The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26

erty.
strong one, and was an aoie ana earn
est defence Of the action or the FINANCE
Committe tee. RI I. js
M. sipo spoke with much force and
IA ,.nes,tI,ess In favor OF the amendments
offered by Mr.. Lassitcr. The able val.
ley lawyer came around and took the
main aisle and with books before him
and in hand he appealed to the House
ia make the taxes upon all property
fair and equal. q.
Mr.. }Cardwell made very able speech.
IN favor Of the report Of the commit
tee and he was listened to earnestly by
his colleagues
E MIR WHITEHEAD SPEAKS.
Mr.. WhlteheaG followed for the
amendments, and his speech was one Or
characteristic force and strength. The
jamestown Exposition appropriation en-
tered to some extent into the discussion
and the speaker asserted that If the In
stit,tion was a private one he and his
people would not desire that the State
should contribute to It's success. f
Mr.. Grayey, Of Henry, spoke for the
anne ndmerts. and he was often, inter-
rupted with questions by Mr.. Boaz
Mr.. Graveley was followed by Mr.. Allen,
OF E,otetourt, who spoke forcefully for
the amendments. He contended that the
adoption OF the amendment was neces.
sary for the payment Of pensions for
1904. Mr.. 1tassiter spoke at some
length and with great force and elo-
quence for his amendments, and speak
er RYAN (Mr. Walter Jordan In the
Chair) spoke briefly and stated that
there could be no question as to the
payment Of pensions for the year loo1
should the report of the committee pc
adopted. He urged the House to stand
by the FINANCE Committee.
Z The first vote was taken nrst on me
amendment to Increase the tax on real
estate from 20 to % cents on the 500 OF
the assessed value thereof, and 1t was
rejected: Ayes, IS; noes, 29, the chair
ruling that 1t required 81 affirmative
votes. s5 " 4st IKE re. Il . .ylsl ~
"a @onr wrangle ensred as to the ruin 6
of the Chair, those favoring the amend.
&rnents declaring that q .constltutioilai
vote was not required. aIt +
4 The Chair stuck to his ruling, and stu
he was urged to recede, Nlessrs Card
veil Boaz and others supported the
ruling of the Chair In strong speeches.
DAVIS IN THE LEAD.
& Mr.. Davis led the fight against the
ruling Of tho Chair and was ably sup.
ported. Mr.. Cardwell. Of Hanover. led
the opposite force and he displayed great
tact and ability In his efforts to sustain
the Chair The contention Of the oppo--
site side was that If the ruling Of the
Chair was sustained, every section OF
the bill would have to be voted 4 upon
again, and would require 81 votes IN
order to prevail. Va
That of Mr.. Cardwell and his support
ers was that the 81 votes required for
tho final passage OF the bill reached to
every section of the bill, and need not
be specifically shown on each SECTION.
Mr.. Davis appealed from the dec!s-.
Ion OF the Chair and the Chair was
reversed BY vote Of Is to 49,
q CHAIR REVERSED.
On the question Of sustaining the
Chair the vote vas q as f i9apsr =
Baker, Boaz, Cardwell. Churcnman. Cole
man, Duke, Early. Edmondson, Feather
ston, Gardner Gent, Jones. Lacy
Leake, Lowry, Mathews. Newhouse, Not
tlrgham. Quisenberry, Reynolds, Sim
Norman Turpin. Walker and Wallace
25.
The amendment to fix tho tax on In
tangible property at 20 cents insteau OF
80 cents as provided In the bill was vas
Noes: Messrs Allen, Angel.. Banks.
Blscoe, Charles II. Bland, Bowman.
Branch, Cannaday Cabell, Cntcn, Cum
ming, Davis, Dudley, Elklns, Folkes.
FUTON, Gravely, Heermans. Hoffman,
HURLEY, Jennings, Walter Jordan, Lnssi-
ter Lion. Mort Owens, Purdy, Robson,
sebrel, spe, stearnes. Toney, Ware,
Weaver and Whitehead-3S Y.
At las p. NJ. the House PASSED the o!!l
Fby a vote or 80 to nothing and htler
and towns To Issue bonds to settle our-
standing obligations the body adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow,
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