Evening star., 1923-06-11
BUDGET DEADLOCK
COSTLY TO WEST VA.
Officials Face Difficulty Of
Paying Expenses Of Contin-
ued Legislative Action.
snecisi pispatch to The Star.

snecisa Dispatch to The Star.
cIIARLESTON, w. Va. June IL
As the West Virginia legislature con-
tinues in action the question OF
whether the beginning OF the ne"
fiscal year. July. l. will find the state
in a position to finance the continued
operation of its government is star
ing officials in the face.
Each appearance Of hopeful signs
that the budget bill deadlock De-
tween the democratic house anu 'ne
republican senate was ABOUT 10 uo
AZ events that seemed only to tlshtsn
the impasse. The beginning OF M the
sixth week OF the deadlock mas tne a
democrats apparently as ni,s ill., 400
10 ohtain their demands or tie up me
speratton Of the government py
holding approval from an app sh;Tt
ton bill There has been sonIe r,ian
ing OF position. but the SeneIa a.
~ hattIe has remained unchanged.
Although there were Sone as &c.
- trahelIion in the house OF delesat'
this week. sufficient force in,nres-
.;,ss .Hs ~ ~ took the form chietiy
through omen and private crltlc,sn
bw insivid,,al democrats OF tne pu, =,
noses and motives they pro- 80 ma.
zee in the dl1atorE tdStiN
jority IN the lower oranch'
rSre.t OF Court Action.
rr.;,,,ra a, the attempt to reileSe
49, s,tmation through recourse 10 .h tEe
.mnrame court in a suit 10 lest eoo
onerstion of the salary act OF oisriy hopI,
which has h1sGme SfnG rut 50 act" that il
was thus referred to by aemT nonse
.nsskers on the floor OF tne man
tprew the matter back enilreS % tpre
the two houses OF the lesis lesisa+ The
Foreseeing the possip5Iaia psS 5aciare inoper-
,iva statute which the les!ss 60
s,.h;cb enacted it subsequepti. 6y,
nored and which had peen - at had
every legislature authorizations S,r bill,
rhs democratic majority or tne .,n nOI hv
aodad TO scotch their posltlun.
tntroducinr and passing nt of
aimed at attaining tne if. e nrogram.
tne enen on and implied criticism OF the ,he
Orsne court for it's decision III 49,
Ssst s,,it became so nouceaplI Gan
DeleCate Charles L. Estop ot rise
county mo ~ that tribunal He re-
,;ndad his fellow democratic Ileir,
hers that Judge William n. .Hen'nf of
mis-, the only democratic - mTn.o thn opin-
the tribunal, concurreu III INC
ion. which was unanimous. hou,ad
with upraised fist. that Biii No. Iif
mis- is a better democrat tndn .t "" nf
you" z;armap reso-
lution tieing the hands OF the nous
conferees on the budget oili u inch
frcn the democratic caucus program
without first reporting BACK 20 une
house and receiving Iresh ms ~,
tions grew spirited and at times da- isa
feat: OF the measure after MaJorlty
Leader 7. S. Zimmerman IN an hI,
passioned appeal had called OF hajr aI-
loyal democrats to stand by thel,
runs. Minority Leader Everette +.
Moore charged that the speaker,
W. z. r. Byrns. sponsor ana leauei
Of the movement to make the apPro
priation bill adhere to the PROVISIONS
Of the king Tut statute" had been
participant in a violation of that
law whom. as an assistant clerk OF
,ensation in addition and above that
provided for in the act OF 1882.
Speaker Byrns' Views.
Speaker Byrns pleaded guilty TO
the charge preferred by the delegate
from Marshall on the. latters as
surance that 1t was a fact. his own
memory not being very clear on the
matter. he said. He made attempt
TO excuse himself and said he was
willing to accept his punishment.
In referring TO the supreme court
decision in the test, and what he in
terpreted as signs that some demo-
Gratis who had stood with him were
ready to shift position. he declared:
'I wouldn't give two whoops in
Hades for the democrat who will run
now"
He recited alleged violations of law
by departmental heads in their han
ding Of lump sum appropriations
which method the Senate has pro-
posed to follow in keeping with long
custom. Reading from the tax COM
missioner's report. he called attention
10 items of Traditional salary" which.
he said. had been passed out as
bonuses by the state auditor to
clerks from the uneXpended balance
on hand. He referred to the fire in
surance. department., operated in con-
nection with the auditors Office. and
which is supported, he explained. by
assessments made upon fire insurance
companies. If a balance remains on
hand in this fund a the end of the
year after necessary expenses have
been met he said. u is supposed to be
carried forward, and the levies on in
surance companies correspondingly
decreased the following year. Again
reading from the tax commissioners
report he cited items aggregating
$1,000 paid out from this fund to
clerks In the auditors office. he said,
ss BONUSES" Other alleged evils of
the lump sum appropriation method
also were held up by the speaker in
his arraisnment Of what he character
tied as republican wastefulness and
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