The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-08
LIBERAL SHARE
70 NORFOLK SECTION
Merit Recognized in Distribution QI
ChQITnQnShipS.
COOKE At THE HEAD OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
BarkSdaIS Sees Football and Is Down on
It WOrSs Than Ever.
Proposed Reorganization of tt,e pcu-
neutrality-suspicious. Introduces !, NH
TO Protect Children rrem vice
Hiii 10 Prohibit Exorbitnnt Tnsur~
ssss@spucc Rntcs-CoI. w. u. stewart 90
Lecture on tho Life ANA Character
or Matthew L. injury.
COOKE At THE HEAD OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
Especial Dispatch to The virginlan,.

Especial Dispatch to The Virginlan)
Richmond, Va, Dec I, 1897
The Norfolk section Jared very weIl
In the committee assignments, in the
Senate ana House. Senator MAYNARD
gets uhe chairmanahip of the Committee
on Roads and Internal Navigation,
which was presided over at the last ses-
sion by Mr.. licho!s, the Lieutenant Gov
porpant committees ana as chairman OF
| 1t Mr. Maynard Will be able 10 render
valuable service to his section. He has
| assignments on other big committees,
| Senator Foster is the only new member
OF the upper branch who gets 4 chair
manship He Is made the presiding
officer of the Committee on Printing ana
is a member of the Committee on Elec-
| tions.
| NJ. Cooke is continued at the head Of
the Finance Committee, the most i'm
nortant one in the House. MIR. New
bern Is highly honored in being called
on 10 preside over the Committee on
Banks. Currency and Commerce. The
| Norfolk county delegate Is now serving.
his third term and his influence is IN
| crcasing. Mr. Bland is given the chair
manshlp of the Committee on Manuf1c-
turing and Mechanics Arts and he will
| make this one Of the most important
| bodies in the House. Mr.. Bland Is ap-
| pointed also to the committees on Pr-
| vileges and Elections. Chesapeake and
its Tributaries and Officers and Offices
at thc Capitol. For new member
| Mr.. KiZer has been handsomely pro-
vldcd for as will be seen by reading the
| list of committees.
| The Senate was in session for only ten
minutes to-day and practically no work
was done. This body, as did also the
| House, accepted an Invitation to attend
the meeting at Lee Camp Hall Friday
night, when Col. w. Fl. Stewart. of
| Port5mouths. will deliver an address on
| the life and character of Mathew T.
Maury Aflcr the Senate had adjourn
ed the Democratic members Of that body
met In caucus and agree upon the COM
mttee assignments.
Senator StubbS is preparing Il bill
| looking 10 the reorganization of the pen
| itcntiary. His measure will provide for
| a board of seven directors. who. at the
| end of the term. to which Major Helms
| has just been elected, will choose the
| supcrin, cndent and all other officers
| The bill will confer upon the board many
! of the duties now belonging to the su-
! rcrhitendcnt. Mr.. Stubs thinks the ofli-
| ccs at the pcniteniiury should he re-
| moved from politics. ana he finds that
! there are many members who agree
| with him.
Senator iiarksdale. who is leading
| the fight on football, witnessed q game
OF rhc spoi: yesterday, and the result is
| that he Is more than ever determined
| 10 try to have football prohibited in this
| state. The Senator has letters from
numerous persons endorsing the stand
| ne has taken. y lady in Richmond
has written Mr.. Barkcdale, asking that
he come to see her invalid son who was
injured more than a year ago .playing
football, and who will never he able to
| perform any work.
The Senate committees are as fol-
fows:
Privileges and observation-disclosures
fHood Fairfax, Maynard, Turnbull.
jackson. Barnes. Hartley. Foster. Parr
Courts of Justice-Messrs. McIlwaine
Sands, Flood, Mushbach, Boykin
Mason, Jackson, Turnbull, WMhcrs, Egg
gleston, Blakey, Opic and Flanagan.
General Laws-Messrs. Sands. Mush
bach, Barnes, Lowry, Kane. Flood
Rarksdale. Massie, Letchcr Steele and
James.
Roads and Internal Navigation
Messrs Maynard Wickham, Nell
waire, ST. Clair, southal. Mason.
Kane. Boykin, Jeffries Munford Mas.
sic. Steele. Foster and Hale.
FINANCE and BankS-Mcssrs. Fair.
fax, Wickhani. KeeZell, Morris. Rarnes
Sands. Lowry. Jeffries, Munford, Er.
Sleston, Hartley I.etcher and McCune.
Public Institutions and Education-
Messrs. Morris, Southall. Barnes, lie
Cato. Icezell. Kane. Clement. Lowry,
Withers. Egglcston. Barksdalc, Rlakcv
James. Op!e and Tate.
q County, City ard Town Organization
-Messrs. Mushbach, Maynard, Glen.
ent, Jackson, Turnbull, Lctchcr, OpIe
Tate. Wallace and Parr.
Agriculture. Mining and Manuractur
ing-Mcssrs. st. Clair, Southall, Fair
fax. lie Cato, Clement. Steele, Tate.
James and Flanagan.
Fish and Game-Messrs. lie Cato,
Norris Zeczell. st. Clair. Boykin,