Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-24
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
State So|ons Rushing to Fin
ish Up.
SENATORIAL PRIMARIES
Inc bili Providing for Them nafe,..a T.,
the senate. Very Little Show
for Immediate Re-
trenchment
(Speo:al to THE Daily Press, ,

th-ao-ND, VA. Feb. 23-'Nhe, lap-
| 'slaturt 'iss now graphing with ths, tar-
ger and more Important bfllss w, ~ '<I a..
disposed OF. having Cleared itss r.alssn
oars OF more THAN a hundred ner,s;,yr,
| AND relief alrd uni1nnpor,ant ,h,e-sJ hilIs
ne SENATE began its work TODAY by
se'lda1lg the Barlasdale Senatorial mi
mary bill to its doom, defeaItinsr t,t,a
pTopCSttNn by a vote of 25 to 10 .T,hx,
Reddy BILL Offered i'm this. tHnus,a with
ohe same object in view, will NOW hf,
eLlso Isl When 1T comes up on, the call
enoar The WitherS' 6ne,titutionel com
Ntn'1on bill now up as the special orr
DER Nn the Senate Will hardly pass but
Stands a better chance of enactment
now than lit did o fortnight ago There
| have besn introduced i'm both .Hn,,strs
at least a dozen joint resolu titns pro
pos ng to aImend the constitution TIl va
ihous SECTIONS ALL aiming ait economy
In the administration of the State gov
erninent. The most Important of these
m the series ofblls seeking to reorganize
THE Judiciary by the substitution of iu-
utstMtl d!IS'>liGt courts for county and
circuit courts. The fate of tressk. toanh
rsshtlu tiUnS is very doubtful, but even
1T they be ahoptted 1T will be from 4 ITO
Years before such amendments to tihs.
constitution can be ratified and made
operative.
The House committee. on atsylums and
PRISONS today reported adversely THE
Senate bill appIuplatine 800 900 for TIN.
erectiJn Nf am addition to t,.l.. pen;lten-
t.;.ry, and there VS., little doubt that the
| House Will endorse the action of it's
committee. Complicated with this bill Is
the question of leasing conNlcts to a
sugar beet scheme. and the MATTER of
@ipp!1prating $685. 600 for the purchase
of LOGO acres of land in Gouchland
county to be used as q penitentiary
farm. The passage of the last bill will
| merely have the effect of making such
| Farm purchase discretionary with the
,teIntliaIrE hfNa ri What ,ocIiti
VIII be made of the Imperative question
| of relieving the oyercrowded condition
OF the pe'nitenaary lis yet very uncer-
uatn Even If the House adopts q. plan
the Senate must Tecede from its action
| IN appropriating S100,0 for the perEiten,-
| tlal'y enlargement
| The House today, after brief discus
| sion, passed the Watkins bill prohibit
itng the bringing aind selling of futures,
or other wise dealing i'm what is krN1sWn
as futures. by declaring such tranksac-
zion gambling. The bill which aims to
abolish com mission houses, popularity
known as bucket shops. awas practically
unepp opposed 1t NOW goes to THE Senate,
where it will doubtless be opposed.
| The House was engaged i'm discussing,
! The Parker bin to prevent railroad and
other ~tra'napor:aition companies from
making unjust d.scrinin nations against
the people of Virginia i'm favor OF
| through fr-eighlts, when it adjourned
| for the afternoon recess to-day. Ihe
| bill its strenuously opposed by many
| members. who contend that tits effect
| would be to prevent competition In
rates and all special excursion rates.
| Its defeat rs assured.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Wicllham, OF
| Hanover. chairman OF the finance COM
| ,nirtee. offered bill creating "a consti-
| tut:anal commission, in lime With the
Recommendations of the Governor, the
duty of said commission being ITO i'm
| "a q nlan of cOTsytUt1l-
ttonal revision i'm the d!leculun OF econ-
my. The bill was made a special order
| for tomorrow.
| The Senate today passed a bill con-
Snlt.a's.ng the Richmond and Peters
| burg railroad companies ans the Atlan-
| tic Coast Lime of Nirginfa. This Is AL
| most iplentical with the bill Withdrawn
| IN the House yesterday because OF am
| amendment maktng the conssoiIdateu
1clad liable for county takes.
| The Senate also PASSED the phll ex-
empting newspaper publishers trom
payment of al license tax. which DILL
WAS engros,sted several days ago.
! 1t is now practically conceded that
| Mr. Montcalm Oldham will win IN the
contest for the county judgeshNp OF Ac-
comac Senator LeC,alto is out OF the
! city, but he AMID DeiegAce Matthews
will tomorrow confer and make a rec
! ommendation for the position.
There. lis Aittl doubt but that Govern
or TYLER will veto uhe bin charte ring
the town of Rcsslyn. in Alexardria
county just across the Potomac river
| from Washington. The place is the
rendezvous of Washington gaEnbl
and toughs. and the moral element CT
| th,. county are strenuously i'm opposi-
tion to the charter.
The House committee recommends
the removal of the Hnu1on statute or
| Washington from the capitol rNtunufi
| to the. new library building by reason
| of the. great danger OF INJURY to the
work of art in case of fire i'm the capEoo!.
| The statue is one of the finest pieces
| OF sculpture. portraying the great VIM
srlian ever made, If not the finest