Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-02-04
REVOLT IN STATE SENATE.
Governor Hatfeld's Message Turned
Down, and Measure Was De-
feated by Vote of Is to 3.


of special message from the gov
ernor declaring that the salary in
creases asked for in the bin revising
the mining laws were justified, the
governor experienced the first real
revolt in the senate, when, by vote
of fifteen to nine, the senate cut down
the salary of the chief mine inspector
from four to three thousand dollars,
and reduced the salaries of inspectors
from twenty-four hundred to twenty
one hundred dollars.
Voting with the administration
against cutting the chiefs salary
were Blessing, Godbey, Goodykoontz,
Gregory, Keim, McClung, Steed,
Strother and England.
Delegate Carney M. Lane of Cab
Tell was this morning appointed a
member of the Judiciary committee
Of the house under resolution in
creasing the membership Of that
/ body
The house committee on counties,
districts, etc, made a favorable re-
port on Pritchard's bill providing that
hereafter no territory shall be taken
from any county without the consent
of the people Of that county.
A favorable report was also mode
on his bill permitting Wayne county
to lay special levy for the proposed
road in Ceredo district.
Governor Hatfield this morning
sent a special message to the legis-
lature urging progress in the CON
sideration of the bill creating the
board of health and of the bill relat-
ing to bore holes, charging that a
lobby was working against the bore
hole bill
The senate had just finished using
the pruning knife on one of the bills
referred to in the message when it
came in.
The senate bill providing for the
erection of Courthouses in certain
counties in the state where the pres
ent buildings are old and delapidated,
was amended in the house this morn
ing and now provides for the erection
of county jails also.
The amended bill then went back
to the senate, but that body failed to
concur in it and it was referred to a
committee after the house refused to
recede from its amendment.
The Williamson charter bill, which
passed the senate yesterday and
which would give the governor power
to appoint five commissioners to adj
minister the city government, precip-
itated an interesting discussion pre-
vious to the taking of the vote.
Those who opposed the bill declared
it would be wrong to deprive the cit
liens Of the right to elect their own
administrative officials.
"When we take away the rights
and liberties of the people," said SEN
ator Kump, in voicing his opposition,
1--WE are going beyond the powers that
we should exercise"
Senator Hatfield declared he did
not believe there is city in West
Virginia in which the people are not
better able to choose their own Off
Gals than the governor Of the state
would be.
House bill No. 30, making common
carriers Of gas pipe line companies
operating in the state, which was adj
vanced to it's third reading in the
house yesterday and passed with it's
title, is yet to be considered by the
senate.
Delegates Bloch, Of Ohio-co.; Duty,
Of Ritchie-co., and Brown, of Mar
shall-co., lead the forces opposed to
the passage of the measure.
To make it possible for the state
to earn substantial interest on the
S10,000,000 in taxes collected by the
sheriffs of the various counties of the
state annually is the shief purpose of
the county depositary bill, which has
been introduced in the senate by Sen
ator w. H. Carter, of Tyler-co.
Senator Carter represents that the
enactment of the bill would mean
saving to the counties of $150.000 a
year.
1t provides for the establishment
of county depositaries, and requires
that all public moneys in the hands
Of the sheriff shall be deposited in
them and draw interest. as well as
moneys secured on school and road
bonds and sinking and interest funds