The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-09
fag aatist the bill, 4 and Nj. Boas made AS
strong defense $oti the action Of the con-

X Eie was asked q grea I ma ny questlonst
but could not be thrown from ihts pegs.
having proceeded 70 reply to- the points hts
I, M. i3oaz detended the nl8biil,i and
urged that the Legislature should not,
turn a deaf ear 10 the appesls that han !, !,
come here through peti,iohs from All
oycr the statea II defended the action I
q tho eonferees on the HEB License ~,
proposltion. md, Indeed. on all the recon ON I.
t1lei,dntions. made, and he enrrlestly plead
VIII ZIG lo.ss y sus,a IN aetH
body had thrown distllleries wide it'
,opcn as had been charged but had 4 re- e.
duired those operating them tn obtain ~
State licenses to do business N 8llK g man
htr as IL now required of barr Keepers
PttrITIO ms II N IT'S FAVOI II \! 4.
H There had been no peti tions here against
the Mann 5blillab the Legislature hud
The Bill tas II came from the conference
was III good one and should be adopted by
the House. Il Mr. Boaz said that III tho
Jamestown people desired their nI'pro,..
.prIation,they Ind better vote for the bill
In Horder to raise the mo1cy. "a .S 4,
VIZ. Bonz replied 10 what Afr.S settle had
said about saving the country people ana
letting tho city people go TO the dogs:
SThe chairman, said that oven God could
not save those who did not desire TO be
saved, but the HOUSE had better try and
save como OF the country people Mr.
Newhotse took another view OF this and
said he believed God could save q man
against the8will8 of ttne after. Mr. Boaz
replied amid great laughter that this
4waH the only way In which the gentle
man from Culpeper could ever pc saved sl
l I, 1JPORT AID Opted.
q X Mr.. Murrel called the pending question,
and itBrecurred upon the motion to adopt
tho Conference Committee report. The
troll-cnll upon this motion resulted as
follows: $i5 Nj IA "a N s$ III 53S
Ayes essrs. Armst rong n G.. 81 Baker,
WV Baker. Barham, George C.} Bland,
Charles T.. Bland. Boaz, 3 oWma NJ Branch
9cabell. cardwell, Christian. p avis, Ed
irnondson Featherston. Gent George.
man. Hun, Jennings, p G. ordan. Lay
son, Lee, Yyc!l,T n Mort. Noting CHAM. Orr
gain, overly PurdyJ Read !. Re- bids. leo,
Robson, Blackburn Smith. ]. 4. NJ Smith.
Stanford. Taylor. rurpin. NV est IL. and n
1Nhitehend--34. "a va " HI
Noes easrs. Allen. Angel. Blscot'e,
Cannaday. Cation. coleman, Cumming.
Gnrrett, Goodwin Hartman. Walter J or
dan. Kelley. Lassiter, I,eake. ! wis,
Mays, Moore, Ncwhouse. Owens, Quisen-.
berry. sebrell Il Settle, stearnes. yTo1ey,
Jyvaddy,{ Walker, Wallace. Ware and
Wood wal d "a. 81
PARLIAMENTARY QUEsT1 ON 5s
The announcement OF the vote created
great nthusiasm. and 1T was some time
before the chair could restore order. S,s
Mr. Allen raised the point that. the
adoption OF the report required ffty.one9
Affirmative votes, and he spoke at some
length In support OF his contention " "a III
q Mr. Cation spoke on The same line. and
Mr.. Boaz contend ed that only forty votes
we're required to- adopt a conference re-
port. 5siSSS q 81
Ss The chair ruled In support Of Mr.. Boaz's
5contention and u {! Mr.s.Allen promptly y
pea led from the decision OF the chair
isS In support OF this motion Mr. Kelley.
spoke at some length. and he was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Heermans. who supported
the ruling Of the chair 50 sS;'$
# Mr.. Cardwcll spoke for Mr. Aliens mo-
stlon and he declared that the II louise was
/ in serious situation. and should take Lli
the safe side and override the chair.
CHAIR OVERRULDD.
S8 Mr.. Allen spoke again, and the chair
emphasized his position, and & Mr. c.. c.
Baker called the pending question. On
tho question Of sustaining the ruling Of
the chair. there were ayes. 20; noes. 90
so&the chair was oyerruled. Mr.. lien
moved to reconsider the vote by which
the conference report was rejected. and
on motion OF Mr.. Boaz this motion was
passed by. This mea MS an other lght. and
Mr.. Boaz declares his confidence In the
ultimate securing OF ffty-one votes for
the report. lsis .$
The House. at j 10 p. NJ. j, sad journed t,,n-
I til 40 O'Clock to- day. on motion Of Mr..
Whitehead. Of Norfolk. iS ii5
The Senate.
&fi There were but ten senators In their
seats when Lieutenant Governor Willard
called the Senate to der esterday. @
Rev. r.. 3. Price, D. D.. again offered
prayer. S!5 az ~ Sss s5 III
K After the usual preliminary business
the calendar was taken up. JS Nearl " all
tho bills on their third reading were
passed by owing to the absence OF their
pa TT ons. w 3 {i i i9s53E3 } "a
Ell The special order, the consideration Of
tho two companion }constltutlonalsamend
4ments relating to commissioners OF the
revenue was passed by temporarily, n
Il When the blll appropriating SEQ to pay
4 for policies Of insurance on the Governors
mansion came up. Mr.. Barkdsale OF
sHallfnx, created a diversion by inqulrlng
as to "a report, current during the consti-
tutional convention that bull dogs and
canary birds had figured in the Items
llHe $disclaimed any intimation that such
expenditure had been reported during the
term o 1.-THE present executiveq3a lgglt.s
IN Mr.. yYickham took the floor to a dyocate
the bill, and In doing so l,nmorously re-. re-.
gfuted Nj Barksdale's bun dos and
canary bird rnmors The en- tire q discussion
was in a vein Of pleasant and devoid
OF any Significance or lmporta noe @ n h.
v NJ ri Harvey proposed TO amend the Sem
ate bill to allow county treasnrers further
time TO collect tai es so as q - y ado me
5provlso that such levy Or distress shall
be made only on property owned ut the
time OF such levy or distress by the per.
son against whom such taxes or leyies
we're assessed. The amendmnt vas Adopt-
ed. and the bill sent to Il is engrossment,
II The Finance Committee reported ad'
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