The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-26
eeesn @ Thh Measure 70 Be Made To-day,
Csaprsnlse 81 esssien Legislation.
Isportaat Matters Before
he Conslttee.

tuted for that in, the list: Messrs. John
Parish. D. o. Powers. Jr.. and S. c. Pea
tross.
In the case Of Scott county, Delegate
: Carter renominated the present board:
Messrs. c. M. Ninnick. I. c. Coley and c.
C. BoatwTfght. Colonel Richmond, men
& Der Of the Constitutional Convention from
Scott, asked through Senator Bruce to be
heard He asked for the following board:
Messrs. S. G. Strong, P. S. Lane and c..
c.. CUTLER.
Colonel Richmond attacked the board
fenomfnated by Mr.. Carter as the board
s which had gotten out the famous Scott
county ballot at the last presidential
election. This ballot, copies of which
were shown. contained the list Of can
ddates and electors printed in three COL
{ ,fmnS without punctuation or spacing
and with utter disregard Of capital let
ters. Furthermore this board, Colonel
s Richmond charged, had sent to one or
two precincts not even these remarkable
ballots. but packages CT the Congressional
Record cut up in lieu thereof
Mr.. Carter. replying to Colonel Rich
1nond. attacked. the latter's Democracy.
The latter admitted that he had voted
3 against Rl1ea and Bryan, but claimed to
better Democrat than either. Mr..
Carter was forced to admit that he had
not voted for Colonel Richmond. The
4 Electoral Board had permitted certain
over-anxious Democratic workers to work
s through It, explained Mr. Carter in con-
nection with the famous ballot
..Den't abandon the board under fire, y
argued Mr.. Carter. Strategy was part
OF political warfare and strategy In
Scott county had been necessary and had
8 been successful.
81 Colonel Richmond argued earnestly
FOR honest men who would properly adj
minister the laws.
IS, The committee decided in favor OF Mr..
q Garter to continue the present board.
M The Senate and House Committees for
Courts of Justice held d long session
yesterday afternoon and determined upon
e a ,e-,n,-t on the subject of the proposed
commission to take up the new Constitu-
ton and adjust the statutes thereto and
z report to the next session Of the Lesis-
! lalurc. The report. which will be made
RIO the two houses to-day. will provide
4 for commission. to be composed of sew
en- members, three to be elected by the
5 House, two py the Senate and two by
the FIVE SO chosen. The Senate and House
7 arc to elect members of their respective
) bodies, and the two members to be chosen
s8l.y the five are to come from the State
at large Men like Professors Lille.
Gruves, Tucker and Burks are mentioned
as probable outside members of the COM
x1ission.
Messrs. Gold. Lupton and Watkins
from the Senate and Cation. Boaz and
Stearnes form the House. constituting
1 the conference committee to consider the
disagreement Of the two branches on the
pension bills; met yesterday afternoon
& and reached conclusion which will be
reported to the two houses to-day. The
bill to be reported embraces Somes of the
features Of both bills, but in the main
il may be called the Cation measure.
s One OF the most salient features is the
amendment offered by Mr.. Gravely in
the House, which allows the widow of a
& Confederate soldier whose husband has
died since the war to claim a pension
without proving that the disease from
which he died originated during his SER
s vice in the war. A soldier may get upon
the rolls by reason Of infirmity Of age
E at sixty-fye, and the roll revision fea-
ture of the Cation bill is returned The
administration feature of the Parks
measure is incorporated.
Hon. S. I. Kelley, from the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, yesterday.
reported to the House the bill approved
by his committee. reapportioning the
State into House of Delegates districts.
the tentative bill was printed are
7 as follows: Allegheny and Craig. one
. delegate; Bath and Highland. one: Caro-
line, one; Chesterfield. one: Dickinson
= and Wise ,one; Fanquier. Stafford and
King George. one: Giles and bland. one;
Madison and Greene. one; Montgomery
and Radford one: Page and Kappahan-
mock. one. Tazewell and Buchanan, one.
I Danrille and Pttsylrania lose one dele
gate. and are given three instead Of four
ms in the tentative report An examina-
tion of the changes noted above, will
show that many of them simply restore
districts to their present composition, az
& parties in interest in some cases did
not like their districts as reported in the
tentative plan and succeeded in having
the changes made and their counties plac-
ed in the districts as constituted at pres
. emit
The House Committee for Courts of
Justice yesterday afternoon reported fa-
torably a bill offered by Senator Ander-
son to allow the State, and cities Of the
\ State, to impose a tax on ground rent
# Hon. +. I. Christian will tonight dine
his colleagues on the Committee on Coun-
ties, cities and Towns at his home, No.
s sf1s East Broad Street.