The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-25
WORK Of COMMITTEES,

Embryo Legislation Now IN tho Hands of
the Different Committees.
strial Dtpasth TO d, intHgther.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Jan. al.-Tho
joint committee on education was In
ucsuion nearly all this afternoon recciv.
ing propositions from representatives
Of various school book firms now here.
Representatives. OF II. Wellsworth, May.
nard. Merrill & Co., Gun 4 Co, D. @,
Heath 4 Co., American Book Company,
j.. d. Lippincott Company, F. II. butler
4 Co., Thompson, Brown & Co., Chris.
topher Lower & Co. aud a. s. Loveil&
Co. presented claims and prices. All
were given u careful hearing and tho
committee adjourned till Q o'clock Fri.
day night, when tho matter will DO con.
aidered further.
Bills were introduecdin both tho son.
ate aud house to-day providing that all
text books DO furnished by secretaries
OF boards OF education ut n profit not to
exceed ten per cent OF the Wholesale
price. tho prices asked to be fixed BY
the boards. Tho bill was introduced
IN the senate by Mr.. Locknev and In
the house by Mr.. Mcknight. It IL not
expected that the committee will make
q anal report on this matter for several
days.
Tho jointJudiciary committee in Sos.
aion this afternoon considered house
bills 81 aud 90, both OF which were
thoroughly discussed. DR., W, p. Ewing,
OF thu, state board Of health, advocated
the former bill. whilo Drs. Barber aud.
Thomas. oil this city. on behalf OF the
Medical and Surgical Society OF tho
Kanawha Valley. appeared for the lat.
ter bill. After due consideration the
committee decided to report favorably
MS to the tormor and adversely as to tho
latter bill. n
The house committee on human in.
stitutions and public buildings will re-
port adversely tomorrow on house bill
81, introduced by Mr.. Purdy, and house
bill 81, introduced by Mr.. Brady, es.
tablishing an industrial home for girls.
The reason for this action is that the
bill covering the subject matter is now
pending in tho senate, and will be nc.
sep'ea by friends of the project in tho
Mr.. Greor's bill No. 1856, providing for
all executions OF tho death pen.
atty at the ~penitentiary, seems in a fair
way to pass. It provides for the ap.
pointmeut OF q state oxecutioner. II
might bs generally supposed that there
would be difficulty in securing anyone
willing TO accept this position, but Mr..
Groar informed tho 1SrELLIaENcER to-
day that when a similar measure was
pchding two years ago, he received n
letter from a resident Of Cabell county,
asking for a recommendation for the
appointment, in the event OF the pass
age OF tho bill. The electrocution bill
has not yet been reported by the com.
mittee.
A meeting Of the people OF Charleston
was held at the opera house this after
o to act in relation to the bill now
pending for the consolidation OF Charles
ton aud Elk City. Major ]. Z. Dana
presided. Ex-Governor Wilson and
others spoke against the bill in its pre-
sent form. and Hon. II. C. Nc Whorter
and others advocated it. Resolutions
were adopted asking tina. a provision
submitting the proposition to the voters
Of the two cities be embodied in the bill,
and a committee Of thirty was appointed
to SEQ that this Tas done.