The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-03
POLITICS, In \
THE DEBATE.
Method Of Choosing Road Supcr-,
intcndcllts Provokes a l'o-8saS
litical Discussion.
Mr.. sLEMP's RECORD uP
Senate Passes Bill for Caring for
Confederate Graves After 81
Long Debate.

Tho sessions Of both branches or the
General Assembly were greatly cnlivon-
cd by speech-lnaking yesterday. Willie
the constitutional lawyers Of tho Senate
were wrestling with tho problem OF tho
legality OF approprintlng State funds for
caring for tho graves Of the Confeder-
alto dead, the House was in tho throcs
OF Il political controversy, in which al
most tho sole issue was partisan polt-
tics. 1t all came about over an amend
ment to tho Edmondson road bill, Offer
cd by Mr.. Bowm;lli, proposing to have
the county road boards named by tho
Judges OF tho Circuit Courts instead OF
by the supervisors. II
The Democrats themselves were d.
vidcd on the question, but MS soon us
Mr.. Lowry, a Republican member. en-
tered the discussion. MIR. Stcarnes
charged that Colonel slcmp, for whom
Mr. Lowry and tho other Republicans
voted for United States senator, had him
self, when Il member of the General AS
sembly, voted for n negro to dtsplace tho
late Arthur o. Sullivan, ~ MANNED Con-
federatc soldier, as door-kccper OF the
House. Mr.. Lowry. replying, stated that
he was not aware of that fact wheil
he voted, and that ho had not Favored !
tic plan OF making q nomination for
senator. s5Ss b +, Z. /, /,
! Tho whole question was Drccipltated
| by tho effort TO place tho appoin tment
| OF tho roao superintendent In the httilds
| OF the circuit Judges instead Oh inc SUI
| pcrvisors, for the reason that tho super
visors in many counties were Rcpuoll-
cans. whereas all the circuit judges were
| Democrats. l was in advocating this
amendment that the charge that Slemp
| had voted for Il negro for door-keeper
vas recalled by Mi. Stearnes. Tho
amendment, which caused tho discus
4 siop was adopted by n small margin,
| showing that the majority themselves
| were greatly divided on the question.
In the Senate tho bill approprlatihs
money to Confederate memorial assoclii-
lions for the care OF graves IN the. ccili
| c,eries OF the State was passed, :i1ter y
! nrolonCcd discussion rs to titution-
| alty and the policy or impoltcy or the
| apuropriatipn had been threshcd out by
stme Of the ablest lawyers OF the STATS sa'
| 4 large number of bills were intro
! duccd In the! House. among them one
/ By Mr.. Green, proposing to REQUIRE can
/ fdatcs for office to swear not to. use
/. money in elections. This was offered
| ana slallCu az TIC .iCScitt ''.'''N''i'' .a-
4. The Senate. u.
| Tho session of the Senate was we
attended there being th,rty-f1yye 9, y, y,
4 Governor Willard called the body TO orus
ar nc on. As usual there. was nc, prayer
The relminary. business being dls
j nc sed or the Senate began conslderatlo
of the calendar, taking up lirst ious
BIN 4. tC appropriate certain sums Q
money TO aid Con federatc memorial asso
& cln tons. All tho remainder or tue dAy
4 session nearly two hours, was CONSUME Is ny
in consideration of this bi'l which va "a
finally passed, after denatc particlpate
in by many senators. Consideration Q
4 tno bill furnished u diversion ior "
visitors and incidentally gave the ne'
i members an opportunity TO try their ora
tot.cal and poleInic powers. The 1icN
members did not monopoze the oratofS
however. several of the oldest In point O
SCI wee rushing into tho debate with
zcsl that marks the old war horse as h
srifts the scent of battle smoke IN IN
a MR. SADLER'S PLAN.
SIR Sadlcr, of PowhataN, one Of Tn
nblest Of tho new members unlocke
the lips of the ora tors by Offering a
amendment designed to leave. the car
} or the Confederate graves to cities, town
4 aud counties, instead OF appropriatln
money from the State treasury. In 1
minute the oratorical melee was on. an
, tie presence of q. number of prominer
! lnc.es connected with the Hollywood an
! OH wood Memorial Associations and II
Daughters of tho Confectionery urged u