The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-11
VIRGINIA DEBT
Continued Prom 7n8c one.)

for the, legislature and for no one else
to determine"
The report is signed by all five mem
bcrs of the commission as follows:
John ]. cornwell. chairman; w. F.
Wells, Joseph Smiler, w. r.. Ice ana
William Nickel.
The specific information asked Of the
commission Ivy the Legislative resolution
was as follows:
First-Was there an agreement be-
tween the commissions Of the two states
as to the amount West Fi7stn.a SHOULD
pay to the state OF Virginia and how the
same was TO be paid.
Second If any such aSrcnrncat was
made does the commission recommend
the ratification and e1ecu ;ic7 Of Sa'd
agreement by tho legislature Of this
state?
And replying specifically 70 tnose In
quiries The commission said:
There was no agreement between
the commits Sions. of the two states as to
the amour. West Virginl1 should pay
Virginia. There was honarile attempt
tc reach Ala agreement. Of winch you
have beoa advised by cur former report.
by statements Of counsel and Ot three
members Of this comEoissi2a made ~
YOU In executive SESSION. and as we
again rei:erarc in the following recital
OF fncts:
The ccrrission then relates Is re
pcatcd efforts to get a coafs 'crcc with
the Virginia commission. despite The
rebuffs il met for tine Hnd then gives
the cor'cspc ndcncc between the commits
sons waich contains the proposals. OF
the West Virginia commission toGether
with the counter proposals from !r-
ginia.
In explaining its reasons for not in
Guiding this correspondence in its for
mcr report it is stated that the Vir-
ginia commission requested and this
commission was compollcd TO agree that
unless the proposition under discussion
in these letters was recommended to you
for your favorable consideration, that
it would not be presented or submitted
at ALL"
The letter from the Virginia commits
sion states an absolute refusal to agree
to the proposal that Yves, Virginia hold
in her treasury or in escrow bonds to
cover the urdelivercd certificates.
That the West Virginia commission.
in tho event it did secure an agreement.
it thought satisfactory. did not intend to
recommend il to the legislature for its
paragraph Of it's letter to the Virginia
commission. dated December IL, 1918.
Cornwell's Message.
CHARLESTON. Feb. 10.-Goyernor
John J. Cornwcl delivered a straight
from the shoulder jab at the legislature
today in his message transmitting the
latest report of che Virginia debt COM
mission. The rcbuke was called forth
by provision in the legislative resolution
calling for further information from the
commission which provided that the res
olution should bc served on the members
Of the commission by the sergeant OF
arms Of tho senate.
"I was not only greatly surprised, but
panied" the governor wrote, that you
should have deemed it necessary to re-
Quire the sergcant-a arms Of the senate
members Of the commission instead OF
to serve a copy Of the resolution on the
requesting tho chairman to convene it.
Three Of the four members of the
commission were appointed by my pre-
dcccSSor. only one having been appointed
by me, but I want to say with all the
carnestncss at my command that tho
commission and each member have been
prompt to respond to every call. have
worked earnestly. faithfully and diliEent-
ly to get some concession from Virginia
and from the certificate holders on the
judgment standing against this state.
None Of the members has ever failed
to respond TO any call or has ever stop
ped short OF any possible effort to OBJ
tain Information that might be laid be-
fore you 10 assist you in dealing with
tho problem confronting you.
~ drplorcd that the Legislature should
have felt imprlicd 10 direct the police
"Thcrcforc it is certainly to be great
officer Of the senate 10 search out the
members of the commission and serve
them with Il copy Of It's resolution.
AS soon as I learned OF the adoption
Of the resolution in order to save the eS-
pcnsc OF having the scrgeant-at-arms