The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-16
.OURLAN NhAkERSATN0Rk.
SeDQ|0I h0yl0Id'S Portsmouth Bills
Passed BY Informally.
HOUSE PASSES NORFOLK WATER WORKS BILL
War on Trading Stamp Business to Be
Carried Into the House.
Senator Cooke Introduces "a EflI to
Provide for Assessing stock in In.
surnnce Companies for Tnxntion-
Delegate Reddy Has n Plan for ASS
certnininE the Popular Choice ior
senntors- Governor Exercises Ex-
ecutiyc CIemcncy.
Especial Dispatch to The virginlan.,

Especial Dispatch to The Virginian)
Richmond, Va, Jan 10, 1898
The Good Roads bill Of NIr. Charles
L. Bland. OF Portsmouth, was reported
from the Committee on Prisons and
Asylums this morning with an adverse
recommendation.
Mr.. kizer's bill to provide a bureau
OF labor statistics had n second hear
Ing before the Finance Committee this
morning, at which time Mr.. IIizer sub
mittcd strong letters OF endorsement
from the Hon. ]. Taylor Eliyson and
others The bill Will undoubtedly be
reported favorably Tuesday morning.
the arrivapof the noon hour only pre-
venting it this morning.
Sr. Itizer's bill enlarging the duties
of the superintendent OF public print
Ing will be considered by the Printing
Committee next Tuesday afternoon al
o'clock.
The bills Mr.. Maynard recently dn.
troduced In the Senate of local interest
10 Portsmouth, came up to-day, and
the portsmouth Senator beinG absent
Alr. Ekeezell movedSthat they be passed
by Mr. Maynard was unavoi,lably ab-
sent. His bills will be passed ms soon
as he returns here.
Mr. Cooke introduced n bill in the
Rouse to allow James Burlkley, Of
Norfolk, TO practice veterinary surgery
III virginia. and also one 10 promote a
method for assessment of tax against
the stockholders or Insurance comma
MES and associations chartered nnd
aolng business In this State, and 10
PROVIDE for the collection OF the tax AS
sessed against stockholders,
Inc whipping post bill was further
discussed In the House to-day. Mr.
Farks was the only speaker He called
attention to the defects in the bill saw
ing II provided that no woman nor man
~ oo years or age should he whippeo
"tu "'tue no provision for the punish
mint OF those excepted by the act H.,
oifcren substitute correcting tho d.
lecls IN the Murphy bill The original
ana substitute We're referred to Tho
-. noiilihietee on Courts to he perfyrteJ
me committee Will take the mater I'm
at is next meeting and the bill amend.
bly, 'o' 'eu i"Vora-
Delegate Reddy Of Richmond, intro.
su pm To-day designed 10 pro-
Niue plan whereby the voters NAV
cypress their choice for United States
Seliators: 1t provides that when mem
Ders OF the Legislature who arr. IN voto
ior candidates for United states soma
Tor. are to be elected, 100 voters of ma
poEtlcal party mny petition the county
OF corporation Judge to order the
!uoses OF election TO take the sense of
the voters of the party making nnti-
ton as to their choice for Senator
Under this act the Democrats of any
county might express their choice for
Senator. which would be regarded MS
instructions to the person elected to the
Legislature.
The fight for the Murphy anti-trad-
ing stamp bill will be kept up. lis
advocates are by no means satisfied
with the substitute reported in the
House. This substitute provides that
the tradihs stamps and checks shall
be sold 10 all persons who apply for
them, but the existing contracts shall
not be affected. These contracts were
made Tor a year and the most of them
nave about ten months in which 10
run. Those who are supporting the
original act say the substitute would
be dead letter. for there would be
no way of enforcing 1t and 1t could
be eVaded In many ways. 1t ls said
the vote in the committee was ia
3 In favor of the substitute. Advocates
and opponents of the Murphy measure
We're actively at work among the Dele
gates to-day. There will probably ba
Il very little debate when the matter
comes up in the House
Under suspension of the rules
House bills in relation to enlnrging
the water works Of Norfolk. and pre-.
viding for working and Keeping In
order the public roads and bridges I'm
Fairfax county. were called up and
passed in the Senate.
Governor Tyler granted pardon to-
day to Albert Sidney .Johaston, Of
Portsmouth. who is serving Ii term of
three years in the penitSht htiary fer
horse-stealing. The petition was pre-
scnted by Delegate CHARTS y. Blapd.
Johnston is young man aul bore
good character before ny CONVICTION IN
this case. The Judgea4,and Common.
wealth's Attorney sigo,cI the petition
on the ground that fs7appearei nov
that there might be some doubs as to
Johnston's guilt.