The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-10
Amendment ON
SERVICE BILL
FAILS TO PASS
Measure Advance To Third
Reading After Storm
In Senate.
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cLAREs 1T LOST.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. TO-
The Public Service Commission bill,
introduced by Senator Gogbey. which
has been before the Senate on its
amending stage since last Friday, has
been advanced to third reading after
all efforts on the part Of the opposi.
tion had failed to amend it.
Senator Rosenhloom. Of Wheeling,
had offered an amendment which
caused such bitter fight. The
amendment proposed that all court
proceedings in which the commits.
sion is a party shall be under the
direction Of the Attorney General.
The bill provides that the commits.
sion may employ counsel. The
amendment lost, the vote being a tie.
Storm Again Breaks.
At the afternoon session yesterday
the calm which had marked the morn.
ing's proceedings was broken when
Senator Rosenbloom moved to recon.
slider the voter by which his amend
ment offered Monday relative to the
Attorney Generals Jurisdiction over
legal proceedings of the commission,
was lost. His motion. to reconsider
carried by a vote of fifteen to eleven,
among the Republicans voting in ia
vor Of It being: Blessing. Coalter.
Hawley, Marshall, McCrum and Ros-
enbloom.
The amendment then being declar.
ed debatable, Senator Goodykoontz
declared IL 1t was adopted 1t would
place autocrattc powers over the
commission In the hands of one man.
The attorney general. he said, would
be placed above the commission. y
There certainly must be q reason
for these attacks on THIS Gbill ~ the
senator from M lingo said Day after
day they have been assaulting this
act. Motions were made to take
away from the commission the power
to regulate rates, and now 1t is pro.
posed to take away from 1t the right
to institute suits or to have charge
Of its proceedings in court"
Others spoke against the. proposed
amendment, while Senator Rosen-
bloom, as on the previous day, main.
tanned that 1t would be safeguard
for the people.
A majority not having voted in ia.
vor OF the amendment. the vote be-
ing a tie, it was declared lost.
The vote was as follows: Aye
Beckwith. Blessing, Coalter, Hatfield,
Hawley, Hogg, Kump, Lowe, Mar.
ohaIl Morton McCrum McCusky.
Rosenbloom and Talbott-15.. z
Nay-Billings. Carter, Godbey,
Goodykoontz, Gray, Gregory, Keim,
Miller, McAboy, McClung, Parrish.
Steed, Strother, White and Eng
land-15. fa Is
Another clash developed during the
afternoon when the Gregory resolu.
tion providing for the appointment
by the President. OF the Senate of a
committee Of three to have charge Of
the Senate calendar. ~,
Senator Rosenbloom offered an
amendment to the resolution proyid-
ing that the committee consist Of the
President, and Senators Fox, Demo.
crat, and McCrum, Republican.
The amendment was adopted by a
vote OF IS to. 10, as follows: Aye
Beckwith, Billings, Blessing, Coalter,
Fox, Hatfield, Hawley. Hogg. Kump.
Lowe, Marshall, Miller. Morton, Nc.
Cuskey, Parrish, Rosenbloom, Tai
bott. White. Nay-Carter, Godbey,
Goodykoontz, Gray, Gregory, Keim,
McAboy, McClung. Steed and Eng
land,