The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-30
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PISTOL I0 1
rs Offers Bills Looking 10 Breaking.
Up the Practice.
PURE FOOD ACT CONSIDERED ;'''''
No Real Objection to It but Recon-:
mitted in Order TO Perfect 1t.
Employers Liability Measure
Discussed in the House.

Employers Liability Measure
Discussed in tho House.
Both the senate and the House held
lengthy sessions Yesterday. ou, ehe M: NJ
: tendance OF members WIS rather slin.
The House considered the Employers
Liability 1,ill without reaching the de-
cision.
OF the Richmond and Washington
Airline Railway Company as at
tracing much attention IN legtsiauve
circles. This measure is designed TO give
the Eeaboard Air Line Its own road TO
washington, and. II passed. will author
Tn the construction of a road to parallel
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac. Both the advocates of the new road
and the opponents of 1t have big lobbics
At the Capitol. The bnl IN quesion WIN
come IN for consideration before the Sen
ate Committee on Roads on February 8th
The special joint committee investigat-
ing the contract between the Davis Boot
and Shoe Company and the Common
wealth OF Virginia will meet at the Capt.
tol. Tomorrow. All persons interested IN
this matter are requested to be present
There was very Interesting entertain-
ment given at the Lexington Hotel Satur-
day night in honor Of Mrs. Duke, wife OF
one OF the representatives. from AIbc-
marie. A large number of the members
of tho General Assembly and their wives
we're present Messrs. Polk Miller and
Frank Walker gave the entertainment,
and the programme was unique and IN
teresting.
ON INSPECTION TOUR
Tho members of the sub-committees
from the Senate Committee on Public In
stitutions and the House Committee on.
Asyluns and Prisons left here this morn
ing to visit the schools at Farmvil!e and
Blackeburg and the State Hospital at
Marion. subcommittee will later on
visit Charlottesville. Staunton and Lex
ington notwithstanding and Hampton.
1T has not been decided when the joint
committee on investigation of the Sol,
diers' Home will resume the investige-
ton OF the institution. Chairman Op!e
has notified the managers of the Home
that any testimony they may wish ITO Of
fer will be heard.
senator Fairfax is receiving number
OF letters congratulating him upon his
opposition to the resolution expressing
sympathy with the Beers. 1t was Mr..
Fairfax who moved that the resolution be
referred and 1t went to the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. Some OF the
writers say their forefathers fought un-
der Washington In the Revolutionary ar
DuC 1ItN w JCiiCsC 'tiC A>oSAo
are fighting for the principles for which
the colonists contendcd In their successful
struggle with Great Britain.
TALKED ABOUT TRUSTS.
The House Committee on General Laws
was In session yesterday.
Tho committee considered the special
order. which was the Barksdale-GraVe-
~ antitrust bill. Senator Barksdale. of
Halifax. made a brief speech. in which
he explained the provisions Of the meas
ure he closed with an eloquent tribute
to the Democratic party. which he said
was committed on principles to eternal
opposition TO trusts and combinations OF
capital.
Mr.. tiravely, of Henry, who introduced
the bill in the House, followed Mr.. Barks-
dale in an able speech in favor of the
measure. lie said dts passage would
drive out every trust in the Common
wealth. and would suppress the American
Tobacco Company, the imost oppressive
and damnable monopoly in the State
The speaker commended that opposition to
trusts would be the slogan upon which
the Democratic party could march to
triumph in 1900.
Mr.. Whitehead. Of Norfolk. and Mr..
McAllister, OF Bath. fired number OF
questions at Mr.. Gravely, which the gen.
tleman from Henry answered in detail
less we destroy trusts. they will certain
1y ultimately destroy us.
Mr. Whitehead resisted the passage of
the bill in a speech of ten minutes. He
said that he was opposed to trusts. but
that such 4 law would break up every
Board of Trade and Merchants IIx-
change in the State.
Senator Barksdale closed the argument
in a speech in which he said that If the
next National Democratic Convention
should declare against trusts, as he
thought 1t would do. the Republican par
~ would want no better argument than
tllnt the Virginia Legislature was against
this great principle.
Mr.. Barksdalc. when asked by MT.
Whitehead as to Mr.. Bryan's attitude
upon the Texas law, said that gentleman
had endorsed 1t irF toto. At the conclu-
sion of Senator Barksdale's remarks.
the committee considered the bill In eX
ecutive session. 1t is thought thut the
bin will DC favorably reported.
PAYMENT OF l2MPLOYES.
The House Committee on Courts OF
Justice met at 10 o'clock yesterday.
Mr.. Southall of Amelia. presided in the
absence OF Chairman McRae. The COM
mittee ordered a favorable report upon a
bill authorizing the election OF a separate
Judge for the county of Dickinson.
The bills offered by Mr.. Toney, Manches-
ter, preventing corporations from paying
their hands In anything but money, and
requiring weekly payment of said hands.
were taken up as a special order. Cap
tain j. w. Foster. of Nelson county,
manager of the Virginia Soapstone
Works. and Hon. John Whitehead. of
Norfolk, asked that the matter be post
poned to some future date. The COM
Inittee decided TO postpone consideration
of these measures until Wednesday next.
at o'clock p NJ. The bills offered by
Mr.. Price, of Washington county. in re-
lation to changes in the modeSof selects
ing juries in Virginia were also set Tor
hearing at the same time. The commit
tee then considered many other bills on
which there was no contest.
The Senate.
The Senate met without prayer. A
number of the members were absent
Some of them had gone on tour of In
spection OF certain public institutions.
BILLS OFFERED.
BY Senator Claytor-For the relief OF
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