The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-10
MEANS PRO OHIBITION
I'm THE g o OUN'TRY
Increase Of Liquor , License u ' !; y
In Cities and Towns, "
BAI2KEEPERS PUT
UP ]. LOSING FIGHT F ) ! II !


Not q Line Changed il.
SSs. Either Hous use-C hair
men Happy. 55ss.s
without the dotting Of an 'l'',5 '5 or tthAs
crossing Of q t, The two houses Of $
the General Assembly yest day. agreed III
3toa the ference report; Of the general
revenue bill, carrying with 81 the Mann Nj s
liquor amendment, and the high licensd 5$3
feature as applied to- cities and townsi Vi 5sS
and 8all other localities, in fact, where
liquor licenses are gran ted In future sstsS
The former amendme ent me ans pract i;ssS 81
cally prohibition against bar ooHls in the III
rural districts and In towns OF less than n}S,s
600 inhabitants, X while the latter fixes sssss
bar room licenses at $3.50 and s175 instead
OF $500 and 500 as at present. Ssss
sg t5has been5these amend dments that ShaFasS;
kept the tax bill up in Il he ali 80 long, ,S
and It was in the H use that the bat tlaS
ragged fiercest. a few q lays ago the House,
rejected the report Of the conferees and s5s
ttheSiliquor people made a powerful fight S
to have the bill sent to anothe con fer-gHSss
sence. But Chairman &Bon2& saved the 5da ysas!
by entering a motion to reconslde u pon ss
which ne rode triumph phantly Il to Victory sS
In tile end sSs lsSsEF
A The vote in the House was 50 to- 2s,s 2sss2 S
while that }9in the$5s Senate vas s24 to- IN,
fiji Bfavorsof theSreport he bill now goes III,
to- the Governor and vii 4 become; law
when shall been signed " g.
Exc cellency.. s$
can b seen 4 g y /. n
two houses, there was pr no lflg
5 Chairman Boaz called up the report y
the House as soon as he mo ming hour
had been disposed Of and q g fter8ss somess
slight sparring. tho bod y voted as recon-s
slderatlon. and then ad opted a the COME r-sSs
5ence committees report IN a. iwtirl
Mr.. Boaz quickly communic Gated the Ss
ma tier to the Senate, and under the lead
ership Of Chairman ok ha m It IN IA was $s
quickly $concurred In by. the Senate.
tits estimated lat the bill will Yield
about 5000, 600 and II become sef fec N
tive upon Its being signed by s. lie Cow
ernor, 5#5 h .s5 5ss
~ One OF the interesting TEXTURES %ot the "A
bill is tho scheduleS of&taxes u pom insur-SaS
3ance companies. S, rhoa life com paniesg ARE n
to pay one per &c ntsS as at U present sgonSS
gross premium receipts and q other5
companies one and M quartz per cen
The chief objectlon# to the bill has been Sa
directed by the liquor peo pie, and In the
end they falled at every poin
g34.ss 3sf,R IL The Senate.
The attendance on the sessions OF the IA
Senate 6yesterda was SIN all a nd the 8in-
tterest in the proceed dings was oyershadrA4
owed by that in the session Of he other Bs
House. whittier all visitors and many
members f4the Senate turned.
" Rev. George Fl. Ray, p Sd Of N orth. $9
snmpton, offered the ipvoca ton. III
The Senate took q up and passed - ne
House joint resolution AUTHORIZE ling ths WI
public printer to continue The existing III
contracts for printing the journal and SsS
documents Of the two hous
Il The House bill authorizing the Boards 325
of Supervisors OF counties to retire out 4
standing bonds and to Issue bonds {bea r-;S5ss
Ing a lower rate of interest was. pa sse
Mr.. Powers. OF Caroline ne.comtnnnicate'd7 y 81. 81
10 the senatetthe adoption by the House
or the amendment sugge sted by the sGio iov- M
crnor to the House bill chnrtering the
town OF Bowling Green. The amendment S$
was concurred in and the amended 5$ blll HsS
passed. 98$ Sl3s5i3 81
tho House & COMMITTEES on Finance. com. 3s3
the adoption by the House aof sss
the report OF the Conf COMMITTEE II
on the dlsagreeing amendments or the Ss
two houses to the general revenue Dill
A few minutes later Mr.. Wick nam. y gof f5t
Smittee. reminded the Senate OF the com, ls
amunicatlon by Mr., Boaz, chairman OF IN
House Finance Committee. and asked Nh
that the Conference Committee's report 81
m the general revenue bill be laid be.
fore the Senate. This was agreed 70, ana
clerk read the amendments prop BY WI
the Committee of Conference. ana tney
were explained separately by the chair S
man OF the ecommittee. 4. VI 3. 81 y
This proceeding occupied the time OF Ss
the Senate during the ren1a lnder o. tns llls
days session. . -, f5iS "a 3Ssl VI
Mr.fWlckham took the floor and warns
,,v advocated the adoption OF the oonter- L
ence report, defending the Mann bill N e
some detail, sS4 [, Y, ID 1 !. sB
1 ''Whpsver says the Mann bill y (, not N III
n reveiittse measure, does not appractats
tho meaning Of the words, ~ said he ~ 2 nj
advocntng the provision posing g fine,
,mnrisonment and forfeiture Of license
FOR violation OF the Sunday law a he ,33ffl
speaker condemned In strong terms the 4s
conditions prevailing at various points
In the state. among which ne eiteu Wess .,e
coney sland Of the state., ana the yicln- &
nv Of Norfolk. The amend dnlent in rela-;5
tion to Sunday selling WAS deslsned 70 ~
prevent the dlsgraceful scenes Witness
ed any Sunday at those and other places.
The protection OF our Sunday, OF our Y I, WoT III
mon and Of our children are the 5three
things the Mann bill Is DESIGNED 20 ae5 aeT5S S
complish. s "A NJ sl t3si
Mr.. Rarksdals. of Halifax, Injected Y
hit Of humor into the discussion BY as IIys4
serting that the Senate conf fttees haa wv
conceded nothing hut the English lan- e3
glage and his amendment ts 4 I. Us ,s y. s5
L Mr. Anderson. 81 Rtchmond ci1y, a pslens va,
ly put on record his objections to the blll.
fIe regarded the measure as p sompuk
sory prohibition law thrust Upon the Pro.
ple He would yoteo h6 snsds ~ supn1y