The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-31
Ne: VI CHARTER
MEASURE PUT
IN TIE HOPPER
PROVIDES PARTISAN
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Makes Mayor, City Manager
and Chief Of Police Elec-
tive by People.

! C-II,rL,ESTOE. VIVA. Jan. 30.-With
th.. introduction Of 4 bill i'll the houS~
of delegates to-day by Delegate Hart!
! i. Weiss. Wheeling oan lay claim 10 inc
charter amendment championship With
OF, fear Of contest from other connu-
mites If the country. at least those OF
West Virginia, the Ohio county metro
,nlis now having three bills before the
! state legislature proposing chartcF
amendments. -
Tbn measure offered to-day Is OFF,
| cjaIIv known as House Bill No. @l6. ana
! nrnyiJrs for numerous amendments 10
! WhccIIng'% charter which are not cover
rd in tho bill introduced In the house
some days aga. tho principal amendment
! nruuusrd being l. provision for partisan
| f,rr, OF guv"rnrlcnt; election OF inc
! chief Of police and mayor by tho people
, and reduction IN the city managers
! salary.
Under III" present laws. Whce'inEs
! ch,cf Of police is appointed by the cily
! manager and the mayor is elected oF
council The new charter amendment
! bill provides for the election or lhese
! officers b. the people
Tho propnscd Law relating 10 inc CITY
! manager is also radical. since r"duc-
| ton in salary from $4,000 To S5,VVO per
| year is proposed.
Provides for Referendum.
The measure WAS introduced b. Dcic-
J rafc Weiss by request, and the Oil IN
, clu,ics provision for referendum pE
! Ihr people on it's adoption III III" cTehi
/ Of ,,asSaE" by the legislature and ap-
prevail by the governor
! 1t is provided that tho question Is 20
: be- submitted to the voters at the prl-
/ mary held for the nomination OF ch!e'
! nt police and mayor and III the event III"
! charter amendments arc not approves
by the people. the nominations for the
! two offices will automatically BE- dc-
! fca,cd.
| Dc,rra,r Weiss, in discussing tnc
measure with the representative OF The
| ln;rl!icrnccr. made it plain that tn-
! hin was introduced AT III" request ..
: Wheeling citizens. Il petition signed ny
! SuO oc citizens Of Wheeling having ac-
| compnniet tho measure To Charleston.
! IT, is a coincidrnt that all thrc" "t inc
! Wheeling charter bills, on" being the
! greater Wheeling measure, were lhtr">
; duccd hy Delegate Weiss. .Thc l'FsI
hill vas favurably reported some days
! ago b. tho house committee on county
! district and municipal corporations ana
| is now on tho house calendar lor S'c-
ond reading The Greater wheeling
I measure has not been reported out or
| Committc" rs yrt.
Richards Bill Passed.
House Bill no. li3. introduced by Del
, cgatr Richards. relating I" mortgages
and deeds OF trust, was passed by Il vote
! Of IS Ia to-day and is now ready Tor
consideration in the 1S"nat"
4 hili Offered as IL aubstitute bill for
House Bill No. IS. introduced by Dclc-
! gate Weiss, relating In protection or
! tho puhli, on street cars. was laN"r'in'E
! reported b. the comm't!"" on railroadS'
| one Of the measures rejected by 'hc
! house to-day was liill no. III. miro
! duccd hy delegate li'chards' rrIa''hE lo
worthless CHECKS.
uough's Police Bill.
Tho feature bill Of the session in ;he
senate waS introduced by Senator
Ilnuch. prrviirnE for the creation "f a
! state conS,ahri a.? 10 h" known II" &C
| "Icparlmrnt of state police.
! Tho measure. which is in line with
! recommendations mad" hy Governor
. Guruwcll in his mc&SaE" I" the lrE's:a-
iurc, is declared by the patron "a be
: greatly needed AT tho present timc 10
I RESTRAIN those who arc SOWING seeds o'
! discomfort.
We are up against 4 dangerous Is
! sue" Senator liouEh said. and wa
I might as we'll meet it now ana PROVIDE
| state TrulcCiion.
The hiii is drafted after laws existing
| in New York and Pennsylvania. ana NJ
4, said that tn" mraSur" Viii draw the
! best blood O: tho land many men wh"
/ have returned from service in France.
! Two mrInhcrs Of Il wCli organized ana
! colipncd state ConStahulary II" dcclaT-
! cj. viii be worth n whole city police de-
! partmcnt.
! F!v,. states. Senator I"uch pointed
; ont maintain state police departments,
! ,h,v being Connecticut New York. Gcor-
,,ja Delaware and Pennsylvania. An APP
+ rrrDriaiiun Of 100000 is provided In
! thc measure and Senator HUuCh said
; that il will require SG500N alone TO or
! raniZc aid pny salaries for the first
wear. not including equipment for the
! members.
boxing Bill Knocked Out.
SENATE. Iiil, No. So. Introduced by
! Senator -Bloci. providing for the crrn-
. iinn ~! 4 state athletic commission and
| lrulI;2ivg buNing in W"st Virginia, waH
: adversely reported to-day by the judi
/ ri.rv committee. II IL apparent thar
/ tho l.,Eisluinrs, or nj least members -;
! tn" judiciary COMMITTEES. arr not In
| favcr 81 l"ralIzinG IN" "maEly art. M
/ j, was declared hy Chairman Sanders.
! nf tie committee, that but little dis
.cussIun was held on the measure ana
that tho r"J"ctiuu was unanimous.
! The bill relating To county courts. IN
! trod,Irr,. by Senator llcuEh. was also
/ adversely reported hT IN" committee.
! Scnator Stewards bill. No. iGl, pro-
! vidlng for til" establishment and main
! tcnanrc Of tho Marion county law MIRA
ry. Was reported with the rcc"TnmHhda-
/ tiOn that il do pass
niscussion or l"sislati"n relating I"
dogs consumed virtually all OF the at-
! tcrnonn session in tho hous" and al
! 1ourn,nrnt was taken before the Wheel
, ing. Rrnwnod McMcchcn and Morgan
! town charter bills wcr" reached. THESE
! bills have been on thr calendar for
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