Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-09
LEGISLATURE.

The Senate reached a vote on the COM
mittee report yesterday afternoon in the
Campbell case, defeating the McIlwaine
resolution by vote Of 81 TO Is. This
was the third day of speaking on the two
resolutions. The Cogbill resolution
maintained that the House procedure
was regular and that the Senate should
abide by it, and the McIlwaine resolu-
ton declared the House procedure illegal
and proposed retrial of Judge Camp
bell by joint committee.
The debate on the two reports was re-
sumed at noon. Mr.. Byars made
speech for the Cogbill report, and Mr..
McIlwaine, of Petersburg, followed for
his own report and that of his five asso-
ciates. He took the broad ground that
the constitution had been assailed, and
that he was defending the constitution
and not Judge Campbell.
After some inquiries as to the parlia-
mentary status of the case, it was de-
termined to vote on the Bryant amend
ment to the McIlwaine resolution and
then on the resolution itself. The Bry-
ant amendment proposed to recognize
the printed record as the testimony in
the case. This was voted down.
Then came the vote on the McIlwaine
resolution, and the roll-call was followed
with intense interest. The vote was as
follows
Yeas-Messrs. Barksdale, Bryant,
Garrett, Harvey, Hobbs, Lyle, Massie,
McIlwaiue, Moon, Opie, Sale, Wallace
and Watkins-13.
Nays Messrs. Anderson, Bruce,
Byars, Chapman, Clayton, Cogbill, Din
widdie, Donahoe, Ford, Gold, Gunter,
Hartman, Keezell, Lupton, Sears,
Shackelford, Stands, ST. Clair, Tyler,
Walker and Wickham-21.
Mr.. Halsey announceda pair with Mr..
Cromwell, he being recorded in the
negative, Mr.. Cromwell in the affirma-
tive. Judge Mann, who had been a
witness in the case, did not vote. Messrs.
Hutcheson, Rivercomb and Whitehead
were absent.
Today Mr.. Shackelford will move to
strike out the second and fourth clauses
in the House joint resolution. No date
has been set for a final vote. 1t may
come today.
The House evidently regards the ex-
citement of the Senate over the danger
GUS condition of the State Capitol build
ing as tempest in teapot, and it de-
clined yesterday to take any action on
the Senate joint resolution providing for
immediate repairs Of the structure by
the Capitol building committee.
By vote of A to % the House agreed
to discharge the committee on general
laws from further consideration ofSenate
bill 104, creating the Office of insurance
commissioner. This brings the matter
squarely before the House.
In reply toquestions asked by Delegate
Bland of Portsmouth, Attorney-General
Anderson transmitted to the General As
sembly yesterday his Interpretation of
that part of the new suffrage plan which
involves the payment of the capitation
tax as a prerequisite to registering and
voting. The Attorney-General concludes
that as in 1902 so in 1908: all persons
qualified to register may do so withouthav-
lng paid their poll tax. All such persons
will be on the permanent roll and will
not have to register again.
Any persons offering to register during
the year 1904 must, he thinks, as pre-
requisite have paid the State poll tax of
81 for each of the years 1901 and 1902,
assessable against him under theconsti-
tuition and poll tax of $3.50 for the |
year 1908, assessable under the new con-
stitution.