The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-23
ELECTION COST
UP To STATE
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CoMMITTEE
ASKS GOVERNOR TO AMEND
CALL.
County Commissioner Question RAISED
Aeain-Stand For Treaty
Reservations.

It the meeting uf tEc th:u comfy
ErpublIcan executive committee hcld
saturday evening. some momhc'S of th"
committee raised III" question a. L"
whether thu n.Ni county commissioner
.Ln,lId not como from that portion or
ohio county entirely without iha' sec
,r., now iucurI,rratrd IN Greater Wheel
NIX. In tins connection. II wa> pointed
.,.il that in recent dIS"uSsI"hs "a |"
u.3rtlrrr the Incorporation OF NarW""H'
inc home Of commissioner Mr.. II. o.
lIran. into Greater Wheeling r"hdcrS
candidate from tn" old city proper IN
cligihIr at thIS time. portion OF inc
law had been overlooked when PROVIDES
HAT one Commissioner must be resi-
dent of that portion of the county out
side Of the city of Wheeling.
ON tho other hand. it is not within the
mower Of the committee to say whether
rr NOT Mr.. RrurS or any other citizen
shall he a candidate. The decision Of
Tins question goes to tho ballot COM
,riSsiunrrs. and in case candidate
uamc - refused pl:frc on the ba Hot.
; he then has tho opportunity I" So into
cu,,rt with writ Of mandamus proceed
ing and have the court pass upon his
eli Eibility.
In this connection. Prosecuting At
,orncy ID. 4. Mckee recently rendered
al opinion to the fact that the chang
ir.. of the boundaries of the city did not
a1rr, the geographical boundaries spcci-
! fled in tho legislative act which governs
| rho territory from which commissioners
must be elected. Mr. Mckee held that
/ nasmuch as Mr.. Dean lived outside Of
i the city Of Wheeling, as that phrase was
/ EScd in the Legislative act To define the
! boundaries for commissioners, Mr.. I.
Ilal BrucS. the member of tho board
whose term expires next. WAS eligible
- reelection in case he wishes to run
+ again. Some If tho county committee
! hnwcyrr. takes the view that the COM
! missioner should come from III" terri
! tory entirely without the original city
! .,nd that taken in under the Greater
! Wheeling act.
! The committees adopted n resolution
: asking Governor C"rmwell To amend his
call for 2 special session Of the lcSiS-
lalurr to include consideration Of a
measure to provide more pay for cleo
ton officials. In response To an inquiry
from Prosecuting Attorney Mckee
State Tax Commissioner Walter 5.
, IIallanan ruled last week that election
. officials cannot he paid more than two
dollars per day for services as such
! officials and that no election official
! can h. credited for more than ono day s
work. To meet the emergency. which
makes il next to impossible IL secure
: efficient election officials for that price.
, commissioner Hailauan suggested that
| the county committees Of the two lead
; ing parties make up funds to bear the
! additional election expense. 1t would
3; cost tn" Ohio county Republican COM
miltcr about $4,000 for each the primary
and general election 70 meet this eX-
! pen.C. The committee voted not TO
| raisr such a fund. but 10 insist that tho
! state care for the election cost.
! The committee confirmed list of
! ninety-sevcn mon VITO will he recon-