The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-22
REJECT MOTION
T.OGIYEP PEOPLE
VOTE On BILL
Sentiment Grows for Provid-
ing Immediate Protection
for the State.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Narcn -l'-
After four hours Of continuous light
ing over amendments proposed t" the
st.,c nnIicc bill. now known as tho de-
partn,cnt of public safety bill. when
was taken from tho table Immediately
upon the convening Of the house this
afternoon. that body adjourned at
o'clock to 10 O'clock tomorrow mornnS
with the bill still pending on second
reading.
Every known form Of tilibusternG 10
delay action on the bill was rcsortrd 10
by the opponents of tho measure, IN
Guiding motions to adjourn and motions
to POSTPONE the announcement of FotcS'
mn all Of which rOl calls or divisions
were dsmandrd.
The hill was amended. on motion or
Delegate Mcllintic. 10 restrict the or
ranizatiun vi tho police fore" l" TWO
companicS. Il total force OF l"- mon. IN
Guiding the officers. The original Dill
allowed tho superintendent. with con-
sent of the governor. |" increaSH inc
number of companies not to exceed nEe-
Bill Amended.
TIL. amendment was offered. Mr.. Nc:
Clintir said, Ia inert the charsc-an
un,ruth"-lhat tho bill. if enacted. would
entail n cost To tho people Of SIoU'0go
To $1,000. .nnn annually. and so that the
appropri;ltiun could be made IN dctln-
ito sum.
rv other amendments the superin-
tendent'S salary was cut from S4.opp 10
s. uDn annually. the assistants salary
from s2.!0u TO 2.Un0. the captains from
sn.fDu 10 Sl.SHO. the lieutcnant's from
81 .Sun TO $l.60n.
After having failed in the forenoon
To take tho bill from the table by vote
Of AZ to q, the tight was Immediately
resumed at 2 o'clock. Delegate McClin-
tic removing his motion. Numerous
points of order wCr" raised against inc
motion. but all were orerruicd by the
speaker. and I. roll call was ordered
and resulted "A TO 80 in favor of TAX
ing up the bill.
HOW They voted.
The 4t mctnberS voting for the motlpn
were. Anderson. Bland. Brand. Eray. Cal
hnun. C;pchart. cuSmcr. Cunningham.
,'upp",t. Ferguson. Hale. Hall. Hamll-
ton. Harvey, Hays. Hickman. Hillcary,
John. Kern. kuykeuIall. 1.antz. Lester.
Miller. Mullohan. Moran. Moulds. Nc
Caulcy. MrClarcn. Mct'lintic. NcFcy,
Neal OF Webster. Peck. Perrin. PcttiGrc~,
pridcmorc. RousS. Sarv"r. Scott. Sum
merS. Swishcr. Thomas. Thurmond. Twy-
man and Williams Of Peasants.
Tho 81 members voting against tnc
motion wcrct BlackRurSt. Bannister.
Blizzard. Byrnns, Clements, tohHrly.
Coleman, Coon, Fitch. I"rtnry
Of Preston Godfrey. Grove, Hendricks.
Hcrs,nan. Hobbs. Howard. Jones. Ma
han. Moore. Morris. MusSer. McDer-
mitt Mcpherson. N"alc. Nutter. O'con-
nor. otto. Parsons. Pedigo. RANKIN,
richards Shom". EpaHGlcr. StarchcT.
Stover. Taylor. Vaughan. Weiss, wy
song and Wolfe tsp"ak"r9.
Another roll call disclosed &" mem-
brrs to IS opposed 10 the postpon"Incnt
of announcing the vote on the McClln-
tic motion. and still another roll CAL
at this time showed 5 members to 81
opposed to adjourning TO Monday.
no vote by People.
An amendment to refer the bill 10 a
vote pf the people befurc 1t should De-
come effective. offered by Delegate
Wysong. was voted down by 30 TO 81,
and later an amendment offered ny
Blizzard OF Fayettc to refer the meas
urc TO a vote of the people If petl-
tipn bearing 20 per ccat Of tho names
or the legal voters Of the state be So
cured asking it. also lost by vote or
% TO 81.
Members declared. in rrCard To those
amendments. that they believed 1t 10 DC
rh> duty OF tho legislature To provide
for sum" sort OF police protection for
tho state and to max" whatever wan
provided availahlr as soon as POSSIBLE.
Lat" IN the evening 4 motion offered
hv Met lintic calling for tho pr"vlonS
question on tn" advancement "t the
uill. thus shutting OF further attempts
to amend tho bill. failed TO receive
two-thirds vote and lost.
Til" bill Will still hc. open for amend