The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-08
LEGISLATURE.
CLUBS NOT EXEMPTED.
Senate Adopts Bill to Enforce Local
Option House Passes Bills Affect
ing Telephone Companies, Build
ina and loan Associations.

Senate Adopts Bill TO Enforce Local
Option House Passes Bills Affect
ing Telephone Companies, Build
ing and toan Associations.
In the House Mr.. Folkes, in support.
Ing the Leake bill providing for grand
jury Investigations Of all elections, as
serted that many men would neNtmontb
sic as Lawmakers who were williul per
llrers. having sworn they had expend
I'D no money 20 secure election.
when ] see all of q certain class who
l0 not vote or work for voting raising
Dp and Topping one way said MIR
TolAes u would not believe them should
they swear ON q stack OF Bibles az high
..- heaven and "a deep as IL should
iiey say they had not gotten money. II
sou ask can prove that periurers will
edo here as Lawmakers you cannot tear
from my heart an honest conviction that
this is true.
Ihe house passed the third reading Of
the Jordan bll breaking the Baylor sur
yey uy vote of - 60 %.
The senate passed he Anderson bill
-tiug Circuit Courts the power 20 pass
on Che annexation OF territory 10 towns
and cities
There was q brisk tight in the Senate
on the bIl relating 60 the government OF
public schools, in which Mr. barksdale
made "A light for the election OF school
trustees BOZ the peopie. SeyeralimpOrtant
.uegdments were offered.
Il- Senate passed the bill prohibiting
lartered Clubs from selling or giving
away wines. ardent spirits, etc. IN local
ption districts. aud regulating the char
ring ul such clubs, alter important
amendments bad been made.
ZINE senate refused TO require social
.i-Ds lu pay The regular saloon license a.
was proposed ia the Shackeliord amend
acct. requiring instead, that the tax TO
a uad hy any one social club shall not
Acue1 $3.50 Another amendment re
.uires applicants for CLUB charters 10
ate whether or not IL II proposed 10
i-.euse LIQUORS. and IN the event II IL so
..p9e q. that 10 certificate be required
.m the Circuit Judge 20 the Corpora
nn Commission that the granting oil
acl charter De- not against sound public
irY. Under the terms Of the bill ~
,-ssl by The senate, no charter may BE-
.sutel Co c.up % dispense liquors m
..I option aud dispensary districts
1888 the h-eI-r- ou clubs already char.
cred iu sucu districts are revoked.
rle House had under consideration
,lu bi.I concerning public service corpora
ICONS. and adopted TWO very important
amendments 90 it. One Of these by Mr.
Ilte. I'D AItemariel required all tele-
hone companies in the state TO connect
,.tn eacA other Mr. Boaz Joined his
colleague ln advocacy of the amendment,
.a1 10 was adopted. BIB 90 p
The other important amendment for
-a adj building and loan associations to
1lrge more than eight per cent. interest
.He amendment vas adopted, although
Qp.0usIy opposed. The effect oil II Il
t3pftl uv the senate viii, IN the opin-
..u Oi some. Doe % practically destroy
auiliDg aad loan associations. The bill
- amended In these two particulars, was
ordered 90 en-rossment.
I8. r-rAfIi>H>IENT OT ANOTHER NORMAL
~HoOL RECOMMENDED.
Tae special committee appointed lat
year q inquire into the advisabllity
of establishing another female normal
school iu Che state. has prepared lts re-
I4rt lrLiaZ the imperative and immedi
lie need ui another such Institution a.
.aat at Farmyiie, which would cost
about 500 600.
I4s committee consisting of Messrs. 4.
% WatAins. John \. Opie, Frank I. West
..J 81 * lowry says 10 its report:
There are Is 80 I teachers ia the public
.h1.l- ol Virginia: 1.G7l are males and
3D. ZOO are females Tlus we ind that
rias f4nths of the teschers in the white
echo :. of th- state are females. Ii may
ee.l ue said that the children OF the state
.-s turned over 20 the female teacher.
Notwithstanding this ratio OF female
teachers. there are four Institutions
Hui.m and Nary. Virginia Military n
stiflle. B.1ck-burg Polytechnic and the
University of Nirgilia-i0T the equipment
of t1. sons of the STATE; and there is only
..-. The FarmUlle Normal school, Tor
boz compliment of the daughters OF the
5lat-
Nearly nine.tenths OF the population
Virginia Iiye ia the country. The mea-
Ter salaries paid Ia the rural districts
make rhe system. as long as those con
ltior. remain dependent upon the r.
male teacher: for the male, alter a short
period oi teaching. seeks more remunera-
..ye employment
Yle committee makes nOsuggestiOn as
.9 location The approximate cost OF a
.c1ooloi the same capacity and efficiency
ss the Farmyilie institution would cost
30 0O0
THL JORDAN BILL
The Jordan. oyster bill, proposing to
rass TIE Baylor survey, which has been
PASSED bg tue House, was communicated
I'd ID. senate Saturday. No action was
taken ou the bill. aud it will probably
aot BE taken up hy the Senate COMMITTED
an tlsl aad Game before Tuesday. The
committee. having sat with the House
Committee during the hearings on the
siI. wIu give no further hearing; but
.-I Il,e no time reporting the bill, either
4y0raby or adversely. The House Com-
u.ttee reported the bill adversely, out
t1e committee was reversed by the
House
The senate Committee is composed OF
Senator'S Keezsi, Gunter, Tyler, Walker,
-Lands Gold. Sears. Bryant, intcheson,
-r0mwsli and Hslsey. 1t is expected the
committee will be very evenly divided on
tbe measure.
Pie fate oi the bill in the Senate is re-
gsrded rs doubtful. The Tidewater sen
ators generally are expected 20 oppose
the bin. Many members OF the Senate
are doubtful how they will vote on the
.aeasure. regarding it from the stand
9ointol political and business expectancy
some openly intimate that the passage
Of the bin viii be hurtiul TO the interests
~ the Democratic party in Tidewater
Virginia
COMMITTEES IN CONGRESS.