The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-24

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| the financial condition of the treasury, the
| University would have to receive every
| cent when all others would share in the
! general reduction consequent upon dimin-
| ished revenues.
| Senator T[eezell has presented q protest
| from teachers and school officials Of Rock
| inSham county against the composition of
| the State Board of Education as adopted
| by the Committee of the Whole. Dele
| gate O'F'laherty says there are sinlilCr
| ones on the way from Warren and Clarke
| counties for him to introduce. It is I'M
| derstood that the committee has agreed
| to accept an amendment to the effect that
| the board shall be composed of a repre-
sentative of the University, State Female
| Normal School and q city or county SUI
| perintendent- This will intake q board
| composed of the Governor, Attorney Gen
| cral, State Superintendent-all elected by
the people-and three selected by a differ
ent power. The. hitch is on two instead
/ of three.
/ An observant delegate remarked yestcr-
! day that the real objection to the board
! as recommended by the committee was
! political. It could outvote the State 20
litlcal officers FEe said not a single
I amendment yet offered included enough
non-partlsan members to disturb the no
| lltlcal majority of the Governor Attorney
90 'LAASt superintendent or Public In
structlon.a It's a pretty fight but the eff
Tort OF the committee to divorce schools
| from party politics seems doomed to de-
1elt, according to good judges.
The amendment to the report of the
| Committee on Education and Public. IN
struction, which was adopted yesterday,
permitting cities and counties to APP
| propriate money to educational tnstftIi-
| tons TaG
very Important one to Richmond city,
as it saves the city's appropriation TO
| the Mechanics Institute The clause
was originally introduced and contended
! for in the committee by Mr. Pollard
and he ably supported it yesterday
when it was presented in the form OF an
| amendment by Mr. Withers, Mr.. James
/ w. Gordon opposed it. and it was sup
ported by Mr.. Meredith. Mr.. Pollard
| was highly delighted that the Committee
of the Whole embodied the clause in
its report, land ut Will }or4E,tres1a ,5e
adopted by the convention finally.
Congressman Hal. D. Flood, of Apo
mattoX, presided very ably in Committee of
/ the Whole yesterday during the cousid-
/ Grafton of the report OF the Committee on
! Education and Public Instruction. Mr..
Parks, who has been presiding during
the debate. being absent Mr. Flood dem
onstrated early in action that he was Il
| good quorum counter On q motion to
! pass by section { no quorum had voted.
Add enough to each SIDE to make q
quorum" said the chairman to Secretary
Button. You will have to 90 that re-
piled the genial secretary. Hand me the
list. then" said Mr.. Flood, and taking it,
he made the following announcement amid
/ laughter: ayes, IS; noes. %. and the
motion is adopted
Delegate George P larry. of Mecilen-
burg, is usually a. Very watchful man, bit
he raised q great laugh at New f'ard's
last night by q piece of observation-disclosures,
which caused him some temporary en-
| barrassnent. He. was about to go on to
the Capitol, and. finding that it was rain
ing, went up to his room for his umbrel-
la. Being deeply ensrossed in convention
matters. he mechanically raised the UNI
brella in his room and walked leisurely
into the lobby. holding it over him. as
| il he were out in the street. Those about
the lobby heartily enjoyed the little in
cident and Mr.. Tarry himself joined il,
the laugh
The two majors who are aspiring to
succeed Delegate Virginitis' Newton seem
unable to arouse any widespread inter-
est in the fight and Indications point to
a very small vote on December 3d., which
is the date set for the special election to
fill the .acancy.
Both Major Allen and Major Lanfer
are quite popular, however, and the trou-
bic lies rather in the fact thatfthere Las
been frequent elections recently and tie
people have tired of so much voting.
/ Col. Robert Catiett. of Rockbridge, who
has been here for several days, Went
over to SmithviTIe his old home in Char
lotte county, in company with his broth
er-in-law. Senator D. @. EggIeston and
County Treasurer L. f. Daniel to spend
Sunday.
Cot. Catlett had his moustache shaved
! off yesterday and the change gave him
such a youthful appearance that his
4 friends hardly recognized him in the lob
by last night He is one OF the most
popular political leaders III the Valley
section Of the State, and universal re-
sret is, expressed at lis defeat for the
4 Senate.
The two preacher members clashed in
the Committee of the Whole yesterday over
the section of the education report. re-
curing compulsory education Dr. Dun
away opposed the section in able
speech and he was answered vigorously
i by the able chairman of the committee
DR.. MeIlwaine said he had thought that
his distinguished preacher colleague had
grown in grace ana come back from his
vacation a converted man. He had been
bitterly disappointed when the membel
from Lancaster had risen to oppose the
section.
He went on to contend that chill
/, Gren were being put into factories to sup
port their idle fathers. who did nothing
but carry meals to their children.
Mr.. Wysor came to the rescue of Mr.
-EDunaway and made characteristic
speech in which he mace some amusing
comparisons of the positions taken by the
two preachers.
81 am going to root for the Braxtor
PLAN said a prominent member-elect o.
! the House OF Delegates at Murphy's Ho-
5 tel the other night. II have always be
lieved we had TO come to the grandfather
: clause finally he continued. "and Mr.
, Braxton has some other admirable fea-
s lures in his plan" Others standing neal
:. smoke for the plan of Mr.. Thorn ana