separately. pushed their
measure. As Il result. the senate pass
ed the omnibus measure. without uppo-.
sitlOn. but only after Il bitter night
took mp the express bill The same
ground Is thus partially covered twice
The opposition to the express bill this
afternoon consisted Of Senators Whit
akcr, Marshall. Cole Baker Wood
yard and Getzendanner. The Repub-
lican senators most vigorous In their
support nf 1t are Senators l'arF, Ian
ham and Smith.
The appropriation bills were UP for
consideration In both branches. The
house cut down the appropriation for
salaries FOR the president and officers
~ the State University. from So. 500 To
S2S,Q0o IN attempt to defeat the sec
tlon appropriatlng $500 FOR uniforms
for cadets was unsuccessful.
Governor Atkinson To-day affixed his
signature /" the Fafrmort chnrtcr btii
The hill changing the name Of the
Piedmont x Potomac railroad to that
nf the West virginia Central y Pitts
hurgh railroad, Of which II Is Il branch.
lies on the table OF the senate. and I'M
lrss II should be- called up again II will
never Eu through. Tn. house had al
ready passed the bill.
y hill which WAS signed yesterday by
tn" governor. and which IL now law
amends the present tnccudiary law to
make II read us follOws:
"lf a person maliCiously burn amy
meeting housc, court house. town house.
coll l..