The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-19
, REAL KINDERGARTEN.
,ouxE EyHxU,1S ms 0RAT0Rr
ON THE FREE-rASs BILL
MEASURE Is Defeated by Large MA
,orIt,-Hops that Business hs'e"''''
viu lie More speedily Transacted

.,- Of kn-saints Episcopal church
,e,rcd prayer.
-. willard. Of Fairfax. offered joint
,.,,oo calling for the execution Of
,,nt order calling for the election oil
.v pdees In the Eleventh judicial
,.,-,ct a corporation Judge in AieNan-
81. and n county judge for Augusta
80, at l u. NJ. The resolution was
,erscd 20.
motion OF Mr. Saunders, the Joint
Luton was taken up ont OF its order.
.t,b was agreed to during the last ses-
~ the General Assembly and which
..,iscs for an amendment Of the Con-
l..,tion in regard 10 the mode OF trial
d, ,spiial or criminal prosecutions. The
.soiution was ordered 10 its third read
hg =. 49,. ,.,.,,
Inc of free passes on railroads, was
aiken up. Mr.. Campbell. Of Amherst its
,.,fron. being present. Coloacl Gibson
- Cpipcper. offered an amendment pro-
,.l.ng that the provision be cut out when
events the payment of mileage To
/ s4res lie also gave notice that nc
,ald afterwards offer an amendment
making the provision Of the bill only APP
.urablc 10 future Legislatures.
rbe amendment in regard to the mile
ace Of Judges was adopted.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Nen. OF
Shenandoah. was then considered. which
flows railroads 10 issue free passes TO
st,te officers. Judges. and members OF
ne General Assembly
Mr. Digs. of King William. offered as
an amendment that the act shall 80
into effect on December J, 1850
Colonel Gibson. OF Culpeper. made a
onc speech cndeavoring to show that
here was nothing immoral in the bill, ana
that the members Of the General Assem-
hv did in no way lower themselves in
accepting free passes.
Ju gee Elect d.
Att oclsck. the discussion on the bill
rad TO be suspended in order 70 allow
the execution Of the joint order
Mr.. Willard. Of Fairfax. in few
well chosen words. nominated Mr.. Charles
F. Nlcol. of Prince William, for the
position Of circuit judge Of the Eleventh
ildicia. district. The nomination was
seconded in eloquent language by Mr.
Harwood Of Richmond. and Mr.. Bit
ford OF Henrico Mr.. Nicol was sub
sequently elected by a unanimous vote
Sir. Bendheim. Of Alexandria, in "A neat.
brief speech. nominated Judge James
Keith Marshall Norton for another term
as Judge of the Corporation Court Of
Alexandria. who was also elected without
opposition.
Mr. Koiner, OF Augusta. nominated for
County Judge OF Augusta county, 20 I'll
the unexpired term Of the late Judge
John ". St6nt. the present incumbent,
Judge Lyman Chalkley. who received the
unanimous vote OF all present.
The elections having been disposed Of.
the free-pass bill was again taken up. and
81. IL. lA..a
Of the points made by him was that II
was fiction in politics that the members
81 the General Assembly should represent
heir cOsttuents. In order 10 do so in
'h- best manner and TO communicate
with them during the session they should
De enabled to return 10 their homes as
often as possible. and in order to do so,
they ought 10 have the use Of free passes.
Upon motion of Mr.. Mason. OF King
George, the pending question was ordered.
and the amendment offered by Mr.. Digs
was lost.
Was Voted Down.
The substitute Of Mr. Ne1 was lost by
vote Of A 10 Sc. The vote in detail was
a. follows:
Yeas-Bendheim. Blakemore. Brooking,
Brugh. Cabeil. Clark, Coleman. Cooke.
COX. Craft. Fentress. Gibson. Graves.
Harrison. Kellam. Logan. Neff. Petty, Pill
INflt fktndIuNpNt lN1dIs f'fNdlf RlfAiAff
smith, Speck. Thomas, Utz. Willard, VIII
kinson. Wilson,.
Nays--Alien. Anderson. Barham, Bin
ford. Boykin Bryant Caddall. Campbell.
trump Digs. Downing. Eanes, Edmond
son. Gregory Hall. Harris. Harrison
&C.. H. Harwood. Hathaway, Hunton,
Irvine. Jones. Koiner, Mason, Matthews,
McRae. Murrell. Newberne. Paxton. Pret-
low. Priddy. Kicks. Sanders. Saunders,
Shelley. Spilman. Stratton, Stokes, Tabb,
Thompson. Vaughan, White, Withers,
Withrow-is
Sir. Hunton. Of Fauquer. offered as an
amendment that the AttOrney-GeneTal be
excluded from the provisions Of the bill.
He explained that the Acknowledgement
would Doe greatly Inconvenience If he
should lose his mileage. and he should
Therefore be exempt The agreement was
accepted by Mr. Campbell
Mr.. Cabell offered an amendment 10 in
clude all State officers IN the provisions
Of the bin
Mr. Crump entered his most earnest
protest against the bill. and stated that
if II was passed the Legislature of Vir-
sinia would not stand as high in the eyes
" the people of the Commonwealth as
heretofore. lie knew that If he voted for
the bill he would vote a certain amount
u money in his pocket. not only for the
three months while the Legislature was
IN session, but also for the balance Of
ne two years 20 which he had been
elected
Mr. Murrell. Of Campbell. fully endorsed
what Mr.. Crump had said.
Mr. Ryan. the chairman Of the Railroad
Committee. stated that he did not rise
70 favor or oppose the bill. He only
wanted TO explain that the committee
reported the bill TO enable the members
10 vote as they believed il TO be risht.
Finally Defeated
The bin was finally defeated by a vote
Or - TO So which was as follows:
Yeas Messrs Bendhelm. Blakemore,
Brooking Bryant Byrne, Campbell. Clark,
lanes. Gibson. Harwood. Kellam. Koiner,
Matthews. Newberne Kicks. Ryan Slemp.
Speck. Stratton Thomas, Knox, Thomp-
SON and Utz-2.
Nays-Messrs. Allen. Anderson Barham
binford. Boiling. Boykin. Brugh, Cabell,
Caddall. Coleman. Cooke, Cox. Crump
Dlggs, Downing. Edmondson, Evans, Fen
iress, Graves Gregory. Hall, Harris. Car
Ter IT, Harrison. Randolph Harrison.
Hathaway. Hunton. Jones. Logan. Mason.
NcRae Murrell Neff. Paxton, Petty.
Pitcher. Pretlow. Priddy. Richardson. San
Gers. Segar. Shelley. Spilman, Stokes,
Iahh. s. A. Thompson Vaughan. White.
Willard Wilkinson. Withers WithrON,
and Mr. Speaker
The clerk announced that Mr. willard
had been placed on the Committee on
Federal Relations for Mr. Hunton. or
Fauquler. who takes his place On the
former