The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-17
RATIONAL PLAN
FOR REGISTRATION
Legislature Is Beginning
To Get Down To Real
Work

by ASSOClRIeQ STBSbsl
CHARLESTON, Sept. 17.-Both
branches of the legislature conven.
ed at ten this morning when pro-
posed legislation providing for the
registration OF women was constd'
cred by the house Of delegetas ana
the proposed amendment to the
laws pertaining to criminal trial and
the seleStion OF petit juries came W
before the senate. The Benat refer.
rcd the criminal trial bill back to
the judiciary committee and then
recessed until two o'clock.
The house after passing over SEN
ate bill number five relating to the
registration Of women voters took
house bill number five relating to
the same subject at its second read.
ing. After adopting various amend.
ments the bill was ordered to en-
grossment and the house recessed
until three o'clock.
House bill number five as
amended provides that women 9th.
erwlse Qualified to vote shall be
registered in the same manner as
men and that the county court
shall Immediately after the act goes
into effect furnish the registrars In
each voting precinct sufficient
books and blanks for the registra.
tion OF female voters which book
shall be arranged as to permit OF
the alphabetical classification OF
the names OF the voters ruled in
parallel columns on which the reg.
iStrars shall enter the number and
names OF the persons registered,
the color, age, place OF birth, time
OF residence and precinct, county
and state and IL naturalized. The
date Of. the paper and the court by
which issued, the date OF registra.
ton and the. place of residence.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 1s.-Fol.
lowing the passage In the senate of
Q. bill providing for the complete
reg attqnI of all ,;vo teri, male and
.fernle in thasstats before the No.
Xemher- elect Jon, thassane n -WaB'
sent 10 the house q OF dalaEates and
5Pals GdY1nced to- econd reading,
motion TO dtsp pense vi tth reference
to gt4e Judiciary committee carry.
ing by a vote of 52to rs.
This vote Indicates that there
will be an insufficient number OF
delegates tavoring this measure TO
give It the necessary two.thirds ma
tor!ty to make It effective from
passage, leaders IN the Legislature
state. -
ALI bills pending before the house
OF delegates will come up for Sec
ond reading at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. The Judiciary committee
OF the house reported fayorably
upon bill introduced by D. w.
Cuppett, OF Preston county, which
provides only for the registration
Of women voters. Whether this
bill will receive the necessary six
ty-three votes to make It effective
from passage and enable women to
registrar before the November cleo.
ton is considered problematical
the house tonight between advo-
Gates and opponents OF the senate
measure, Opponents were led by
Delegates George McChntic, OF Ka:
nawhA county; Moore, OF Marshall,
and Kuykenda1l, of Hampshire.
Delegate Cuppett, OF Preston
county, led the supporters.
The following are some OF the
provisions Of the senate bill; 1t In.
creaseS the pay of election Off
cials to $5 daily, It provides for
two additional election clerks In
each precinct which, according to
the May registration, contained
more than 200 voters; 1t makes the
receiving of more than IS daily by
an election official mtsdemeanor
punishable by fine Of from $25
to 500; 1t provides for the com:
plete registration of all voters,
male and female, by house to
house canvass and the copying Of
names from the registration books
used at the May primary; 1t pro-
vides for. the sitting OF registrars
for two days beginning the third
Monday In october to make cor
recuonB.
Arguments presented against the
senate bill by Delegate McClint1c OF
Kanawha county are the following:
That In the preamble 1t ts asserted
that the nineteenth amendment has
been ratified, which is yet In doubt;
that It provides for the increasing
of the salaries OF election Off ctals,
the increasing Of the number OF
election officials, and the register
ing OF men, which are not In the
governors call; that It Is a meas
ure whose provisions Will be very
expensive to carry out, and Will
cost $1,000 In Kanawha county
Both houses Of the legislature
will convene at 10 o'clock tomor'
row morning. The senate Will con.
slider the bills dealing with chang.
es In the criminal laws.
The senate confirmed the APP
potutmentg made by Governor
t2IoFnV46Il aiuGa The LAST session OF