Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-20
BOTH HOUSES At WORK
ON APPROPRIATION BILL.
AT GOVERNOR ATxINSON'S RE-
QUEST, THE BUFFALO EXPOSE
TION GETS 1926, 900.
A VICIOUS SLAP AT RAYMOND
AN AMENDMENT ADOPTED, HOLD
ING UP APPROPRIATION TILL
HE LEAVES.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, February 19.-Both
houses of the Legislature put In
almost the entire day considering the
general appropriation BILL and good
progress was made in each. The Sem
ate, for a wonder, made less speed
than the House, and is not yet through
though it was thought the measure
would have little trouble in getting
through that body in the form it took
at the hands of the committees.
Two hard fights took place in the
Senate over as many propositions.
The first one was on Corder's amend
ment to strike out the $4,000 provided
for the geological survey for the year
1901, there was considerable discus
sion on the amendment, principally
between Senators Corder, Price, Lam
ham and Smith on the affirmative, and
Senators Kidd, May and Farmer in
opposition. The remarks of President
Smith were sarcastic and acrimonious
in the extreme. The amendment was
agreed to by IL to 10.
During the progress of this discus
sion the governors private secretary
brought in special message that was
destined to precipitate another. 1t
was on the Pan-American exposition
matter and
strongly Urged an Appropriation
for the purpose of making State ex-
hibit 1t related the facts connected
with the appointment of the commits
sion and said $4,000 had been bor-
rowed for the purpose of getting the
work under way; of this S4,657 had
been already expended; if the Legisla-
ture in its wisdom did not see fit to
make an appropriation for an exhibit
he asked that the money borrowed
and used be paid hack. or else he and
his friends would have to pay it,
which, as he had borrowed it in good
faith and acted as he thought for the
good of the State, he thought would
be unjust.
Shortly afterward the appropriation
of five hundred dollars for the repay
ment of the money used by the COM
mission was reached, and Senator
iPaker moved to amend by providing
for an appropriation of 10000 for the
Pan-American Exposition. Senator
Lanham moved to make it $4,000,
which was accepted by Baker
The amendment was opposed by Cor
der, Davis and Smith, the latter
Being Particularly Vicious
and sweeping in denunciation of the
proposition, which he denounced as a
steal, and finally declared that, SO help
him God, he would vote against the en-
tire bill if the amendment was made.
When he thought he saw that the
amendment would be agreed to, Sena-
tor Smith started to filibuster, but he
had not sufficient strength to make it
sick, the Democrats refusing to sup
port him, and after a motion to COM
NIT the bill to the committee on Jul
dietary, he gave up the fight and the
amendment was agreed to.
The sensational amendment placed
upon the bill was on motion of Senator
Osenton by which a proviso was added
to the section appropriating money for
the University to the effect that none
of it should be available until the re-
tirement of the present president of
that institution. There were but two
or three votes against the amendment,
and the Republicans who voted for it
say they mean to make it stick.