The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-02-05
The Legislature.
Some Items of Interest From
Charleston.
Special Correspondents. ]

Il
Itwas to be expected that our
Democratic friends would raise
a howl about the unseating of
Mr.. Shatfer in the Senate. 1t was
q plain case of fraud as shown
by the method used by the Dem
ocrats in getting Mr.. Skaters
name on the so-called gold Dem
ocratic ticket. Senator Getzen-
danner, the Republican candi-
date. was certainly entitledto his
seat If the West Virginia law was
to prevail. The Democrats
never failed to enforce the law
whensthey found it necessary to
unseat a RepublicanSor steal a
Governorship. Inthis case their
own Jaw caught them and forthe
Sensse to- obey this law meant
thatsMr. Shaffer surrender his
seat b the West Virginia Senate
to H8n. Henry Clay Getzendan-
ner 6f Shepherdstown.
s. S
Hon. G. H. Payne. the schol-
arly colored delegate fron Fay
cite. has lost rome Of his popu-
larity by the treatment he re.
ceived at the hands of the young
men who had charge of the leg
islative ball. 1t was a grand
social event given by the citizens
A OF Charleston in honor OF the
1 Legislature. Mr.. Payne was not
invited. The slight was inten.
4 tion@ as those who had charge
ofthe affair were Democrats who
have little use for . colored man.
4 Of the members 81 the
1 Legislature stayed away from
the reception because Of the in;
suit aimed at one Of theie num-
Der. Mr.. Payne would not have
attended the ball had he been in
vited. He rever thrusts himself
4 toward and never intrudes where
his presence would be objection.
able. He is a fine type of man
hood, with regular features and
not very dark. AS an orator he
has few equals in the State and
in the legislature he is proving a
very valuable and able member.
SIS
The fight among the tanners
has been attracting considerable
attention for the pastweek. That
great corporation, the United
States Leather Co., desired the
passage of an act that would
allow a tannery to hold thirty
thousand acres of land. The
measure is not q good thing for
West Virginia, as it would allow
a corporation to buy up vast
tracts of land for speculation and
to hold the same it would only be
necessary for them to pretend
to operate a small tannery. The
tanners outside Of the trust are
here to oppose the measure,
claiming that it will drive the
small tanneries out of the State.
President Whitaker's bill re-
curing ladies to remove their
hats in theatres was passed in
the Senate on Tuesday. 1t pro-
vides that a manager of an opera
house or theatre may be fined
| for permitting hats or other
| head gear to be worn in such a
manner as to obstruct the view
of others who are attending the
performance Such a bill was
enacted in Ohio a few years ago
and strange to say the ladies are
not opposed to it. The act of re.
moving and again adjusting a
pretty bonnet or opera hat is just
the caper to call ones attention
to the artistic beauty of the
thing.
The Young election bill was
amended in many particulars and
as it now stands is certainly a
very desirable law. Should it
get through, it will do away with
4 much of the corrupt use of money
linIour elections. It makes it very
dangerous for q man to offer ia