The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-29
HOUSE DELAYS
VIRGINIA DEBT
SENATE COMMITTEE
READY TO PROCEED
but House Committee Not YET
Appointed y Will Garry
Out Governor S Plan.

CHARLESTON. ". Va. Jan. 2S.-
! Senator Warren Miller. chairman OF
! the senate committee cel Virginia
Idcbt, has indicated thai his commit
tee is ready TO lake up the business
! for which it was created, but that
nothing further can be done unill
Speaker ]. S. Thurmond. of the house
selects the house committee on the
Isamc subject.
! Speaker Thurmond says he will des
! ignaie this commillcc just AS soon as
possible. but that he is having more
) or loss difficulty in deciding on lis
personnel. 1t is said that a lm"Sl. one
ibalf Tho members OF the house arc
! idcsruus Of becoming members OF this
commiticC and thai many Of them arc
being supported fnr ihc appointment
:, by we'll ora ni@Gd party assistance.
; 4 resolution adopted By The house
early in the session rnlpoWcrs ihc
.%peaBcr TO select COMMITTEES. "i lt'n'
'fvc 10 fifteen mcmih"rS. a. EH deems
best for the Interests Of the state. Tue
senate committee having he debt
subject in hand consists Of eleven
members. Ill bul one Of whom. '>rn-
nlOI nay i''HI l'pNNbli. H"N iS''''
CT lccisl.ti"" experience.
viii Carry Out Program.
! Assurances have hccn expressed
thai tho program suggested in Inc
governors special mrS@ac" on IN"
dcbt will hC carried uItI almost 10 Inc
last detail The GOV" "rnnr recommend
ri that the SE]Ir"nie f,ourt vt lhr
United State; be asked 10 further cO1'
1inun IN" cas-" un:il thi stale has IN
opportunity in present new Cdulll"S
which wrrc ncr known. at The limo
the last hearing %as held. TIC ais1
asks that tbs Legislature adopt Il
memorial asking West Virginia rnp-
resenlatvcs i'll tho national congress
In urgs The passage Of Senator w. +.
,'hilrous : hill tn rmpowc'' the state of
Virginia Ia sue tn" federal sov"rn'
mnnt looking to The recovery of about
$1,000, ,000, in which West Virginia
would have approximately a one
fourth interest. l.y reason pf On 81
Legged indebtedness. to that stale from
rho crssiou Of the northwest terri
tory.
least ,wn nnmhcrs nf ihr House
were elected oT a platform which in
rlrnd the prnmis" that thoH would
work for he reputation ot Inc G"b'
. Judgment. They ar" Colonel .'Ame'
RasscI. nf Lcwis county. and Gilbert
. n, Smith, uf PlrasantS county. eacn
; Of whom has Introduced in the house
, resolutions dealing with IN" subject
, Colonel Bassels hous" joint roSnln
! tion was referred Ia the debt commit
, Ie when il shall have hran selected
! That Of Mr.. Smith WIS printed. Il
provides for iiie amendment OF sec
! ton four. article ,er. nf the cnnSti
tuition Of West Virginia which grants
! the state legislature the right 10 ap
propriate moneys. by issuing bonds
therefore. n run from one 10 S4 years
TO pay the Virginia debt.
Provides for Vote.
; The resolution provides the mode
and manner Of ascnrlaining the sense
| of thr voters nf tho state on agree
/ ing TO nr rejecting The settlement OF
, the debr. either on the basis Of the
| Judgment Of The United States Su
premc Court or thai Of the report and
! Recommendations of Ihr West Virginia
! nebr Commission. made ia The COVER
nor February o.. 1915. The resolu
ficp PROPOSES Iha' the vnt" be taken
at tho November election in 1915. The
dabI under tho supreme courr judc
mnnt is sl2.$93,n29. with interest at
five pcrcor, from Jul" I. 1a13. This
total IS arrived ~ ~ follows:
; Debt as determined by the court.
S4,215.G22: interest from January l.
1861, TO July |, 1891. ar four percent
S5,143.059: interest from July I. 1891
10 July !, 1915, at three percent
S3,O35.24S.
The debt commissions proposition
for settlement was flat sum OF
s2.327,195, the debt without interest