The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13
.t3atksdale and others contributed to the
idlkeusaion, which, lasted for oil hour or
,,,nra i If,vnff.br willard ruled

more. Lieut. enaht.Govcrror willard ruled
that the Senate, having concurrcd III,
amendments to other bills ut this ses.
sion, 1t was III order TO consider tho quess.
stioliS Of concurrence II, Senate aifefd-
snicnts 10 otlierblllsa This was. II, effect
stlon nnd IL favor OF that OF Nfr. phlegaf,,
and recognizing q Ii distinction between
pnssins 81 bill and concrrring II, ntiirt,d.-
tnents to one. with this question settled
tho discussion or tho amended bill which.
HID bccn begun earlier II, tho morning
hour WAS res,itncd and COT, tin,cd until
tho chair was vacated Mcssrs. Tavcnncr
mid Bnrksdnlc beng the chief speakers.
The fight served 10 unn,ask lie oppo-
ncnts OF primary bill. Mr.. l3nrksdalc.i
Iii Ills bold, bltlrt style. constituting tho
bill Ms designed for h specific purpose.
ito went into political history for tile
past five years IT. some detail, eviowing
the May conference, aud expressing his
Views as To tho motives actuntng the
leaders uf that movement Tor primaries.
T'l,c Senhto conc,irred IN the House
the Senate bill To o mend
section t271 Of the code audi n the Itouse
amendments to he Senate bill TO pro.
vide for evidence or tic prepayment Of
pol tax by voters transferred from one
city orgc6unty to another.
#,rlcn tho Machcn primary bill came vi,
on concurrence In the tSouse amends!
n,ents Mr.. Barksdalr's motion to pass
By was REJECTED. u ITO IL. Mr.sAnJerson
sought To call the pending question. but
Tie Senate. by Il vote Of ID to IL refused
Ia order It @
! MIR, Bryal,'s motion to pass Ito bill by
wns rejected and u little l-|.1' Mr.. An
dcrson moved to pass by. Both motions
were lost By o tic vote. Mr.. Anderson
IN 1SS,ff md
make 1T n. special order for 1870 A. Nj,
In order that several other Important
matters TO which there was no objection
might be acted upon. Tho motion vas
agreed to.
ExTI5NDfrHE SESSION.
Mr.. 1ohlcgnr$offercd the following Joint
resolution, extending The session. With.
out pay. until Tuesday OF y NJ. and
the resolution was adopted and conlmuni-
ca ted TO tho House. II reads:
Whereas. II gems probable that all OF
tic bills which have been passed ut the
present session or tho General Assembly
! cannot be properly enrolled and examined
to-day: and
Whereas, it is necessary tina 5this ses-
sion OF the General Assembly should
BIO extended for time sufficient to cn-
able such enrolment and examination to
be made, Tin IA "a Y,
Therefore be It resolved. by the Sen
ate, the House Of Delegates concurrins,
That the present session OF tho General
Assem- bly, be extended until Tuesday,
March Is. 1901, at 4 o'clock T.. NJ, with
out pay TO he members OF either branch
of thd Assembly. Nothing herein con-.
tanned shall be construed MS affecting tho
Joint resolution heretofore adopted In re-
gard to the passage OF bills after IL
o'clock to-day. but enrolled bills may
be signed by the presiding officers In the
manner required by law at any time be-
fore final adjournment
Mr. Byars, OF Bristol. offered a Joint
resolution proposing to repea the reso-
Luton already adopted SO ns to permit
bill TO be passed until s 7. NJ. yestcr-
day, hut the Senate refused to suspend
the rules and take thesresolutlon up.
The House communicated the passage
OF House Joint resolution as to concur.
rent oyster legislation. On motion of Mr..
Walker the resolution was laid OH the
table.
1AYaLEAsE QUARTERS
The Senate on Mr. Anderson's motion,
! took up and passed the House bill TO au :
thorize the Governor OF Virginia to lease
such rooms and offices - may be neces-
sary for tho transaction Of tho public
business by those State officers having
offices tin tho state Capitol during the
| time occupied In the enlargement reno
walton and repair the State. Capitol, and
| appropriating money therefor
The House bill authorizing the issue OF
5000 OF bonds for paving by the city OF
Newport News was taken UP and passed.
The Senate refused to take up the House
bill in relation to enticlng away or hir-
Ing In borers under contract to another.
The Senate passed the House bill ex-
tending the time of the assessment and
payment or the franchise tax on corpo-
rations for the year 1901. s
The House bill to authorize and cm-
power the Council of the town of Shen.
andoall to borrow money by Issuing bonds
for water works was taken up and passed.
THE AlACHEN BILL FIGHT.
The opening battle over taking up the
primary bill on concurrence in the House
amendments. which came up early In the
morning session.. was one OF the fastest.
sharpest and most exciting parliamentary
struggles in the Senate in many years.
lf+Varlous senators were eager to point
out objections to the amendments, and
In the confusion following the taking up
Of the amendments. Mr.. Tavenncr was
recognized and began what he confessed
afterwards he intended to be merely q
| five minute speech. It assumed such
proportions that he had consumed tho
| time up to1nearlyi11s a. NJ. whenlhe Yield
pass by until 1880 In order that nm I'M
portant emergency bill might be passed.
This was done. and at the hour stated
Mr. ravcnncr resumed his argument
against the bill as amended. At the
morning discussion there was shrcwd
diminishing to get the floor. Mr.. Taven-
ner paused In his speech long enough to
let Mr.. Anderson whisper into his ear,
and made some inaudible answer lin.
mediately Mr.. Phlegar made the point OF
order hat Senator Tavcnner had yielded
tho floor to engage In a private CONVERSE
lion. l,icutenant.G Governor Willard sus-
tained the point, but inasmuch as no one
else had applied for The floor. he recog-
lnized Mr.. 1aVenner when the latter adj
dressed him as llsual "NIr. President"
Thus the advocatcs OF the bill had snatch
cd away the technical Victory they had
won. rs
TAKE IN a FRIEND.
Mr.. Tuyenner dwelt especially upon
section s OF tho bill, In which II was
provided that any voter might invite or
be ACCOMPANIED into the booth by any
person. This. no charged, opened the
way to the vote buyer to go into tho booth
and tn that 4 lie vntn piirchn sai ypa q