The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-26
WEEKS WORK IN
THE CON'Y'EN ton !
Progress Not SO Rapid as Ex-
pected.
SUFFRAGE SPECULATION
Conferences TO Be Resumed Tuesday Night.
Norfolk City Fisit-sonventiou
and Political News aud
Gossip.
S SUFFRAGE SPECULATION

The work of the convention the past
week did not show the same degree CT
progress that charac cried the proceed
ingS OF the two weeks previous. Only
ono report was completed and sent to
the Committee on Final Review; that on
public institutions and prisons. Over
this report there WAS no contest, the pro-
~ceedings being largely formed aiId per-
functory The contested sections had
been reconsidered by the standing COM
1nittce since their adoption by the Com
mitee of the Whole and stricken out.
This occupied about an hour of Mondays
session.
y SNAG WAS STRUCK.
On Tuesday the report of the Com
mittce on Cities and Towns was taken up
in Committee of the Whole. 1t was near
ly completed, when, on Thursday, Il snaS
was struck and an carly adjournment
was had. Friday the patron of an indie
pendent section of the report was not pre-
cared to proceed, and 1t was passed by
again, and another early adjournment
was taken. Yesterday this report was
again passed by, the report on education
was taken UP and foc lack of a quorum
the convention adjourned after half an
hours session.
Had the convention worked its usual
four hours per hay, it could have started
out tomorrow morning with a perfectly
and sent to the Committee on Final Re
view, and only the report of the Commit
tco on Corporations on hand to trouble
with AS it is, there is one. clause ca
troublesome snag) OF the report on edt-
cation to dispose of: three or four sec
ticns of the report on the executive de-
partment, and one section Of the report
on cities and towns. That is all Of the
old work now undisDosed of. There is
l1.~ no ayfi r mr. q =
culture, the article on taxation and IL
RANCE the liuuor license ana homestead
provisions from the Eill Of Rights Com
nittce.
ON CORPORATIONS.
If the travelled ends of the educational
report and cities and towns can be picked
up Monday, the convention can begin
consideration III Committee of the Whole,
the corporation article on tuesday,, and
there will be no lack of material for work
and debate for the next three weeks.
Th Committees on Agriculture and FL
nance may report Tomorrow or Tues
day at the latest, and that will be the
last, except the liquor license proposition,
which may bring up the rear.
Estimates as to length Of time it VIII
REQUIRE to complete all this work can at
best be but speculation. If the reports
on corporations is louGht with the same
weapons that were used in the committee
three months time can easily be devoted
to it. with lard work ans, heavy debate.
The same might be said of the taxa
1ion and the suffrage reports. On the
other hand, if either side scores Il dcci-
sivc victory by Il large majority on some
salient pivotal principle and the van
uuished sl,rrenGers. the convention can
easily adjourn by March 1st. 1t is only
after a two or three days lineup that
any Intelligent conclusion on this point
can be reached
There is a heavy weeks work ahead
and undoubtedly a big battle begun.
Members have been getting ready for it
a. long time, and it will bc Il battle Of
intellectual giants. What the result Will
be no man can tell. but whoever wins
will require heavy instalments OF parlia-
mentary iincsc and managerial ability.
for in such a. fight numbers do not alone
mean success.