The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29
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They Took the Legislature. by
Storm / Yesterday.
WASHINGTON AN D II. E. LEE
Bill Presented to Place Their Statues1n
The National Capitol State ! Share
Of DlopapsarY Profits ,,# 3S
Fixed. 5Stg 4

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Pretty trained nurses, In the garb 30
welcome now at tho bedside OF tho sick,
\ took the Legislature by storm yesterday,
ard secured the passage OF o, LII through
both bodies providing for the appoint
Inent OF q board by tho Governor, by
she IS eligible to registry as trained
nurse. Under the battery OF bright eyes,
Numbers adverse to tho measure voted
for 1T us enthusiastically MS though It
+ were the dearest wish OF their hearts to
see It pass One amendment was adopted
graduated prior to january / i, 1904.
A bill was offered In both bodies pro-
+ posing to present to the United States a
4 portrait satue In bronze OF Robert T..
Lee and a bronze replica OF HouuU..:.'s
VI Washington The patrons OF the bill nre
d tho three iSenators and Ave Delegates on
tho Joint committee constituted to report
upon the ,5ost Of a Leo statue The Sen
n ntn passed the House bill providing for q
dispensary at Manassas. with amendment
z fixing the States share OF the profits at
s Ole eighth. This proportion was pracu-
cnlly fixed us the States share OF dispen-
I gary profits.
Ar. Enbrey was elected Judge OF the
Fredericksburg Corporation Court I.
The Senate.
/. 6 Tho Senate was called to order yester-
y day morning by Mr.. Walker, OF West
Inoreland. In tho absence Of the Lieu
tenant Governor. G
Roy. George Cooper. D. D.. offered
4 prayer, the first in the Senate for a
# week. ~ ri III 81 sg., IA 35.8
Tho special Joint committee on Lee statue
& member OF the committee Accompany
Il Ing tho report is a. bill embodying and
carrying into effect Its Recommendations
+ The bill appropriates $1,000. Of which
j statue OF Robert Lee and the other 1000
rs to provide n bronze replica OF Ioudon'H
statue OF Washington The bill creates
n a Washington and Lee Statue Commits
81 OF the House to contract with Edward
". Valentine for the Leo statue and with
ton replica, it Is stated that 1t Will re-
3 this work. and the bill provides that the
statues arc not to be presented until
+ by Joint resolution designate. "a,
! AZ The report OF the joint COMMITTEES was
adopted and the accompanying bill res
fcrred to tho Finance Committee.
4 Il "A number OF bills were reported from
the Committees on Finance and Courts
OF Justice. They arc published by their
rho special erds. for l2 rs. the Blana! 4,
iiremen' s relief bin, was passed by until
Thursday at 12:15 despite Mr..Wickhan,s
protest. MIR. Lyle advocated q the y post
The Senate and House then proceeded
execution Of the Joint order f me
Court OF Fredericksburg. Mr. Wallace
nominated Mr.. AlylnaT. Embrey. There
was no other nomination In either house = !;
them for Mt. Embrey and he was de-
''A.t + DisPENsARY QUESTION.
The greater part OF the time OF the
two hours session wa3 consumed in dis
cusying the House bill to submit TO the
voters OF the town OF Manassas the cues a,;
Efforts si9t s. to amend the bill SO as e, TX
he States proportion OF the revenue from
these sources at ono. fourth. instead Yea Or
o Of linnnors. Mr.. WIckham led the fight
FOR "a larger share OF the revenue from
dispensarles for the State. offcritng a an n
amendment providing that tho states
share be fixed at one fourth n.
Mr. Wickham and Mr.. Chapman aasn. ar e; Cd
TIE amen%%sfRR ana yle ess1s Gla
Z Harvey iGa, ay Donohoe. and others opposed It.
The opponents Of the amendment con-
tended that even with the States share
at the s'ate eu wuu'd than
was now drlved from the License sys-
tenn, and that 1t was an unfair dlscrln..
nation to charge an 1ndlYiuual Only n noya
one per cent. Of his profits and q COM
r,,inftyl Twenty-Five per cent.
Mr.. Wickham commanded that there e, was Y rs
BY BY hsi;Hid under the license system
and under the dspensary plan n;a and clam
fourth shss ean that a the b mako tSs
o. .r1 r Of it a political boss and to
slve him chance 70 rob the State to''n. . He
pointed to the case Of South C ron - /.
amendment q NJ. Wickham as vas or orde Ter.
ed and the amendment was aoSt he
ment failed-10 to 49, 49,. s
s 'fS1' FIXED AT ONE-EIGHTH,55
IS THO amendment OF Mr.. Donohoe. fixing
tho States share Of the revenue from the
stead Of one-fifth The amendment was
adopted on recorded vote-ls to 10,
Messrs. Hartman and Mann voted
against both amendments and against
the bill. stating that they were opposed
10 the dispensary principle in toto. When
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