Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-25

liz No Doubt of their Passage-The
Governor Will be Given More Power
and Will Appoint New Boards for all
the State lnstitntions-One of the
Chief Objects is to Depese Raymond
He Has to so.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 24-The much
talked-of bills for the reorganization
OF all State boards of West Virginia
have been prepared and handed over
to member of the House of Dele
gates, and will be introduced this
week. Not only one ripper bill.
but 10 of them will be placed before
the Legislature of this State, and
are now being carefully examined
by special steering committees Of
both houses, selected by the Renub
lican caucus, which Governor. elect
i White addressed soon after the SEES
sion opened.
These bills came directly from Mr..
White and have been approved by
the other party leaders, including
Secretary OF State Dawson. They
sweep all State boards clean, giving
Governor elect White the power to
create new boards, if he desires, and
provide for a greater number of Re
publieans on each board than there
are now. They provide also for
shorter terms Of office for the mem
bers of the boards governing State
institutions. all terms beginning
March 4, or in May, and continuing
four years, SO that each succeeding
Governor may appoint his own
boards. The bills give Governor
elect White unlimited power in pat
ronage, il they become laws. as many
of the prominent Republicans be
lieve all Governors should have.
WILL SETTLE UNIVERSITY FIGHT.
The special steering committee
/ appointed to Investigate these bills
Sis composed of the following Sena-
tors Koran and Corder and Delegates
Scherr, Darst and Willis They are
all thought to be favorable to the
measures. 1t is presumed the bills
Z will go through. The 10 institu
tions which will have new boards
are: State University, Home for In
curables, State Asylums for Insane,
Colored Institute, Normal Schools,
Bluefield Colored Institute, miners
hospitals, penitentiary, reform school
and Board of Health.
These bills will remedy the univer-
sity problem, it is believed. The
regents now serving Will resign or
be asked to, and those not favorable
to DR. Raymond are likely to be APP
pointed in their stead A complete
shaking up among the employees of
all State institutions will follow the
passing of these bills. Many of the
members Of the Legislature are not
Jaware of the existence OF these bills,
4 and when introduced may meet with
slight opposition at first. They are
almost sure of passing, for the Leg
islature is apparently in hearty sym
pathy with the leaders and new ad-
ministratiOn.
MoRGANToWN BILL PASSES.
The Morgantown charter bill is
now a law, except for the Governor
signature, which will soon be affixed
ssGreater Morgantown" is reality,
and that prosperous growing city
will show for its true population Of
5000 hereafter, instead of few hun
dred, as the census reports show for
the old town.
The Senate senate sent the House
joint university resolution to the
Committee on Judiciary, where it is
likely to die natural death. This
adds another puzzling feature to the
university problem. 1T looks as if
we Republicans were satisfied with
! 1the report of the regents said a
prominent Senator, smilingly when
asked for an explanation of the res
olution.
A bill creating the office of superin-
tendent OF public printing, with a
Nsalary of 81, 400 year. and establish
ing a public printing office in the
Capitol, was offered in the Senate to-
day. 1t carries with 1t an appropria-
ton for $50, 900.