The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-25
What Some Persons Do
Can a Rather Progress
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CHARLESTON. w. Va, Jan. 25-
Governor William Il. Giasscock,.
second biennial message delivered L
the legislature late yesterday
may be termed progressive. In
many respects he asks fol
what he asked two years age
and at the special session that fol.
lowed, but he has many new rec
Concentrations. The INCOME taz
amendment to the federal constitu-
ten failed to pass in the senate two
years ago, but he renews Ibis recon-
mendations for its adoption. He
has included the election Of United
States senators by the vote of the
people. and a primary election law
that win include preference vote
for president and vice president.
The governor also goes on record
as opposed to capital punishment.
In sustaining his position ON this
question he points to the record Of
the states that have abolished 1t. He
also asks -that--the parole law be
changed, his objection. to the pres
cnt lawlbeing that boys convicted Of
carrying +reyolvers. for instance, are
confined in jaiis, and the Judge has
no discretionary powers whatever.
The great waste of gas is given at
tention by Governor 'Glasscoek as it
has been in every message Of. goy-
ernors for many. years, and again
pleads that something be done to
save this precious fuel. To make up
for the deficiency in. revenue due to-
the abolition OF the lic0nse tax on
account OF the prohibition amend
ment, the governor asks for tax
OF one-third of one-half of cent a
thousand cubic feet of gas. He con-
tends this will produce about $780,
900. The estimated receipts from
license taxes is s65O,ooO.
In connection with the taxing OF
gas, Governor Glasscock brings up a
new question-that OF placing a tax
on every kilowatt of electricity pro-
duced by water power. and recon-
mends that the public service COM
mission, If created, have full power
to determine upon the terms and
conditions the water power shall be
utilized. ii the legislature should
fail to take this step, he asks that
the law that gives companies the
right to harness the rivers and de-
velop their power, the right of emf
nent domain.
The governor does not devote
much space to the Virginia debt, In
fact while the whole document
makes eighty-two pages, but fifty
Ave is devoted to his message, the
other is the report Of the mining in
vestigation commission. He recon-
mends the creation OF bipartisan
commission, one person from each
senatorial district, to confer with a
like commission from Virginia. i
am not in favor of attempting to
finally dispose of this important
question without the approval of a
majority of the voters of the state
is his concluding remarks.
The work of the state board OF
control is referred to as speaking Tor
itself through its report, but the
governor takes up the per capita
cost of inmates or students as the
case may be, in all the institutions.
The per capita OF students at the
university is given as sSS9.SO for
1912 as against ssS6,77 in 1911
TheInumber Of employees at various
institutions was in
creased in+1912 oveE1911, with the
exception Of the university and one
or two. Others. The penal and char
liable institutions, which are also
under the board OF control. OF the
ten penal institutions at only two
did the per capita cost of inmates in
crease in 1912 over 1911. The
heaviest expense was at the three
miners hospitals, which the gov
esnor recommends be changed &c
Emergency hospitals. The per cap
ita cost at the penitentiary was only
s122.6s; West Virginia hospital fol
the insane $r26.S9, and second hos
pital for insane $126.43. Al
iners HosMpital No. l, it was
s5s1.99.
In his: recommendation for a pub
lie service commission the jurisdic,
ton Of the cofnmissiontis to include
common carriers, railroads, stree
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