The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-01-21
SENATOR COZ + AN
CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
OF One of the Senate Com
mittees Other News of
the Legislature.
(Ey cl,arles nrooks smilh.l

3!s.prn1nS s session. Neither Speaker
strickling nor President Forman was
ready to announce the standing COM
niittees except one in the Hnuse. the
committee on privileges and cleo
lions. 1t is composed OF Bell, chair
man Lee, of Putnam, Hart, Robin
son. Ruffenthal. Talbot and nv. of
Barbour.
On adoption of rules the minority
made a strenuous fight against Il
change of the ruse ut tifty-six re-
DURING a two-thirdsNote to take a
Hill up out of .eeulaN order to one
requiring majority vote. The
Democratic protest was oyerruled,
ana the rules as amended were
adopted and the list of House at
taciiees was read
In the Senate nothing was done,
1t awaiting the COMMITTEES appoints
ments.
Speaker Strickl,ng announced the
appointment OF eS-Speaker Seaman
as his private secretary.
President Forman this afternoon
announced the senate committees.
Meredith is chairman of the iudie-
larry, Miller of finance, Santee of ed
ucation, Sutherland of roads, Hat
field OF railroads, johnson OF min
Ing. Smith, Of cabell, on library, and
coffman on enrolled bills.
House appointments. We're made to-
day as follows:
Printing Howard jarrett.
Jake Otto, G. A. Bclden and j. A.
Mcvey.
Journal clerks-A. T. sayre and
~. w. Williamson.
Engrossing clerks-J. w. Bearrie
and ID. NJ. sisler.
Enrolling clerl;s-Theodore caven-
dish and A. $. Winter.
Assistan clerks-M. L.. Davis. Opal
Carney, j. b. Shot, William Mere
dith, j l.. Bateman. w. H. Rum
burg. G. +. Robinson. j. v. Suit
van. Luke Roggess, Il C. Under
wood. Cam -swisher j. w. Cumming
and Bob Smith.
Journal pages--John Goshorn. Gail
fiesher and Darius Henry.
Floor pages-Wirt Lee, Cecil HUI
CART Ulysses Holsapple. Jesse ".
Thomas. Moses Burnar, Joe Bartlett.
Ed. Cantrill, Leroy NJ. Montague ava
John Halburten.
Mail clerk--'Frank Hood.
Committee clerks--J. D. Pritchard,
A. H. Beckley, w. w. Graham, j. s.
Colbarth, Douglas Harnish, j. .
Woodruff, James Justice. Hugh N
Cook, Denver H. Graham. r. u
Moore, C. 3. Smith, j. Nv. Sevey, r..
II. copenhafer. w. A. Smith, William
Ramsey, Il. V. Reed. A. A. Barren
and j. II. RibLlett.
l.ibrarian-W j Rodgers.
Assistant Sergeant at .Arms--W Il.
Hatfield
Assistant Doorkcepers-c. NJ. Ed
gerton and VIII HIolsapple.
stcnosraphers-M Miss Nellie j.
Black. Miss +. l., Pearson. Miss Nor
ma e. Johnson. Miss Sadie Middle
brook. Miss Laura Butler ana John
Ylckers.
Eighteen bills were introduced to-
day in tho House and 100 more were
.eNpected before the end Of the aay.
Two OF the most outspokan anti
prohibition amendment senators
among the new ones elected last No
vember. are Henry zilliken, Demo-
Graf, of the First, or Wheeling. dis
.triet, and A. c. McIntire, of the sans
party faith. and of the Fifteenth dis-
tfict. They made their CAMPAIGN
stratghtout opponents of state-wil,
prohibition, and on that Issue alone.
kifliken defeated Cree. in largely.
Republican district, by about 1.OGoI
while MeIntire had about 1000 ia
the good These two cases furnish
contrast worthy of thought. ri,
liken halls from big city district
the Metropolitan district OF the STAT
while Mcintlre comes from "a purely
agricultural district. 1t is a CON-
parison which doesn't somehow GIN.
with the ayerments of many. that the
asriculturaiists are practically unan-
iaious for prohibition. while the
dwelling place of the anti-prohioi
tionists is solely in the cities and
larger towns. 1t is. an interestins
illustrative point to consider in this
agitation. And another one Of i'm.
portance is the attitude OF the larg-
est and most influential newspape-
IN the State, which, since the clos
OF a campaign that calls for no mora
humbnsgey, hypocrisy and insln-
eerlty, are letting themselves out in
the gailos Of their true belief, and
considering The probabilities of State
Wide prohibition with less fiippancy
and mere solid thought. on states
wide prohibition. there is near di.