Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-01-30

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WYE. GALLAHER, Editor.
CharIestolrIs, Jefferson County, West Va
January 80, 1895.
Last Friday the Senate bill making th'
levy for school purposes 10 cents on the
800 was adopted.
Morrow. OF the Farmers Advocate, gives
a weekly hit at Mr. Cleveland. Why dom
he tackle man of his own size
A bill was introduced in the Senate o
West Virginia making the stealing of dogs
larceny, and the killing of dogs a crime.
The establishment of a Girls Industrial
School; also a Home for Incurables; anC
Hospital for Invalids, occupies the legis
latiye mind at Charleston.
Under the leadership of Hon. VIM. l.
Wilson yesterday the House Of Represent
atives passed the bill to abolish the sugar
discriminating duty BY vote Of 299 to 81
Il is announced that if the Legislature
concludes to establish state Home TO
Incurables, =" it will be located at Elkins, the
home Of Senator-eleet Elkins, as a cOmPli
to that gentleman.
Under the income tax law the Gould rs
tate will pay over 81 600, 900 in the treasury
-Ronaey Iatelhgenesr Oh, no; the Gould
estate, not the income, is SSO,OOO,OOO. 1t il
only tax on income that is collected.
1t is as natural for the Farmers Advo
cate and the ShepherdstOwn Register L
get rambunctious and rantsnkOrOus at th'
mention of Mr. Camden's name as it is fol
a bull to rage at sight of a red rag or goal
to give butter-milk.
Some of the Republican Legislators
doubtless those who believe in a hereafter
are becoming alarmed at the predispositiou
of a majority of their party colleagues t.
extreme partizan legislation, and eyince {
disposition TO call halt.
John Burns, the English labor agtatol
who recently visited this country to reform
it, after having seen Chicago, said that city
was "a pocket edition of h-ll" Learning
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by his criticism Of the SIZE of their city, he
made the amende honorable by saying, I'll
is pocket edition Of Chicago" Satisfied
though they may be, by his latter remark
should he return Chicago will be made hot
enough for Burns.
The House of Delegates last Friday
passed a resolution requesting Senators
Faulkner and Camden to vote tor the Mica
ragua canal bill The said bill was passed
by the Senate that day. Senator Faulkner
was present and voted for it, Senator
Camden was absent from the chamber when
the vote was taken, but was paired in favor
Of it. Thus it will be seen they anticipated
the will Of the West Virginia House of
Delegates on that subject
A Mrs Warren is in Charleston, endeav.
oring to exert an influence in legislation
She has several propositions pending, to-
wit: The establishment Of a State reform
school for girls; an amendment to the Con
stitutiOn providing for woman suffrage, and
the third is a bill to prevent town clocks
striking in the night time The latter
might naturally have for its promoters hus-
bands who stay late o'nights at the lodge.
Last Friday in the House Of Delegates,
Mr. Kiser, Rep offered a resolution in
structing the Finance committee to put a
provision in the general appropriation bill
appropriating $4,000 for the construction
of a building in which TO give balls and re-
ceptions. There was objection to immedi-
ate consideration The aforesaid delegate
must have decided Terpsichorean tenden-
cies. He would trip the light fantastic
toe at the public expense in times like
these
Wheeling had municipal election last
week. and the Republican candidate was
elected by majority of 1906. The Regis
ter takes of its hat to Mayor.eleet Cald-
well, and says; The majority of His
Honor is the largest ever given in Wheel
ing and is a well merited endorsement of
good and conscientious official" This big
majority over a Democrat, and the clever
endorsement by the Register, Democrat, of
the mayOr.elect, suggests that there was not
very much politics in that election.
The Senate Judiciary Committee sat
down very hard on the scheme to establish
a medical examining board, but decided to
recommend TO the two Houses the passage
Of the bill providing for examinations to be
made by the State Board of Health, and
that these examinations be made more
rigid says a Wheeling Register special
Senator LOckney, populist, made an earn
est speech before the committee in favor of
opening the doors more widely TO those
who seek TO practice medicine in the State.