The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-30
INCOME TAX BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
LOWER HOUSE EXPECTED
TO PASS BILL TO-DAY
Bland Wants Roosevelt and Bryan
to Address Legislature
on Progressiveism.
Senator MacCorkIe, of Gold
Dust" Fame, Opposes the
Anti-Lobby Bill.
rntelligencer Bureau
Charleston, w. Va, jan 29.


The senate today unanimously pass
ed senate joint resolution No. I. rat
ifytng the amendment to the consti-
tuition or the United States, providing
Tor an income tax. The house will
receive the resolution tomorrow. Its
passage in the lower branch is as
sured by an overwhelming vote. The
resolution had been introduced yester-
day by Senator Silver and was re-
ported with the recommendation that
II pass by the finance committee to-
day. The house had passed the same
resolution in 1911 but il had been vot.
ed down in the senate by a vote OF Il
To 13. Every hold-over who had
stood against IL two years ago in the
upper body supported IL this morning.
Theodore Roosevelt and William
Jennings Bryan will be instructed to
address the legislature on progressive
legislation some time before February
Ia, according to a resolution intro
duced in the senate by Senator Bland
II will come up tomorrow for consid-
Grafton.
Brief Session.
Today's sessions in both branches
were brief but busy. The flood OF
bills which began TO pour in yesterday
continued for over two hours this
morning. embracing every form of leg
islation on the calendar \inety-tve
additional bills were introduced in
the house making a total of 1870 and
u more in the senate. a total Of 2N1.
Adjournment was taken az noon until
10 O'Clock Thursday. in order 10 al
low the committees 10 get down 10
work on the measures so -ar received.
All committees were busy thTOugOut
the afternoon and night and will have
many DlllS to report IN the morning
A resolution by French was adopted
in the senate. providing that the var
ious committees should report first
on bills relating to primary elections.
ratification of amendments TO COnstl-
tutional amendment. workmen's com
pensation. county salaries. regisira-
tion. prohibition measures. public ser
vice commission. good roads. etc.
\ bill providing for an approprl1-
tion to bear the contingent expenses
of the regular session was passed in
the House. Both branches adopted 4
resolution providing for the adoption
OF the joint rules OF the 1911 session
During the day Governor GlasscocK
signed the bill appropriating the ex-
penses of his lste special session.
In the House. Chairman Yost. Of
the temperance committee. reported
recommendation for printing the
prohibition amendment measures.
Lobby Against Cigarettes.
Scores Of petitions were read in both
houses urging the passage OF anti
cigarette legislation. an apprOpri1-
tion 10 send both Union and Confedrr-
nte veterans TO the fiftieth anniversl-
~ celebration Of tho battle OF Gettyr-
burg. primary election law and oth"r
bills.
The Ohio and Marshall county dei"-
cations got on the job in earnest TO-
day and introduced many bills Ar
benz. Of Ohio. offered series of eight
relating 20 code revision Bloch pro
scented an auto bill and a bill! regard
ing district indebtedness Ilinorman.
Of Marshall. rendered an antilobby
bill. and Gray. OF the same county. in
troduced series relating To the em
ployment OF convicts and prisoners on
county roads and bridges. a. adj
juncts 10 the administration convict
labor bill. he offered yesterday
Gray also introduced q bill creating
the Twenty-siXth judicial circuit. u1-.
der the provisions of which Marshall
county. which is now part of the
First district. along with Ohio Brooke
and Hancock. would BE- formed into %
circuit Of itself.
Senator Marshall introduced Senate
bills - and g.. relating 90 the sale of
butter and regulating the sale of oleo
The Seibert bill making b. % felony
10 operate r house of prostitution. or
20 rent or lease property 10 be used
for such purpose. also came up.
The England joint resolution max
ing all committee meetings open AMI
All votes taken in order called. AMI
providing for the registration Of lObh.
ists. which came up FOO the Senate.
was opposed by MacCorkie. and
hot debate followed The resolution
was referred 10 the committee on
rules and comes up again tomorrow.
oied After Operation.