The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-19
CITY PEOPLE
WIN VICTORY
Anderson Annexation Bill to
Pass Senate.
1T HAS BEEN. ENGRossED
House Makes Progress With Tax Bill
and Both Houses Pass Billlto Pay
Expenses Of Present Session.
Measures in Both Branches.
1T HAS been, ENCROSSED
House Makes Progress With Tax Bill

Tho Legislature did another fine days
work yesterday. The Senate. by a vote
OF thirteen to twelve, ordered to it's en-
gl.ossment the annexation bill offered by
serator Anderson, of Richmond city, con.
ferring the jurisdiction as ID all ques.
tons relating to the annexation OF prop.
orty to cities and towns upon non-resi-
the bill in the Senate has been spirited
and long-drawn out, and while II vii pass
that body without further objection, its
fate Is uncertain In the House. Indeed,
1t Is more likely that the latter body
Will pass the Gardner substitute, which
leaves the questions arising to vote Of
the people,
as special order Is that relating to tho
creation Of Bureau Of Insurance, and
It VIII likely cause big fight The Lyle
child labor bill, however, will likely pre-
cedt this and will In all probability be
passed. Mr.. Lyle offered bill In the SEN
ats to establish a branch normal school
for girls at Roanoke. and It was referred,
along with number OF local bills.
Tho House made further progress with
the general tax BILL but It was rather
slow.
Mr.. Gravely. Of Henry, succeeded in
getting some amendments adopted, which
have for their, object the better assess-
mcnt OF railroad property. The chief one
provides that in case the railroads shall
fall to report promptly to the Corpora
ticn Commission, that body instead Of being
bound down to an assessment of $4,000
per mile, shall levy such taxes as In
their discretion they shall deem proper.
Mr.. Cation, OF Alexandria, offered a Sc
rtes OF amendm ents, wfich were not acted
upon. reducing charter fees to one-halt
OF what they are at present
Both houses passed bill to provide for
the incidental expenses OF The General
Assembly. and in the House the Bland
hremen's relief bill was set as q special
order for March Sd.
Mr.. Turpin presented bin In the House
TO authorize the supervisors OF Bedford
county to erect q Confederate monument,
and there were number OF other local
bills.
The House will meet at 10 O'Clock to.
day. and the Senate at noon, as usual.
The Senate.
The proceedings Of the Senate were
onened with prayer by the Rev. j. ].
Gravatt
4 At 12:15 o'clock tho Anderson bin IN re.
lation to the extension Of the corporate
limits came up as the special order, and
Mr.. Chapman. a<member OF the committee
that reported the BILL opened the debate
IN brief, plain. practical argument. Mr..
Chapman brought out with few sledge.
hammer blows. the fact that there we're
people who reaped the benefits OF a city,
yet they lived outside OF the corporate
limits and held club over the advance OF
q city's growth, Mr.. Chapman said In
considering this matter it should be re.
membered that there are seventeen cities
In the Commonwealth and Richmond was
not the only one to be considered He
was proud of the Virginia cities and he
realized the fact that the cities were
largely the producers Of wealth. He
pitched into and ridded the argument ad-
vanced that by the passage Of the Ander-
son bill the people in the outlying dis
tr1cts would be damaged. He contended
that when people who made money In
cities bought property ada cent to corpor-
ate limits they knew full we'll that the
time was coming when their property
would be annexed to the city. Should the
Coghill bill be passed. Mr.. Chapman con.
tended that there wuuld be many, very
many years before the corporate limits Of
any city could be extended. He regarded
the Anderson act as fair and just to all
parties that would be affected. He did
not think the territory that would be left
to Henrico would be damaged but, on the
contrary. 1t would be benefited by the
expansion Of the city OF Richmond.
Mr.. Chapman said 1t was absurd to
leave this matter to the people proposed
to be annexed. They were merely human;
as good as other people but no better,
and It was to be presumed that they
would hold the city down to such terms
as it would be next to impossible to &C
Dept.
Mt. Chapman made an eloquent appeal,
In conclusion, for the passage OF the An
derson bill and to doing all that Is possible
and practicable, to build up our cities
He wanted to see Richmond grow in ma
terial things In manner commensurate
with its glorious and rich history. in
which all Virginia had common heri-
tage.
Mr.. COGBILL REPLIES.
Mr.. Chapman was replied to by Mr..
Cogbill who as on the day previous.
made strong plea for his bill. The text
OF his argument was the right OF local
Taking up this as the
central thought he wished to convey, the
Chesterfield Senator pulled up the sleeves
OF his coat Until they nearly overlapped
his cuffs, and he arose nearly to the skies
In his tribute to the suburban people, lie
did not claim that they were better than
any other people but Just as good. He
sense annexation should be enforced up
on All unwilling ncople VINO under the
Anderson bill would be practically help
less.
MIR. cogbill had several questions hurl-
ed at him, but he held his ground we'll
and made strong argument for his bill.
Amendments looking to the perfec-
ton Of the Anderson Bill with view
to perfectlng It, were offered by Messrs.
Walker and Harvey and accepted by Mr..
Anderson and unanimously adopted
Mr.. OpIe, the chairman of the Com
mittee on Courts, Cities and Towns,
which reported the Anderson bill. spoke
III favor Of the measure. He made one
Of those tlnree-base-hIt arguments fol'
which he is noted, Mr.. Ople commended
that to leave the matter to the suburb
antics to decide was simply absurd. The
suburbanites are where they arc to get
most Of the benefits of a city and to es-
cnpe city taxation. Tie thought It wise.
Just and practical to leave It to the court
to decide, as between the city and the
territory proposed to DO annexed, To
PISS the Cogb!ll act would. Mr. opte
said be simply placing a Chinese wall
~. nlkl u| . r