The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-12
ELECTION BILL FIGHT
Began In the Senate Yesterday Morning
But II Did Not Last Very Long.
BLARD sTIRs UP A LITTLE BREEZE.
TAX CIV Chairman PiIchcr, OF tho Roads
and Internal Navigation Commit.
tee, To Task for flis Dilatory the.
ties On the Sunday Inv Bili-The
Silver Question TO Como Up.

Richmond. Va. Feb. l1.-(special)-
Senator Maynard offered a bill to-day to
amend the charter of the city OF Ports
mouth In relation to the terms of the
members Of the City Council.
an effort was made by Senator Snead
to have the Senate recommlt the bill
In relation to the salary OF the Police
Justice of Norfolk. The vote resulted
10 to 16 against him.
Senator Stubs presented petition
from Eork-river oystcrnlen asking that
they be allowed to take planted oysters
by any method they may select.
A hill wac introduced by Senator "
kin to amend the Code In relation TO
delinquent lands.
The fight over the election bills opened
up III the Senate to-day but II did not
last very long. Senate Hays measure
came up as the special order at u,
m AT that time the Chamber was
packed with people. Many delegates
came fr5m tie other side MIR Hay
first took The floor ana asked that
y. IN. next Wednesday be fixed as the
time for taking he N;.tc on his measure
lie said he understood that tile Senators
were now beginning to realize the I'M
pGrtance OF agreeing upon some mea-
sure and he wanted TO give time for
conferences, but he desreu also to get
whatever bill is pas :ed to the House
III time for that body to act upon IL.
Fir. Hay criticised the COMMITTEES On
Privileges and Elections To,. being 50
SLOW III reference to mniting Il final re-
port as to the changes in the ,.lcction
laws. a subject which he declared was
ny tar the most Important one now
enGasinS the attention of the nc pie of
NifSinla Warming up to his subject
Mf. nay SAID the voters Of Virginia are
OVERWHELMINGLY in favor OF II now law
me Senator accepted Mr.. Tredwa..'s
amendment To name Thursday. the 10Th
as the time for voting, ana his rasnIu-
non was agreed TO. SoGHt as Little ANA
Flood defended thr Committee on pri
Nllrses and Elections from the chornn
o, trying To smother election bills. Mir
io.ham offered his bill n; a substitute
Tor Mr. Hays anu thu further consiue-
ration OF this subject was postpnrra
uhtii to-morrCw, when the debate will
open III earnest. The truth is Mr. HAY
ana ms followers now appear to be In
the majority, ana the Walton law M
Nocales are said 10 he considering The
eNpediency of making important csnces.
sions. There is low some nrosnnc, ot
an carly Democratic conference Sa,o
Tors Hay, Wickham, Mason. Withnrc
ana Iredway are expected To Ia tbn
ieauers IN the fight for election reforms
me House of Delegates had a big fight
.o.uhs over me Dill To prohibit cities and
~" rs from imposing tax or penalty
On market carts for selling their own
farm or domestic products unon no
streets. Mcssrs. Cooke Foster C,bos
- hahd ana HARDWOOD opposed it, while
Nv. NV, measure was advocated by Messrs.
e e.,, Winston and Diggs. MIR.
Sauilarrs opposed the bill ana in doing
so said to pass 1t the House would Ma 90
itself In n ridiculous position ro,, ,bo
Town or City Councils could mass ordi-
iiahccs 10 prevent sales being made from,
the carts while on the street II y.,e :,
measure that, while not so Intended
would protect huckSters and force ira
cCuhtrvmen 10 sell to them IN their c,N.n
Inns me OH. by close vote, was or
uered TO It's engrossment MIR. Bland of
portsmouth, led the opposition feht ana
he oid II we'll His speech was capItal
one. N"i''"'
ihe committee investigating the Deaf
DUMP and Blind Institute left this of.
tcrnoon for Stanton. Ii is thourbt
that the body will be in session ,hara
several days. The developments nj.
ready made have been so startIinr !,
was difficult to believe that MANY or
them We're true. II is said that iha in.
Slitutc people claim that they viii no
able TO clear themselves. Sbould tba,.
succeed il would be a most remorl,nh,,
result The truth is, the committee is
going to find it mighty dit,jcuItv IL
whitewash the institution if any mon
Der has Il desire to do so. MANY nno,IIo
predict that the report will recommend
the removal of Principal Doyle and some
of the teachers.
1t is more than likely that the silvor
question VIII come up in the IJousa ia
morrow or next day. The Committee on
Federal Relations having tabled indn-
hniicly MIR. Stovalfs resolution and !,
local paper setting up the claim tbot
the majority are for q single standard
mas stirred up the free coinage men
Now there is talk of introducing
resolution by which the sense of the
body can be obtained. There is M
doubt of the fact that fully three-fourtha
OF the Delegates are silver men.
The elevation of Major Baker r Loo
70 the bench of the County Court of
Elizabeth City and Warwick was quite
an event In the Legislature to-day. Mr.
Barnes (Dem) nominated him in the
Senate and Messrs. Flanagan CRnnS
and lie Cato Dcm) seconded Mr. ~
u. Powell O)em.) made the NOMINATING
speech In the House and sccondinc re-
marks were made by Messrs. Harwooo
Dem). Carter (RepD. Major Lee re-
ceived every vote. When he entered the