The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-07
SENATE ORDERS
IllVE STNGA ION OF.
PUBLISHED STORY
House Kills
The Lieutenant
Governor Bill
Ia the West Vlrginian.


CHARLESTON. Feb. !. = Senator
Jake Fisher, OF Braxton county. intro
duced a resolution in the Senate this
morning empowering the president of
the Senate to appoint a committee OF
three to investigate the story publish
edin the Charleston Gazette this morn
s ing to the effect that the liquor peo-
pie Of West Virginia had fund of
$i50,0G0 in Charleston to defeat the
prohibition amendment. The resolu-
tion was adopted. President McDer-
mott appointed Senators Johnson.
White and Fisher as a committee to
look into the matter. Fisher is one Of
the leaders OF the Democratic party
and the right hand bower of John T..
McGraw of Grafton. IT is understood
{ that the minority party, should they
4 decide to line up against the amend
ment, wants to be sure that they do
not overlook bet, so that real work
OF the committee will be to locate the
coin.
The House this morning put aside
ali aspirations OF any one to be lieu
tenant governor of the State when
they refused to adopt Wetzel's resolu-
lion creating such an office. The Sem
ate passed such resolution yesterday
( sbnt- the action of the House this morn
ing on Wet7ers resolution. which is
the identical with that passed by the
Senate will lay the Lieutenant Govern
or bill on the table for this session at
least. The Senate passed Montgom-
ery's corrupt practice bill and 1t is TO
take effect from It's passage. 1t will
not come up before the House till
the first OF next week. The finance
committee of the House introduced Il
bill this morning providing for an ap-
preparation of seventeen thousand,
five hundred dollars to be used for
the erection of dining hall and new
water system at the Weston Asylum,
The Holle resolution empowering
The educational committee the right
to draw up a bill revising the chapter
OF the code relating to education was
adoptsl.
s CHARLESTON w. Va. Feb. =
Senator Johnson, of Fayette, was the
center OF attraction yesterday in the
legislature with numerous lofty flights
OF oratory. The senator's from Fay
cite, Mingo and Mcdowell counties
made a concerted effort to defeat
Montgomery's corrupt practices bill
and based their argument upon the
fact that the bill makes 1t a misde-
meanor to solicit from candidates
money for churches or charitable in
stltutions.
Altogether the Senate did a hard
days work transacting much business
OF vital Importance. After lengthy
discussion yesterday afternoon Sena.
tor johnson withdrew his motion to re-
commit the bill to the committee and
instead made a motion to send the
bill back to second reading. Johnson
then sndulged in another flight of ora
tory on behalf Of the church's holy
right to solicit coin from candidates.
The motion was lost, ayes II, noes
II. The final vote on the bill was
made a special order OF business for
1890 O'Clock Friday morning.
Senate joint resolution No. 6, ex'
-empting farm products and personal
property to the amount of 5000 from
taxation came up on second reading.
Bailey moved to amend by including
homes to value of $1,000. After con-
siderable discussion the matter was
made u special order for to-day.
LittlepaEe introduced resolution
providing for local option law by
counties. The principal feature of
this. law is that cities of more than
three thousand can decide for them.
selves whether or not to graat license
regardless OF action the rest Of the
3 county may take. 1t was referred to
Z the committee on finance.
House joint resolution No. s. relat.
ing to raising the pay of county courts
went to the committee on judiciary.
House joint resolution No. 10. pro.
,hibition amendment, went to the com.
mittee on judiciary,
Senate Bill No, II, relating to value
Of diploma from the State Univer.
sIty. went back to second reading.
House bill No. IS, an identical meas
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