The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-05
Stirring Scenes Mark the
Opening Session.
CROWD AT CAPITOL.
Legislative Halls Thronged and Great
Interest Shown.
MINORITY PARTY MAKE FIGHT
Put 10 Candidates For All the Positions
to Be Filled by the i1ouse-Reso-
lulions Offered Providing for 0uly
Emergency Legsiation-Strik-
ing scenes and incidents
OF tae Day.
CROWD AT CAPITOL
MINORITY PARTY MAKE FIGHT


The General Assembly is now organized
end ready Tor business.
Governor Tyler has sent in his message
aud made important suggestions as to
what should ioe done
There was not much done yesterday OF
general interest The proceedings were
larger, of formal character. What was
done had been. as rule, anticipated
The Democratic nominees for officers of
the Senate and the House were, OF course.
elected In the upper branch the three
Republicans voted for the old officers,
who h d been r>nomi .ated By the m-Jorl.E
parry. but N, The House II wa dlAe.eht.
1or the first time IN several years me
Republicans thought thcy had enough
mem ers 10 make rcspcctaole showing.
SO they lEit lIp cand dates for edcn othce
20 be fined. They supported NJ. George
T. Sipe of Rock.ngh4:n. f2r Speaker He
will. therefore, be !ooheI 70 as the he
iapuLoi.can leader on the floor of The House.
The most important measure OF general
Interest ofi'oleo was .lIe resolution pre-
scented by Senator W:ckham pTovlcing
that as the Cons ,itutionai Convention is
tstll in SESSION there shall be no general
Legislation except s-cn as The apisroprla-
ltion i;ill. and no private leg siatlon except
ouch as the eXigencies of the occasion
may iinperat.v,gy demand Ihs measure,
ct Mr.. Wickham's suggestion, was or
dereu TO lie upon the IaJie until To-Day
ale stated that ne wanted to give the
nleneyers ample time to consider it.
Nothing was officially done in reference
10 taking recess
The senate VIII meet at noon to-day,
but the House Will not convene until >
T. NJ.
BIG CROWD AT CAPITOL.
There were more than the usual num-
her of people at the Capitol iof thc
upening exercises. Members OF the Con-
stitutional Convention, Senators, Dele
gates. ofiice-seekers, newspaper men ana
people who had no other excuse ioi
being there than to see what was gong
on. brushed up against each otheF,
talked politics, religion. agriculture ana
any other subject that suggested Itself.
II was decidedly the legislators day.
Members of the convention realized Tor
once that they We're not the only ''peb-
lilies on the beach The fact is that the
average member Of the convention
seemed to feel that his sovereignty hao
been reduced to a Very limited posses
sion.
The new members of the Legislature
were as rule, the first to arrive at
ithe Capitol they went to their desks
and got down 10 work at once. Ihe ola
members were. generally speaking,
slow in making their appearance. 1heF
know all the ropes and had nothing 20
lasrn. besides, experience had taught
1hen1 that the office-seekcrs had natu-
rally. gone to the Capitol and their lives
would be rendered miserable until the
respective bodies to which tncy belonged
should be in session.
MANY OLD "sTAND-BYs.
The old ..stand-bys'' We're there Ihese
are the men who, whenever the deherdl
Assembly meets, are always on hand 10
renew old acquaintance and make ne"
friends. The advice that was offered
free gratis to the legislators would
have filed the Capitol building. Ihose
old stagers knew just what should be
done and how.
Old and familiar faces We're missing
Former Speaker Saunders. now a circuit
1udre was absent for the first time IN
many wears. Hon. r. c. Pitcher was
1here but not as a member, tor he mas
had enough of legislative experience
and declined to run again lie wore
sort of t-these-new-lelio"s-
can-do' expression. Congressman blood
sat way back behind the railway III
tbe Senate Chamber, not that ne cooiu
not get up toward the front, out as
a matter of choice 1T mas peeii . ..n, us
,;n,a since he first came to the 6eNerai
assemh,y and this is the first Tune SINCE
,,,en that be has not been member
I-orr,er Senator John l.. JeffrieS look
cd perfectly at home. though he Is now
not a legislator. He was all ABOUT
thc Capitol hustling for Norfolk as
the place 20 hold the jamestown En-
LIEUT. GOV. WILLARD.
When Iieutenant- t-Governor-eiect Joseph
+. Willard arrived he had to nearly
shake his right hand off In greeting
his friends. The people rushed up 10
him in the lobby; he had to hold i'm
promptu receptions in the Senate cham
ber and finally. got TO seat to the
right of the presiding officer. where he
watched the proceedings with interest.
Won. ] Taylor E;llyson was most cor
daily received when he came in to
shake hands with friends.
Col. Bob Catiett was assured by his
Democratic friends of their regret that
he was defeated. while Mr. Rerer-
comb. the Republican. who got .he more
votes was introduced to those who will
sit with him in the Senate chamber.
The Senators could not use their cloak
room. as formerly. 1t is now the office
OF the official stenographers OF the con-
vention. In that narrow space manv
an important bill has been made law
or defeated. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Echc!s. during the proceedings forgot
the use 10 which this room has been
put. aud directed the door to be opened
Some Senator's. finally went into the
cloak-room and puffed away at their fine
cigars.
"oRAToRY ON TAP
There was much oratory ION tap" es-
peclallv over on the House side but
not much of it was turned loose II will
keep. however. and may be drawn upon
At some other time.