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

that this resolution should be refer.
red to the Judiciary Committee in or.
der that it may go over the matter
carefully and see whether or not ii
was within the scope of the Govern,
or's call and so advise this House By
"a report tomorrow morning at Il
o'clock.
Mr.. sTRoTHER: The original res.
olution before the House and the
amendment is to refer it to the Judi
,ciary Committee. Is the Judiciary
Committee in action? Has it done
anything? Do you expect 1t to do
anything? What was the Special
Committee of 81" created for? To con-
slider, primary bills and If it should
go anywhere 1t should go there and,
therefore. this amendment should be
defeated The amendment should un-
doubtedly be voted down.
MR.. ROBINSON: The gentleman,
think. misunderstands the purpose OF
the substitute motion.
MR.. MccAULEY: 1t seems to me
that this is an unnecessary proceed
ing. Itseems to me that 1t is, so plain
that there ought not to be any room
for discussion about II, and no neces-
sity to refer 1t to a committee. The
Governor has issued call for the
passage of primary election law
The regular course is to refer bills
and resolutions either to a regular or
special committee to consider and re-
port upon. If the House can refer II
to regular committee, it can refer
It to special committee. Now it
seems to me that IT is so regular that
there ought to be no question.
To place the house on record on
the substitute offered by Mr.. Robin
son to refer the resolution to the
judiciary Committee for the purpose
of ascertaining whether or not It
came within the scope OF the Govern
or's call, Mr.. Moore demanded the
ayes and noes. They were taken az
follows:
The Ayes were: Anderson, Barlow,
Brannon, Burlington, Campbell earle,
Coburn, FELTON,, Goodykoontz, Henry,
Nelson c. Hubbard, Huey, Ice, of Bar
bour, LETTERS, Johnson, Jolly. Kennedy,
Kenny, Law, Liller Marsh, Meredith,
Miller, Moore, Morton. Nuttall, Ours,
Padden, Porter, Robinson, Shock,
skaggs, Steele, Thomas, Van Meter,
Walton, Wildman, and wysong-3S.
The Noes were: Wetzel (Speaker),
Belcher, Carr, Carroll, Clifford, Cur
RE, Dice, Edwards, Epling, Gilkeson,
Goode, Hager, Hall, Hays, Harry Hub
bard, Hudnall, zee, of Marion, Kane,
Keister, Lacy, Marcum, Morris, Nc
Cauley, McIntire, Mclaughlin, Ogden,
Owens, Parsons, Pemberton, Pence,
Pendleton, Pugh, Sanders, Siebert.
Shaver, smoot, sperow, strother.
symms. Terrell, Throckmorton, svick-
ers, Wells, Whitman, and Williams
as.
Absent and not voting-courtney
and Davis.
Explaining his vote on the Robinson
substitute motion, Delegate N. c.
Hubbard, of Ohio county, said:
II vote aye. Mr.. Speaker. My rea-
son for doing SO is that I think the
resolution presented by the gentleman
from Hampshire is out of order. The
matters for which the Governor has
called US here are to be leglslated
upon and nothing else, and do not
believe that a resolution in the form
presented to raise a commission 10
report to the 1913 Legislature can be
good. Mr.. Speaker, ] am not sure
whether l am discussing the merits
of the resolution or not-I mean to
say that l believe he resolution to
be out of order, and 1 think it well
and legally follows from that, that the
question should properly be referred
to the Judiciary Committee for con-
sideration. / do not mean to ask the
House to accept my judgment on that
question, l want merely to say that If
there is serious ground for doubt in
the mind of any member of this House
then this is matter that can properly
go TO the judiciary Committee for ac-
ton"
After the failure OF the House to re-
fer the Gilkeson resolution TO the
Committee on Judiciary, an adjourn
ment was taken until the following
day.
When the House of Delegates COM
vened in session on May 20, Hon. W.
7. Ice, Jr, Democratic Delegate from
Barbour county. realized that the Gill
keson resolution was going to pass
the House and to put that body on