The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-04
MRS. CARRIE: CA
10 SPEAK TODAY
WIN Address Suffrage Committee
This Afternoon.
WANTS. The WOMEN 10 VOTE
Meeting 10 Be- Public an, All Arc Invited.
Alter Deiinquen, clerks-mr. iiunton,s
Ameudmcnt-New Suffrage Plans
Convention Gossip
win Address Suffrage Committee
WANTS. The WOMEN TO VOTE
-. NIL, no a, rare treat Cor the pub

AASAS H.aa
lie and the members Of the convention
in Tho hail OF the House of Delegates d
s o'clock this afternoon
n will be a speech by Mrs. carrie
3 Chapman Gait. president oil the Sauna '''
American Woman S Suffrage "a sso ' - ,
Mrs. Gait will arrive here TINS MOI mus
from New York, accompanied .! W.. 10
Kate NJ. Gordon, the secretary Oh tic
s,.,ra ,,;za t,on according to a telegram re-
= ccir.A1t last night by Delegate Hubaru
frnn, the latter lady. Senator Danlei
las n orey;ous engagement which VIII
,,reyent him from occupying tne ciit'ii
al the meeting this evening. ana ne ms is
designated Captain George ~ Wis., "
this city, to preside. Delesd,e .s' ~
who is an advocate of woman's suffrage
"a Who Sc the author OF an ordinance
NOW before the Suffrage Committee ON
4 ,hat subject. will present the speaker 70
tho audience. and the public generally Is
invited to attend. Senator Danlei, WHO
has heard Mrs Gait. says she Is an
orator of splendid ability. and her speech
will, no doubt, afford entertainment toi
those who attend the meeting.
lof course. Mrs. Gait comes to urge the
Suffrage Committee to extend the Tlght
If Suffrage TO her sex in this State she
has appeared before the Suffrage COM
,,,ittees of other Southern States and was
partially successful in Louisiana, women
holding property being allowed 10 vote
on certain propositions in that state. Inc
meeting this evening will be one OF much
Interest. and will, no doubt, be largely
attended.
1rdpe Berrv1nan Green is one OF the
most thorough business men, as ne IS
one of the ablest lawyers in the conVen-
ton. He believes in going aheao WIN
whatever is before him Or the convention
He gave evidence Of this by displaying
snr,e imnatienoc at the slow progress
that was made in the disposition OF the
reno1.t of the Committee on Preamble and
fll of Rights when that document was
under Amusement in Committee OF the
Whole.
last night he gave additional evidence
OF his business qualities Shaif man
keezell of the conference, eSplalheu INA
business would call him from the city
To-day, and he wanted to know IL ne
should designate some one to PRESIDE III
b,s absence There was lu,l, and no
one seemed inclined to hurry up actioH'
In his quick, impetnous manner, me
Danyillc leader jumped TO his feet. 1iiaue
{, motion carrying the suggestion oL 'ii -.
chair into effect. put 1t ana uectai su =.
carried in the twinlSl;nG of an eye 1here
was a hearty laugh, and some one sus,
pes.ed that the Judge had mad soou
training. II trained under Judge card
we'll . ne said, amid continued laughter
The Judiciary Committee, at its morn
ING session yesterday failed TO accom-
plish anything. save 10 wake up d !.
County and Circuit Court CLERKS.
ca,.ar,l ,,orions were made to recon-
sider The action "Wednesday in regard 10
the manner of paying the salaries OF CIR
q cult Judges and city court judges. An Ell
fort was made TO have a vote taken on
these motions but the point OF order
was made that the question OF appoi'ioh-
me,t of the circuits mad precedence anu
Chairman Hunton SO ruiea. 50 ~. nv,
tinns went over. The same fate snet Coz
onel Smiths motion to take up ana diS-
nose Of the resolution prohibiting judges
10 practice law.
Mr. Thorn then moved that Princess
Anne Portsmouth and Norfoik county
he made a circuit, and Norfolk city a cir
cult. After considerable discussion IL was
found that owing to the failure OF the
Clerk of Norfolk County Court TO senu
statistics of the number Of cases tried
and disposed of by the courts. the COM
mittee was unable TO definitely determine
the necessities of the districts proposeo
to be changed by Mr.. Thorn. There was
some talk OF sentins the Sergeant-at-
Arms after the recalcitrant clerk 1or
contempt
i. was also stated that there was a
law on the statute-book requiring these
statistics to be sent to the Auditor each
year and that the Clerk in question had
never complied with the requirement. II
was stated that the Clerk of the convefl-
ton had addressed a letter authorized
by the convention to all clerks to get
these statistics for use of the committee
Z and that this particular Clerk had tailed
y.,1- my y1n
man Hunton was authorized to Graft q
resolution for presentation to the con-
yentinn asking that these statistics be
forwarded by the Clerk within five days.
The question OF apportionment was then
nostponed until the result of the resolu-
ton could be known.
The committee then adjourned to meet
this morning.
81 The Finance Committee held n secret
session yesterday afternoon anG report
ers were not admitted. The vote by
which the Boaz amendment TO the re-
port OF the subcommittee. recurring a
majority of all members elected to pass
a tax bill in the House of Delegates. was
reconsidered There was not much dis
cusson on the motion to reconsider. as
Chairman Newton was absent Tuesday
night when the vote was taken, and in
Difference to him the vote was reconsid-
cred.
The subcommittee had reported. rec
nmmeading that a majority of all the
members elected to the House of Dele
gates should he required 10 pass u bill
z levyins or relating TO taxation. This re-
auired fifty-one affirmative votes. which
Nessrs. Boaz. Meredith. Keezel and
Fairfax commended made the passage of
tax measure practically impossible.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Boaz
permitted 80 members to pass a measure.
1t was opposed by Messrs Newton, Ha M
tlton and liatton.
The vote yesterday was still more pro-
nounced in favor of the amendment. The
yeas We're: Meredith, keezell. Boaz.
Fairfax. Gordon. Stuart Fletcher. Brown
and Muncy-a The nays We're: Messrs.
! lIatton. Hamilton and Newton
Another attempt Will be made to-day
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