The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-26
ON THE EVE OF BATTLE
lhe Great Flight Against the MaupIn Anti
Gambling Act Will Begin on Monday.
BOTH SIDES PREPARING FOR THE FRAY
Enson's Delinquent Tax bill Passed
After II Determined SiruggIc-n'ort
Norfolk Electric Company Gun
Extend s.-Mnupin's po-
lice Protection BiIi for BnlI Parks.

-, Richmond, Va, Jan. 25.-(SpcciaD-
ihe HGuSe Committee on Asylums and
illscnS this afternoon spent about
l,rcS hours III hearing speeches in favor
oi the bills pending with reference TO
convict labor. There were some fifteen
representative workingmen present to
advocate the measure. Action was post
pohed until there can be u full meeting
OF the committee.
There was a big fight in The House
day over the bill to allow l. N Easou.
Oh Nortolk county, further time In which
10 collect tax tickets in his hands not
termed delinquent The measure. which
was yesterday ordered TO its cnEross-
meht, was unfavorbaly reported by the
fll.Lilce Committee ana MeSSrs. Cooke,
Willard and Saunders fought ii on the
lloor. Mr. Charles II. Bland made q
most effective appeal to the House to
PASS the a2t and Mesrs. Pitcher, Diggs
ana Lee came 10 his assistance. Major
Lee made one OF the most eloquent
speeches heard in the hall OF the House
nj this session. While the debate was I'm
progress Mr. Newbcrnc was hustlinE for
votes and he got them. for there We're
less than II dozen noes when the qucs-
tion was put.
The House passed the bills to au-
thorizc the Port Norfolk Electric Com
inny to extend its tracks, to the tax city
property leased out for pi oft, and To
ratiiy action of Councils in closing OF n
part of the so-callcd Duke street.
II is said that Senator LcCato is
being ccnSured by his constituents for
offering Il bill that is supposed To affect
the Grabbing industry TO an extent
greater than il really does. The bill
simply has reference TO taking crabs
with tongs and scrapes by non-residents.
On Monday the great fight for and
against the Maunin anu-rambling act
will bc made before the House Com
mittce on Counties, Cities and Towns
BCth sides are preparing for the final
struggle. 1t is understood that there
will be a number Of horsemen from va
riuus sections Of the State here TO ad-
vo2ate the Reddy bin as n substitute.
Mr.. Maup!n has introduced In the
House u substitute for Senator May
nard's bin looking to police protection
for baseball parks, etc. This substitute
is 4 very simple measure. 1t provides
that when uniformed police are at base
hall parks, race courses and other places
where athletic sports are held within
one mile Of the corporate limits of the
city, they shall. when asked by the
management Of the exhibition, the
county officers or special county police,
assist in making arrests. All persons
so arrested shall have a hearing before
justices of the peace of the county.
The proposed Democratic caucus to
consider the election bills is now GER
tainly off. y failure was made of the
efforts To set the necessary signatures
Senator Martin is in town. having run
down from Washington, but the object
Of his visit is not known. More than
likely he came to confer with his friends
about the election bills, subject In
whi2h he has always taken q lively in
tcrcst.
Mr.. Lewis offered n bill amending
section 3l6. OF the Code, so as to pro
vide tina the assistant Inspector general
shall receive $500 per annum, but if any
other officer shall perform all or any
of the duties hc shall receive such com
pensat!on or pro rata of the same. y
companion bill was introduced by the
same gentleman amending section 373
Of the Code by making the salary of
adjutant general 5000 per year ind pro-
VidinG that. in the discretion Of the
Governor, he may he required to perform
all of the duties required 10 be pcrform-
cd by the assistant Inspector general
\ bill was introduced in the Senate
by Mr.. Brown amending section 2S0i uc
the Code. in relation to Sunday sale of
liquor II provides that any person who
sells liquor between midnight Of Sat
llfuaN ana u. III. Monday snail he lined
not more nor less than $500, and the
license Of su'ih shall be evoked in the
discretion OF the court.
AT the meeting of the House Comit-
tee on Asylums and Prisons a rcsou-
ticn was adopted providing that the
entire committee unite with the sub
committee of the Senate to visit and eX-
anime into the conditions existing at
the pcnitentiary.
Mr.. Il. j. Barham was to-day elected
Judge OF the city Of Newport News.
The Richmond team has been about
completed and will I've as follows: Tan
nchill, Dillon, Gilpatrick and Brunn-
mer. pitchers; Raifert. catcher; Wells,
first base: Ponder. second: Berte, short:
Rrinker, third, Wood. left, Groves.
centre. and Kahn. right. Wells will
sign one more catcher. Cincinnati is
anxious to secure Tannehill and he may
he released to them. Gilpatrick is aid
to be the star Of the new pitchers Kan
sas city has been trying To get him. but
Wells declined 10 consider a PROPOSE
tion from the management The sign
ing of Pender FOR second base gives
much satisfaction To the local rootcrs.
IT developed to-day that the real cause
of the trouble between Colonel Lamb
and Mr. Edgar Allan. Chairman of the
Richmond City Republican Committe ec.
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