The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10
Drafting is Named ~ ts
Commission Chairman Of
the Commission
COMMISSION F o RIM
OF Government is Discussed
by a Small Minority of
Citizens.

Commissioned was one man at q
meeting of a counter commission Of
probably 100 citizens OF a population
Of more than 10000 Monday night to
commission ten more men to act With
him IN drafting q bill for q commit
sion form Of government for the CIV
The Chairman Of the commission thlt
met at the court house issued ne 1ol-
loving executive order TUESDAY
morning, announcing the arPoint-
ment Of the other members o. 9he
special commission to dram 2 cops
mission government bin 70 be pgq-
sen.ed to the Legislature for enact
ment and designating the time ana
place for the meeting OF the comn1l1.
sion to begin its commfssIOn work:
Eat a meeting OF the citizens OF the
city Of Clarksburg held at the court
house on Monday evening. December
9, 1912, the following resolution was
adopted:
~Resolved: That q committee Of
eleven persons be appointed with full
power and authority to draft = bin
providing for a commission form Of
government for the city OF CIarks-
burg, and to present the same Tor
passage to the legislature OF this
state at the session to be held in. the
city OF Charleston beginning on the
So. day OF January 1913. Ana be
it further resolved that the chairman
Of this meeting shall appoint the. ten
members OF said committee by nsans
ing two free holders from each OF the
i've wards as now constituted in this
city who shall be Residents Of tlao
wards from which they are apDoiutsd.
and that the ten persons 50 named,
together with the chairman Of this
meeting, shall make and constitute
such committee.
Pursuant to said resolution and
by virtue OF the authority 50 vested
in me by the same, hereby appoint
the following persons as members of
said committee from the respective
wards as follows:
.First ward-P. h. KobIegard and
v. L. Highland.
second ward-ROy E. Parrish and
Hugh Jarvis.
Third ward-J. Horror Davis and
R T. Lowndes.
Fourth ward-Thomas c. Coleman
and James W. Robinson.
Fifth ward-L. K. Richards and
Harvey w Harmer.
"a meeting Of said committees Is
called for Friday, December -, 1912
at 1880 p. m. to be held IN rooms sos
and 500 Con building.
"JE. Law, Chairman
The court house was about half
filed with citizens. when J. Carl
Vance announced that he had been
requested to call the meeting to or
der. He read the can and remarked
that he favored commission govern
ment for the reason that sit has an
element of strength. while the pres
ent form has an element Of weak
ness" Mr.. Vance then named J. E.
Law as temporary chairman. W: A.
Gaylord was made temporary secre-
tary after Mr. Vance had declined TO
serve. The temporary organ zaIion
was made permanent.
An hour of wrangling over little
matters followed a motion By Homer
W. Williams that a committee OF I'VE,
namely. ]. E. Law A. K. Thorn, ].
Honor Davis, P. H Koblegard and
John l. Ruhl, be appointed to draft a
city charter and present the same to
the legislature. A. J. Findley wanted
a committee OF twenty-five members
with a subcommittee OF three 70
have power to act as there was @an
element of weakness" in Mr. Wiz
Hams's motion.
Harvey W. Hammer then turned on
the guns and began TO shoot at the
board OF trade. He declared that It
had been intimsted that the board Of
trade had taken up the matter merely
to delay It until it was too late for
the legislature to act on the same.
he wanted a big COMMITTEES, although
he argued that the government OF the
city ought to be in the hands OF only
a few men. Mr.. Harmer let It be
known that one Of the objects Of the
movement IS to absorb tie several
suburban towns. He and Mayor
Frank r. Moore talked some about
whether West Milford voted It's town
government out on account o.
bridge. The mayor expressed the be-