The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-15
HEAVY WEEK
JUST AHEAD.
Legislature to Have Up Tax
Bill and Annexation.
INSURANCE BILLS UP
Measures Of Messrs. Bruce and Sale
Set for Hearing Thursday--osteo.
paths Again To- Morrow Night.
Many Other Matters.

There Is a big week ahead for the law
makers Of the State in both branches OF
the General Assembly as well as IN the
various committees. There are two matters
pending before the Senate of sweeping
moment and they will require much time
before they are disposed OF.
One Is that relating to the mode OF an
uc8ing property adjacent 10 cities and
towns, and the other the bill OF Senator
Sale. creating Department OF Insurance.
4 The former Is now being considered as
& special order, and the latter will come
up shortly in its regular order. These sub
iects are both OF widespread interest to
the people, and many speeches will be
heard before they are finally disposed OF.
On the House side there are many I'M
portant matters UP. The special order is
the general tax law. and its consideration
viii likely consume the entire week. The
House. owing to the mass OF business
upon Its calendar, Will meet at 10 o'clock
tomorrow, and long sessions will be held
each day during the week A number OF
Important amendments have been offered
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been given, so 1t looks as If long siege
OF debate is in prospect
Other important matters on the House
calender are the congressional reappor-
tionment bill, the Barksdale pure elections
measure and the bill appropriating s2oo,oo1
for the jamestown Exposition. The latter
VIII likely not provoke much of fight,
but the other, two will be heavily assailed,
It looks as If the reapportionment bin will
not pass the House in the shape in which
It came from the committee. and the
anne may be said OF, the Barksdale bill
as amended in the committee.
The First and Eighth District people will
earnestly oppose the superintendent
scheme as reported, and the advocates OF
pure elections will seek TO reject Mr..
Cummings amendment TO the Barksdale
bill, which proposes to insert the word
''corruptly.' and 1t looks now as il they
VIII be successful.
But even these are not all the important
measures that are actually on the calen-
Cars OF the TWO houses, to say nothing of
The many that are being pressed before
the various committees. The Senate Com
nittee for Courts of Justice Is meeting
every afternoon iii the Supreme Court
room. preparing its general report. and
the task Is by no means an easy one.
cSTEOPATHS AGAIN.
The C;enerar Laws Committee Of the
Senate will hcar~thc concluding argument
on Senator -Hajyey's anti-healer bill to-
morrow night. and the chances are that
1t will be reported with some qualifying
amendments.
Eut the greatest fight of all before any
5cpmmttte during tho week promises to
be over the Insurance bills in the Cen
e:-al Laws. Committee Of the Senate on
Thursday morning az 10 o'clock. Chair
man Barksdale has agreed 10 take up the
Bruce bill. proposing 10 "e-enact the
Wharton anti.compact law ut that time.
end it will be considered along with the
Bill Of Senator Sale. of Norfolk, known as
the antitrust measure. TO both Of these
bills the insurance people stand opposed.
End will appear both personally and by
counsel in opposition.
Senator .Bruce is being urged by some
of his constituents 10 press his bill to re-
enact the Wharton law, and there seems
to be d strong undercurrent of sentiment
n both houses. ats favor Not only the
Insurance speopie but other corporations.
YiIl fight the Sale bill as 1t proposes to
prevent com binations between all kinds OF
business institutions for The purposes OF
cutting UP prices. The Wallace bill to
create a Board ~ @Eelegraphy Examiners
V,ill be up at 20 O'CLOCK tomorrow morn
ing before the House Committee on Cen
srsl Laws. and 1t Will be vigorously op-