The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-25
Elaborate Plan for Secur.
ing Publicity Regarding
List of Voters.
NO ACTION YET ON PROBE
House Going Right Ahead
With Consideration of
Bills.
CHy Associated Press,


CHARLESTON. Nov. 25.-Investigas
ton OF the charges II b: inery ruade In
the House OF Delegates was started to-
day behind closed doors, Chairman
Wolf explaining hat the investigations
might reflect on some one entirely ins
nOcent and the committee decided TO-
give him chance to defend himself
Eeforc charges were made public. =
The Senate was In session but few
minutes but long enough to pass the
registration bill as II was amended
yesterday which several members In
explaining their opposition declared
was worse than the bill on the books:
The House passed the three Senate
ILLS which prescribed the manner des
termining contests for elective Offices
prescribing the manner and time OF
giving notice Of such contests and de&
scribcd the manner Of removing ap..
pointive officers. House bills deaisI
ing with same subjects were indeti,
nitely postponed.
Republican leaders said an effort,
would be made this afternoon to ssus:
lend the rules and pass finally the mr..
!lary and registration bills which were
advanced &c second reading before res;
cess. H
Democrats il was stated ryou.6 afrec3
10 do this as the session then could I'D
.ourn tonight provided the moyemons
Tor the appointment of a commissio1!
tanned III the Governors message of|
yesterday was stopped.
The Senate yesterday amended the
primary and registration bills, the f6rs.
Eler being finally passed by 24Sto!
4. and the other going to the third
leading. The Democrats who voted
in the negative were Fox, Hogg, Low:
and Mckaskcy. Bechwith was Iexx
cused from voting.
The registration bill was carefully
discussed. Senator Blessing fought.
every effort TO amend the registration
bill so as TO when the time between to-
:inal registration day and election DAY
en- the ground that no voter should bd'
deprived OF his vote. There was No
PROVISION IT, the bail as presented ID.
amend the existing law for the much
discussed last day registration, final
jurisdiction being left with the county
court. ss.s
According TO the till'as It nov, stands
the county court will sit after tho.
spring registration to revise the iregfSs
tration list for the May primary, and IN
October. 80 days before election It viii
sit to pass upon all matters pertaining
to registration. II there is protest.
against a voter registering 1t must give
him chance to be heard, and when tt
sitting is ended there can be no more
contests. Twenty days before election
The registration lists are sent to the BIZ
partisan registrars, who must sit Ii
days before election IN each precinct Ia
add any new names to the lists that
may be necessary. The REGISTRAR sr6
to be in session two days, when they
send the lists back to the county court
which will pc In session Thursday and
Friday before election to permit any
one who failed to register to come IL
person to the court and register. Ths
court may add names to the Lists 9at
this sitting. but 1t cannot take any
names from them. An effort WA
made to give the court power to stx1lke
OFF names, but 1t was defeated.