Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-07
TOsSAFEGUARD THE ClTY|THAT SPECIAL SESSION
Governor Dawson Gives a State
ment Of His Impressions.
PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME
He Feels That the Results Have jus.
tilted Him in Making the Call
! Excellent Work Done.

Charleston, w Va, March 5--Goy-
ernor Dawson makes the following
statement:
'"rhe spec!.. session mas done ex.
cellent work. | can recall no session
Of the same length that has passed
so many important measures as this.
one has. It has most amply justified
its existence. 1t has passed several
acts any one which justifies the state
ment House bill No. II, limiting lev
les is much more than mere linn
itation bill Its provisions require the
light to be thrown in on the expend-
lures of every county court, board OF
education and municipal council. It
will save next year in economies.
preventing graft and better trans
action of public business, the whole
cost of the session.
Another act which viii do the same
is that providing for system OF uni
form public accounting. This Is in
deed a most important measure, far
reaching and of the greatest benefit.
Under the same law in Ohio they
have secured already over six hum
bred thousand dollars that otherwise
would have been lost; and this be-
sides the direct saving. Too much
cannot be said in praise of this law.
Another law that has been needed for
years is that contained in house bill
No 3, safeguarding and providing for
the investment of sinking funds OF
counties. districts and cities. 1t pro-
vides for borough accounting OF the
funds that they shall be invested in
safe interest bearing securities.
Excellent temperance Legislation Is
contained in three bills concerning
the penalty for selling whiskey on
Sunday. Summary proceedings by in
junction against the Illegal sale of
whiskey and the several good features
of senate bill No. So, or house bin No.
90 The corrupt pactices act known
as senate bill No. Z, ought to bear
good fruit and make our polls clean
This measure was started several
years ago by ex-senator U. G.'Young.
of Upshur county, when he was in the
state senate.
president McDermott's senate bill
No. 5, is a good law, long needed as
it prevents one railroad from keeping
out another under certain circum-
stances 1t does not go far enough
but is anexcellent starter in the work
Of freeing the stat, sron the S avery
of railroad domination
'The Ohio ballot law, senate bill
No 26 or house fdll No. 20, and a
fairly good reg siTalion law, senate
bill No. 40, were urgently needed.
They are the result of several years
effort The ballot law is particularly
excellent. 1t was a long Struggle TO
get the count officers salary law
passed. The difficulties TO frame a
Id Jlifil NOuii i:ictL TIE very ulNtiSt
conditions in different counties and TO
defeat the LOBBY were great. If the
law is not quite as good as its friends
hoped, it lis equally true that the
lobby met severe defeat in he enact
ment of house bill No. SO. 1t is
fine starter
THE school people are immensely
pleased ol er the passage of house bill
No. 81. revising the whole of the
school law. The bill is substantially
that reported by the commission APP
pointed by me in 1906, who got their
bill in too late for the last session.
The school people have a right to
feel good for they have at last sue
ceeded In a much needed mAtter The
special session has been splendid
success"