The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-01
FIVE BILLS PASSED
Nv THREE WEEKS

presented and passed. Another res-
oiution passed BY the House at the
same time was one requiring any
member who had proofs TO substal-
tate the charges against the pepi<
Tertiary management should turn
them over to the committee. but as
to turning them over 20 that coW-
mittee, that brought a rise from
Delegate Moore. and q speech ~
which he declared he had shown his
proofs to Governor Dawson. Govern
or-eleet Glasscock. 10 the Joint COM
mittee, but as to turning them over
to that committee he hadn't the
faintest intention. his reason being
that he had NO faith in the commit
tee; no confidence in them giving
his proofs hack TO him. and when
the legislature showed to him that
1t meant a sure enough inyestiga-
ton and not withdrawing enter
prise, he would hand over them
papers" as they say in the melo-
drama. He declared his willingness
to give every assistance he could
to the present or any other commit
tee but as to letting go the proofs
In his case, not for the present com
mittee.
>The Nugent resolution passed in
the House was rushed over to the
Senate where it struck a snag. 1t
was referred to committee and
there 1t still languishes, as 1t is
likely to languish. Some folks in.
terpreted this as slap at the Gov
ernor and others, that it was aimed
at the joint investigating committee.
Subsequent action by the senate may
throw some light on the vexed ques-
tion. Senator Little page, Democrat.
offered a resolution directing the
committee to report to the legisla-
ture in writing within five days OF
1.-THE passage of his joint resolution.
The preamble reeited that the COM
mittee had been on the job for two
years; had incurred expenses to
about $4,000, and hadn't done any
thing, so far as the legislature was
aware of. This resolution was
adopted without opposition and sent
over to the House with the expec-
tation that it would pass there when
reached. The senate committee on
penitentiary. by Senator Gartlan, the
chairman, followed up the Little
page snooper with another Joint res.
olutiOn authorizing the President
to appoint two senator's and three
delegates as special committee to
proceed to Moundsville at once, try
the Moore charges, and report to the
legislature not later than February
Is. That, too, was rushed over to
the House for its concurrence. Then
IittleDage directed resolution sim.
liar to the one above mentioned. al
the joint mine investigating COM
mittee, which brought forceEul ex.
PLANTATION from Gartlan, Republi.
can, the chairman. and Kidd, a mi.
nority party member of the commit.
tee. They said that their commit
tee would have reported the first
week of the session, and had ex-
pected to do so. but that the two big
Lick Branch explosions in Decem-
Der, had delayed the report. and that
the committee was still investigating
those two explosions as the members
of the senate knew full well: that
the investigation was now closing,
and that the report would soon be
in; that the committee had spent
$4,000 of the $4,000 appropriated
for it, and not $4,000 as the Little
page resolution stated. Upon hear
ing these explanations the second
Littlepage resolution was withdrawn
by its author.
1t can be readily understood how
such proceedings as these briefly re-
viewed caused numberless rumors
to be set afioat, many Of them no
doubt without foundation of fact
whatever, but all tending to cause
a suppressed feeling Of excitement
over an expected denoument that
would involve we'll known and prom
inent people, as we'll as leading pub
lie institutions. 1t was published
that the State Geologist, 1. c. White
and j. C. Rucker. the latter super
intendent of the deaf, dumb and
blind school at Romney. had been
put on the carpet by the joint inyes-
tigating committee. Both these Of
ficials were here and both denied
knowledge of anything of the kind.
and declared that any charges made
against them would be Inspired and
could easily be proven faIlaeious by
them. Prof. White attributed the
rumors concerning him to the miner
al interests. or their lobby and