Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-01-30
Charleston Has Again Filled
Up With Prominent Cit
liens of State.
SENATORIAL BEE is BUzzING
Republican Dissentions will Crop Out
When Committees are Named Today.
(BY EARL H. SMITH. J

CHARLESTON, Jan. 27.-To be pres
ent during the first week OF real work on
the part Of the State Legislature, Charles
ton filled up with prominent West Vir-
gin1ans today and tonight rooms, even
beds, are at premium at the hotels.
Boosters for the various senatorial aspir-
ants are coming in as we'll as those who
hope to favor defeat some Legislative
measure by their presence. Solohs, who
took the opportunity to spend day at
their homes during the adjournment
which began last Friday and which will
end tomorrow morning reached town
this evening and there will be no absentes
when the rolls are called in the two
branches in the morning.
Nothing transplred during the brief
vacation except with the leaders of the
two factions in the State who seem to
have had some little difficulties in select
ing chairman for the various committees
of that body. Probably President Wood
not only will announce his committee
men tomorrow but he will be ready tor
business There will also become appar-
ent tomorrow the determination of the
leaders at the session that local measures
such as deal with town charters and the
like shall not interfere this session with
important legislation. In both houses it
will be announced that IA day week will
be given to local bills, until the end of
the regular session. This means the
blasting of many fond hopes in the breats
OF amateur charter drawers.
Rank dissentions are sure to follow the
announcement of the committee assign
ments in the Senate, SO far as the Re-
pubicans are concerned, for the Glass
cock and Hatfield factions are known to
be far apart and the triangular affair
agreed upon by which the two governors
and Republican State Chairman James
Lakin were to make the DECISIONS will not
please all by any means. Although hold
ing his positions under the Glasscock re-
gime, Lakin's heart, it is said, lies with
the new administration which he helped
to elect aud, it is rumored, that the chair
men of the important committees will be
Hatfield followers.
There were no dissentions among the
Democrats as to the committee assign
ments. In fact harmony among the
fifteen was SO prevalent that the entire
question of chairmen was left to the presi-
dent, the Democratic senators refused
even to caucus on the question.
1t is stated that it is practically agreed
to established committee to handle the
Virginia debt matters which may come
before the session. The nature of this
organization has not been decided upon
but it will likely be joint affair compos-
ed of members OF both branches, and
both parties. In the past the bane of the
lives of the soons has been the question
of local bills and the records will show
that nearly two-thirds of the time of the
sessions have been devoted to amending
charters of the various towns. Not SO
this winter. Leaders in both houses
have agreed that but three DAYS shall be
devoted to local bills and that nineteen
days will 90 to other and important legis-
lative matters. 1t is agreed that but one
day week will be allowed the charter
affairs which means that many of the pet
schemes of the village politicians will be
buried in the committees and otherwise
this sessions.