Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
Two Days of Fate at Hand and
Both Sides Active.


Kidd Unseated Without Waiting for the
Report Of the Committee Appointed
to Investigate the Matter-Separate
Ballot To-day-Joint Ballot To-mor-
row-Result in Doubt-Many Reyo-
lutionary Schemes Proposed Elkins
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-
liminary 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
yestigate 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
DenG mas Deen seated.
The senate has taken up the cud-
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 to stay with their
opponents in the unseating game.
He was opposed to Atkinson plan
Of refusing to confirm Dawson for
treachery. He will remain at the
helm and direct matters until the
ballots are cast
Representative Asbury will have
to be carried into the house if he
votes at all as he has 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 deadlock looked al
most certain at noon to-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
vote. but were unsuccessful. The
body unseated Kidd by party vote
of II to s. His opponent, Morris,
was Immediately called forward and
received the oath. He acted as if
he did not want to do it. The Repub-
licans forced d recess for an hour, dur
ing which they discussed the I'M
seating 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 out.
While these exciting scenes were
taking place in the Senate. the Dem
ocrats were having a 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 Scherr, W. B.
Outright and j. III. Legg upon the
statutory grounds that they are
holding lucrative positions from the
Federal Government and corpora
tions. That this would be done was
exclusively foretold in The Dis
patch.
The Democrats claim that Red
mond is Deputy Collector Of Inter
+ nal Revenue: Scherr, Postmaster
at Eglon, Outright, a professor in
West Liberty Normal School, and
Legg, an employee Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. The measures af-
fecting these members were referred
to the proper committee and 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 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