The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-29
HAD NO QUORUM
in CONFERENCE
Members Preferred to Attend
State Committee Meetings.
MAY HAVE DAY SESSIONS
Resolution Adopted Providing for Such Sit"
tiprs When the Convention Adi0urns
E.rIy-Medicsl College Appro-
prlatious.

There was not a quorum present at the
suffrage conference last night and MI.
Meredith. of Richmond. did not conciuoe
his sneech begun Friday night, in support
OF the Turnbull plan.
The counter attraction WAS the session
of the state Central Committee. Scverai
delegates arc members OF the committee
or held proxies, and 2. good many had d
close personal interest in the contest II
wee owing 10 this that full attendance
WAS not present.
Nr Tbom proposed that in future when
.hn convention has TO adjourn Tor want
Of work as carly as L o'clock, the cilaii-
mar, call a conference Of Democratic
members Immediately thereafter 10 60
slider the suffrage question untif : . ~.
p NJ, This would not interfere WITH o.iie4
work of the convention or take tHe iiaoe
of the regular night conferences.
Mr.. withers thought TINS "ooiu -. 49,
su an effort to put oft important WIN
20 A. convention for the purpose OF an
ca-l,. adjournment 10 so into conference,
that members would Willingly, some -
,hem vote to adjourn, and then When Sile
conference was called Wouio leei 1iee ~
snend the balance Of the daE any VIZ.
,sIsc but in the conference. ne Ssic' ~
,,,ae perfectly willing to attend d eo",e
cnce each day from O'Clock ui'it .
O'Clock and At night from nntii ~, W.
N. was not willing TO run any RISK al sii
.a>a,,, ,,,x;nr the important work no"
49, ~. Convention sidtetracked for
conferences. ,r,,or,
After an exclamation from Mr. iloill
no his motion only contemplated soihs
s,,o conference when the conFeli'loii
found itself without other Work. anu ~
.s,a+oment that this would probably be the
case to-day before II O'Clock, me ie'o'o
4ion was adopted without uissstot'
.rbo conference adjourned at 0 cio 'sr..
nv -, roc,,Iar session tonight, ana
II, snccial session to-day IL ca4ieo ~ 'i'0
chairman.
=, is moi expected that the convention
,,.;il he able TO take up the reports ol .lS
committee on Corporations inns ino'i''li?.
1:,h. reports of the malorl- anu .iie ~.
,,c,,i,- roport. submitted yesterday u!
N;r lIunton. are ori1fie"- ,,,ors 10
,,o,,bt l,e opportunity given &c members ~
- - sraui,,e their various provisions
before proceeding Tur1her-
n .la ,.cnort on cities and io"lls' as
,,r.endcd by the Committee OF the MY
;s ,,riuted. the convention VIII proceeu ~
dav to dispose Of that
The big fight that was on III ,ei'i
az The Whole TO strike out that pfoN io 1,.'
,,.1,ic,, .a,.o 10 cities and towns the cNcio-
r,et to Grant franchises to long dis
lance telephone companies. us',ls -,
streets and privileges will Doubtless De
renewed ,,..o
ICON seeing members constantly since 'iis
,.otc was taken on this proposition iase
"wednesday Mr.. kempcr, presioeilt %
.be Virginia Telephone COMPANY
stanton, and Mr.: Watts. its suPeliiit.iiu
cnt were talking to a group OF members
in III. convention hall yesterday after
,.con aud urging a reconsideration OF inc
MO hv which the amendment was de-
feated. ,,,a
one member. who was very frank ana
8. .lu-avs outspoken. asked MI. henpeF
Il he remembered being before the Legs
1at,,re two years. lobbying against d 'e,e
nhone charter which the report Oh III
committee would fin SO clearis Vic.
1ohbyins in future would be unnecessai!.
He also asked him if he knew thaI /.
noe renorted in New York that the beli
,ra1anbonc Company had just bought out
The Virginia Company
The questions We're what are eaiieI
..searchinr ones" and provoked d soou
deal of nirth, President kemper ana MI
Watts taking them both in sooo huiiioi'
md putting in what Ole lawyer calieu
-'plea of confession ana aNolaa'i'e
The Committee on Education had
meeting Yesterday afternoon to CONSIDER
The resolution prohibiting the legislature
from appropriating any funds Tor me ed
ucation of physicians. pharmacists, law
r,rs and preachers. As predicteu III i ne
trimes last Thursday. the committee untn-
<mously laid the resolution on the table
deciding that it was a matter to be lett
with the Legislature.
This was the resolution which the tnl-
~ers,ty College of Medicine asked the COM
,nittee to recommend. and over which
4herc has been two debates recently be-
tween that institution and the Medlcai
College. of Virginia
Ex-Statc Senator John L. Hurt of
Tittsylvania county, who was president