The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-08
CornWe|I Calls Meet
=. Of Debt Commission
To Consider Demands

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Feb. T.
Governor Cornwcl announced this
morning that he had called q meeting
of the Virginia debt commission tn DC
held in Charleston Saturday afternoon
at o'clock to consider the demands
made upon ii by the legislature in
adopting the Duty resolution, yesterday.
which calls for further information
and recomme ndationS regarding the debt
case.
Without waiting for the sergeant-at-
arms OF the senate to travel over the
state and serve the notice on each menh-
Der Of the session, as the resolution
required. he telegraphcd each member
for him 70 come 10 Charleston saturday.
No intimation has been gi*cn regard
ing what action the commission may.
take in response to the resolution.
The Virginia debt question came up
in the house this forenoon upon the
!.requcst of Delegate McCauilcy, OF
tHardy county. a Democrat. to have the
clerk read and insert in the journal
an editorial from the Charleston Mail
tpf yesterday in which the Legislature
was urged TO take up the. debt question
without further delay and pay it on the
best terms to be secured.
The clipping was read by the clerk
! and the order. by consent of the house.
stood to have il printed in the journal
but on motion of Delegate Moore. the
majority floor leader ii was eSpunged
| Immediately from the record.
The objection of Delegate Moore to
having the editorial printed in the jour-
nal was that it was offered by men,
Der of the minority for the purpose Of
embarrassing the majority which must
| take the responsibility for anything that
is done in the debt case.
He declared the adoption of the Duty
yesterday was for the purpose of COM
polling the minority party, represented
on the Virginia debt commission as its
chairman. to take definite stand on the
debt question and with the majority as
sumo part of the responsibility in the
case. He. declared that with the judg-
ment of the supreme court staring the
legislature in the face. the time had
come for serious consideration of meet
| ing the problem in some way an dthat
Il was no time for political lodging on
one side or more on the other
Delegate IMcCaullcy protested that he
! had had no such intention as intimat-
ed by the majority leader. He said he
thought the editorial expressed sound
advice that the Legislature ought to havo
for its consideration along with other
1
ready to act in the case and thought 1t
was time for the Legislature as a whole
to face the situation as men and dis
regard politics.
Upon the vote being taken by yeas
and nays the motion Of Moore to eN'
plunge the newspaper clipping from. tho
journal was adopted BY an orcrwhelm'
ing vote only two Republicans, Dele
gates McClintick and Pettigrew, of Ia
nawha, voting against it.
The house this morning passed tht
South Charleston charter bill and ths
Point Pleasant Independent district
school bill, and considered on SECOND
reading the state board Of architecture
bill and the community. demonstration
packing bill. both of which were ad
vanced to third reading without amend
mcuts.
When the packing house bill came
upon the calendar motion was made
by Delegate Twyman OF Richie count!
10 indefinitely postpone the measure
He declared that what was attempted
to be accomplished by theb III was caret
for in the bureau of markets law. ant
that. anyway. the bill was sectional leg
iSlatiOn