The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
HO1'WORDS
SAID in
The. HOUSE
Mr.. Davis DenOunCeS.
Newspaper \ 9 vs. p'l Editorial. E, |i.t'( al
WAS CORRUPT
AND DISTORTED I. } !; ! ED
Mr.. Duke Also Takes Excep-..
ton to Publication.
MR.. POLLOCK'S NAME
is SENT in AGAIN g I IN
rhe State Board Of Education Agar.
Appoints Him Superintendent.
Of Schools for Pulaski and
lie viii Be Confirm.
ed Without Or s 7.
position.
Mr.. Duke Also Takes ExCept-:
tiOn tO8PubliCdtiOn.
MR.. POLLOCK'Ss NAME
is SENT In AGAIN

& The Legislature dlQ oHsiuSA aoAe a-.''a
$tness, yesterday, and the me r1bers seem ptl
II ed n FOR work. although 1t was the tlast .l'!
day of tho week. There we're features
III both branches, OF sweeping interest 20
tie reading public g
IN the Senate. the Interesting event
was the reading OF a cornmunica e, ton l
from secretary Frank r. Brent. OF the
State Board Of Education, informing the
former that the latter body had after
4 due consideration determined to rea ppoint
Hon David S. Pollock supertntendent, u
schools for the county Of Pulaski.
senator ST. Clair, upon whose motion
the nomination OF Mr.. Pollock vas once
rejected by the Senate, was in his seat, eat,
and listened earnestly to he reading OF
tho letter. The Senate Immediately al
t journeG and no action Was TAKEN Ihc1e
4 Will be no further fight t8 Il & (.
al Mr. Barksdale offered bin to prevent
persons from pcrsuading or entlcing
4 away the sserNants OF others, and IT was wa
III referred. f: IS n s.ss y
The House was treated 10 a sensation
lin IT. very cptning moments. Mr. Ila'yis'
"A OF Petersburg. a leading member Of tho
e Courts Committee, having charge OF the
} E
ton or privilege Il and In unmeasured
terms denounced an editorial which ap-
Iearcd in the News Leader Of Friday, IN
which comment was madcSnpon the all
legged factionaP political Influence upon
the committcejin thc5inattcr.
The remarks Of Mr.. Davis were incisiye
10 a degree, and they were loudly ap-
plnndcd by the House. He declared,
\ amid an almost painful silence on the
VI floor that the insinuations contained in
the article. which lie had read at the
desk, were but the Pigments Of q cor
$ r,,pt and distorted brain, and that he9
f believed them to have been wllfully and
Inaicously made. He declared that he
would say these things to the editor
II he knew him. aud he was followed
p by Mr. Duke, another member OF the
committee, who spoke briafly on the same,
n line Here tho incident closed, but 1t
was fast and furious while It was fin3
( progress. sis3 n
The House set the Barksdale pure elec-8
tons bill for consideration as a special
order for Wednesday, next and passed a
lsw local bills and adjourned. Z! 35.ss
e The Senate.
eedngs OF the Senate were OPEN
cd without prayer.
Very little work was done. There wa
p barely a quorum present.
u
communication was received and the read
ing OF it was listened TO with Intense IN
.ercst: = s. ..G s2 ,gitf A
Commonwealth OF Virginia, I
Board of Education.
secretary's Office, q
Richmond, Va Feb. q, 1908.
To the Honorable, the Senate Of Virginia.:
II am directed BY tho Board of Education
I. to report that after mature consideration
i It hasthls day reappontcd Layid s. Pol'
lock. 4of Pulaski county, TO be Sllperin,
tendent of Schools for said county to iill
d the vacancy caused BY the resignation
# G. Guy Larew.
Very respectfully,
FRANK r. BRENT
S59 Secretary of the Board,
G& The Senate has sareiected the nomina-
ton OF Mr.. Pollock, not because there was.
8 any persona on political objection to him.
4 hut for .reasbn1thats the Board ignored
the wishes OF the representatives In the
two branches Of tho General Assembly.
Mi. Barksdale offered q. bill to prevent
any person from entlcing, persuad.ns OF
= procuring the servant Of another to leave
his employer. and prescribing penalties
and remedies for violations ofSthis act. 4
al II reads as follows:
n 1 BE II enacted BY the General As
sombly of Virginia that IL any person
shall entice, persuade on procure any
servant who shall have contracted In
WEltlllsp VI ''iuilS' ~ tSVtNe MS employ eT
to unlaWfully leave the service Of his
master or employer. or II any person
shall knowingly l,arbor and detain in his
own service and from the service of his
master or employer. any servant who
shall{ unlawfuly leave the service Of
such master or employer, then, In either
case, such person or servant may be sued
singly or Jointly by the master or employs
or and on recovery may have judgment
FOR double the value Of the actual dam
y ages sustained. N s.,
Any person violating the provisions of
this act shall be. deemed guilty Of mis-
dnmeanor and fined not exceeding one.
hundred dollars, or confined In jail not
exceeding three months, . II 4 .s3
Mr.. Gold offered IA bill to authorize the.
BOARD of Supervisors Of the several coins
Ties of the State to Issue the bonds iof
iheir counties to build bridges over the
rlvers and creeks therein, IS
I,rhe Clarke sena tor also introduced an
act to authorize the Board OF Supervisors
Of Page county t. Issue bonds for the
n,1rpose of retiring outstanding honds. s
Mr. Gold presented a. third act 70 limit
the bonded Indebtedness of the. several
,olnties Of the State to ten per cen It. OF
II he assessed value OF sreal estate and PET
,onal tpropertS. sss Ss Al. 4s @ 4. "
Z n The House, 3.J
Tba ETo,ise swns called IL tYdei at 10