The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13

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make an gument before eomnlsss.
he appreciated the ". -, 80
preferred making bis speecnl ~ tro-
Terence. Mr.. Glass Is pecteo5 " -
! duce his sssliiIaSIe plan to day.
I The liquor license yquest ton will recelYes
another airing before the Conlml1tsse q
Bill Rights l.la afternoon at 3 q clocA.s
sIhis meeting promises Ito be aSilvely,o,.s
and will bes the last one VII !! 70 g
taken in exec,stive session as soon as the
debate between the pros and antis is con-
scluded. It Is believed that the resoll1tloo31llS
Will fail to- be- adopt Tho general .s ex.s
preston among members indicates tnat
the. think 1t is not a subject for constl-
=, action but belongs to the Legs
here were no committee meetings last
night. With the sessions of the 5conven !;
ton closing at 9 O'Clock. committees VII
nave time to meet in u e afternoo on :, = nc
flve most important coy Unit eess.ssssNi1rase,
= judiciary. FinallEe;and Taxation.sASoI,
ratlon and BillRspf Rights-haveaapp ol IN.
ments for thisSafternoon. It Is remark
able that theses committees are so ar
ranged that. the same set of members are
on two or more of the. five committees,
and it will be difficult for more tha1l 5t"o
of.them to be Iii session the same Gay;
The Suffrage judiciary and Bin OF
Rights Committees will soon be out OF
the way. Eveiisthen the Committees on
sFinance and Taxation and on Corpora
tons have important delegates who are
invaluable on both. These committees by
alternating can have a full attendance at
each three times a week in the afternoon.
The suffrage conferences begin Tonight
and may. last a. month. There is abso-]
lu.ely no means: of estimating the length
OF time that will be devoted to speech
making In the.f mum berless amendments
that will be offered to the committee re-
ports and to the Independent suffrage
plans that have been introduced In the
convention or which will be offered in
the conference
Congressman Flood arrived yester-.
day, having returned from Winches-
ter, where he left his sick sister
In an improved condition. Mr. FlooG Will
probably be the next speaker III the con-
ference in favor of the majority report
presented by Mr.. Thorn. Mr. Wysor will
probably be the first speaker tonight
in advocacy of; his minority plan. NJ.
y
frage plan, and he will speak iot that
In the conference. Senator Glass VIII
offer one to-day and will make = &: cat
speech in favor of it. Major lNntcisrn
will be the next speaker in the COME r
ence for the Daniel plan, and many eli er
speeches are Expected on all sizes.
The special committee appointed to ar:
range for the meeting of the Legislature
presented the following report yts,: =.
day to the Constitutional Co11enti..r,
and it was adopted:
20 the Convention:
: The select committee appointed TO IN
squire and report what acton, II any, IS
necessary to be taken WITH reference 70
the approaching session OF the LeSisla-
aure, beg leave to report, mat they nave
had under cons. Iteration the subject re-
ferred to them, and recommend the
adoption by the convention OF the 1olloW-
ing .reSolution:2 IL r.i312 =! ts.lt.aa.
Resolved That a committee of five be,
appointed, whose duty it shall be to con-
fer with the --Juse OF Delegates or
committee thereof, at the commencement
of the approaching session OF the Genera.
Assembly for the purpose OF making SUIT
able arrangements for the occupation o.
the hall by the convention, SO as not. to
interfere with it's use by the House OF
Delegates during the continuance Of their
session fftfsS -
JOHN. GOODE,
SO Chairman.
The Convention yesterday adop.,t are
solution offered: by Mr.. Moore. of Fair
TAX, continuing the committee appointed
to look into the question of wnen the
LEGISLATURE shall meet, and nakin:, 4!
the one provided in its own report to
confer Will, q Similar one for the HOUSE
of Delegates to arrange for the meeting
of both AbodieS in the same hall. Tile
committee is as follows: Messrs. Goode
chalrnan; Boaz, Keezell Ayres and
Thorn. n:.
TIE convention, by an overwhelming
vote yesterday, decided hereafter to do
away with afternoon sessions and to
meet each day at 10 o'clock A. NJ. ana
adjourn at 2 o'clock 7. NJ. The new Or
der goes into effect tomorrow
Mr.. Glass will present his new suf-
.frage clause to the Convention 10 Cay,
so as TO have it before the conter
ence tomorrow night. Mr. Glass is pre-
ring to make a powerful argument in
its favor before the conference. 81
Among the prominent lea,srs on tie
floor of the convention yesterday were
Messrs w. r. Duke OF GharlottesviIle
and w. w. Baker, Of Chesterfield, mem-
lar.. of Tho H,olSr of Delegates