The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-06
J. HOGE TYLER,
Goyern0r
GOVERNOR CRITIC

Senator Glass followed Mr.. Flood and
said this bill was the worst act passed
by the Legislature since the Capitol was
built. He was glad he had washed his
hands clean of the whole matter.'1 It was
the most remarkable proceeding. that
which had just occurred. Twenty-Five
senators had submitted written appeal
to the Governor to withhold his signature
until persons interested could be heard
Even while the matter was under consid-
Grafton it had been seIni-ofiicially an
nounced that the Governor had signed
the bill The Governor had stated in
his ge that he acted at once in or
der to give the Legislature time to amend
or repeal the law. He ought to have
known that under the resolution adopted
last week no new legislation could be
offered except by unanimous consent
The Governor had refused to give the
people the right to be heard. 1t was an
amazing proposition and the Governor
would have to bear the odium of it
Mr.. Glass riddled the bill by a powerful
argument.
In concluding his remarks. Mr.. Glass
offered a bill repeating the law just ap-
proved but Senator Lyle objected and
Mr.. Glass tore his bill up. Mr.. Lyle
withdrew his objection and Senator
Claytor introduced repeal act. IT was
dSClOeO, however. 10 press lue lllOtlOn
to correct the Journal
MR. LYLE'S POSITION.
Senator Lyle defended the bill Just ap-
proved He thought it was wise and
a just measure. 1t had not been hastily
passed. but everybody had been given
ample opportunity to object to it.
Mr. Lyle, replying to ,the statement of
Mr. Munford that a horde of office-seelS-
ers had stood about while the Governor
signed the bill in the face Of the protest
from the Senate said it looked to him as
if horde of tax-dodgers was trying to
defeat the purposes Of the act by indirec-
ton.
Senator Blakey said he had voted
against the bill and joined in the petition
to the Governor to withhold his signature.
but he thought tho. matter had now gone
too far and he was opposed to such
revolutionary parliamentary method as
changing the Journal under the circum
stances.
Senator Glass offered the following as
a substitute for the Munford resolution
to correct the Journal, and was accepted
by Mr.. Muntord:
Whereas, the Journal OF the Senate
shows that House bill No. 553 was not
passed by the body in the manner pre-
scribed by the Constitution of the State,
not having received twenty-one votes,
ana no Oh tne NOtcS cast IldNllls5
been entered on the Journal as required
by law: therefore, be it
Resolved, That these facts be and they
hereby are directed to be spread upon the
records Of this body as Indicating the
disapproval of the Senate Of the bill in
question. and to be preserved as a memo
rial of the facts of the case.
THE VOTE.
The resolution was agreed to by the
following vote:
Ayes-Senators Barksdale, Claytor, Cog
bill. Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Foster, Glass,
Gold, Hartley. Harvey, James. Keezell,
LIE Cato, Mann, Massie, Maynard, Nell
waine, Munford, Shands, St. Clair, Steele,
Walker, Wallace and Whitehead-24.
Noes-Senators Blakey, Donohoe/ Egg
gleston, Flood. Jeffries. Johnston, Lyle,
Morris. Opie, Sands. Tyler and Wickham-
Afternoon Session.
Socl after the Chair was resumed in
the afternoon, Delegate Boaz announced