The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-21
Delegate Moore, Of Marshall
County Springs Big Sen
sation in the House
LISTS MANY CRIMES
Against the Board Of Direct
ors of the States Prison
at Moundsyille.
(By Charles Brooks smith.) ]

i CHARLESTON, Jan. 2i-The SEN
sation OF this legislative session was
sprung in the House this morning,
when Delegate f. F. Moore, of Mar
shaan county, introduced and spoke
to resolution calling for the ap-
Dointment of three members, one a
minority member, to investigate
lcharges he would make In speech.
If he was wanted to deliver It on the
floor.
Unanimous consent was given, and
Moore spoke for two hours, present
| ing charge after charge against thu
management of the penitentiary, and
against the directing board. He
specifically charged Director John r
Boyd. of Moundsvllle, with wholesale
graft, with violation of his oath, per.
Jury and usurpation of authority.
He cited a number Of incidents to
prove the allegations against Boyd.
He took up the biennial report OF the
institution and sought to prove many
Of his allegations direct from Its
pages. He offered certified abstracts
OF accounts, affidavits, and copies Of
receipts.
According to his charges the al
legged grating began under the ad-
ministration of Warden Haddox and
has continued with the knowledge
and full consent of the directing
body.
Moore's speech is the sensation of
the hour. 1t is now understood why
Governor Dawson went to Mounds
vile Tuesday to attend meeting of
the board and why Ehe insisted that
Acting Warden Dawson should not
be appointed, but Joseph Matthews
should be appointed instead.
Governor Dawson and Moore held.
long conferences before the Cover
nors departed. and the Governor do
sired Moore to delay springtng his
charges in the House, but to go be,
fore the joint investigating commit
tee now making up Its report and
!place his mass of evidence at its dis.
posal. This Moore refused to do
until after he had been heard in thu,
house. Now. he says, he is ready
to appear before the commission.
and says he has been summoned.
Numerous bills and resolutions
were introduced today.
The Huntington charter was fav.
orably reported to the House and
was passed to Its second reading. In
the Senate it was made special or
der for tomorrow.
The Harrison county criminal
court bill was reported from the com
mittee faborably to the House.
The Moore, resolution was tabled
on mctio1 of Nugent by a vote of 12
to %. Nugent said the matter ,was
now up to the joint investigating
committee, and II 1t didn't take i'm.
mediate cognizance OF Moore's
charges, the House could take up the
resolution for further consideration
at any time.
Delegate Smith, OF cabell, intro.
duced a bill to establish a colored
normal school at Huntington, and
to take over the colored orphanage
there as a nucleus.
In the Senate Hatfield introduced
a new license dill raising the liquor
Licenses to $1,000 each and proyid
ing other special licenses and IN
creases on many now in force.
Carroll introduced an anti-cigaT-
cite and opium laws Gartlan to tax
lamp black one-half cent pound,
and Coffman for a veterinary exam
ining board.
There was only one session today.
/ The committees are swamped and
e working night and day. The Housa
finance committee viii present the
/, legislative appropriation bill tomo.-
row and the House will pass it a,
once and send it to the Senate which
: will follow suit. This action will ba
the answer of the legislators to
: Auditor scherr's refusal 10 pay legis-
c lators' and attaches warrants.
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