The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-21
FtUhting Richards Bill.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Jan. Gothic
first bill INT reduced in IN" house OF
| dcl.ra,"s ;hi> session. the Anderson
bill. providing FOR doubling the maxi
bum fees that may b" paid cnmInis-
Sioucrs "f courts and commissioners
"f accounts. Wa passed by that body
. THIS morning 10y n vote of - IN 20.
, TIL" rate Of pay Tor such COMMISSION
| ,rS provided in III" bill IL $l.5r IN hour.
Nunther feature. OF the session was
tn" fight made against IN" Richards
hln. whirh proposes the repeal Of IN"
double election boards law, which re-
suited in II reconsideration Of the vote
If tn" house by which the bill. on last
!. Friday. was advanced from second t"
i~thi.d reading. aud ua return /" tn"
, calendar for consideration on second
| reading.
This action WIS taken 10 give the
houS.. the opportunity If amending the
hill by offering n substitute measure
amending, but not repeating. til" prc"-
cnt law Sentiment on the merits OF
the double election board system was
freely expressed by Il number of the
members.
Tire" principal faults of the system
we're emphasized. Ono OF thcS" was
that il was found almost impossible In
some places to ScCGrS enough officers
To man the boards TO this the reply
was made that conditions nj the time
OF holding lhe las, election wcro aD-
normal and probably never would De
repeated. Drlrrat: Rankin. nf Jackson
expressed the belief that within two
years IT would hc an easy matter 90
&c, Ill the m"n necessary 10 do any
thing.
Another faul, found with the system
was tina, il opened new avenues 1"
frauds IN the results Of tbs voting Do
coming known 20 the party work"rs
outside the polls. To this it Was r"-
plied that wha; is needed is To amend
he law to provide punishment for such
practices. not IL repeal it.
The third rault found was that ~"
system did not operate To fulfill its main
purpose the facilitating OF the court
And % this. members Of Il number 81
counties ravc positive instances where
,hn results nf The election w"rr known
several hours In advance Of the time or
completing the county in former cleo
tons.
Among the advocates Of the appeal
bill were Richards, Of Ohio: Moore, Of
Marskall McClintic. Of kanawha: while
those opposing included Neal. Of Cabell:
Thomas Of NfInEo: Hall. nt W"tzei:
Rankin. of Jackson. and Cuppct;. o.,
Tucker.
Tho house this morning completed i.s
calendar OF bills on third reading. pass
ing three other measures. They were
tho WysonE bill. providing for the con-
structson OF Il grade and hiSb school
building al Montgomery. Fay"ttN coun-
~: thc Anderson bill. providing for IN
incrras" in tn" salary Of tn" crimiu"l
court judge Of Mcdowell county to A.-
500 and changing tho terms Of the
court: and the Richards bill. relating
70 tho records Of courts.
The house this afternoon took up it's
calendar Of fourteen bills on second
reading and 1--WE bills on first reading.
In tho forenoon it adopted tho Hall res
olution, directing tho judiciary commit
toe to investigate III" rr0pri"ty or re.
wishing the code of West Virginia.
Tho Hays resolution directing tho sec
rotary Of state 70 supply tho members
of tho house with knives and fountain
pens went over ono day in tho absence
Of Delegate Harris.
On motion nf Chairman Moor" Of tho
judicinl committee tn" vote Of III" house
on last Friday ny which tho Taylor bill.
relating 10 the Authorization OF road
bond issue in Curry district Putnam
county. was reject Cd. WAS rnConsihcr"d
md tho hill was r"committed to III" ju-
dietary committee