The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-13
LEGISLATURE IN IT'S
ORGANIZATION SESSION


message Of Governor Cornwell and re-
rules governing their procedure to the
rules committee was the sum total in
actual ACCOMPLISHMENT by the two
branches OF the West Virginia leEisla-
ture. which met at noon today IN 35th
biennial session.
With the old historic capitol In ruins.
It's skeleton. consisting Of irregular
brick walls and piles Of debris stand
ing reminsccntly and deserted within
Capitol Park, the members. as they mr.
rived. looked on In sadness and passed
hy--the senator's going into the Y. NJ.
G. 4. across the street.-The members or
the house. going into the Baptist temple
n Washington and Capitol streets
Within a stones throw of all OF this
could be seen workmrn tearing UP the
ground for long. double cross shaped
structure to be completed within eight
weeks and TO be known. until other
provisions arc made. as the capitol Of
West Virginia.
Little inconvenience.
Little Inconvenience was experienced
by the lawmakers in their new quarters.
Some rcmodclinE had been done. and
each member was provided with an inn
proviscd desk and ample room TO trans
act business while the houscs arc in
session. The Sunday school rooms or
the Temple are 10 he utilized rs COM
mittee rooms and. IN the Y. NJ. c. A.
club and class dooms will be SO utilized.
Tonight, taxation had taken the lead
n the discussion among the legislators
as the problem which will got most at
tcntlon at this and the second part or
the session which IS 10 convene on
March Is.
No bills were introduced during the
brief meetings today. although the
speaker of tho house and president Of
the senate announced that the lcglsla-
ture was open for business and il was
IN order for members to introduce
measures None will be introduced be-
fore Monday, II is believed ny leaders.
who say II will that time before tho
rules committees have reported mud the
necessary parliamentary procedure
adopted
In both houses, the nomination n
10 the Republican caucuSes Tuesday
night were overwhelmingly elected.
The Officers.
The officers of the house OF delegates
as elected today arc as follows:
Ddwin NJ Kcariey. of Charleston.
speaker: Stanley +. Hodges. of Pcndlc-
ton county. clerk; W. II. G. Curtis, OF
Wheeling. scrgca mt -at-arms. and Walter
NJ Morris, OF Harrison county. door
keeper
The officers of. the Senate are: Cohen
c. Arnold. Of Eurkhannon. president;
John r. Harris. lArkersburg, reelected
clerk: Jack Smith. Huntington. sergeant
alarms. and James L. Stewart, Mounds
VILE. doorEeeper.
Both houses adjourned carly in the
afternoon. until tomorrow. the Senate
setting it's hour for rcconveninG at ~
o'clock in the morning and the House at
. o'clock in the afternoon.
Little business Is expected to be
transacted in either Of the two bodies
tomorrow.
Speaker Keatlcy said just as the
house adjourned that lie might have
the personnel OF the rules committee
ready to announce at tomorruw's ses-
SION. In the senate. President Arnold
named the rules committee TO consist
of himself as eX-offtCio chairman; Sen
ators {. c. Coalter, Hinton: Edgar Stew
art. Morgantown; GcorE" l.. White.
Weston. and L. II. Morton. Webster
Springs.
Conferences Are On
Two hours after the Legislature had
adjourned its first days session late
this afternoon, leaders In both branches
were comforting with Speaker keatley
and Chairman Arnold on the appoint
ment Of committees. These conferences
will continue the rest Of the week. as
both houses are expected 10 adjourn to-
morrow's session until Monday.
An absorbing interest was growing
even more intense tonight over the
probable selections Of committeeman
and when il became known that these
selections would not be made known un-
til Monday. aspirants at once settled
down into a steady pull in the effort TO
land coveted places.
The attaches Of the two houses. to
be selected 10y tho presiding officers anu
clerks. will he named along with Inc
II WAS said tonight. Inc
senate Republicans settled th!S question
partially last night, however. when they
named an assistant scrEcant-at-arms
and assistant doorkccper in their cau-
Gus. AS there was no objection raised
today on this enlargement Of caucus
custom. the two appointivc officers Will
serve without delay.
There will he at least five hundred
bills introduced. it was declared tonight.
MANY of them now are ready for the
homer. more are in the CourS" of prep
ara,ioa and scores of others are in en-
hryo or occupy the suH-c"nSri"u$ minds
q: the law makers.
The vanguard OF IL" latter is expect
Cd 10 appcar early next week. for the
soIonS today were turning the calcium
on Governor CoCnwrlfS message. me
advice on emergency irEiStA-
;.un has priority. as his rcc"mm'Ada-
lions must be acted upon first under
,he state constitution.