Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-18
NEWS OF RICHMOND
One Newport News Bill I'm.
animonsIy Passed.
TRADING STAMP MEASURE
A''efa i''s:lp Debate it Was Recommi.rea.
Delegate Saunders Champions sh.
feddy Bill. Other Pro-
ceedings.
AIDING STAMP. IN EASURE.
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| s1 nSf1MS1NiD, VA. Jan. 1.-THE Hos,s.,,
| ooas naS been Considering the hill -.
troduced by MIR. Murphy, OF thas il ls, ats-
70 suppress THE trading Stan,n r,,n,a, ~ =
aifu lfadVils Checks. The bill Ma q -
reiied to the Con1Infttee ON Banks ss,,,.Is
In, 10 a nd AFTER
elles ma tier discussed sayerat 40
coniinettee reported the in wT;;h 49,
frdsation that Iii 6t, r,f mo 80 .
an. .iis they also reported a subs,ttt s
mucn provides 'unat herea tterS,it Sli.3iS
nnm,sa lawful for amy trading stamp
eSiipaifs. trading check company & ar
any other similar enterprise 10 'entsr
| llh>o amy exclusive contracts Win :, nv
merchant, but they shall supnly q M
i,tis ali merchants with stic,h Stamps.
uOn. lO' slppllSSas--s5
me debate assumed several ryhasaz
a.ru from NJ. time to time was accorded .
very Wide range $500 - -
IN Mr. :, James Lewis Anderson of this
lily offered a resolution recomu1iIttinr
I.e oill TO the Committee on Courts Of
iuSace, With instructions TO report a z
olil winch Wpuld most effectlally DIS
pose of the trading stamps So
Ems resolution provoked sarl,It,, . !. ,sg,e,
y discussion and ON "a viva w.. s,.,s,...$S
enc motion to recomrllt was 1lecIan.ar; =
arried and "a demand for a ron cali
showed the result to be As to 49, and the
oilu was ivC0CnIllitt ed 1l3Sis1-s9
House bill $50, introduced by Mr. w
=. ftecdy, of this city. to fix and rag.
u!ate the Inability of employers ITO ms Ii.
compensation for personal injuries s1,fs5s
'ersa py employees in their services, :. y
-Hr. Teddy was recognized and I,latie
St.cHS speech in favor of the bIli.
MIR Willard. of Fairfax, moved thar I
IN view OF the Importance of the Bill
slla the small attendance. that the
>.neasure De passed by. This was OPP
poseu by Aiir. Saunders and wxas xit-l,
feated. - - 80 999
UNIT. Saunders then took the floor and
MADE one of the strongest arguments
ever heard in the House. He ansted
from the message of Governor MciSfI,
ney in reference to the 1,1e4a sure FtTaja&
speech was arsumentative from the \
beginning.
Mr.. Winborne: Twill the gentlemen
i rel Y re 70 q case i'm which the Supreme
could not recover DANA GEES p, ri
Mf. saunders: Il refer the gentleman
- 1ae case OF White VS.. the Newport x
News Sh :pbuildins and Dry Dock Com
isany also refer him to the hate case
pf Hnuchens vs.. the Norfolk e Waat-s
ei>n railroad. and to q Thousand y1ifrlaTa
cglaeS. = ssss9i
The railway unions had asKeu Iyr III e
ISasSasge of the bill.
Mr.. Saunders was interrupted several
tdnaes. and on each occasion the reply
10 the questions thrust at him served TO
bring out strong point lin THE argument
he was making in raVor of the meas
TIRE.
The bill was still under consideration
when the House adjourned.
The following telegram was read I'm
the House and Senate to-day:
Resolved. That ave. a committee Of
the Tidewater Beet Sugar Association
| Of Virginia. assembled in the CITY OF
Newport News, in the interest of the
beet sugaE industry, endorse the Flood
5ill. and that the resolution be tele-s
Eraphed 20 the speaker of the House
and the president of the Senate
House bill to authorize the Common
council of 1.-THE city of Newport News to E
ause to be issued lin name of the said
city Certificates of debt or bonds in
adiitiasn to those authorized by section
10! OF an set emit tied 'an act to moor
:rora!te the city of Newport News. in
the county of Warwick, and to provide
Charter therefor, )" approved January
16, 1896. cr any amendment thereto
now existing or hereafter enacted, a..d
in addition to the present tndebt edness
of the city. came up on tts passage i'm
he House to-day and was passed unan-8
nrouSly.
- RICHMOND IN BRIEF
Rev. Preston Mash, who has suffered
5or O. week with "a severe cold, while In
greaS pain On Saturday afternoon sa.ta,
| rated a. lhandKer. ai,tef with chIaroforna
and began Initiating the "a per. He soon
! became unconscious and but sss- the
timely intervention of 3. member o. 49,;
| family. who heard his steFtorsous
hrea thing and removed the cause, he
might have inhaled enough of the chic
9oh"rm TO have caused his death. Mr..
Nash was entirely recovered on Sunday
ana filled all his appointments, looking
none the worse eof an experiment. that
| he will NOT repeat.
The Hundley-Cussons case will be
| allied TN the Police. Court tomorrow
morning al 30 O'clock 5s5z
Captain M. b. Rowe, of Fredsrdcks-
| burg. has declined the appointment as
| a member of the Governors STAFF
Governor Tyler has appointed AFR e..
Dorsey Cole. Of fredericksburg. to sue
coed Captain Rowe.
| McCUNE BILL. KILLED
The Senate committee on public insti-y
tuticns tonight dscided' ttssSa report adj
vers.lv the McCune an srting bill.
The House committee on ESurts of jus:
tee decided to report adversely the
Saunders bill requirinsi,s3 railways to
1 fepce Sha,