The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-20
For Voting a Long Drawn Out
mo" For at Least Ten
Full Seconds Duration.
MINE COMMITTEE REPORT
Not Forthcoming Causes
Charges-Debt Commission
Resolution is Adopted.
Especial to the Telegram. j

Especial to the TcIcgram.)
CHARLESTON, Feb. 2O-speaker
seamon had the sergeant-at-arms
eject Delegate Floyd strader from
the House Just before noon today for
voting a long drawn out mo" as is
his custom, the vote being Of ten
seconds duration. The House then
went into executive session and It
lis understood Strader will be per-
mitted to apologize tomorrow.
The Senate resolution appointing
a commission in regard to the vlr-
giria debt passed the House today.
The mine investigating committee
made no report and Delegate Mitchell
Introduced a bill in the House maxi
ing operatives as well as operators
llaFle for intimidation, in an effort
to hurry the report. The committee
differs widely and some charges are
be'ng made in regards to Demo-
cratic effort to whitewash the report
where it deals with the Fairmont
and low river coal companies.
The Senate called up the bill elm
mating general history and bookkeep-
ing from the common school course
on Bailoy's motion to strike out the
enacting clause.
In the executive session yesterday
afternoon a resolution was present.
ed to appoint commission to con-
suit with the state board of trade to
confer on the further conduct of the
suit.
1t is rumored here, however, that
the real purpose viii be to look up
the bondholders and try to effect
some sort of settlement Of the suit.
The resolution provides for the ap-
pointment Of the following on the
commission: John w. Mason, OF
Fairmont; w. G. Bennett, of Wes-
ton; J. j. Cornwell, Of Romney; L.
NJ. Reynolds, of Keyser; w. A. Mac
corkle, of Charleston; G. w. Curtin,
Of Curtin; Wesley Mollohan, of
Charleston; Sam Dixon, of Tayette-
Vile; G. W. Campbell, of Hunting
ton; Isaac T. Mann, Of Bluefeld; L.
NJ. Gilkeson, of Parkersburg; all of
these representing the congresslon-
al districts and the following to be
known as delegates-at-Iarge: Judge
Nathan Goff, of Clarksburg; John X.
Thompson, of Winfield; Ex-senator
]. N. Camden, Of Parkersburg, and
F. B. Enslow, Of Huntington.
The resolution was passed in tho
senate following the caucus, all Re-
publican members voting for 1t ex-
cept McDermott and Bailey. It
was simultaneously passed in tho
house.
The amendment to the constltu-
tlon proposing the classification OF
property was given its death blow,
when the resolution failed by a vote
Of SO to "a. HOLE made an effort
to take up Senate BIZ No. 81 regard
ing Sunday selling but the motion
did not prevail,
The House agreed to the Senate
amendments to House Bill No. IL,
the tax limit bill. and the bill is now
with the Governor, the first really
important piece of legislation ac-
complished. House Bill No. 20, the
bill providing that street improve
ments be paid for by property own
ers, was the subject Of considerable
discussion and passed.
The Senate judiciary committee re-
ported favorably Senate Bill No. 46.
which requires that guards and de-
tectives of coal companies must give
bond. Senator santee introduced a
bin providing for the appointment Of
secretaries OF boards of education.
The bill was read twice under a sus-
pension of rules Senate Bill No.
AZ relating to colored institute pass
ed, The Senate concurred to the
House amendments to the Farmers
Insurance bill. The Senate joint
resolution exempting certain proper
ty from taxation was rejected.