The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28

left there for amendments Io-noTFoH-
To get these two things done five roit
-alls were necessary and the fight ex-
tended over a period Of about an hour
and q half. When the police bill was
reached on the calendar the original
and then the substitute bills were read
As soon as this had been completed
nv the clerk, Senator F. II. Morton
moved that further consideration on
that subject be postponed for half an
hour. On this motion he explained tnae
the purpose. Of it was to permit time
in which an effort could be made to get
some agreement on finance measure
that would produce needed revenues Tor
the state.
After some debate. the motion was
voted on and carried by vote OF -5 to
13, those voting for it being arnold
Bloch. Burr. Cobun. Fox Frazier; Har-
1,r,. Eoogh, Johnson Kuop. Le''s.
Montgomery. Morton. Polling ana ven
Gill. Opposed to the motion were: Bur
CESS. Chapman. coalter. Dodson. Duty
Gribble. Na-rran. Hunter. Sanders
Scherr, Stewart and York
Immediately. then. Senator Nontgom-
cry moved a reconsideration OF the SEN
ate's vote Of yesterday by which the
bouse gas and oil tax bin was rejected.
This motion prevailed by vote OF ID
TO 1e. Arnold voting against it. Hunter
voting for it and Harman not voting.
This carried. Senator Montgomery fur
ther moved that the vote by which the
senate rejected the minority report or
the finance committee offering a suostl-
t,te for the house oil and gas Eoll DC
reconsidered. and this was done by the
same vote as before. BY the same vote
the house bill was then recalled from
the clerk Of that body.
The 80 minutes Of postponement then
having elapsed, the house state police
bill came up again. with the judiciary
committees report recommending the
deputy sheriff substitute pending. The
vote on adopting the substitute for the
original bill was defeated by the fol-
lowing vote, Sanders voting for 1t for
the purpose Of moving reconsidera-
ton Of today's vote If he should desire
to do that later:
Against the substitute: Arnold. Burr.
cobun. Fox. Frazier. Gribble HouGh.
Hunter. Kump. Lewis, Montgomery.
Morton, Sanders. Scherr. Stewart and
Vencill.
For the substitute: Bloch. Burgess.
Chapman, Coa1ter. DFdSon. Duty. liar
man, Hammer. johnson, Luther. Polling
and York.
The seuators who voted differently
today on the gas and oil tax bill from
their votes Of yesterday. were Fox. Fra
zler, Hough. Hunter Lewis. MontEom-
cry, Vencill and York. Senator YORK
however, voted yesterday to acrept the
minority report OF the finance commit
tec and today voted against reconsider
Ing Yesterdays action.
: Friends Of the police bill claimed tnat
they had been double-croSSed by som"
Of those opposed to the gas tax bill.
They claimed that no sooner had they
voted against the oil and gas tax bills
than certain members favored thereby
turned immediately upon them by assist
ing In an effort to defeat the police bill.
This was hinted at by senator Griohl"'
gho in a speech opposing tho original
Morton motion. stated that he had been
for the police bill from the beginning
and expected to be to the end. but n"
declared he did not think it wos right
for the others to saddle Il special tax
on q certain interest simply because
they believed certain persons connected
with that interest had not played fair
with them.