Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-05


mtons and new < - had been
,,!t5;d,. created within within - p, scade, all Of
which the puL .,er was obliged to
execute.
a delegation Of prominent citizens Of
Huntington appeared before the fin
ance committees last night and pre-
sented the claims of Marshall College,
the parent State Normal school. locat-
ed in that city They ask for $4,000 to
repair or rebuild part of the building
of Marshall College. Among those who
spoke for the college were Geo. T. Mil
Ter. ID. Z. Abbott and Prof. COrbly.
A delegation from the Concord Nor
NAL school was also before the commit
tee 10 ask for an appropriation for a
new building.
The purpose of the adoption Of the
substitute to Senate joint resolution
30. g, raising a joint committee TO pre-
pare amendments TO the constitution
was to correct a mistake which was
made in the original resolution. After
that resolution was adopted providing
for q "nOu-partisan' committee of fif-
teen. IL occurred to the movers
that the President of the Sen
ate and Speaker of the House should
De added and an amendment to the
resolution was accordingly offered, but
before il was adopted, it again occur
red to the gentlemen in charge of the
matter that TO add the President and
Speaker TO the eight Republican mem
beIS. would make ten Republican men,
bers TO seven Democrats. This large
proportion of Republican members
gave the committee a decidedly parti-
san color, which was thought to be in
consistent in a purely nOn-partisan
committee. Under the substitute eight
Democrat and eight Republican men,
bers will be appointed by the President
and Speaker, which with the two pre-
siding officers added will make ten Re
pUblicans and eight Democrats, which
VIII not look very nOn-partisan after
all. The idea is to make a showing OF
non-parJisanship with safe Republic
can majority in the committee.
Prosecuting Attorney John A. How
ard. of Wheeling, has been here this
week TO support d bill introduced in
the Senate by Mr.. Hughes, OF Cabell,
providing that all license fees be turned
into the county treasury, and that each
county pay its own criminal expenses.
This bill was passed at the last session
of the legislature. but was vetoed by
the Governor. If it should become q
law such counties as Kanawha, Ohio,
Wood and Cabell would profit very
largely by it, as they generally pay
from five TO ten times their fair pro-
portion of criminal expenses of the
State. while at the same time they pay
the larger portion of license fees into
the Stale treasury. Opposition TO the
bin is likely to come from the counties
i'm which criminal expenses are large
and license fees small.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Hahn,
making life insurance policies incOn-
testable after one year, and which IS
now in the hands of the committee, has
caused considerable stir among insur-
auce men. The insurance men on the
ground who are opposed to Mir. Hahn S
bin have been accusing Mr.. II. 5. Rich
ardsOn. a representative CT the New
York Life Insurance Company, with
Headquarters at Piedmont, of being an
instigator of the bill. The Register 5
correspondent interviewed Mr.. Rich
ardson to-day and he disclaims having
ANYTHING TO do whatever with the bill.
He SAYS that neither he nor his COM
pany desires any change in regard to
Insurance legislation, and that they
do not care TO interfere with the con-
tracts of other life insurance COM
paines.
The monthly report of the auditor
shows the condition of the State treas
ury ON February i, 1897:
State fund.-. announcements GiJ6O> -
General school fund ............. .J,l2i g9
The school fund .................. Zs6I26 ~
Total. ...... ...... ......... .$I.li5io- -
The STATE out of the State fund
owes % the counties districts
and municipalities. on account
of r.. r. tax just paid in, the ...,,, I'd,
sum Or. .-..--... ...'-''.''-'.. -o'''-- tO
To1vfn,- TO the credit of the State
fund for general State pur-
poses the sum Ot................S 5'0b>J "
If Republican members of the legis-
lature have any idea that these figures
are uggled. the auditor requests them
TO investigate the matter.