The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17

fully determined upon. will contain no
j unders landing clause and no grandfather
/ clause. as ii is the opinion of many that
4 the advocates of the one vii! prevent
the adoption of the other.
Delegate Mundy takes business
mans view Of the adjournment with pay
question. Iic said last night that his
people sent him here to fix a Constitution
in three months at 81 a day. lie EaS
worried that contract out an0 'hfHe
months over working lard as he could
to complete the job. Now he proposes,
before taking anolher three months con
tract to Offer a resolution liking pay at
SIS :. day. He thinks that little enough
for the class Of work, considering no"
much he has already lost by having 10
spend six months in an effort to accom-
lliish what his people told him could De
done in three months when he made me
contract The resolution will, no douot'
provoke long debate,
The discussion over section Of the
judiciary report relating TO the lurlsdlc-
ton OF the Supreme Court, will probably
be concluded to-day. Judge Robertsoh'
who was expected TO lead the opposition
TO the report has gone home Oh account
OF illness. ana said before he lett 1la1
he had concluded not TO fight any 1urihe'
that he had already put himself in the
breach on several points and had not
been backed up by those who urged nun
10 tho charge Chairman Hunton VIII leid
( the assault on the committee report ana
/ Governor Cameron viii have charge OF
the forces who Will resist any Amendment
10 the recommendations of the committee.
1t is said that resolution Will be offered
The first thing, this morning that a vote
$50. no t,l- at clock to-
day If this is done it will be adopted,
and considcra ton of the whole report VIII
thus be completed.
1t is thought that every committee re-
port will be completed III Committee or
The Whole this week, so that they can
he printed as amendment for consioera-
ton Of the convention after the recess,
( the suffrage report of course, excepted.
The House Committee on Privileges ana
/ Elections met yesterday and had the COZ
/ test Of Bibb and Lambeth against mt
head and Woodward UP for consideration.
II was decided to postpone the case unul
after the recess.
The Hunley apportionmcnt bill was tax
. on M, II provides for the apporuonment
. Of the State for the Legislature. House
/ and Senate as it is al present, Tor the
basis. but Mr.. funley expects amend
mcnts.
. he census SHOWS lli'tI tJotLi 49, ~ :
+ News and Norfolk county are entitled TO
/ more representation. and as the, limit OF
+ nnenlbership-40 Senators and 100 Delegates
has already been reached there VIII
have 10 he other districts cut off If these
are allowed. So. in fact the apportioh-
! nent will have TO extend CONSIDERABLY.
The Constitution provides that 'hei t
/ shall be an apportionment IN 1891 ana
/ every tenth year thereafter The ques-
tion was raised as to whether the pil had
to be passed in 1901. or whether II begun
4 now il could be finished during TINS ses-
sion even it was III 1907
The committee appointed Messrs. S Cor
don Cumming, Cabell and Hunley to get
the opinion of -Attorney-Generai Montague
and report to-day at II o'clock
Tho committees reported faVorablN the
hin introduced by Hon. Moses Green TO
& punish those who intimidate judges OIL
\ elections This is intended 20 meet recent
1 cases in Norfolk county
Speaker Ryan, in reference to the
sta1ament made by Mr. Boaz in Sunday
/ Times to the effect that the Legislature
would not extend the session after the
4 9Th of March without pay, says that Mr..
/ Roaz is mistaken as to the facts. lie
saws that the Legislature adjourned UNI
/ iii the 18th of February, hoping that inc
Constitutional Convention would have
finished its work by that time IL,
however, the convention is still III ses-
! sion when we return says the Speaker
.thera will lie plenty OF work for the
LEGISLATURE to do and he Will guarantee
that every member OF the House VIII
vote to extend the session without pay.
! The appropriation bill will have to be
passed: the State will have to be re-
| aonortioncd both for members of the
hoy
aress; Electoral Boards for the state
viii have 10 be named; there are many
local bills on the calendar which VIII
also have to be passed which are very
imnortant to the localities asking fol
suck legislation.
The final report of the Committee on
Education as to the composition OF the
State Board OF Education will be bitterly
fought in the committee.
The composition of the board, as re-
ported by the committee, on reconsldera-
ton. is as follows: Governor Attorney
General. and Superintendent of Public
instruction. elected by the people: chair
men of the faculties of the University o!
Virginia. State Normal School at Farm
: Vile and Virginia Polytechnic Institute
holding by virtue of these positions. anc
one county and one city superintendent
chosen by the other members OF ths
board The last TWO hold for two years
and are 10 take no part in the selecuoi
OF superintendent or other political ma
tiers that may properly come before the
board.
Hon. Charles NJ Wallace, Jr., yester
day offered in the House bill lncorpor
.,tinc the Old Dominion Company, and
vas referred TO the Committee on Gen