Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-11-17
EXTRA-SRSSION
JANUARY 2SRD.
GOV. TYLER AGAINST
CONVENTION, BUT
WILL ISSUE CALL.
Wal Last As Long AS Con
gress-Will Cost $26s,ooo.
Especial to the Washington Post.)

Especial TO the Washington Post.
Richmond, VA, Nov. l4.-rhe gener
NJ assembly will be convened in extrs
session about the 23rd or oath of Jan
uAry to redissrict the State and make
ether arrangements for the constitu.
tional convention. The governor has
definitely decided that the legislature
shall meet between January 18th and
February 1st, and most likely on one
Of the days named. He is ready to is-
sue the call, but is deferring the mat
ter at the request OF several prominent
men who have written TO him, asking
TO be heard before he fixes the date.
Il am cure" he said TO day, 'that q
majority OF the people want the extra
session and the constitutional conven.
tien, and am going to call it, al
though my personal views of the mat.
ter 10 not coincide with the views OF
many OF those who are advocating this
method Of proceed ure.
"The purpose of calling the session
for the 23rd or 24sh is that the forty
Ave days, which ths constitution pro-
vides ss the term for pay Tor extra ses-
sions, will extend bey oDd the 4th OF
March, at which time Congress will
have ac jcurned. The GARD will be
Wednesday. and will almost certainly
"hs the opening day."
I do not know" said the governor
'thst there will be any advantage in
having the Legislature in session when
Congress convenss. Still, IL there
should be an Sthing done that touches
~, We would have our law-making
hoay here.
NAY COST THE STATE $255, 900.
Gev. Tyler 10 of the opinio that the
cost attending the extra session, con-
stit1tionsl convention. and special
slestions will be considerable. lie
places the extra session at $50, 600,
special election 81 $l5, 900. and the con-
vention, If it should last many months,
ct about $500, 900.
BE is n OF over sure that the new con-
stitution will meet with overwhelming
popular favor If is be constructed on
the lines generally discussed, embrace
ing the reduction Of officers, modify
ing some of the provisions Of the oys-
ter laws on longing and natural rocks,
and election OF some OF the officers.
NzeRo TAXES ONLY FOR MICRO SCHOOLS.
One of the most interesting and vex.
ing questions the constitutional con-
vention will have to consider will be
the separation Of the school taxes paid
by the two races, The delegates who
will come from the counties having Ne
gro msjOrities will insist that the new
organic law shall provide that the
school taxes paid by sthe white people
shall bs applied solely Tor the educa-
tion of tho white children and the tax
es paid by the colored people to the
education of the colored children.
This matter has been quietly talked
over for some time, and there has BEEN
some correspondence on the subject
among persons residing in different
sections Of the State.
While the proposition will have able
and Influential support it is quite GER
tain that it will meet with strong op-
position. This questi IN is likely to he
one that will cause most interesting
debates. There has been for severs
years o growing sentiment in favor of
such separation Of the school fund. =.