Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-21
THE NEW DISPENSARYB bill
Has Been Favorably Considered
by Judiciary Committee.
THE SALARIES OF OFFICERS
Other Matters Tha Are Of More or Less Inter-
est About the State House.


Charleston, w. Va, Feb. lS.-The
judiciary committee of the senate re-
ported back the State dispensary bill
with the recommendation that it pass.
A motion was made by Mr.. Kidd, the
author of the bill, to restore it to its
place at the head of the calendar. but
the motion was voted down and the
measure will have to take it's place in
regular order.
The house bill relating to tine sala-
ries of State officers and judges of the
Supreme and Circuit Courts, which
was committed to the finance commit
tee. was reported back with some
amendments that have caused a great
deal of comment. The amendments are
to allow the governor 81, 500 a year sal
ary instead of IS, 900 passed BIZ the
house: the State SUPERINTENDENT of
school, SO, 800 instead of 50. 800 the Su-
preme Court judges, s., 500 instead of
SD. 600; the adjutant general. 81, SEQ
Instead of 81, 200. The bill. with it's
amendments was the topic of ave
sation in the senate and a lively time
is expected when it is put upon its
passage.
Anti-whiskey sentiment principally
defeated the Salem charter in the
House.
John CummiDs. of Wheeling, the
popular Baltimore 81 Ohio engineer.
who is in Charleston in the interest
of the Girls Industrial Home at Sa-
lem, of which he is a director, was
first appointed bv Governor Atkinson.
During the latter's campaign in the
upper end of the State. he made trips
in Cummins' cab. and on one occasion
offered the genial engineer one OF the
directo ships of the Deaf and Dumb
School at Romney, because it afforded
fishing OF the South branch. Circum.
stances called for a specialist and DR..
Aschman. of Wheeling was given the
place. Cummins was not particular
about it, however. but when he re.
ceived u commission ss director of the
Salem institution, which was then IN
its infancy and without a site. lie re-
turned the commission to the Cover
nor with the statement that he chad
been running too long on the main line
of the Republican party to take a
SWITCH" Governor Atkinson forward
ed the commission back and again
Cummins returned it to him. Once
more the Governor sent the commits
sion to Cummins and the third time ii
was accepted.
The Senate bill regulating garnishee
procedures by Justices of the Peace OF
foreign claims sold in this State is al
most certain to pass the House. Much
opposition was created by protests
from country justices, merchants and
lawyers who did not understand the
bill and were given wrong IMPRESSIONS
OF it BE- circulars sent out by a WI eel
ing collecting agency against which
the bill is chiefly directed and which
has attached the wages o. thousands
of employees Of railroads and industrial
CORPORATION which have branches in
this State. High priced lawyers have
been engaged to lobby pro and con.
The carrying of fire arms is the sub
ject of editorial and judicial censure
after every fatal shooting affray in
West Virginia and it was expected at
this session of the Legislature a bill
would be introduced that would make
the practice a felony, which is said to
be the only solution of the problem.
Nothing has been heard of such a bill,
and 1t is almost too late now. Every
body agrees that the Legislature should
take some action but nobody has been
interested enough TO take the initia-
tive.
The host of judges is being decreased
gradual ". Their presence here was
relative to the redistricting of the ju-
diciai circuits. With the large number
of judges, or persons so addressed
equaling the number of colonies, the
lobbies had q distinctly Southern fla.
vor. 1t is said A. Nj. Cunningham of
Tucker County will be an aspirant for
Judge. Senator Kidd threatened his
Republican friends with breaking into
his court il the majority redistricted
Il out OF accommodating shape.
Doubtless the youngest committee
clerk that ave drew the emoluments
rs Stanley Cunningham, the 9-yeAr-old