The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-28
MORE SUI I AGE
CLAUSES COMING
Captain Parks to Introduce On
Shortly.
is AGAINST UNDERSTANDING
Viii Fight Ii Ia Every Unanimous
Report in Favor Of Liability bil.
Liquor People Before
Comm..te:.
S AGAINST UNDERSTANDING
Com r.ttc:

Captain r. s. Parks. Of Page, returned
here las. night. having been confined at
his home IN, Lurayt for several Gays D.
sickness. lie discussed the suffrage
question IN n most interesting manner
and reiterated his views in opposition to
any form of an understanding clause. So
strongly does the P&se county leader feel
on the subject that he has determined TO
prepare and present to the conference
shortly 2 plan of his own, which WIZ
contain neither the understanding nor
the grandfather clause. He has deGueo
to introduce and fight for his plan III
the hope tina: i; viii be adopted, and IL
not that its discussion will emphasize
what he calls the danger of anything IKE
an understanding clause.
His scheme is a very simple one IL
will provide a poll-tax of SLOT, inc pre-
payment of which six months prior 70
an election shall be paid in person by
the voter and that the tax shall be c>.inu-
lstive Ii will provide further that vol
ing shall be by secret ballot and th;tt lhc
tickets shall be of uniform size ana
alike in every respect. and that theH
shall remain in the hands OF the election
officers until applied for by the VOTER
The Electoral Boards shall designate one
eist iliterates in marking their tickets
latter the MAN shall have ocen in force
for two ;ears no person snail be allowed
40 register who cannot read and write
He will then make it mandatory upon
che Legislature to pass law MAKING IL
r. felony for any person 10 offer q alpe
10 another TO secure his vote. anu besides
other punishment provided dehar the
person so convicted from ever afterwards
voting or holding office.
Ever members themselves are beoom-
dne restless at the slow progress that is
h,irg made on suffrage. Senator Glass
kyas able to be in his seat yesterday. pu'
he was not at I'll well. He ill try not
No exert himself and will en6eavor to get
In shape TO speak before the conference
a.sxt Monday night in favor of MS plan
hut whether Mr.. Glass Will Keep quiet or
a.ot in the meantime viii depend fi'ch
anon what comes up in the convention
between now and Monday night. He is
deeply in earest in his work as mem
her of the convention. and If hfh'
,.a ches 8. point where his services are
needed he will throw himself into me
hraech, .'health or no health as ne sall
tD the recent campaign for Governor ana
l6o his duty as he sees it.
q CORPORATION.
almost unanimous c9nelusion On the en-
tr'overs, liability i,ill yesterday after
noon Every member. except Messrs.
tIruuton and Brooke. roted 10 ADOPT an
employers liability ordinance AS amend
led IT was accepted Ivy both, Mr.. Mere
lith the craftsman OF The rielhai ieS4-
hutton and Mr.. Wysor. rNho mad strongly
op,,osed some ambiguous i'araGralhs-
..,The getting together of all these
friends OF thof principle Involved IN the
resolution instTes {artit a SAFE passage
through the convention oon''icH'i! Pr
dictcd Chairman EraNtoH. Ttho has labor
ed assidunuSiy to secure Il !H''Iti'sI'iH
unanimous report.
Iows: ;,,..a
,ccrroration shall have the same rights
had remedies for any injury suffered D.
E,sro from the acts or omissions of such
Lcor.,oraiion or its employees are al
hfweG bv law to other persons not en-
,loyeE nor passengers. when the injury
results from the negligence of suDerl7f
agent o. officer OF the corporation. or
from that of a person employed by
,iayn the right 10 control OF
direct the services OF the party injured
or the services of thecoempioyc by VIII IN
lie is injured and also wien the injury
results flom the negligence of a co-enf-
nIoyc engaged in another department Oh
labor from that of the marty injured OF
ar co-employe on another train OF cars ci
who has charge Of any switch. SlSnai
tpnjnt locomotive engine. or Is charS fu
with t,is,,atch:ng trains or Transmitting
Etelegrar!iic orders therefor. knowledge
nv any cm,,loye injured. Of detective
lnr ulsafe character or condition OF any
machinery VANS apnli", noes or .fr''"-
ture. shall not of itself be a lar 10
r cor.ry for an Injury caused thereby.
81 It,N.r.H
otherwise results from any injury TO
such an crlnloye received as aforesaid
fhe personal representative. SURVIVING
re. Scrt and relatives Of the decsa
shall have The same rights and remedies
that ilIey would have had if he had not
been an cmploSe % The COMPANY ANY
contract. expressed or implied. made by
nny eruploye to waive the benefit of this
rection. shall be null and void. This sec
ton shah not be construed to deprive
any errpIs.ye 1f a CORPORATION. or his legal
or personal representative, Of any S,en"dy
or light that he now has by the law OF
tho land The Legislature may enlarge
nhe relief and remedies herein rro.ided
for the above ramed class. of cmplo1es,
sna may extend those herein provided for,
Tor herein authorized. to any other class
OF c;r ployes.
The Committee on Finance was una''ie
30 get \ quorum yesterday afternoon
Ike hearing to be given representatives
nc the dealers and manufacturers m
Ecmnls and beer was poStponed uhut
wednesday. December litn, ataA Clock.
The following representatives We're pres
mt yesterday TO oppose the Harrison tax
,esolutton: Sv1vanus Stokes. Norfolk: L.
Lazarus. Lynchburg: NJ. ]. HessburS and
.. E. Hatcher, Danvifle. ]. NJ. Higgins,
William Zimmerman Peter Stumpf. $"
A. Klevesall. j. P. Brown, and A. Won n.
kosenegk. all gof Richmond.
Mr. ]. NJ. Higgins said postponement
II the hearing would be perfectly salts
factory to the delegation. who appeared
As citizens realizing that the committee
rae earnestly. seeking for the adoption OF
s,ch In xus nc would. hest q dNance the ln-