The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-08
STATE House
NEglSI0EAID
GOVERNOR DOES NOT RETURN
no olNTM EnTt MADE. FOR;
ssNpERs, PLACE.

~ 4 p l5sss s5tq
cHABLEsToN On, Oct. 1.-THE gov
crnof was expected home Saturday
evening but for some cause or other
did not arrive. Whether he will
make The appointment before the suy
preme Court meets Or not Is a ques'
lion. ~ d rule the chief executive is
rather yerse % giving out news in
aiiyance From what can be learned
about the Capitol; Hon. Ira Robinson,
o. Grafton one Of the brightest young
lhwyers III that section OF the State
viii receive the coveted place, al.
though Tie governor has not even
fntimated whom he vii appoint. At.
\ fosneyj q G.. Anderson, OF WEIGH,
where the governor has been all week,
~ also mentioned, and maybe he will
Ne the lucky one. Hon. Geo. W. Nc.
Gilnties who was very strongly urged
10 allow his name to be used, and
who positively refused to be consld.
cred sof this appointment, did not say
that he would be a candidate one
rear hence, when the election takes
place The Judge that is appointed to
succeed Judge Sanders will only hold
atiee until the general election,
November, zoos. The entire State rs
;tttcrys much interested in this appoint.
n,ent and the governor is taking time
TO think over the matter before max,
Ing suny election.
w. E. u. Dec uassic, OF Concho, Fay
tie county; was commissioned q no.
try public BY the Secretary of State
Saturday.
Tax Commissioner A. B. White in
formed a reportcr yesterday that
Judge Faulkner, Of startinsburg, 18th
Judicial Circuit, has handed down his
decision In the appeal cases OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad which
have been before him for year. Tho
tMlge, in an elaborate opinion, says
that as the road IS worth 100000
Il is no Injustice to assess the same
ut $4,000, 900. He therefore decides
that the assessments as levitl by the
Board Of sPublicsWorlts stand and that
Z the taxes on this amount be collect.
ed.
Judge Reynolds also! handed down
u decision which Is favorable to tile
Tax Commission, and the Ex.Gover.
nor IS quite delighted 10 know TINT
the State courts are unfolding the
Board of Public Works. The case liz
question was that Of the Davis Coal
and Coke Co, State OF West Virginia.
and sought to limit the Jurisdiction Of
the Board OF Public Works as to In
creasing the civilizations OF a county as
whole and not by districts. The
s assessor, assessed the property at $780,
600 and Judge Reynolds reduced this
i 20 Z, 200, and held that this was the
real value to be placed on the prop
ertys he assessment returned by the
company was only $1,000, and this
the Judge considered entirely too low.
Hon. 7. c. TOWNSEND, chief clerk Of
the tax department, will leave this
morning for clarksburg to attend to
some business for the department.
Col. Tom 10 Brien, Of Wheeling. was
caller at the Office Of the Secretary
Of State Saturday morning. He want.
Sed 10 see the governor, but the chief
Executive being away, he called to see
the secretary instead.
Hon. E.. {. y Colcord. Hon. W. b.
Mathews and VII o. Abney, the
committee appointed by the Chamber
OF Commerce to attend the meeting Of
4 ~ 1utS ii'oaiu VI = Iuue " Dt Aell
at fElkins will leave this city to.mor.
row morning over the Coal and Coke
road. 1t is more than probable that
several members from the chamber
viii accompany the committee.
as regards the political situation.
which Is giving the State papers much
epnrern, from Interviews ut the Cay
itol, ~ can be said that It is not troub.
ling the candidates very much. a
Communication In a Wheeling pape.
regarding the gubernatorial nomina.
tion Is somewhat misleading in. some
Of its statements, as the article In
question, had "A great deal to say con.
Gerning Auditor Scherr. He was seen
i by a reporter and he said, "As re.
CARDS the interview sent out from
Washington to the Wheeling lntelli.
gencer. y would say that what toll
their correspondent was, did not