The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
BILL GOES BACK
TO The SENATE {
House Committee De-
Clined TO Consider it.
BIG CROWD ON HAND:
Several Cities Unite in Fighting the
Telephone Measure.
LIVELY DEBATE IN SENATE.
Glass Resolution Asking the House to
Return the NIuch-Discusscd Act
Was sPasscd-Messrs.F Flood and
Sands Defend the Provisions
of Bill aud Their Own
Course Concerning 1t.
Several Cities Unite in Fighting the
Telephone Measure.
LIVELY DEBATE IN SENATE.

The Senate has asked the House to
return to it the bill Incorporating the
Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Com
| pany In all probability the House will
to-day return the measure to the body
in which it originated.
About a dozen gentlemen representing
cities other than Richmond were here
yesterday to fight this measure.
There was an informal confer
ence held in the offices of Col. w. Z.
Cutshaw. city engineer, at which City
Attorney Henry R. Pollard. Major otway
S. Allen. of the Board of Aldermen; "A.
L. Powell. president of the Council OF
! Newport News; DR.. w. T. Cooper, May
| or a. A. Moss and City Attorney j. A.
| Massey, Of Newport News; City Attorney
| N c. Manson, OF dIynchburg: City At
| torney a. c. Gordon, of Staunton;. City
| Attorney j. A. Sproul, of Clifton Forge.
and City Attorney George Mason, of
! Petersburg. were present.
| The whole matter was discussed and a
determined fight will be made against
| the bill. Mr. Manson was delegated to
draw up the amendments to the bill.
THE GLASS RESOLUTION.
Soon after the Senate met yesterday
| Mr. Glass offered the following:
| Whereas, a bill was introduced in the
| Senate on January 23d, known as Sen
ate bill No. 32O, ITO incorporate the Vir-
| Sinia Telephone and Telegraph Compa-
n.y. with a minimum capital of S50O,0V
and maximum capital of $5,000000, was
| referred and next day reported and passed
by the Senate without discussion and
| without that consideration which the i'm
portance of the measure would seem to
have demanded, therefore,
Be it resolved, That the House OF Del
egates be and hereby is requested to re-
turn said Senate bill, No. 32o, to the SEN
ate for such action as this body may
think proper to take.
Senator Flood called attention to the
fact that Senator Sands, the patron
of the bill. was not In his seat and Mr..
Glass consented to let the resolution lie
on the table until later in the day. He
| said he had written to Mr.. Sands, stating
| that it was his purpose to offer this reso-
| luton.
Later in the day Mr.. Glass moved to
| consider the resolution, saying he had
been to see Mr.. Sands, who was engaged
in court. and that the latter had agreed
to consideration of the resolution in his
absence, provided a pair was arranged
for him. Mr.. Glass Asaid this had been
done.
Mr. Flood objected to consideration Of
the resolution in the absence OF. the pat
ron. and moved that it be passed by until
to-day. He raised the point that the reso-
luton was out of order, in that the SEN
ate had nothing to do with "A bill after
| it had gone to the House. He did not
press the latter point.
Mr.. Glass argued for his resolution. lie
! said it was Of the utmost Importance that
| the bill be recalled as it was to be con-
sidered in the House Committee on Gene
| raj Laws at 4 o'clock yesterday after
| noon. He did not want it to be taken
| up there. bearing the mark of the unani-
nous approval of the Senate. He argued
| that as the Senate had on Tuesday voted
| to commit to the Finance Committee 4
| bill. reported after the most thorough
| consideration of a committee, and after
| it had been discussed by every news
| paper in: the State. why should it hesi-
| tate to ask the House to return 4 bill
| concerning which not half-dozen menl-
| bers of either body knew anything on
earth until day or two ago, after the
| bill had passed the Senate. He read from
| the Journal of the House, at sessions
several years ago, to show that his reso-
luton was not without precedent. He
| declared that should the Senate reject
| the resolution, the House pass the bill
| the Governor sign it, it would be law
which did not represent the combined
wisdom of the Senate and House of Dele
| gates, as the Senate had not considered