Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-01-30
WANT TO PRESIDE
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS DELIVER
ANSWER TO REPUBLICANS.
Demand Presidency of Upper House,
. Following An Attempt to Break the
Deadlock and Organize the Senate.

SlDId legislature, ana maintaining tudl
the sentiment at home did not warrant
any concessions from either party at
this time, the state senate adjourned
after making another futile attempt to
elect presiding officer.
Fifteen Democratic members of
the West Virginia state senate,
representing half of the mem
| bership of that body, have given their
answer to the proposition submitted
| by the Republican half Of the senate
| in which the Republicans asked for
the presiding officer of the senate, the
clerk and assistant doorkeeper, con
ceding TO the Democrats the sergeant
| alarms, doorkeeper and their assist
ants, with half of the patronage and
| equal representation ON the senate
| committees.
The answer of the is Democrats
| was demand upon the Republicans
| for an unconditional surrender of the
| president of the senate to the Demo
cratic senators, with the promise that
when this was accomplished they
would treat with the Republican mem
bers on the remaining stipulations in
| the proposed agreement
The submission of the definite prop
osition by the Republicans and the re-
| spouse from the Democratic senators
followed futile attempt in the state
senate to break the prolonged dead
lock. Four ballots were taken, and on
each ballot the vote was a tie, the
Democrats supporting Senator French
and the Republicans voting for Sena-
tor E. T. England
When the house of delegates con-
vened in session, Speaker George an
nounced the appointment of the COM
mittees before an adjournment was
taken until Monday The committees
are:
Taxation and Messrs.
Seherr, chairman; Hawley, Johnson
Nuttall, Yost, Brohard, Bloch, BOWL
ing, Hall, Hayes, of Gilmer; Dice and
Seibert.
Insurance - Johnson, chairman:
Scherr, Grouse, Faris, Swiger, Crane
Wolfe, Liller, Honaker, Dice, Wysong
Shaver and Morrison
Humane Institutions and Public
Buildings-M essrs. Parrish, chairman;
Crislip, Duff, of Jackson; Flesher, HILL
Shears, Smith of Doddridge; Cook
Weiss, Warth, Warder, NASH Calgoun
and Allen.
Private Corporations and Joint Stock
Comp anies-Messrs Hawley, chair
man. Wolfe, Hartley, Hinerman,
Grouse, Crane, Liller, Swiger, Shears,
Crislip, Wysong, Shrewsbury. Wetzel
and Shaver.
Mines and Mining Messrs. Hon
aker, chairman; Wolfe, Asbury, Ban
ister Mason, Liller, Duty, Brohard,
Parrish, Rhodes, Shrewsbury, Murray,
Talbot, Goode and Shaffer
Executive Officers and Library
Messrs. Bloch, chairman; Farris, Har-
man, Hartley, Brohard, Parrish, Van
Meter, Gray, Parsons, Carper, Scherr,
Dice, Hall, Hudleston, McCauley and
Monroe.
Arts, Science and General Improve
ments-Messrs. Hinerman, chairman
Duff, of jackson; Liller, Yost, Porter,
Crislip, Farnsworth, Fisher, Robinson,
Reynolds, Ice, Rhea, Seibert, Terrell
and Nash.
nitentiary-Messrs. Rhodes, chair
man; Hill, Bowling, Duty, Gray, Hiner-
man, Porter, Crane, Reynolds, Hartman,
Elson, Ice, Shrewsbury, Allen and
Nash.
Rules essrs. Wertz, chairman;
Johnson, Scherr, Dice and Wysong.
Military Affairs-Messrs. Crane,
chairman; Swiger, Reynolds, Liller,
Nuttall, Wilson, Sutton, Hinerman,
Jolliffe, Seibert, Duff, of Nicholas;
Shrewsbury and McGraw
Claims and Grievances-Mess
Swigert, chairman; Arbenz, Grouse,
Hinerman, Johnson, Hartley, Yost,
Honaker, Flesher, Parsons, Talbot,
Seibert, Allen, Anderson and Nash.
State Boundaries essrs. Sutton,
chairman; Wilson, Bannister, Wertz,
Honaker, Penwell Bumgardner, Car
per, Shears, Liller, Jolliffe. Thompson
5enns, McGraw and McCauley.
Labor-Messrs. Weise, chairman;
Liller, Wolfe, Mason, Asbury, Penwell,
Van Dine, Rhodes, Bumgardner, Rob
inson, Thompson, McGraw, Goode, Nc
Cauley and Duff, of Nicholas.
Election and Privileges-Mess
Parrish, chairman; Liller, Smith, of
Tyler; Cook, Porter, Van Meter, Car
ner Arnett Ashurv Hartman Ice
Wetzel, Schaffer, Good and Hays, of
Calhoun.
Messrs. Duff, Of Jack
soR, chairman; Van Meter, Carper,
Reynolds, Smith. OF Tyler; Parrish