Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-02-20

And OF THESE measures Lnat nave
i been passed most. Of them are of 4
focal nature, leaving the more import
ant bills yet to BE- considered, many
I Of which VIII still be- on the calen-
dars al tho nd of the forty-five days
ard the indications now are that there
/ win be an extra session for the pur-
pose of taking up some Of the adj
ministration measures. One 81 the
most important of these Is the public
service commission Bill now up Ia the
house TIE administration ig strong
lfgg this measure and II 1t Is not pass
ed at this session It Is thought Gov
ernor G5asscock will have 1t consid
lersd again BIT q special session.
Others of the administration bills
which seem likely to have a l1ong
journey before being passed are the
| BIZ creating board Of control for
the state Institutions and the eeal
oil and gas bills. Tie former is Ike
Fly TO be PASSED before the close Of
this ssIon. as those who would be
likely to oppose It. the members Of
the rarious boards. have been warned
by the governor not to oppose il on
pain os being asked 10 resign
The finance committee CT the house
has been given until today to report
back The coal. oil and gas bills With
strong lobby opposing these meas
ures which aim to increase the rev
enues Of the state by nearly million
dollars a year it Is extremely proba-
BE that there VIII be such fliDuster-
ing that 1t will be impossible to pass
them during the short time which re-
mains Of the session.
Since the Craig local option bill
was passed BY the senate and report
ed to the house nothing has. been
heard of liquor legislation and it looks
like a case of freeze-out between the
two houses on this question. The
senate has the prohibition amend
ment passed by the house and the
house has the local option bill passed
by the senate and each appears to be
waiting for the other to act And the
house showed itself so strong for pro-
Inhibition that it is not likely to pass
the Craig bill, while on the other
hand the senate does not seem at all
anxious to vote away the revenue de-
rived from tine liquor traffic by pass
ing the prohibition amendment
Much of the interest OF the doings
of the coming week will be conferred
in the reports of special investigation
committees The Alvord COMMITTEES
has been hard at work for several
days and is going thoroughly into the
case In an effort 10 find out what. if
anything. is sack of the charges made
by the Anti-saloon league legislative
agent. All the sessions have been be-
hind closed doors but what has leaked
through the cracks indicates that AL
word did give the interview printed in
Huntington and that his talk was
based principally on hearsay. lust
enough of the doings of the commit
tee have leaked out to arouse inter
est In the coming report of the com
mite and If this report is such as is
expected Mr.. Alvord will not be any
higher in the esteem of the members
of the senate than he has been in the
past and the prohibition cause will
not benefit much by his talk
The pen prCbers are TO get busy
here tomorrow when the attorneys for
the two sides win argue the case and
the committee is to submit IT'S report
not later than the 18th
Now another Investigation question
has sprung mp and the special inves-
tigating committee appointed at the
session of 1907 is asked to report
about Superintendent RuclSer of the
deaf dumb ard blind school at Rom
ney. The resolution introduced in the
house Saturday stated that this COM
mittee has information showing that
Rucker is an unfit person to have
charge of the institution and the
committee is asked to make report
as to his fitness for the position,
which report will be made early this
week
Summoned Before Senate Committee.
Charleston. ". Va. F b. 18.-Gov-