The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-25
The LEGISLATURE.
Two Days of Fate at Hand and
Both Sides Active.

Kidd Unseated without Waiting for The
Report of the Committee .ppeintd
to Investigate the Matter-separats
Ballot To-day-Joint Ballet 40 1or-
row-Result in Doubt-Mant seyo-
lutionary Schemes Proposed Eikins
on the Ground Latest From the Seat
of War.
The day Of fate in the legislature
is approaching and each side is get
ting ready for the death grapple.
The houses will ballot in separate
session to day but that is the pre-
iminary skirmish and but get the
combatants ready for the final bat
tie.
Elkins is on the ground directing
affairs and Scott has returned from
Washington where he went to in
vestigate the matter OF the eligibili
ty of the two war senators. The re-
port of the committee on the Dent
Brohard case was presented and
Dent has been seated.
The senate has taken up the eud
gel against Kidd. of Gllmer, and he
will be unseated if he has not
been already. He will at least be
set aside until after the balloting is
over. However this will not give
the Republicans any advantage as
the Democrats will suspend an equal
number of members in the house.
Elkins has endorsed Whites
scheme for rump house in case the
democrats attempt 70 stay with their
opponents in the unseating game.
He was opposed to Atkinson's plan
OF refusing to confirm Dawson for
treachery He will remain at the
helm aud direct matters until the
ballots are east
Representative Asbnry will have
to be carried into the house if he
votes at all as he las an attack of
fever and is now twenty miles from
Charleston. The attempt should a
deadlock result will more Than likely
end his life. A dea lock looked al
most certain at noon t day.
A telegram from Charleston dated
last night has the following to say
about the unseating of Kidd and the
events which followed:
The Democrats adopted all kinds
of filibustering tactics to prevent a
vote. but were unsuccessful. The
body unseated Kidd by party vote
of II to 8. His opponent, Morris,
was Immediately called forward and
received the oath. He acted as If
he did not want to do ii The Repub.
licans forced recess for an hour, dur
ingawhich they discussed the I'M
sealing of Senators Ashby and Mar
cum. AS the Republicans to take
their seats, Shirley and Collins, were
not present, this part Of the behead-
ing was deferred until tomorrow
morning, when it is certain to be
carried ont.
While these exciting scenes were
taking place in the Senate, the Dem
ocrats were having log rolling
match in the House. They went
the Republicans just one better and
are now prepared to GUST five mem
bers in the morning Delegate Car
ter introduced the measures.
FIVE MORE REPUBLICANS DOOMED.
He asked for the unseating of B.
J. Redmond, Julius Seherr, W. B.
Outright and J. =. Legg upon the
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holding lucrative ,.asitious from the
Federal Government and corpora
tious. That this would he done was
exclusively foretold in The Dis
patch.
The Democrats claim that Red
mond is a Deputy Collector of Inter
nal Revenue: Scherr, a Postmaster
at Eglon; Outright, professor in
West Liberty Normal School, and
Legg, an employee OF the Baltimore
q Ohio Railroad. The measures af
fecting these members we're referred
to the proper committee aud will be
made a special order of business to-
morrow morning.
The outcome Of this action is that
the Republicans are making prepare
tions to organize a rump House to-
morrow. They mean to take the reg
ular chamber by force, If necessary,
and Governor Atkinson has given his
promise to sustain them in any such
move they may make Some of the
more violent Democrats are in favor
of resistance. Cool-headed men are
at work among them to prevent con-
fiict. Among these are Speaker o. S.
Mckinney. He says the honor of the
State is too sacred to allow such d
thing to occur. He favors having the
Democrats pack up and go home if
the Republicans insist upon organic
ing third House. There are num-
Der of others who take the same view
with him.
| WILL RESORT TO INJUNCTION.
The plan of the Democrats, in such
an event, will be to go into court and
restrain the Republicans from passing
any appropriation measures. This
would entail an ugly legal battle
which would last until the next Leg
islature convenes. In the meantime,
the Democrats say, all of the humane
institutions and departments of the
State would be penniless and would
have to Close up shop.
The Republicans, on the other hand,
say there will be no trouble on this
score. They have already figured up
on such move and claim that if the
courts are against them they have
plenty of men in the party willing to
advance the State all that it needs for
its appropriations. They further say
| that if the Governor recognizes the
House which they may organize, this
fact will make it legally constituted
body.
| 1t is now doubtful whether the vot-
! ing for United States Senator will be-
gin at noon tomorrow. The failure
to settle the legislative fight may
postpone it. Roth Elkins and Scott
wish this matter hurried as fast as
possible, but in order to accomplish
it the Republicans will have to do
some great hustling tomorrow.