The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-18
WHO KILLED
COCK ROBIN?.
This Question Being Asked il
Regard to the Often
Tawncy Bill.
WILL NOT SEAT THE H. NEGRO '||::'
Election Committee, However,
Will Likely Criticise Constl-
tl,tions Of Southern States.

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tFrom Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, .. G., Dec. 1.-THE
otjen.Tawney bill, which provides that
manufacturers OF tobacco shall not give
away anything Of value in the package,
Tire anti coupon BILL was con sderea ~
the Ways and Mems Committee to-day.
Tho feature OF the day in the committee
was the testalmony OF Mr., BACK. Q.
Wheeling, the manufacturer or one OF
the best known brands OF smoking TO-
bacco in the United States, who bitterly
opposed the bill last year. and IN the re-
cent convention In this city OF the inde-
pendent tobacco ufacturers. LED we
opposition to the movementto have the
association endorse the bill.
In the course OF his testimony Mr.
Black stated In response to question,
that he could not quite say VINO nad
killed the bill at the last session. lie
said he had received telegram from
Senator Elklns, Of West Virginia, to the
effect that the senator had learned OF
the OPPOSITION OF Black to the measure.
and had that day killed It. This made
the members OF the committee gasp. for
Senator Quay sent a simt1a r telegram 70
a manufac turer In his district last spring.
and the advocates OF the bill have all
along been charging him with the re-
sponsbllIty for It's death. The question
now Ii, in the language Of one OF the
committee. WHO killed cock robin Z!
Those heard In favor OF the bill were
John Landstreet, of Richmond, Va, pres
ident OF the independent Tobacco Manu-
facturers' Association; II. G. WATSON, OF
plttsburg, representing the CIGAR Man
nfacturers' Association; James WOOD OF
Cincinnati. vice-president OF the cigar
~ TIT an and Mr..
Briessen, of New York, representing .:
Ropensbure and Sons manu- facturers OF
Havana cigars.
Represen tatives WV. Kitchen, !. OF
North Carolina, and Shirley, Of Kentucky,
and william Black, Of Wheeling, w. g.,
o1,posed the bill. Other hearings Will 20
held. ~, y. 49, 7, !,
It Is learned to-day that Elections COM
mIttee No. 4 will vote unanimously rec
omn1cndIng the seating OF Lever: the SIT
ting member from the Seventh South
Carolina District, whose sent Is being
contested by Dantzlar, a negro. AS the
contestant only got 167 votes and Lever eyer
received 4, 200 there was never any Sc
rious belief that the committee would
recommend that the negro be seated, Dut
It was thought that It might say tnat
there was no election, and declare the
seat vacant.
i7eIt is learned, however. that while the
committee will recommend that Lever
he allowed to retain his seat accom-.
panying the report, and a part OF u. VIII
r, severe denunciation Of the suffrage
clauses OF the Constitutions OF several
OF the states Of the South. which. IN
effect, disfranchse the negro Il IS SAD
to-day that the report may recommend
tho passage Of some bill IKE inc one
OH nf 1n6i1nl L.
which seeks to reduce the representa-
ton in Congress OF the States which have
denied th.e right OF the negro to vote.
This feature OF the report Is not certain
OF adoption In committee
REPRESENTATIVE Gaines, OF West Vlr-
ginia, Is the chairman OF the committee
and while he Is what all his colleagues
term a mighty good fellow, he IS firmly
of the opinion that the States which
have denied the right Of franchise to the
negro should have their representation
reduced in the proportion to the number
of negroes d'sfra nchirTad.
. SOIL SUVEYS.
Repres entative Flood said to-day that
he was making arrangements to have the
Department of Agriculture make soil sur
yeys in various counties of his district.
lie thinks that he will succeed IN having
the department make surveys In Rock
bridge, Au3 sta, Amherst. AppomattoX,
Fluvanna, Buckingham and Cumberland
counties. The effect of this Will be that
til. department will be In position to adj
vie MS to the constituents needed IN the
soil, and the method of culture best
adapted to practically every variety OF
land in the Tenth District. Mr.. Flood
succeeded In having u survey OF the SOIL
OF Botetourt made some time ago. and
the farmers of the county say IL was o.
great value to them. 4,
Representative Hay has introduced a
l,il approprating forty thousand dol
lars for the completion OF the Jefferson
memorial object lesson road, from the
railway station at Cha rlottesvlle to the
monument to Thomas Jefferson, over his
grave on the road to Monticello. me
bill recites that the present road Is rough
and hilly, with q maximum grade IN as
tending Monticello Mountains OF sixteen
feet IN one hundred, that an organization
OF patriotic citizens have partially con-
structed new road with maximum
grade OF four feet In one hundred, and
that 1t has been demonstrated that prl-
yate subscriptions are inadequate to
complete the work,
WILL NAME ELLIOTT.
Representative Slemp has introduced Q
hin providing for the erection OF pub
liz building at Wythevlle. The amount
to be appropriated Is sl,0oO.0O. Mr.. slemp
has also introduced bill for tho erec-
,,o,I OF government building at bls
Stone Gap.
The president is expected to send to
tile Senate in a few days the denomination
81 Postmaster Elliott, Of BlackspuFg.
s.me OF the friends OF Mrs J. Hampton
I4oge thought there was still hope OF ker
Lelnp appOInGed and It vas said that
Senator Scott, who Is barking her TOR the
position, was making hard fight to IN,
duce the president to change his MIND
in Inc matter, Mr.. Roosevelt has said
positively that he viii reappont All, El-
lott, who has tho endorsement o. the
Republican organization county, o'stF'c'
Mr., William A. Glasgow, Jr.. one OF the
leudng lawyers OF Roanoke. is In Wash
inglon on business
Mrs, John w, Daniel and her mother,
{, NI,r fin aud Senator Daniel and SEN