Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-15

die. They say the actions Of Sturgiss
in helping Raymond to carry out his
personalsends and aims. wreaking his
personal vengeance and carrying out
his petty spites, show that he is not a
fit man for place in the regency, and
that he, too, must go. His removal
will not be hard to accomplish. The
law governing the appointment of the
boards for the State institutions will
be amended SO as to give Governor
White the opportunity to organize
them to suit himself and he will do
it. Nor will Insult him to have Stur-
giss on the University board. He has
not forgotten that Sturgiss was one
or the men who were satisfied it would
not do for White to be governor, and
who tried to bring out Freer, or Just
any other old body, to beat him. Mr..
White, let it be remembered, has hair
shade lighter than auburn.
Senator Mays bill to raise the age
of consent is one of merit 1t is hard
ly conceivable that in this enlighten-
ed time any State would put children
at the mercy of the roue and the lib
ertine by letting the age of consent
remain at twelve years. West Vir-
ginia is far behind twentieth century
enlightment in that regard.
When Hon. .john %. Anderson
introduced his bill into the House to
reduce State taxation for State pur-
poses to 20 cents on the 500 valua-
ton, and raising the State school tax
to % cents on the 500 valuation il
didn't look as though the measure had
any chance of becoming a law, for,
coming from a Democratic source and
from one of the small counties. it
lacked the appearance of a winner.
But now that Senator Clark May has
introduced the same bill in the SEN
ate, except that it makes the school
tax 20 cents instead of % as in the Al
derson bill, it begins to look as though
there was some chance that it would
pass. Senator May is not only a Re
publican, but he is also one of the
commanding figures in the body of
which he is a member, being chairman
OF the leading committee.
The resolution offered in the Senate
by, Senator Campbell calling upon the
State superintendent for the figures
showing the collections and disburse-
ments of school moneys in the various
counties is intended to furnish statis-
tics with which to fight the PROPOSE
ton to raise the school tax assess
ment, and the fight will be the big
counties against the little ones that
pay more than they receive against
the ones that receive more than they
pay. A compromise may be effected
by taking five cents off the tax for
State purposes and adding it to the
school tax.
1t is strange how
The Recent Kidnapping Cases
nave stirred up people all over the
country to the inadequacy of the laws
governing such cases. West Virginia.
1t seems, has no statute prescribing
sufficient punishment for that crime
and it is proposed now to make it a
capital offense The idea is to make
the punishment fit the crime, and
death would be about the proper size.
Senator Ashbys bill to amend the
law In relation 20 the drainage of
mines, Senator harmer's to prevent
the blacklisting of discharged en-
pIoyes, and Senator Bakers to provide
for board of arbitration and concil-
1atlon show that the laboring mans
interests are to be looked after In this
Legislature. Being the foundation of
the State, labor deserves all it gets
and more.