The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
SIZE OR THE BODY
AGAIN DISCUSSED
Convention Membership Up in the
House.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN
Adjonrnmonr Until Tuesday, When
the Body Will Meet Daily at Ten
O'Clock and Hold No After
noon s. S,ion.
NOON 5. S,ioIl
the Senate

There was no session .Oi the oehdte
Yesterday The House further discussed
thsl question of membership of The Con-
stlJut.onai Convention, but no action was
taken. Mr.. saunders conciudeu his argu-
nuent in Tavor of electing 4 portion OF the
delegates from the State at large, and
Mr. Baker made an able speech in favor
Of one hundred members, appointed on
the bass OF the House of Delegates.
The House decided to adjourn until
Tuesday in honor Of the memory of Chief
Justice Marshall and to meet from now
on. at 10 O'Clock instead of u o'clock, and
adjourn each day at 2 Q clock p. NJ.
Neither branch will be in session to-
morrow. the Senate having adjourned on
Friday untl Tuesday at noon. lndlca-
rions point to the final adjournment of the
Legislature by the middle of this month
The House concurred in a Senate joint
rc.so,ution providing for the appointment
of n Commission to devise a better sEs-
TEN of check and balancing the State
Department and report to the next regular
session.
There was no prayer in. the House.
The attendance, of members was
rather slim, a. great many of them haT-
ing gone home to spend Sunday. In
Senator L. d. Yarrell. OF Greenesv.l!e,
VS. on the floor of the House shaking
hands with his friends.
The House agreed to 4, Senate joint res
oluton. providing for the appointment OF
a joint commission. composed Of two
members on the part of the Senate and
three on the part Of the House. to sit dur-'
ing vacation and endeavor to formulate
better system of check and b7lance be-
tween public officers of the State and t.
report to the next regular session Of the
LEGISLATURE The resolution is in lin
with Suggestions on this subject contain-
ed in the Governors 1nessaga to the extra
session. The Chair apo nted the fl
lowing members of the commission OF
the part of the House: Nessrs. Boaz.
Bowlcs and Pollock.
To SELL FOR JUNK.
Mr.. Churchman, of Augusta, offered the
following resolution, which was agreed
to:
Whereas there is great fe2ing of in
security owing to the great weight in the
top OF the Capitol; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Dele gates.
the Senate concu:ring. That the Secretary
of the Commonwealth be ard is hercby
instructed to select any of the books an
papers of value there slowed and place.
in the Library building or bas 2ment and
sell the res due waste paper Tie
Register of the Land Office is in tructe
to use the force under his control in car
rying out the provisions of this instr--
rnent.
WILL MEET AT TEN
Mr.. Bowles, of Salem. offered the fol-
lowing resolution. which was agreed to:
Resolved That beginning on Tuesday.
February 5th 1851 this House shall meet
daily at 10 o'clock A. Al, and the specia
orders heretofore set for / o'clock p. NJ
shall be heard at II O'Clock A. NJ in
stead"
Mr. Clarke offered an amendment, max
ing the hour Il o clock instead of 10 O'Clock
but it was lost.
Mr.. Mcconnell moved to have the Com
nlittee on General Laws discharged from
the further consideration of Senate bill
Sc. Incorporating a telephone company
for Scott county. Mr.. Churchman made
the same motion in regard to Senate bill
No. "a providing for confirming the char
ter OF the Long Distance Telephone Com
raGny cf Virginia. Both motions were
adopted.
Mr.. Anderson called UP his joint resou
ton offered on Thursday. providing for
looking into the eNpediency Of holding ar
exposition in Virginia. III celebration o.
the 2OGth anniversary of the settlement o.
Jamestown Mr. Anderson made an elo
ouent speech in favor OF his resolution.
and it was adopted.
A BAD PRECEDENT
A Dill OuSreu. Dy MI lIluuS 10 NIiOW me
supervisors of Charlotte 10 ,o...4,eils.y,
the members of the Pension Board
that county caused some discussion. Mr.
Ware wanted it so amended as to apply
to Amherst. and it was vigorously OPP
posed by Mr.. Barclay and Mr.. Todd The
former characterized it as "perniciou:
legislation" ana paid an eloquent tribute
to the old soldiers. He said the board
of his county would not accept pay for
such work Nlr. TODD took the same view
and said it WIS back pay, grab leSisla
ton He moved to dismiss the bill
Messrs. Pollock and AIcAllister also OPP
posed the BILL and said it would set u bao
precedent and the Legislature would be
flooded with such bills
Mr. Petit said if there was money to
pay the boards, it should be paid to tbs
old soldiers who had received the pitifu
sum of 500 under the present law. He
said it was a bad precedent. and he was
therefore opposed to it. The bill WAS
dismissed with a whoop by the House.
IN HONOR OF MARSHALL.
Mr.. Pitcher offered a resolution which
was adopted providing that when the
House adjourn it adjourn to meet on
Tuesday at 10 o'clock. the action be-
ing taken in honor of the memory of
Chief Justice Marshall.
The special order having for it's object I
the consideration of bills relating to the
Constitutional Convention was then taken
I'D, and on motion of Mr. Todd the House
resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole. Mr. Kelley, of Richmond city, in
the chair.
Mr. Saunders took the floor and resumed
his argument in favor of the election OF
a number Of delegates to the convention
for the State at large. Before he had