The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-19
GREAT PROGRESS
MADE YES ERDAl.
Corporations Report Will Proba-
bly, Be Finished To-Day.
ONE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
Relates 10 Planting of Telegraph Poles 0.
Lines Of Railroads. Some Sections
Passed BY for the
Present.
ONE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

1iCuIS 10 ScSliOil S's,Ah% " -
thu Committee on Corporations ms
Ssye the 1lgh, to telephone and telegraph
companies to Plant poles on the RICH.
Of gay If railroads under certain re-
stIictions. After several amendments
haa been ..doY,ed "a motion to strike on
The section prevailed. 1t was notceabie
that Chairman fSraxton was silent du.-
.ng tho whole discussion, having turn
ed oyer the defense of this section to MI
Parks, its patron.
Nj the other sections OF the IePoi'
w:,c adopted without material aiheuu.
1nent, except the one containing the pf1h
ciple of tho employers liability nlii' AM
that requiring private corporations "
report to the commission the amount o.
capital in actual cash and on paper, De
fore obtaining Il charter. These wei
Dassed by to be considered after the
other sections were completed.
Only that part of section three which
provides for the appointment Oh three
,nelnbe7s Of the commission by the Gov
ernor was undetermined at the tune OF
adjournment A motion to amend b.
providing for their election by the poop"
was pending at adjournment and man!
short s.peaches had been MADE Inc
one causing most comment was stat
,nent nv MIR. Wysor that he should vote
for their appointment Try the Governor,
with the distinct understanding tlat
The report of the Committee on the
Executive Department should oe 50
smcndea that the Governor should mol
he eligible for the United States sen
ate during his term of Office.
The section prohibiting free passes u
state county, municipal or other ofticefs.
Judges or members of the General As-
sembIv. was adopted without any oo-
lection whatever.
There was no afternoon session. o".hs
10 the change from the Capltol 10 nv
s>hanics' institute Hall. where the hrst
sessit n of the convention VIII DC iielo
to-day, beginning at u o'clock
THE DAY IN DE1<llL.
Sixty members answered TO the roli-cali
sn The convention yesterday. prayer be-
ing offered by DR.. Dunaway-
Leaves of absence were granted sew
cral members on account Of sickness.
In Committee Of the Whole section s,
of the Corporation Committees report
which was passed by on Monday, was
first taken up It provides that the
General Assembly Shall, by general law.
of uniform operation, provide REASONABLE
and economical regulations for the asc7r-
tainment of just compensation to all rail-
reads, part of whose right OF way may
he condemned, for he5use OF telegraph or
telephone lines. etc.
Mr.. Hamilton said theGFrlnclple Oh tnis
section was wrong a railroad ought
not TO be compelled to allow the use u
its track to put up poles by any other Cor
nor3tion except by their consent, no mat
ter what the compensation shoulo ne.
He would move to strike the Sectlon OUT
hut realized the hopelessness OF IL. ne
thought it was piece OF special lesis-
lation, growing out of quarrel between
The Postal and Western Union Telegraph
Companies. which had no place in the
Constitution. To give any other corpora
ton paramount right to that OF tn
railroad over its own roadbed would Vio-
late a fundamental principle of the la"
of condemnation. ss
AMENDMENTS USELESS.
He said he understood the commute
approved of the section and was airal'
it was useless for him TO offer any amend
,nent He hoped some one on the olhe.
side would move to strike it out. Cap
lain Parks, who was the patron OF tn
resolution, spoke in support OF the sec
1ion saving it was already the statut
law of Virginia and had been construed
by the Supreme Court 10 place 1t IL
The Constitution was only guarding tn.
public against q monopoly in the future,
should influences be brought to bear On
IL 1SpSdi eiiC piNN'SA1N
statute.
He said that chapter 46 of the Code pro-
riding for condemnation proceedings Was
prepared before telegraphs or railroads
were. ever in eXistence.s He gave his
tory of the efforts to get a practical law
on the subject and said the State Senate
had listened to the railroads every time
and refused to give relief. He called at
tention to the fact that the railroads had
iNtn Gf -lr
the Western Union Telegraph Company
TO give it a perpetual right of way, and
.ierIy the privilege to all others. This
was the creation Of monopoly of the
worst kind and should be prevented. Til,
ten-minute rule was suspended and the
Two speakers occupied nearly an hour.
CAREFULLY SAFEGUARDED.
Judge Ingram pointed out III
right of the railroads had been carefully
safeguardcd and the Legislature vas left
to provide fair and just means of carry
ing out the principle enunciated
Judge Hancock opposed the section.
saying it was unconstitutional. He said
lie was the judge who decided the case
where the Po@natan road and the PostaI
Telegraph Company sought touse The RICH.
1 of way of other railroads. He decided
that the right of way of these railroads
Was their private property, and tho Court
of Appeals overruled him, but he was
satisfied it would not have done so had
ii fully understood the case.
Time was called on the Judge Just as
two questions We're fired at him. He said
he hated to take his seat with two in
terrorations staring him i'll the face, but
he did so.
Amendments were offered to the section
by NIessrs. Ingram. Anderson. Thorn and
Parks
Mr. wescott said the section was the
outgrowth OF the recent legislative fight
between the Postal and Western Union
Telegraph Companies.
ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
Mr.. Wysor claimed that the section OIL
secured a principle slready established
by the Supreme Court and If the desire
was to enable the Western Union to have
a monopoly the section should be amend
cd to that effect. AS it stood 1t would
benefit the railroads and not harm them
Mr.. r. Walton Moore favored striking
the section out. saying he agreed with
Mr.. Wcstcott
The Anderson. Parks and IhoH
amendments were rejected.
Mr. Wysor offered an amendment
which was accepted by Judge Ingram.