The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-18

! Bryant. Thurman. Caben Coles. Cooke
| craig. Digs. Dorton. Einsign,, fion-
/ burnc. Foster. Cose. Graves, haie, ~
/ nah. Harris. Hatcher, Keeaee. tT,l.r
Lewis. Matthews. May. Mccain, Mili'.'
/ OF kappahanuOck. Miller ~ run 5 49,
1 Newherne. Parks, Pierce. fil1rtggi .'',,..,ck
/ oll. 81 Brunswick. Powell OF W. W.
4 RamAo. Rinchart. Rodgers. Sauru,!ss' -
. GER. Smith. of Northampton, Shl,n u, "a
Spoisylvania' Stokes' ss.iIfenee''v y InIi
; land. Iurpin. Walker. Willard Nili"ii7'
Of Giles: Williams. Of Iuncnbgrsi WIN
! st0u. Zirkle, Speaker kyan-''.
THE ANTI-GAMBLING BILL.
As soon as House bin No. i9, better
/ known as the Maupin anti-samphns Dill
| was reached. the discussion became Ia,.-
/ or Interesting Mr.. Pitcher OF fan4,l'i
/ moved al once 10 recomnlt tne ulH. J."
/ order TO give some gentlemen from " W.
/ rlous parts Of the state an opp'i '"'''''
| 10 DE heard ,.t.
( tee on Counties. cities. and Towns. o.
/ ifcic1 10 the motion by saying th3l wy
/ bin had been given "a fun hearing DeloI'
| ga that each member Of the Rouse hau
I already fully made up his NINA us ~
/ how he would vote on the slulet'. ~
the bin was TO go 10 committee o,.s
more. It should be sent TO some '''''
Mr. Hathaway. OF Lancaster, sueglos,,e.d
! that the committee Doe sent 20 .uc -
/ WittCo on Propositions ana Gro. 49,,
| The impression had prevailed tnai Mh'H
the Maupin bin and the Eeldy So-days
hlu were Introduced. they We s,.'
% The Committee for Courts or Jlstl.t
and he knew of three members OF Wy
/ body who had pledged themselves 10 li'.-
fy certain gentlemen 10y teicb ioph VIZ.
the bills would be taken UP ny tllot
/ committee. so that ttey could DC present
/ on nut occasion Tho next thing tnts
members heard about the DIS was lhol
they had been reported TO the houe.,
! and their friends would. of course 20"
| fr.f had acted HAN InIiil.
/ Mr. Maupin. Of Henrico. obJected 10 n
| rfcOwmltting of his Dill WIN ll,,ts'~
/ thought meant nothing else than klilh|
TIE measure 10y delay. He hoped tnai .nc
House would act at once, either one way
Mr. BRYANT OF This city. said DE knew
some Of the parties who desired 10 pc
heard ON the bin. and they were eeniie-
mon of high character, and 10 was no
more than right 90 give them TINS oppoI-
fie felt convinced that the rccommittns
OF the bin would not cndauger the meas
ure in the east c... ,,.,o
Mr. Digs said This vas me l,lsl ,fo l'',.
since he was a member OBI inc ig1e7
/ that IL WAS minated thdf oNi-iit P.
( should make the laws. The iau9lh I.i
had been passed hy from gay I'D "'i
bad neon renorted This showed evident
/ ly that the only object WIS to ,lr'a9 '.'
bin The pulse of the Rouse ian Nf,m
/ sounded and 10 was i'm favor OF Iasali .b
/ fre measure. and now an effort "a. ihaue
to lin the BIN in the committee, but
he hoped Chat the bin would not Doe sent
WIN. alr Digs was speaking Gov
e-nor o'Ferrau entered the House. and
/ remained there during the IeihaiiN'i 'i
/ the session as am Interested listener
sir CaheN. OF this city, thought tNHt
| ff the bills We're to be sent To any CONF
mittee. they should 20 back 10 ne CON-
/ rrittoe ON Counties. Cities and Io"AH.
Messrs Maupin and Redoy. The cham
! Mons Of the two elements represented lA
( their bills. were both mcmhefS OFT litl
| committee and that body had alteeq!
heard "a great deal OF testimony on 'h'
Nr Taliaferro. Of Orange. asked that
/ the bin be sent 90 some oihef comm tct
T / Tor the Committee on Counties, cues
rTG Towns. which had previously con-
- | sidored the two measures, lad itDui Dr. '
/ one of them fayoraHly and me oiuti 't
o vorsely. 10 had, therefore, done liIeli
| cally nothing for the comm nlll' lSI ~
+ / hT0 Given no hill The mcMuei1 OF iht
. General Assembly were lcei-'atins FOR
larae Interest in this State-the farmers
ana they therefore ha1 $40 HsAt 10 .. .si
p bin through merely from CONSCIENTIOUS
. / scruples OF otherwise. ne protested
against the rushing through o4 ans
measure.
OPPOSED TO RECOMMi rTING.
, air willard. of FairfaX. stated that
3D. I those whl w.rc present al the r,reliha
of the committee when these measure
were considered had ample oppoIiumt .
! | TO lo heard ON the subject ne ti"reh
q ro was Inc only one whose speech Wa'
g ! shut Off but hp was perfectly SATISFIED
, lu his opinion the gentleman IRON Clahs'
- had done the committee q siltht pr !1S
v / bv saving that 10 had done nothing
p had heard the advocates OF uolh meas
A urss and IT did not believe inc commit
tee could have taken any olNtI .-l.oli
1, for II was NOT instructed TO recofnnen.
"a measure OF its own on which tht iiour'
. could act. 10 seemed 10 him mat am-h'