The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-08
COMMITTEES READY TO. REPORT

The Constitution Convention will resume
work to-day in earnest. 1t met yesterday,
after an election recess of over two
weeks length, but lacked five members
Of having Il quorum, and no business was
transacted. But there are more than
enough members in town now to enable
the body to proceed-w with the considera-
tion of the important matters before it.
The convention will probably so into
Committee of the Whole to-day for the
consideration of the County Gocernment
report. reSumng for the first thing the
manner of selecting commissioners of the
revenue.
Before the convention adjourned the re-
port OF the Committee on the Executive
Department had been prepared ana sign
ed by every member of the committee,
but, for prudential reasons, it was with
held from submission 10 the convention
until after the election. If Chairman
Cameron arrives this morning this report
may be submitted to the convention to-
day. While several other committees have
practically agreed on their recommends
tions, it will take several days to draft
the reports, and it looks now as if there
will be no others presented before Tues
day or Wednesday of next week.
The convention was only in session q
few minutes yesterday. President GoOde
called the body to order at noon and lev
DR.. Richard McIlwaine, of Prince Ed
ward, offered the opening prayer. Ihc
roll-call revealed the presence of only
forty-six members, and that net consti-
t,,ting a ol,orlm. Mr. r. Walton Moore
tfTa,.s5 q notion which was adopted to
"a ia,,,., ovee ,,nti, this p,ornins:it 20
o.c1ocl
) s,rbaE ,4,a,,bers who answered to their
,a1,,a- ,.as+ard,,- we've. Nessrs BARBOUR
frrbnr,as "a Rarnes Blair. Boaz Braxton
pr;stow Erooke Brown, Carter Cobb
Cris,nond Eggleston, Epes. Fletcher, Gil
,,oraf INV Gordon Gregory Hamit ton.
IJo,,a,ol- Hardy Harrison Hutton Hun
: ;,,xl,..,,-aT oyeII Nicilwaine
,Jn,,oaitl, I3+sNvaiton Moore O'Flaherty,
nl,:,Ii,'si ~. pollard sPortloclS. Ouarles.
So ct,,ort' T,rarry Thom. Thornton,
n-.,l,,,1l Vincent Waddill Watson
Jvsst eG]y,tbersa and the Presitient-46
There will be no trouble about a quorum
today as enough members had arrived
last night to insure the requisite number.
Among, these were Messrs. p. w. Camp
hell r. r. Gordon. Stebbins willis and
NOnnllrp A great many Will COlliS Al VA
tbe ,norninp trains
q,bo- suffraro conferences will probably
ho rasumed Monday night Senator Daniel,
cb,;rn,an of the suffrage Committee, on
account of whose enforced absent the
.onforences were SUSPENDED before ad-
iournment will not return to his seat for
the nresent. but he is understood to have
expressed the desire that there Sn;il! pc
-.L- I,is o,,,Dt
There was some talk yesterday of calling
a. conference for tonight, but Chairman n
Keezell not having Returned no steps
looking to this end were taken.
one in the minds of members of the con-
ycnticn. Delegate Stuart says that dele
gates from the Valley and the Southwest
made a great mistake in not boldly Srap-
plin; With it from the first and fiNimg IL:
ne cites several county eiectioii7i'''' 10
proof of this. Russell county gave over
seven hundred Democratic 1naJotils'
thereby endorsing his hlrmE ana outspohe'l
position on the various quesuons'e tSpeclai-
ly that of suffrage, while Puiaskl county
whose delegate opposed an ehecti'e -, SUI
frage scheme and other pollcIeS ol Inc
convention, Went Rcpupllcan. he
said another illustration OF TINS was
the fact that Republican delegate bldlt
who made his canvass for the Legislature
on structures and criticisms OF the con-
vention was Overwhelmingly defeated
went Republican,; and showed that III
every one of them the delegates, as a
rule. had been on the apologize order III
the campaign a1ld+uneasy about taxing
any firm stand with the Democratic ma
iority III the convention on the suffrage
question
h,
-ratulations when he entered the con-
y,ntion hall. and his charming wife,
who accompanied him, was the recipient
of many delighted greetings
-
In connection with the rumors afloat
in regard 20 Senator paniers resigna-
ton as a member of the convention on