The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-24

of the state. it Is our duty to re.
spond to the wishes OF the people
and vote as they wish, or else VIZ
are not Just ana equitable represent.
atives of the people of our State.
In conclusion let me say to you
THAT the people Of this State, with.
out regard to party, demand that
they shall say who shall 90 to the
Senate OF the United states; they
demand to say, who shall be your
Governor and your Congressman.
and l say to you, gentlemen, give
them chance.
"If you defeat, by your action in
the House Of Delegates, the wishes
of the people, you will be repudiated
at the polls, and you ought to be.
IF you defeat their wishes you
ought to be turned down, whether
1t be by the initiative and referen-
dunn or recall, or by any other prop
ositlon."
The vote on the adoption of the
resolution was as follows: FOR
Wetzel ,(speaker), Belcher Carr,
Carroll, Clifford, Dice, Edwards, Ep-
ling, Goode, Hall, Harry Hubbard,
Hudnall. Ice, OF Marion, Jetfers,
Keister, Kenny, Kidd, Lacy, Mar
cum, Morris, MCcauley. McIntire.
Mclaughlin. Ogden, Owens, Par
sons, Pemberton, Pence, Pendleton,
Pugh, seibert. Shaver, Smoot, Spe-
row, strother, Tertin, walton,
Wells, Whitman and Williams-42
Against Anderson, Burlington,
Campbell, earle, Courtney, FELTON,,
Goodykoontz, Henry. Huey, John
son. Jolly, Kane, Kennedy, Law, Lii
Ter, Marsh, Meredith, Miller, Moore.
Morton, Nuttall, Ours, Padden, Por-
ter, Robinson, Sanders, Shock,
Steele, Thomas, Thorckmorton, Van
Meter, vickers and Wysong.-S4.
Absent and not voting Barlow,
Brannon, cobun, Currie, Davis, Ha-
ger, N. C. Hubbard, Ice OF Barbour,
symms ana Wildman-1O.
The Dice resolution authorizing
the appointment of the Special
Committee of 81" was passed on
May 16, the first day Of the special
session. The only argument tender
ed for the appointment of the speci-
al Committee was to give considera-
ton to each section OF the state.
In the appointment Of the Commit
tee, the following morning, after
Speaker Wetzel had conferred with
the other Watson-Chaton leaders,
the Speaker ignored the resolution
which directed him to give each SEN
atorial district representation on the
Committee, appoint the two mem
bers from Mcdowell county and two
members from Marion county as
members of the Committee, and fail
ing to appoint single delegate
from the Eighth or Twelfth sena-
torial districts.
The subservient Speaker packed
the Special Committee of 81" with
fourteen bitter opponents OF a pri-
mary law and then placed seven adj
vocates of direct primaries on the
Committee, realizing that they would
be powerless to take any action. The
Committee was made up as follows:
Gilkeson. of Hampshire; .McCauley,
of Hardy; Dice of Greenbrier; Sell
bert, Of Berkeley; Shaver and
Thomas, OF Marion; Williams, of
Raleigh; Kenny, of Taylor; Camp
bell, of Cabell; McIntire, of Tyler;
Harry Hubbard, of Ohio; Throck-
morton, OF Wetzel; wysong, OF Web
ster; Hayes. of Calhoun; Wells, OF
Roane; Clifford, of Tucker; stroth-
er and Epling, of McDowell; john
son, of Morgan; skaggs, of Fayette,
and Ours, of Upshur. OF these 81
members Campbell, Thomas and
Wysong, Democrats, Johnson,
skaggs and Ours, Republicans, ia
vored the enactment Of primary leg
islation.