The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-01

tempted to have the vote by W11cn tne
z Glass amendment was adopted Tuesday,
reconsidered with a view to so amending
the act as to require the consent of a city
or town council before the company can
enter municipality. This was voted
down and the bill was, by q vote of 20
ayes and 10 noes, ordered to be engrossed.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Senatorss Blakey, Bruce, Dinwid-
die. Donohoe. Flood. Harvey, LeCato.
Lupton, Lyle. Mann. Massie, Munford.
Sands. ST. Clair. Steele. Tyler. Walker,
Wallace, Watkins and Wickham-20.
Noes-Senators Barksdale, Cosbill, Eg-
gieston, Foster. Glass, Johnston, keezell,
Morris Opie and Shands-10.
The bill will come up on its passage to-
day.
Eouse Proceedings.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick. of Nelson, moved te
discharge the Committee on Finance
from the further: consideration Of his bill
for the relief of A. G. Loving, Of Nelson
The House refused to discharge the COM
mittee.
Mr. Boaz, of Albcmarle, moved to make
the appropriation bills. which were re-
ported from the Finance Committee,
special and continuing order for Lao to-
d:g. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Price, of Washington, moved to
take up Mr.. Embrey's bill. rearranging
the judicial circuits of the State, out of
its order, with the view to moving to
dismiss the bill. The House refused to
take,the bill up.
. The bill to create department OF in
surance was then taken up and passed by
vote of IS to 30.
The special order, having for, its object
the consideration of Captain Parks Cen
eral Pension bill, was then taken up and
the member from Page took the floor to
speak in favor of his bill.
Mr.. Parks pointed out the abuses UNI
der the present law and said there We're
men on the rolls who owned farms and
Others who had never fought in the Con-
federate army He undertook to correct
these abuses in his bill by providing tha'
the present rolls shall be purged by a
board composed of five citizens of each
county, three of whom shall be eX-Con-
fe lerate soldiers.
Captain Parks closed by contending
that so1rethinG was needed along this
line and he thought his bill would meet
the need.
SUBSTITUTE OFFERED.
DR.. Priddy, of Charlotte, offered sub
sritute for Captain Parks bill and spoke
briefly in favor of his substitute. he
thought the pursing feature of Captain
Parks bill would work a great hardship
upon the old soldiers now on the rolls.
Mr. Petit, of JTluvanna, spoke elo-
quently in favor of DR.. Priddy's subst-
tute. and announced that he had with
drawn his bill and would support the sub
stitute of the gentleman from Charlotte.
He opposed Captain Parks bill, attack
ing chiefly the purging feature. which
like DR.. Priddy. he thought, was not
good one.
Captain Parks followed Mr.. Petit and
further argued for the passage of his
bill In the course of his remarks he
paid an eloquent tribute to the women OF
the South and was loudly applauded when
he had concluded. Hon. w. H Graveley,
of Henry, made an eloquent speech
against the Parks bill
He took occasion to refer, in passing,
to the hardness of the Finance Commit
tee in reporting a pension bill. when
several had been introduced early in the
session. He closed by saying that the
members who voted to make the old
soldiers and widows Of old soldiers hobbie
to court-houses to prove their cases
again would never occupy seats in the
Virginia House of Delegates again.
Mr. HUBBARD, Of Buckingham, had been
recognized and was making an able ar
gument against the Parks bill when the
chair was vacated until o'clock.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
BY Mr.. McAllister-For the relief of
Charles w. Shumaker.
BY Mr.. Hunley-Foc the relief of ".
]. Thrift.
By sane-For the relief of 2. f. Smith.
BY Mr.. Todd-To leSalize primary cleo
tons in the county of Augusta and city
of Staunton.
BY Mr.. Buntin-To repeal chapter Gil
Of the Acts of session 1S97-'9S
PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
BY Mr.. Pollock-For the relief of II. L.
Stone.
BY Mr.. Madison-To legalize primaries
in the county of Warwick.
BY same-To legalize primaries in the