The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
DEMOCRATS
INSTRUMENTATION

+ REPUBLicANs lay THE. GAME
AND II Ell r. ~ o oPPoNENTs ARE,
DISCO oMFiTEDiA AT EvERY9TuRN,
WOULD NOT coMPR oMIsE.
0Hly the lower house OF the West
Virginia legislature convened yester.
day There was no session OF the sem!
mic. though fifteen. Democratic mem,
hers sat In 4 the hall from noon until
5:3 O'clock waiting and wondering
What TO do and what the Republicans
were doing. During that long wait
y fifteen Republicans were on the floor
below I'm the governors reception
room planning and ,defying the Demo.
Gratis TO do their worst The Demo.
:crats did mot expect the move and
We're alta loss what to do. After wait.
+ ing five and one.haif hours they sent
"A committee TO the Republicans and
after receiving d pledge that the Re-.
l. publicans would mot try to organize
the senate after they left, adjourning
until 2 o'clock tomorrow.
The Democrats before noon reject.
ed the proposition made by the RE-
spubltcans early yesterday In which
the; Repu bllcans asked that the con!
tests against Hearne and White be re.
: ferred to the committee on privileges
and election and that the Republicans
should have the president, the Demo.
l Gratis tho clerk. and the division as to
minor offices be that the Republicans
SHOULD have the chairman and major.
nj nf.a -
: While the Democrats were to, have the
same on the judiciary committee.
The Democrats issued the following
fpropositi ton as an ultlmatum, which
the Republicans rejected and no fur.
sthers propositions y were made. That
tie Democrats were to have the presi.
dent. the assistant clerk at the desk,
Edoorkeepe Craftsmanship OF the f.
nance and judiciary committee and the
Republic wereato have the clerk,
sergeant.at.arms, other attaches and
mittees to be equally divided. The
tscontests We're to- be referred In the
I regular manner to the committee, no
committee. being specified. tss
\ No Chance Of Compromise.
With no chance of. a compromise, the,
hour; arrived for the Z senate to con-
Syenes and IT was then the Democrats
disco oyered the Z republicans were .ab.,
sent. S@ K AT that the Demo ocrats would
have; gone ahead and perhaps !tried3to
organize but Secretary OF State Reed
refused 70 flirnis the 3tempnrarySroll.
based on The Gelec Ion sre turns holding
that the pYernpr " as not present. Ri
X Z lrnpreach Ne ed IS y 4 ss s
ak ofi ilnpeaeh hing Secretary. Reed
was heard among sthe Democrats but
Z this was regarded as only desperate
threat besides inlorder to sustain such
% charge two.thirds OF the senate
would shaYe to vote, In favor of 1t.
When 81 was fproyen,lby the roll call
that q quorum was not present Sena.,
tor Kidd announced that the proper
steps would Ybes taken to bring in IN.
saBsentees hut nothing OF = the kind
4 was attempted. Unless some compro-
mise can be effected the deadlock, or
rather absence Of half the senate will
continue indefinitely. Z
Reed Acted Slowly.
Eas Secretary tof State Stuart F. Reed,
did mot act Simpulsively in refusing TO
deliver the Temporary roll to Demo.
Gratis Sof the Senate. He had been
notified by the Republicans In a sign
sed tatement not to deliver the roll to
the persons claiming to be the major.
itys sof the senate. Investigation prov.
ed that neither. Democrats nor Repub.
licans had a majority and the election
returns therefore, were not delivered
ITO either side. l3,t n
The following communication was
addressed to the secretary of, State,
Signed by all fifteen Republican sena-
tors .It being your duty under the
statute to deliver to the senate on the
sflrst day OF each OF It's biennial ses-
ssions certain certificates. etc, men.
TONED in section 10. OF chapter 3, OF
bthe code OF West Virginia, we the un-
bderslgned fifteen members OF the
State senate request that you deliver
no such certificates to any body OF per-
sons claiming TO be the State senate
8of West Virginia until you are salts
! fled that such body is composed of a
smatority Of the members elected to
the State senate. You being the law
full odian, OF such certificates, etc,
we take II that you are responsible for
their safe delivery to the State sen.
ate, and TO no other body or assem-.
bly, .5tss;s;ss: b; /. NJ lss