The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-09
House Rejects Report r 1T Of q the 1pt'
! " COnferccs. 4,
THEY MAY AZ RECONSIDER \ II, FL
Motion or This Line " Made and
Passed BY Boaz Z Q onfidcrt Of Il
Final Passag zig & lght n
the HOUSE Yesterday 81 I

amendment 10 kLHe BeneTHl u Lux AJili ~ u y
4 passing toward victory overt horny paths
and ~ oasy stages. and It Is far from
/ certain that they will ever reach that
coveted station. q. Si VI # 4 n SSii3
Tho violent assaults upon the report,
Z OF the Conference Committee were re-
5newcd. and after another long and splr-
\ tied debate tho motion or n Chairman
Boaz to adopt Ito report failed 4 by q q
vote OF A ayes to 81 noes. l SS
GA Tho Chair ruled that the adoption OF
the report required only forty afflrH it 4
4 tive votes, but by /. vote OF II 80 to 1T 90
the ruling was reversed by the House
Y tho point OF order having been made.
sthat8lt required 81. Il 4! d Isli .sgs5
ss "A motion was ont Tered to reconsidc or tho
vote by which tho report was rejected
il and thls motion was pusscd by unit some
4 day when conditions may q pen r more
N favorable for securing the req irle ed 81
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5[ Mr.. Boaz expressed confidence In the;
4 ultimate triumph OF the report. and sa SCI
a lie was sure tho necessary votes would
be Forthcoming later on. Il I'll Il Ia .5, s;
Tile speeches against tho adoption OF the
report were made by Messrs. Duke, Of
Albemarle:k Stearnes, q OF Newpor n ews;i
Settle OF SIsappnhannock; ESell ley. OF Rich
mend cit and Garrett, OF .Alleg hang.
Ii Mr.. I3onx closing In II strong defense sof
he report. II As heretofore, the hot test fire
+ was directed at the Mann amendtnen mt and
tho high license section, hut q great many
collateral mat tors were brought Il In TO
strengthen the hands of the opposition
Y THE fate Oft the measure seerns ver y un--
Il certain. though 1t may be said that the
battle4is by no means owe :stss q irong Inc
g4bIlls reported In the House Wal y at OF
Mr.. Rice, OF Charlotte, to crea te$ a. State
Highway Commission, and Gfone Of 80 the
Jennings, OF Lynchburg. to amend b nc
d charter Of thatscity SO as to permit the
building 81 a sys ten, OF wa ter WORKS W
cost 500, go.
q The Senate devoted its session almost
II excusyely8t to the co sheraton OF local l
measures. ~ Fl ssi ~ lg}i. $50
b; Mr. Opic offered a bill to regulate the
4 right 3of overhead bridges on railroads and
there was one by Mr.. Watkins to put into
81 operation tho provisions Of the Constl-
tuition In relation to the State Board OF
y Education. s8352
The House.
" Tho House was called to order at 10
o'clock by Speaker Ryan. and pra yer was vas
offered by; Rev p. y. Price, Of the the Tres ,
byterianS Churc # 7, 1, .
rho following bills were g ffered and I'd re-
an ByS MI. Jennings: V TO am end i the char
Il ter OF the city OF Lynchburg Vi Il ].
i By Mr.. B Blackburn Smith: 70 provide
4 Tor The payment OF one tudg holding
81 court for ano her. ~ 85!! s
4 B nv Mr. Purdy: TO allow the town Of
d Empora To borrow money for street pur--i
81 BY Mr.. STAFFORD: TO amend the law in
rotation to the duties OF tho Superintend-
& cnt OF Grounds and Buildings. 3.s si a z
j$S Among the bills reported from commit
tees was that offered ~ at. Rice 1, 20
* create d y State highway commiss lon &c r
y the Improvement Of the public roads. and
q 10. crcate sentiment OF good roads In
the State sa4t53 "a &, 81, fs IN
Exactly Mt 1870 o'clock the clerk called
the unfinished business. which was the
II further consideration OF the conference
D report on the general revenue bill. and
i Mr., Duke, OF Albemarle, took the fioor
i 70 speak against the report. "A
3A Flo devoted some time to the alleged
INEQUALITIES In the bill. and then he took
aFup the llquor ton and urged strongly
II tina the eport should be again referred
to conference. s W
Mr.. Duke denounced the Mann bill
amendment, and e declared that It was
& a sm move for prohibition under the guise
u Of / local option. Z He did Il not think II
II IN ir "a thrust this measure upon the Npeo-
Die when they had not said they wanted
1 it, and when 1t was manifest that tn
Z did not. ;i5s al If y. z 81 as
Mr.. Stearnes. OF tho Finance Commits
tee. spoke briefly against the conference
X report. IIe did not believe that the dis
& tillcries should be fostercd at the expense
u Sof the bar rooms. Ele opposed the CLUB
ilcent Sysection, and that Increasing the
iiceIsa9 On city and town bar lseepers.t
{ Mr.. Ygearnes opposed tho rcdu ton OF
tho Insurance tax, and the plan for ia x.
ing franchises, and In conclusion declared
that lie would vote against the confer
Il He was followed by Mr., Settle, who
( smoke against tho report and especially
against the Mann bill amendment He
d commended that the question was q moral
me and should not he mixed up wit n
thc finances OF the State MT. Settle
+ peoplc we're being looked a fter, and those
Of the city negl ect ed. is{ EIe raped n the
committee for allowing tho distilleriesJ to
run and FOR closing up the bar-rooms,
when the people had not demanded any
BucIi one sided arrangement and ne
closed with an earnest appeal 70 the + fiouse
K 10 scnd the bill back to conference. A
\. q KEI. LEY TO THE FRONT,
b b Mr. Kelley, & OF Richmond city, spoke
earnestly against the report Of the COM
mittee and commended strongly that II
should 60 back to conference. IN 6s5
IIe said there had been seventy chal' ges
IN conference, and that the Senate COM
mittee had yielded only three Or = Tour
points, and he ridIculed the House Com.
mittee for h&Iving drawn an ,lmperfeet
and declared that he haa los q m 4hssa
! Gentlemen. This brought Messrs Jen-
sings, bowman and other members Of t .l'e
Committee to their feet 70 defend tne
action Of the con ferees, and they engaged
In some good-natured cross-firng Win
4 Mt, Kelley. i55 !. ss !, y.
Mr., Kelley then went after the Mann.
bill, and declared that In this amendment
lay his chief opposition to the revenue
measure, he charged that II was pro-
1ibition 'srdcr' and had no place ~ g
tax measure. The law as It stood az
present, furnished the people with all the
remedy they needed to got rid Of llqpof
lnthe rural districts. and there was put
4 little, if any. real demand for q sweeping
4 prohibition measure jist,
You are attempting here" declared
The speaker, to do Indirectly what you YOU
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