Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-12
BEET BILL KILLED.
ACT INCORPORATING sUGAR-RE-
FIyING co. srDETRACKED.
LAW FOR SEATS FOR SaOp-GIRLS,
The Senate Reconsiders the Vote by
which the Bill Was Defeated ana
Passes II UnanimousIy-Hous Bill
&c Tax Social Clubs.

&c Tax Social Clubs.
| The bill Incorporating the Virginia
Sugar Refining Company seems to have
been killed I'm the Senate yesterday.
The committees amendment providing
that the company should not be allowed
TO work State convicts, II doing so inter-
ferred with the work OF enlarging the
| penitentlary. was bitterly fought by Mr.
Flood, the patron OF the bill. and when
he had failed to secure its defeat on
his motion, consideration of the bill Of
incorporation was postponed indefinitely
Mr.. Flood stated that the bill was not
at all acceptable to the corporators in
such a shape. and Il, is understood that
no effort will be made to press It in the
future.
Delegate Kizer of Norfolk, succeeded
by energetic work In inducing the Senate
to reconsider the vote by which II had
defeated on Monday his bill requiring
merchants to furnish female employees
with seats when not at work, and It
was passed by practically a unanimous
vote
In the House the bill requiring social
clubs that dispense liquor TO their patrons
to pay liquor license was ordered to it's
engrossment after hot fight. 1t is I'M
derstood that there will be no fight on
! its passage.
The Day I'm the Senate.
The Senate was called to order by Mr..
Wickham, president pro tenn. with prayer
by Rev. George c. Vanderslice. d. ID.
The House bill TO extend the boundaries
OF the city of Norfolk was on motion Of
Mr.. Foster, taken up and passed.
Mr.. Morris. chairman OF the Committee
on Education and Public Institutions, re-
| ported that the committee had adopted
the report, previously published. OF the
subcommittee appointed TO investigate as
to the overcrowded condition of the State
| Pententiary, and asked that the same be
published as a Senate document and be
| referred TO the Finance Committee.
SEATS FOR SHOPGIRIS.
| Mr.. James moved that the Senate re-
| consider the vote by which the bill re-
quiring merchants to furnish seats for fe-
male employees was defeated on Monday.
| The motion was agreed TO, and Mr. Opie
spoke earnestly for the bill. He said he
| had not done so before because he
thought the bill was certain of passage.
| Humanity demanded that these seats be
| furnished and he hoped the Senate would
pass the bill. He knew the Senator from
! Halifax (Afr. Barksdale) was opposed to
the bill; it seemed IS if he was an Ish-
maelite. so far as women were concerned.
Mr.. Flanagan Republican,, whose seat
is in the rear Of Mr.. Opie's: 1 desire the
Senator from Augusta to remember that
hg oil h. Dow
| his back. Oaughter)
Mr.. Opie: l hope always to have it be-
| hind me. Oaughter)
Mr.. Barksdale: / cannot see how such
| a law is TO be enforced, and 1 believe
that this is a "jaybird" bill generally.
but it is not the first time / have made
myself a fool about women. and I with
draw my objection. daughter and ap
plause)
DIR. LeCato and DR.. Southall gave hy-
| gienic reasons why women should not be
made to stand continuously for so many
hours. and the bill was put upon its
passage and carried unanimously.
EXAMINATION OF OFFICES.
Mr.. Flanagan offered n resolution pro-
vfding that the committee appointed TO
examine the office Of the Clerk Of the
Senate be also directed to examine the
office of Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
for the purpose Of ascertaining as TO
whether additional cases are needed for
books and papers in the office The reso-
luton was placed on the calendar.
BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills were passed:
To amend section 1894 Of the Code in
relation 10 description of money or pros
ecution for embezzlement.
To amend section 1894 Of the Code iure-
latiOn 10 limitation Of actions.
To amend section 410G Of the Code In,
relation to Jurisdiction Of police justices.
To provide for new registration Of voters
Of the town Of Culpeper.
To amend section 4l07 Of the Code in
reference to appeals In misdemeanor
cases.
To prevent gambling.
In relation TO sale of delinquent lands.
To prevent deception and manufacture
and sale Of imitation butter.
To amend acts allowing fOurth-class
postmasters TO act as notaries.
HOUSE BILL PASSED BY.
The House bill to regulate the method
Of disbursing funds for the protection Of
sheep I'm Fairfax county was passed by.
THE SUGAR-BEET COMPANY.
The bill Incorporating the Virginia
Sugar Refining Company came up on its
second reading, and various provisions
were discussed and amendments added.
An amendment offered in committee by
Mr.. Kane, requiring the company to pay
the salaries of guards needed to prevent
the escape of the convicts used BY the
company. occasioned considerable discus
sion. and Mr.. Flood. the patron Of the
bill. fatty opposed it.
Mr.. Flood also made strong objection
10 the amendment to the bill providing
that the company be not allowed TO have
the convict labor If the same were need
ed upon the States own work Of en-
larging the penitentiary. He spoke Of
the excellent results expected from the
cultivation of sugar beets in Virginia.
and said he believed the industry could
be made a great boon to the farmers OF
Virginia The amendment would kill the
BILL certainly for one year. In other
States, in Nebraska, Wisconsin. and New
York, the State Government paid a
bounty for all beet sugar manufactured
Why then could not Virginia. when the
object sought was the development of an
Industry which promised to be Of such
great benefit to the farmers of the State
LET this company have the convicts need
ed to operate the factory, and cultivate
the farm He believed that were the
convicts proposed TO hire to the company
taken from the penitentiary. the longest
ed condition Of the institution would be
relieved, and the necessity of enlarge
ment probably avoided.
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