The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-26
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CHARLESTON, Jan. 2e-My rea.
son for offering this resolution Is that
I have been told by several Demo-
cratic members of this house that 1t
has been impossible for them to get
proper service. This is an outrage.
Some of the ablest members of
this house are on the Democratic side
and they are entitled to the same
privileges and service as the major.
ity Of this house. I have also been
told that valuable property has been
taken from this house, which indi.
Gates that we. need a new Waterman,
or another one. 1t Is also stated that
pages have refused 10 serve some of
the Democratic members unless given
tips. These should certainly be dis.
charged. We have also been COMPEL.
ed to go outside to get a st~enographer.
mourning an additional expense.
81 submit that 1t is not good policy
to be close listed and to put the men,
bers of this house to extra expense
when they do not get enough to pay
expenses:
'1f this thing goes on l am afraid
I will have to walk home. i hope,
therefore, the resolution will be adopt
ed
Delegates carskadon. of Mineral, a
Republican. used the above scathins
language In the house in support OF
his resolution, to rescind support of
by which the speaker. the clerk and
Chairman staunton of the finance
committee, were appointed a special
committee on attaches.
He further moved the appointment
of an additional s~tcnographer; also
one for the Democratic side. and as.
sistant cloak room keeper and two
additional pages.
Mr.. %strickling objected and pro-
eeeded to elocute, saying that the res
olution would open the way for the
appointment of an innumerable host of
attaches. He said he had his family
with him and was paying IS per day,
but did It cheerfully for the good Of
the State.
MIR. Staunton said that If pages did
render proper service they should
promptly discharged and he had
every reason to believe that the spe-
cial committee would do SO IL the
was brought to their attention.
On a yea and nay vote the resolution
was defeated.
After this came a quiet move that
did not seem to attract much atten-
ton, and yet IA fraught with more
power for good or III than any bill.
1t was Mr.. Smiths measure to u
thorize the governor to APPOINT a COM.
mission TO prepare measures provid.
ing for uniformity of charters and
laws governing municipal corpora.
lions.
Optimistic politicians could see only
good in this bill, and said 1t would
preynt the everlasting avalanche Of
charter bills in the legislatures of the
while the long headed pessi-
mists insisted 1t was only a scheme
of the Republicans to fasten upon
West Virginia the bull dog grip tha.
never slips.
Mr.. billiard, chairman of the com.
on buildings. reported the bill
against the employment of child la.
Dor with the recommendation that It
pass.
Bill III, by which the osteopath
seek to gain recognition by the op.
of a board of examiners.
which will license their graduates and
place then on the same plane with
other medics. was reported fayorably.
Mr.. staunton, of the committee on
Taxation and Finance, reported a bill
for the relief of John A. Kessler, of
the State militia.
A petition was presented by DR..
Wetzel, signed by more than two
hundred citizens of Raleigh county,
against house bill Al, by