The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-12
ACCELARATOR
BY THURM0ND
110U1A91oN TO BE sPEEDHD VI
IN THD LOWER HOUSE.
NE41 Sessions On The RroGrann-Seuate
4stua$tou h Much Aetter.

0ltxl pl1pasca to the intelligence.
CHARLESTON. y. Va. Feb: IL
nh week Speaker Thurnond Will step
q tAe acoAlAcator In the House Every
Sffoft will be made 70 speed up tho
da;Neates. In an effort to get through
ai1 ii the accomplishment OF the feat
al1At 1<saien ara TO be inouSuraeed
HSs1sx.
IN marked contrast with conditions In
the House. are those in The Senate. That
heay has kept Its calendar well cleared.
Of Houss Sills that win develop after
he latter body set to running at top
Spoed- Thsra Gtiil remain scores OF 10
Cd measures tv be disposed Of. ana M
Or tnA adopted rules o. the lesisiatuss
these not disposed Of during the exist
ine vSek Y. automatically die either
aS the calsnd.s or in committee. Next
WSNA Il to DO devoted exclusively 70
sa11nee and appropriation matters.
IN the House thu calendar discloses
seznsthing IKE thirty bills on n:ss rea a.
SSooad rssdinx. However. the House
must not he. accused Of altogether teft-
Srt1x for they have passed si3ty-slS
SSpofs and house measures.
The big night q the legislature 70
dstr vas thai Of Saturday in the House
Sver che II. 3. l52, the Measure tnae
ypusd require those eosssmpIattn1 en-,
xtns in business ss1 Ct sa,s P to haS ssf ap
~ for and secured certificate OF
SscSasity- from the STATE Public Serviea
rocNrn3SSton. Tho. House devoted muSh
Of I've days TO eoasldsrAtloa o. sne
& .tSsn any other bill that has 6sen
anEdered By the legislature; The fate
Sf 40 bill was that 1t. was defeated oy
-iyote Of 81 to IS. Whitaker. weiss anu
OTTO vo,inr for tbs hill and Emsley an-
.sSnt. \ similar bill was defeated TWO
ySars ago.
cenadsnt over the defeat Of II. 5.
IA. thA tnaurEent faction IN the house:
Il u iptimated. will renew on MoE 1tto
5oSi5r Bill, recalled from the senate
with = view OF having the house recon-
alder the vote by which It passed. How
ever, Il Is believed that the measure Is
the house insurgents. but that IL VII
20 through the senate Witnous sel4ouo
opposition
Tho stirring up nt factional party
aRhta Is TO how moving picture board
should ea appotnted--whethSr the au-
thoritY should be Invested with 4 i!cm,
ofrstie governor or Kspu6S .s had i0 the
effect ;of prccludine possibility Of any
1e1ixlattorr on the subject OF censorship
This session. Should there BE- CENSOR
ship tt Is ineimated Il may take tho
form Of compromise bill thas VII pro-
vide for showing only in this stare %.
pictures that have boon c:nSoFea oS
Ohio or Pennsylvania.
From political standpoint tho prin-
cipsl interes, among Republicans III tns
legislature is over til" appointment 10
he made by the governor 10 the vacancy
that will be created by tho rettfenehc
Of Tax Commissioner Fred -, h!n";
While there continue I" he .mrnti"nsh
several names. there appsarS IN SOM"
manner 10 D., inslStsnt whtSp"ringS that
Hon. r. {. Townsend will be tho tndir'd-
ual who will DC designated to san place.
Amonx the measures passing the SEN
ate last week md coming h"forr IN"
house the present week Is the tatElSn
bin that seeks u protect ponltr%G9,Tn
and stock raiSera from impure pr ADM.
terated and miShrandod poultry ann
stock ieAd mixtures. S'irh prepare lions
before they may b." sold III ,hiS Statr
under the provisions - IN" hilI must
UNDERGO an exam lua'Itun and c"cflrH
the approval Of tho commissioner Ut as
riculture.
About the only appointments OF an%
roIiseoucuce that the n".- S.'rsrnnr wltt
make when h.. enters 9TH" mex; month
arc those who viii comprise his anmfdi-
ate office staff From prsS"nt, mdlct-
lions sentiment seems to lean aret'E
strongly toward James Weir, tha Ssotai
lClkins newspaper nan. rs likely 20 10
the appoiniee for ,h. POSITION ~ secr"-
rarv to the governor. Nh ""ir mas
been very active IN p"nl"Hr9'r eotl'rS'
II is known. has hI"W>SicS" ~ ihH conn
ellis 1T the next Eoy:rnH1 wAcn r. ".IT,.
showing po, = ,;sts,. interest III th'' max
ing q arrangeu,snts for Il" inauSnra-
ton ot Glr. CorpWcll.