Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-02-11
IN A HURRY.
President Raymond will Proba-
bly, Leave Soon.

Resolution introduced Calling for His
Immediate Resignation 1t May not
be Passed Tax Commission Pro-
sided 0r-0ther Work OF the Legis-
lature.
| CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. lin
the House Mr. Smith has introduced
a JOINT resolution to raise a tax and
revenue commission, as recommend
ed BY Elkins when here the other
day. 1t provides for commission
of five members to be appointed by
the Governor to consider the whole
matter of taxation and report what
laws should be passed to meet the
! requirements Of the States new con.
ditions.
The members are to be allowed
ten dollars per day compensation
each, and the secretary not to ex-
coed 5000, but the whole cost is not
to be more than 81, 500.
Mr. Lilly introduced joint reso.
luton calling on the Congressman
and Senators to have the pension
laws so amended as to provide for
the West Virginia home guards.
Mr. McColloeh offered joint res
olution lnstructing the board Of re.
gents to demand the resignation OF
DR.. Raymond as president of the
University, to take effect no later
than the beginning of the Spring
term in April.
Mr.. Reynolds offered a joint reso.
luton directing the committee on
Education to inquire into the expe
diency of establishing a preparatory
branch of the University at Keyser
F The report of the committee that
Investigated the University was
unanimously adopted with its re.
concentrations.
The following bills were passed
House bill SO, the pure food bill s.
House bill 264, creating an advisory
board OF pardons; Senate bill II, re
quiring assessors to gather agrieul-
tnral statistics, House bill Il, rela.
ting to the allowances of county off
GERS; House bill AZ, to prohibit the
exhibition OF obscene publications
and pictures; House bill 70, to
amend the law regulating the issn-
ing of licenses.
The discussion of House bill 265,
to create State school book board
had one sensational feature. Mr.
Fisher, of Braxton, made some very
grave charges against the State SUI
perintendent of Schools, and Mr..
Smith, of Ohio, retorted that the
State Superintendent had been more
honest in the conduct of his office
than the gentleman from Braxton
had ever been in any office he mad
ever filled.
There will be some ugly things
said about good many more PEG
pie over this bill. as the school book
lobby has been very obtrusive here
since the session began, and the sub
ject is a sore one with a great many
members.
The passing of President Raymond
promises to be sudden. The House
may not adopt Che somewhat brutal
resolution offered by Mr.. McColloch,
directing the Board of Regents to
demand his resignation, but will
make it pretty thoroughly under
stood that it thinks that would be
proper.
When the University singers were
here the other day and sang in the
hall of the House they sang Dixie,
which was greatly applauded, both
Democrats and Republicans joining
in. Then it was related that the in
terdiction of Dixie was one of the
causes of the bad blood at the Uni
versity. DR.. Raymond had ordered
the Glee Club not to sing that air
and the boys resented it. On the
occasion of the encampment of the
Knights Of Pythias at Morgantown
last tall the Glee Club was on the
entertainment program one evening.
w hen it was its turn to sing the boys
some 800 of whom were present, or
dered Dixie. The club started some
thing else, but the boys wouldn't
have it, nor would they have any
thing else until Dixie had been
sung. Interference in matter like
that is something of /. key to the
character of the president. He will
soon cease interference in the West
Virginia University.
llnifad With the Ghnrch