The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-12
Opposition to His Request fox
Rccomnlittal Of the lS93fS5
Measure. .Rs
SUGGESTION OF LECT URN 6 III
FINANCE COMMITTEES
An Enciting Incident, NWhichs
Had, However, an Amicable
EndingIlls surat1ce Bureau / Ss53 s5
Bill Amended, Defeated M,
and the Vote Recon .a3 s5#.5a,5 3
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The session OF the Senate OF virginiRtii
began tamcly enough yesterday with the
routine Of opening ceremonies and Usual
work, but It ended In one OF the most u
dramatic Incidents III the history Of the
Senate. The scene came almost without a
warning In the beginning, but the con-
Sflicting currents Of feeling soon began to "A
assume such strength and force that n.
long before the climax was reached u
was observed aud felt by many that such 4
elimination would DO almost iilevita-A
#Ele. 5s5
In the morning hour$the COMMITTEES on
Finance anl Banks had reported f.lyol+ Il
ably 1.-THE bill OF Senator Anderson, pros
vidlng for the appropriation Of $3.50, ,O00 n
iii addition to tina at#alrendy3 ropriat ted s
(: for the repair. enlargement and irrl- B;
provement OF tho state Capitol. n o. dis-SSt
cussion had followed the submission ofs
Z tho report but when the special Q orderS
had been disposed Of and the Senate was
about to adjourn Tor tho day, Mr. w ick-s
ham, tho chairman Of the Finance COM
fmIttee. ana the veteran OF the Senate
II in point of service. rose to submit q mo-
$tion to otrecommlt 81 he measure to " tllea N
E'inance Committee. Ii the scour se$ hts 49
advocacy OF the motion to- recommit Mr.;
sNVickhaln spoke IN his most Intense, en-,
phatlc lind eyer, ssl On ed ma n ntler,&s
Eand In doing So 4 used syl 40 III g1a ge tShlchs8
was construed by some to he III the na-#
tllre OF n lecture to tho coMmt tees ;as s &
Mr.. Shacke ford. In an explana ton ofAA
his part In tho action OF the comni ag
lin considering aud reporting the bill
without the presence OF Mr.s yViclsfam.gs5g n vi
tho chairman, In timated thai the senator
from Hanover seemed to lecture the cor Mn
5nittea III 4, M t3
Before the sentence had been COM
,pletetl, Mr., Wickhan, with that spirit
which is characteristic of him. inter- ~
3jected, II deny any intention to lecture
the committee and herewith submit my s.
resignat tlon," :" $,ss s "a
With that statement the tense feeling q
which had pervuded the discussion " UP NJ
to that moment eliminated, and the mo-'s% mo-
5mentary silence which followed was Inn
gmediately succeeded by q period OF ac--ta
tivity approaching excitement. iS
Not in Accord. S3
Mr.. shackelford withdrew his state-sl
ment as to the senator's seeming to lee.
ture tho committee, but Mr.. NVickham's
spirit was aroused, and he replied. stat
ing that for some time he had felt t than n1S
he was not in accord with the prevailil1 III
sentiment OF the Senate, and that his
action was not duo TO any personal feel
ing or to any affront, but to this foelirg.3ss
Mr. Anderson. OF Richmond city, was #
recognized. ana spoke In a. strain In ri
which intense earnestness was manifest
Ii, every tone, becoming at times elo-s,5
Guent in explaining his own motives anu rs
his course in the matter tho discussion
of which had unexpect edly precipitatod "A
( the dramatic Incident recorded. g}5 k
President Willard IN graceful termss8s
announced that he would exercise HIS $
prarogatlve and decline to submit the q
nres ton of the resignation Of the sena-i5 "a
tor from Hanover, and tho Se:nte ap~4'
plauded tho utterance. as II had done il
a tribute to Mr., Wtckham by Mr. Ans ",
derson. S ss Ss u ts itAi s8sS
Mr.. Wickham then desired to withdraw
his motion to reconlmit the bill, but ere n
he was settled In his seat again, the tail s
form OF Senator Opie arose on the other
side of tho Senate and he renewed the &@
motion to lyecommit. "r see the senator Y
from Hanoverls Is writing his reslgnatton.'''# # "
said Senator OpIe. ''nnd I desire to- pres
vent that. 1t would betn calamity TO the KS
state Continuing, the senator from II
Augusta eoquently commended the senn- IN
tor from Hanover for his invaluable SER
vice to the State, and expressed tne Bss
earnest hone that lie would not insist on \
offering his resignation.
Timely Adjournment.
At this crucial moment the senator
from Halifax. Mr.. Earksdale. arose to the s9
occuslon ana solved tho difficulty by mov-}f
ing to adjourn. The motion WAS imme7 3y
aintely nut and carried without dissent.ls
Immediately nearly all the senators !.
crowded around the desk OF Mr, WlcR-8#
ham and remons trated persuaded II anu ss3i
sought IN every manly way to induce tha 4
senator not to execute tho radicnl step
he had IN contemplatlon aud from wnicil ~
IN TO this momcnt he had Indicated no
pllrposn to recede
Just what was said could not be dis
tfnctly haard where so many were talk' 5
ing. Presently, however, MI. ShacRel-
ford was called by Mr.. Wiekhanl ana 81
came over to tho group, The senator
from Hanover and the Senator slr1hl .,l es5
Orange exchanged word or Two N the 5sS
nature of mutual disclaimers, ana tiIth 3&
the two clasped hands warmly, Hot "
saw affectionately, placed hand uroR g4
fla shoulder OF each other. and the mel. 81
dent was most happily ended, Il was
evident that the Hanover senator, upon
rs election and proper Apprehension oI B
The Intent OF his friend from Orange ana VI
their fellow senators. had determined to s
reconsider the action lle was on the poins s5
OF consummatlng.
How It Occurred,
In the discussion leading up to fhls
dramatic Incident, MIR, Wlckhani had
moved 10 take up Senate bill 50 appr0. s
prlatiny Slb,O0 for the enlargement anq
rapair OF tina Staie Capitol. He tnerl
moved n :sv,u,Hit the pill 70 rs Cons ~