The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13
..MAcHEN BILL KILL ED.
Prolonged and Successful Fight
on the Measure.

!. 1,hc session OF The Senate was q
stormy one from soon q tier the opening
nj $50 a. AI.untll the chair was aca al.s
Al p. M for ali hour and q hall. Inc
6provocatlor OF the storm or the cause
of ii was an effort TO take up sena.e
bill "A, known as the afachen genera
urinary bill. for concurrence In the
= fo,,sn5 3amcniments thereto. The bill
md passed the Senate tamely enough
n few days before. there being hardly a
protest by AIRY one against 1t. When.
however, the measure had been comm UNI
Gated 10 tho n ousc and. TO the surprise
for the Senate. pushed through that BODY
with few amendments tackled on, tue
opponents of a legallzed general primary primal
were aroused to unmask their opposl'
lion. Tic amended bill came up. as nc
specia, order, and after seyeral .iret ,'st,
Etunl q ttempts to pass 1t by, 1t was laid
aside untll@1l 80, In order TO permit GER
tain important local bills to be passed.
Then the battle over the cna ctment OF
the urinary Bill began afrcsi and raEcu
until the chair was vacated at 2 e. Nj.
when an. Intcrmisson5 In the struggle
K nsucti, only 10 recommence at $3.50.
PARLIAAI ENTARY DEBATE !.
The contest over the bill precipltated
one OF the most Interesting parilamen-
tary discussions ever up In the Senate,
ard in this debate several OF the ablesti
and Oldest members in point of service
became involved. 1t war, indeed nice
Question involved. The Senate was work
ing under resolution providing that
after Friday no Scrate bin should be
considered By this, Senate and no House
bills BY the House. and that no Dill
should DO considered on Saturday. aSl nc
question raised was whether concurrence
sby tho Senate In the House amendments
Co.. III aotIty1lpnt = to U1SS-5
Ing n bill. Tho resolution cutting OIL
tho passage Of bills had originally pro-
vided that no business should be trans
acted after Saturday, but Mr.. Acllwalhe
had amended tho resolution 80 as 10
make II. read ..ro hills shall be passed.
Ills design being to avoid cutting OF
tho power of the presiding officers 10 sign
enrolled bills.
The question was. clearly cut, this
Is concurrence by the Senate IN Rouse
amendments to n Senate bill equlVaieei,t
10 the passage Of bill? Il
E Mr.. Kcczcll, MIR. Wckham and others
commended that itiwas. and that y would
be n Violation Of the rule, under which
! the Senate was working IL the Senate
eoncurred in the House amendments TO
tho primary bill.
- Mr.. Phlegar. OF Montgomery, made q
close and powerful argument on the
negative Of the proposition, contcndlns
tina n concurrence In amendmenta vas
not passing a bill, ana that such action
was entirely permissible under the rules
Although Senator Keezell had the floor,
Senators Phlegar ard Wlckham became
involved In m Intricate rapid-flro dis
4 c,lssjon Of the construction Of the rule.
which lasted for fifteen minutes or more,
botl, senators speaking IN loud tones ard
with great emphasis, and plying each
other with questions with such rapldity
that 1t was hardy possible to follow In
detail.
AIr. Andcrson Of Richmond city. Sc
cured the floor, and, Constitution IN
hand, made n close md cogcnt argument
for tic correctness of the position Of
Senator Phlegar, showing that Tho Ian
g,,ngo OF the Constitution made m dis
iiEcton between passing n bill and con-
curing IN an amendment to n bill,
Nlessrs, S;adler. Fulton, 'favenncr,