The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-01
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Insurance Bill May be Disposed fos
Floor To-Day.
THE. OVERS LIABILITY BILL
Special Order In the Senate TO-DAY
Session Of the Legislature VIII
End Next NIonday-NIust Secure
Unanimous Consent.

Isl Tho senate Committee on General Lawa
met Yesterday afternoon to CONSIDER tna
s hill pa ssed by the House 4cEedeAls q
state insurance depart ment. y q u',u
OF members could not be secureu, ano i1o
action was taken. An effort VIII ;p'ooa-
bly, be made on the hoor3oi ei,e5 set1sa.s
to-day to have the committee dlscnsI geo
S from the further considerations OF tha
act in order that it may be discussed on
the floor of the Senate
The employers. liability bill Will De tina
senec,a1 order in the Sena te to-day. Sena-
for s1cIlws,ine will lead the hghe. TOT cna
measure and Senator Jenr1es %fsi cHam-
pfon the opposition bill. Friends Oh tho
act appear to be hopeful, and opponents
are confident OF success
No bills Will be offered in the Senate
after to-day except by unanimous con-
sent of that body.
| The session of the General Assembly.
will expire by limitation next Monday;
that is, the pay of the members WIZ
stop on that date. The two bodies WHY
| be nomtnaIly in session until about Wed
nssday in order to give the Governor
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! his signature.
| Or. r. s. Powell. of Brunswick, had
| on his wsr-paint in the House on yester-
!! day.
Soon after Speaker Saunders raped the
| bnd,- TO order the genial member rem
! Brunswick rose to a question 81 per-
! sonal privilege, and sent to the Clerk S
( cesl5@ard had read a CLIPPING from TIE
| Of I,ct ".
! made him say in a speech in opposition
| to Mr. Whftehead's wife-beacng bill that
/ nearly all the men in Brunswick. county
| were systematically whipped by their
| wives.
Dr.EPowe1l denounced the article as a
| travesey upon justice and azl outrase upon
! TRUTH and grew exceedingly eloquent
| in his denial of the language attributed
! to him.
Hon. James L. Shelton. of Louisa. was
! one of the proudest men ar the Capitol
| Yesterday One OF his constituents Mr.
! smith, of the A,nrinius mines called at
| the Capitol with his two bright boys.
| The 7-year-old one IS wonder als
| memory IS something renarkanie' aho
| Delegate Shelton will back him IN con-
| test against any boy of his age
Young Smith, who is small for his age.
/ entertained the members OF the House
/ and others for ten minutes He was aole
| to give the names of nearly all the MEM
| bers OF the Legislature from memory
/ He knew the name OF every capitai city
! in the United States. South America:
| Europe. Asia and Africa Ffe was Wen
i up on rivers. and could repeat "hoie
! chapters of the Bible.
| x Young Smith was voted wonder
| The pages listened to him with amaze
! ment, and Srown-up men sald ne kne"
! a great deal more about the countries
| of the earth than they did
Mr.. C. Lee Moore. VINO mas for many
years been the popular and effclene
! clerk. assistant to the Auditor of PUBIC
| ACCOUNTS has been persuaded by his
| friends to allow his name to be presented
| for Insurance Commissioner in the event
| the bill pending in the Legislature snail
| become IL law. -,
| Mr. Moore is thoroughly familiar with
| insurance matters, having had TO deai
| with this subject ever since ne mas niiso
] the office he now holds
| THE uouse Committee on Finance mea
! yesterday morning and considered Sen
| ate bill funding certain State bondS IN the
| hands Of Messrs. Thomas Srancn q
| Co.
Hon. B. e. Munford ap9e.ref in BEHALF
| of the BILL NO acllott "t.9 lti HeiA W 49,
! natter.
several other r:.a.t-ss were taken
mn and disposed of by the committee"
! The House Committee On courts OF
! Justice met yesterday morning and con-
| sidered several bills OF a local nature
| rrhe House Commute on the chesa-
! peake and its Tributaries was In session
| Yesterday morning, constsderang sonlo
| local oyster legislation.
! r = r +
Hon. E. Il Meredith. orAFrince Will
! liam, ex-congressman from the lshth
| District and a former member or tho
| state Senate. was at the Capttoi yester-
| day. shaking hands with his old frienas.
I Hon f. F. Cromwell, member OF tho
House from Norfolk county, who Is tii
! at the Lexington, was reported as some'
| thing better on yesterday.
! Hon. George w. Browning, e1-men1ber
/ of the House from Goochland, was at
| the Capitol yesterday.
| Hon. George E. Murrell. OF Bedford,
was in his seat yesterday after q brief
! trip to his home
| Messrs. H. F. scrismond. E. D. Cole. r.
I. Biscoe. w. S. Embrey. and j. N.
Barney, a committee of fredericksburg
| gentlemen. were at the Capitol Yesterday
| in the interest of some matters Affecting
that section.
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