The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-25
SENATE WILL Be
HELD. BLAMELESS
House Responsible for No Com
mission.
so SAY SOME SENATOR'S
State viii Not Suffer by Reason of Pas
sage Of Few General Laws-Present
Ones in Full Effect-WiIl Ad.
journ This Afternoon.

The short session of the Legislature
will end this afternoon. The body will
reconvene to put the new Constitution
into more thorough and general opera
ton November 18th next at noon. This
action was made certain yesterday by the
adoption in the Senate of the House
joint resolutin on the subject It is not
believed the State will suffer IN any way
By failure of the body at this time to
so into general legislation. as the schedule
10 the new Constitution gives full force
and effect to all existing statutes pending
their reimbursement.
To be on the safe side. however, the
Senate has passed amendments to the
present election law designed TO clear up
any apparent conflict, and also blll
putting the registration ordinance INTO
operation The House will adjust these
measures to-day. Both branches have
cleared up the doubt on the subject OF
qualified jurors. and they have passed
bills authorizing the Auditor Of Public
Accounts to pay the members and officers
of the body their per diem and mileage.
The new regime under which the bodies
must now operate. in view of constitu-
tionai changes, make it difficult to dis
pose of legislation rapidly, and very few
bills can now be passed in the course
of a day. The session therefore to-day
promises to be a long one.
The failure of the Legislature to adopt
any plan for mapping out the work OF
the long session is creating much ad-
verse comment. Members of the Senate
are disposed 10 lay the blame at the
door of the House.
I'VE are on record" said Senator Sale.
Of Norfolk city. last night AS hav-
ing been willing to any reasonable plan,
ard the blame must rest where 1t be-
longs It will be recalled that the Sen
ate at its former session adopted 4 plan
which provided for commission to come
entirely from without the Legislature, so
we have offered them both plans, and
they took neither
The unfortunate management of the
affairs on the House side is responsible
for the failure OF that body to agree to
anything. and there should be a deeply
rooted suspicion that every scheme offer
ed was loaded after the slate talk
was started.
No more delay or trouble will arise in
the Virginia Courts in the jury cases as
a result of doubt to whether there are
any qualified Jurors in the State. Bills
have been passed in the House and Senate
clearing UP the doubt, and by tonight
they Will have been signed by the Cover
nor.
The point raised by one Hicks in Louisa
the other day. upon which he gained a
continuance until the August term of the
courts. was not new one. though it had
not then been taken advantage of by a prs-
oner up TO that time Judge ]. NJ. Mullen,
of Petersburg: Judge G. Taylor Garrett
of Mathews. and other judges had passed
by all jury cases on their doclets, pend
ing anticipated action by the Legislature
on the subject
The members of the committee Of Am
herst and Nelson citizens and lawyers
who came here to lay the Campbell Craw-
ford matter before the Legislature left
for their homes yesterday afternoon we'll
pleased with the result of their mission.
We have done our duty" said one of
them. land the matter is now up
right to and do expect action at their
hands and we feel confident that the
matter will be thoroughly sifted by that
body.
The case is losing none of its wide
spread interest and 1t is being freely
u ot a eS 1 1na o snv aeton
will be taken if at all, until the No
vember session of the body. Meanwhile
1t will have been disposed of by the
court where It is nos pending and set
for trial on July 3lst. Senator Bland
Massie desires it stated that he is doing
no work whatever in the case
Hon. c. Conway Baker, of Westmore-
land. will. before leaving for his home,
have packed and shipped to that coun-
ty the large portrait of William Pitt Earl
of Chatham. which has long hung on
the walls of the hall of the House of
Delegates. The portrait was sent here for
safe keeping years ago by the county
of Westmoreland after the burning of the
County Courthouse. and now that fine
new building has been erected it will
be returned to adorn its walls. Messrs
sydnor and Hundley, furniture dealers
of this city. will have charge OF the
shipping Of the portrait.
The House Committee for Courts of
Justice met yesterday and considered
some local measures.
The Campbell-Crawford resolution pre-
sented on Wednesday by Mr. Jennings,
of Lynchburg (by reQuesU. was not taken
UP, the patron not having attended the
meeting Of the body. 1t will undoubt-
ely so over until the long session.
The many friends OF Captain A. O.
Sullivan, the veteran doorkeeper. of the
House of Delegates. will be glad to learn
that his health is improving and that he
hopes to be able to return to his duties
When the Housem Gets in November