The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-12

h f1ittch on Finance anu Batks a' w ehohSS
~ n advocncv ci his proDostisn TO Ri.
III. n1,,nn1,t He promised that 5if the bill
we're recoii,nitted he would Gull q ineet~
W ine lilo take the matter III, next tues .
& .4inY.g The president Informed him mat
y Without Unanimous consent or The s,s-
M to,,siun 81 r,ilc 81, which applied to inc
k 3 cnse, tho Senate could not recornillt INC
blll.
y ,rhereupon. r.5,vickl,am moved to sus-
is5 rrnd TIC rule and tho motion prevails
4 Ell He then submitted his motion to
rccommit the bill, and Mr.. Anderson. Oh
Richmond city,&patron OF tho Dill. SPOKE
Il 4 in opposition to the motion 70 recon- com
" init. lIc2disclaimcd any Intention 10 So
care thasty action orio net on INC ..il ~
Sa3 ihe absence Of the chairman OF the com ', ,
&, ,nittee The bill had been offered illiu
II Ind III the Judgment, Of the press bccn
III given fwIdc publicity, and display III we
\ 58 p,,lnic prints. lie presumed thht VIC
senator from Hanover would nc pres s.
$g2 I'll TIC meeting II he desired 70 hh ,u,s
83Ycnize The proposition III the coiltll ~.
NJ roon. and while lie was OF opinion tnit
Sj Mr. tvickhn,n would not favor tho M,
Ms, assumed from his failure to attend the
# meeting of che committee that he mad
III determined to confinc his cpposi.lon 70
a#5i Inc measure 10 the floor of the senate
aS3ir he chose to oppose 1t ut al. MT. AZ
= tir i.so, reviewed the situation III winch
ma recalled tho fact that the chairman
S3 tffthc Finance Committee had himsclE
called attention to the needs OF the re-
pnirs The senator from Richmond then
declared his purpose in offering the pili
und advocated 1t IN an earnest appe,l,
for action lie hoped the Senhte "o"iu
not rccommit the bill.
Grave Importance.
81 Mr.. Wickhnm took tho floor IN advocacy
OF the rccommtment and made pow
erful and impassionatc speech In behal
~ his motion, lie stated by way of cM-
Il ,lanation Of his tnrdy action that he hao
5S heen sicl, and. unable to attend the meet
Il enc of the committee, even II he ltlu
@ ltrown 1t was to be held. lie hardly Knew
that such a bill had been offered. me
matter was one of such grave import,
nnce that no thought the Senate shouia
pS slowly in considering IT.. lie Would
1,l,n Ia he heard on tho measure and
therefore urged the recommittal OF Inc
& nj, in order that he might BIO heard. INC
contemplation of $l50000 out of the State
trea s,ry at this time was n matter OF 700
much Importance to be thus hulriealy
considered. The State was III no pos'-
Il ton TO make such appropriations ~ WIS
88 not even known yet that It's new SUI
rage plan would stand under thct as
saults upon it, Tho default in tho rev.
II enue from poll taxes was Il matter Whlch
IL cnud not be estimated yet, and the rev
III cnues of the State under tho ne" pun
az taxation could not yet be hccurately
known, He warned the Senate that lhe
appropriation large as 1T was, Moulu W
a&exreeded by the architects In their cs-
+i,,,atinn MS had always been the case,
and he cited the instance were under
~, 100000 tho architects estimates
81 had been largely exceeded by tnc p'us
#4of contractors. The senator calied AZ
& tention to tho fact that the Legislature
was in the last moments OF one sessioii
& and on the eve of another wherein ILL., ea'.
III would bc necessarily large demands upon
tho treasury. in this strain he Vlsof-
q ouslv antasonzed the appropriation GER
;ainly he had had chance TO be hearu.
NJ SyIckham intimutcd That there was
In his opinion, unnecessary haste III inc
4 matter;
{ When he senator from Hanover sought
SO have the bill recomnlitted and sus-
erestod q date for q meeting, MT. Anaer,
"A unn asked If the committee could nol
pect earlier. but Mi. WicSham with
,,reet shirt declined to hurried or to have
terms dictated to him.
Mr.. sale. Of Norfolk city. disclaimea
any intention to be disconrteous 70 me
senate He had received no'lce ol .he
hs'@lsu9 way, ana supp', ,se
9tnat the action OF the committee llad
@bcen nasty and reviewed the steps taken
III, INC matter to sustain his contention.
Lecture to Committee.
Mr.. shackelford then took the floor
and likewise entered disclaimer OIL any
discourtesy to the chairman. 1t was tlcn
in referring to the speech OIL hI, W w
ham on his motion to rccommit that MI.
'Shackelford referred 10 tho senator from
Hanover as seeming to lecture the COM
mittec on its action.
Before the senator from Orange had
proceeded further, Mir. Wickham inter-
rupted him, and made most courteous
II disclaimer of any such intention, coup
ling it Immediately with the statement
that he rendered his resignation
~ Mr.. fShackelford thereupon, with that
shirt of generosity, of characteristic OF
him, promptly Withdrew his statement
AZ 10 the chairman lecturlng the commit
tee.
Thereupon, MI Wickham dlsclaimed
that his action in rendering his resignn'
ton as chaiiGIhn was due to any per
sonal feeling, stur to the feeling that nc
ihad for some time not been in accort
with the prevailing sentiment of the Sen
X ate.
# Mr.. Anderson then took the floor. and
in a most manly and at times eloquent
speech, disclamed any intention OF treat
ing the senator with dlscourtcsy He fol
s course in urging the bill under discus
sion. and then paid a very handsome tri'
butte to th, ability, integrity and ser
!. vices OF the senator from Hanover.
AS climax to this tribute, he declared
with great emphasis: II shall demand thu
services of the senator from Hanover
In the name Of Virginia In the position
which he has filled with SO much abiit.
and which he so adorns." This expires
sion found response in the hearts of thu
other senator's, and was manifested II
spontaneous applause
The State Able TO.
Explaining his own course and his dis
interestednes in the matter of the prop
osition under consideration, Mr.. Ander
son declared that there was but on
II thing TO Influence his action In this n
in all other public services, and that wa
that In his honest best Judgment,
was the right and the wsest thing to do
II He stated that he knew the chairman
lsS ~ thn House Committee on Finance jNIl