The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29
AD JOURNMENT TAKEN
LATE IN AFTERNOON
Primary and Registration Bills
Passed-Some Fireworks
at the Finish.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Nov. N
The real fireworks Of the special ses-
sion OF the legislature, called BY Gov
ernor Hatfield 70 enact number OF
laws suggested in his call. caue IN the
last hnur of the senate session. 1t had
ro do with the conference report on
the registration bill, which. minority
Leader Fred l.. Fox charged from ths
floor had been changed after the Dlil
had been finally considered and paEt
of the committee had left Charleston.
When house and senate convened
hefore noon for what everybody De-
ljeyed would be- the firal session.
events moved as rapidly as anyone
could desire. The conference co1nmlt-
tees appointed 70 get together on toe
primary and registration bills MADE
their reports in each house and tney
were accepted. The registration OIL
passed the house by As 20 II, elgntecn
members being absent or not Fotlns.
Mr. HUI les. who voted with the Deu-
ocrats o.. the ground that the Dill was
not as good as the one already on tue
books, charged his vote and the report
was accepted. The primary CONFER
ence report also was accepted, ~ 10
y. with the same number OF aoSen-
was ready 10 adjourn vas then lntEo-
duced and passed.
The same procedure was going on
in the senate. the vote on the regis
tratton bill being Il TO S. and on the
primary bill 20 20 >. The approprla-
ton bill was disposed of. and every,
thing was in readiness for the tlnal
action when the senate recessed lor
Is minutes 10 await the plans OF the
house.
Bill Is Changed
That Is minutes developed that er-
rors had been found in the reglStratlCA
bill. and they would have 10 be cor
rected. Leaders said the errors we're
slight and could be readily remedleo,
but when an hour had passed and
nothing was being done in either
house, the. rumor spread that import
ant changes had been made IN the
bill. The bill was in the hands cE
the printer. i; WAS said. and as cotn-
mitteemen were not discussing the
questions at issue. there was an ar
Of expectation about the state mousse.
Finally it became known that so many
members had left the city that II the
changes were really serious. collpi'cd'
tions would follow.
President England raped for order
in the senate. and Senator Parrish re-
ported that the bills had been sent ID
the governor for his signature.
Mr.. Fox inquired what had been
done BY the conference committee
with the registration bill. Senator
Parrish replied that he had not been
u member oi tn" committee. but ne
understood that some changes had
been made in a tranSpoSItion.
Mr.. Fox said he understood inat
further changes had been made IN me
bill By a part Of the COMMITTEES alter
the final report had been made, and
he thought there ought 70 be some
report to the senate.
Blessing Explains.
NJ. Blessing, member Of the con
ference committee. then explained at
length that in making up the report
there had been Il clerical error that
would in no sense change the opera
tion OF the Law, and that had been cor
rected this afternoon. The house con-
ferees. he continued. had agreed TO
recede from the amendments made by
the house and accept the senate bill
with the exception Of the section
which calls the county court to meet
on Tuesday instead of Thursday oe-
fore election.
Don't you think formal report Of
that change ought TO be made TO the
ssnate?" asked Mr. Fox.
Il think it hardly necessary" re-
piled Mr. Blessing. 1T was only
clerical error"
Mr.. Fox continued 10 urge his
point. When that committee reported
this morning and the report was re-
ceived that committee was automati-
Cally discharged. he continued. 1T
seems 10 me that some OF them got
together and did what the full COM
mittee did not do"
At This point a resolution was in
troduced calling tor the appointment
OF a committee TO notify the governor
that the senate was ready TO adjourn.
and it was passed. Mr. Fox still stood
in his place. demanding that his
remarks be placed In the record. but
President England declared there was
no business before the senate and it
was too late 70 add remarks 10 the
record Mr.. Fox then rose TO a ques-
tion Of personal privilege. saying he
wanted 10 protest and have his pro-
test put in the record. lie said he
Do