The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-16
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Opened Ills Batteries OH sss5 " ;ss$f; S$8
it Yesterday 3ss5S
THE DEB BATE. Is ITO n
BE CONTINUED 81 0.DAXr
Arguments Adduced Why Suchi
an Important Matter Sha1lsN Not I.
be be Acted Upon Hastily ha sI5
II louise Passes Bi1lsfor4 State S5S
Building at ST. Lo,lis SSsi
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In a hard days work yesterday; and tho !
House accomplished n. great deal n The
Senate held but one session, giving place
to q very important meeting Of the EC,om-
Gmittee for Courts Of Justice In the afters \
noon. The House had another doubles}i
header session. sitting for nearly si,e
hours. b 9Ss5
n Practically all the time OF the Senate s.
session was consumed In the debate over;
tic Jordan Card well oyster bill. 81 II But sons
speech was made, Mr.. W al lker, OF Vest!
nloreland, advocating the report Of the
committee, and the Dismissal Of tho JorIEH;
dan q bill In al speechEof an hour and SaEs;
Shalf.8after which the Senate ad djonrnedss,
5untl to-day. 81 $3t 81 u
II The House ordered the bill, liking the;
terms and times of Circuit Courts to ttS /,
after refusing to4reduce thu;
number ofS court terms al otted to PrinSs
cess Anne county by the cou1nli ttess The
bill was ordered ! to on gro ossIrents sub
The II ouao also passed the bill sEappTG
Epriating SO, ,ooO er cat ion &of8 8aTir15
|Eginin3 Hiding at, the ST.. Expos tuo;
and tho Sbll was conmun "a tod tleS
Senate. Ilmed iately nft ter that t the 3Houdea5l
with barely tho n Necessary Il number II Of
900 for the construction sa OF ss adj ditionala5
wards at the University OF Virginia Hos INV
Spital. 5li $ 5.5i 5S5 1; il
q The remainder, Of the time OF the House
session was taken up with considerat ton
OF the committee and other amendments &
10 the Barksdale pure elections law, and 4
the bill was finally amended SOFAS to-
Permit contribut to sdefraY can1p 1paigI,a
expenses. the same to be d dtsbursed@ @byS
tho local party autlorftiesif and another
amendment permitting the payment t 3of,sx-Ss
penses OF speakers going to djoininE il
counties. The bill'iS as 81 amended, was
then aengrossed, and the House ad journed. .s
Mr.. Barlzsdale favors the amendments Stp Il
the bill. and will endeavor to secure their u
passage by the House. Z !!
The Sena te. 3S5s.9a
When the Senate 'loe virginia convened n
at 10 Al NJ. yesterday, there was a fairr
ly good attendance Of members, not-ai
withstanding the earlier hour OF assern b- N
ling Later on as the hour OF II, " set "
for taking UP and debating tho Jordan gl
Cardwell bill to break the Baylor survey
and lease the barren or depleted oyster
rock therein, arrived, the attendance, both ri
OF members and of visitors. began to- az. .s88a
probably Increase, and when the special
order was called for, the attendance OF As
visitors was tho largest OF the session
Not only was the visitors section filed IN
but the seats Of many Ct the members Il
and distinguished visitors. f3.Ei ssg55
Among those on the floor Of the Sons
ate wore Congressman Carter Glass, State n
Treasurer IIarman, Rev. a. 2. Dlckln-s9
son, D. D., Captain John a.. Curtis, for. 81
mcr member OF the Stat Board OF Fish
cries Judge a. Brown Evans, Of I II III
the State Board Of sheries; EX-SENATOR
r. e. Boykin. of smithf!eld; eS-D Delegate IA
Il. q, Madison, of Warwick: Deleg gatG u. 4t
C., Jordan, author Of the pending blll :aSSss
Delegates Cardwell, S. Wilkins Ma theWs.!s1s !1s
Heernans. Edwards, Walter Jordan, Not
tlllgham and others, There were also EE
many ladies present. &. H ~ 81 A
a number of House bills were repo n n
ed to the Senate by the COMMITTEES Tor;
Counties Cities and Towns, Com mi toe e
for Courts Of Justice, and others. ana NJ
were placed &on tho calendar. Some Of ~
ed, but these were local bills, to which 5s8
thero was no objection. Il IA
After the routine hus ness Of the orn- Nh
iEg hour, Dir. Anderson, of Es1chnon of-s
fercd the following resolution 5sSs
Resolved, That the previous question be Ak
ordered oil House bill 1877 (the oyster blll) 3;Ss
at l 80 y, NJ. Wednesday, December i6tll,99's
"A VOLUME OF BUSINESS 5ss
Mr.. Anderson explained that he did ss8
NOT desire to cut Off debate against thessS
Wish OF any member, but was in,pelled I
to offer tho resolution BY a realiz ton 8B
of the vast volume oe4Imperat!ve tegiGa- y
ton, demanding the attention OF the #
senate, and the limited time before the M
end OF tho session, and desired merely 70 .i
expedite action on the measure pending }gs
in order that these Important matters be Ss
disposed OF, a n ,5 "A
Mir, Sears, of Mathews, suggested that 88s
the pendng bill beiindeflnltely pos stponsd
ii was unfair to the opponents q a. Ell
measure OF this Importance to require S5
that il be disposed Of between then and u
1880 p, NJ, Wednesday. 4 # u s
Mr., Sears did not press his suggestion af
as a SUBSTITUTE for the Anderson resplI-S'ls q
ton, and i. is the expected test vote Of sssl
the strength Of tho advocates and pl,ss
penents OF the bill was avoided, or sar
least postponed. M yss
Tho Anderson resolution W as voted do@ls KS
without division, and with II ended kll M
otlort ia limit debate on tho BILL, 81
Tho bill was then laid before the Sem sssI N
ale for it's action, and 7 he argument he. js
gan, Mr., Walker was the only tpeak ker ot fSSsi
tho day, consuming all the rematnde oe S
tho session in his argument for the res
.port OF the Committee on Fish nd lin
which, was adverse 10 the pom dinE hlil sss "
Owing to an important meeting of ths sg