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

ter bills local IN their ma trro. lion
George y. Hunley, the new ch si4r nl.e..,
presided Wit. great dignity. among. me e
bills fayorably5 reported was one o lIeSg1
by Mr.. Branch. of Isle Of 5NVight :.
porating the Home Telephone Company. 4, ! :,
Colonel r. E. Boykin was before IN. lnI
cor,r,itYaa in the interest of the 8 Dill,
which :tas for its object the consoillua.
ton of several telephone lines ~,
Tidewater sections of the State. oev - 9 =.
of the House committees Will .L i,s,.
day, among ,fm being thatSo hoau'. +
Hon. ST. Kelley yesterday in trodu quo a,;.i
the House a bill to incorpo I'm re,
zens' Rapid Transit Company. -, M =
generators are H. "a. Cdrcand DIV. = !.
IenlSins. s 81, Kelley, John e.. ftagan,
an. PhilSS Shield. I he capltal p = octs =. y
fixed al s25. 600 The bill is designed 20
allow the proposed company TO charge
foil over. the yiaduct when pull from
Fourteenth street to Church Hill, it
having been determined by the City AZ AZ
torny that the City Council mas .not, .tle
authority to grant the aut horlts. ~
bill will doubtless pass
some one in a spirit of Jest yesterday
clipped the head from the paper known
as "Our Dumb Friends and pasted II
on the door of the Constitutional ConvenS
ton. The motto Of the paper is ;z.G MS, e
speak for those who cannot speak Tor !l
themselves Above it was written:
These are sentiments Of the people OF
Virginia. 1t is not. known that any OF
the convention members saw it.
There will certainly. be no hasty legls-
lation by the Senate. Mr.. Lyle started
the fight against placing bills upon iils
calendar directly after being introduced
or when reported from the House. ME-
McIlwaine came to his support, and now
a majority of the Senators will stand
together i'll opposing hasty legislation.
Senator ShackeIford is one of those who
think that taxes may be reduced OF
"edualized.' He is making study OF
this subject. is looking into the various
phases of the question and posting HIM
self thoroughly with a view to making
some effort % at least correct some OF
the burdensome features of. the taxation
system.
All Of the committees of the Senate
and the House have now plenty OF
work to do. Scores Of bills have been
offered in each branch. The committees
VIII, as a. RUE, lucSL Ill luC A11oA ai1Ai6s
Mr.. William "A Glasgow, .Jr:, Of Roa-
noke, was at the Capitol yesterday. He
spends much of his time here during the
sessions of the General Assembly light
ing the employ ers' liability bills that are
introduced at each session, No measure
of this character has been offered at this
session. -
There was a slight lul1 in the proceed
ings of the. Democratic, suffrage confer
ence last night, caused blythe presence
in the hall of a Republican member of
the IIousetSof Delegates. Senator Glass
had spoken for more than an hour, when
the eagle eye of Chairman Keezell fell
upon delegate Weaver, of Grayson.s The
chairman asked Mr.. Glass oS.suspend,
and Re requested those not tentitled to
the privilege of the foR to retire Act
ing Sergeant-at-Arrns Lipscomb at the
same time informed the member Of the
minority party that the conference was
exclusively for Democrats, and the lat
ter took up his coat and hat ana. re-
tired. He subsequently apoligizeG to the
chairman, saying he did not know it was
for Democrats only.
Sergeant-a alarms i of the House, I'M.
johnson, Jof 4,ockb.idge, was calleu to
his home, last nighl by a:telegram, an
nouncing the relapse, Of his son, who has:
for the: past four Nv eks been conflneastd
-his>honae withEae severe attack of<typhe1tf
FEVER. The young man 1ia6 grown great
deal better, and his father was Athletic
assume his duties here last week His
friends trust --.at his son may soon be
restored to health,
Governor :Ayler and Governor-elect
Montague were in attendance upon the
session of the suffrage conference last
night, and were interested listeners to
Mr.. Glass great speech in favor of his
plan for solving the elective franchise
problem. Other onin we leaders on the
floor were Ion. John c. Parker, of South
ampton; Judge E. Il. Montague, OF
Hampton, and a large number of MEM
bers of both branches Of the General