The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-12
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Senate PITTS III Record 4 Breaking
Day and Entirely Clears q.
It's Calendar.
The PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
Measure Affecting Them Con 81.
i Cured in After Being Amend
II cd in Many Particulars.

The Senate In two sessions yesterday
nut. in a d-brcnking day, clearing
tho calendar OF every bill upon 1t, and
f!paseIng the volumlnous bill In relation
to public service corporations. Thls
IN eas,,rc of ninety-nne printed ages, With
gto,o hundred and eighteen amendments
.lby tho Senate Committee for Courts Of
SJustice. was disposed OF In two sessions.
almost every amendment being adopted
las reported by the committee The blu
.as amended will now be- communicated
ITO the House for concurrence by that
body in the Senate amendments. 1t -
expected that n conference Will be asked
and ordered on the Hlsngreeing votes on
the amended bill.
Il The House also passed number ~
other bills, among them being that max
ing kidnapping 1t capital Ofense, att
y other authorizing the University OF Viz
gInia to send certain property to ST..
Louis for exhibition there. the property
$in question being a statue OF Thomas
Jefferson. A Senate bill was passed ap.
8proriating 800 for improvements to the
Senate chamber.
The House for lack Of other business
yenrured into the domain OF national
Legislation. Mr. Lenke, OF ttoochland. In
Producing q resolution instructlng,. tho
Virginia members o. ne United states
Senate to vote for tile ratification OF
the treaty with Panama. This was re-
ferrcd.
Mr., I3lscoc, however, offered u resolu-
ton requesting the Virginia 1nctn bers Of
Congress TO vote for Tho national gond
roads bill OF Representative Brownlo~.
Of Tennessee. carrying IN appropriation
0f $24,0OO, 900. This provoked cOnslder4Dib
discussion, Mr. Davis among others. op-
posing the bill. He finally secured It's
amendment so 40 to leave the action "
the numbers OF Congress on the blu dis
cretionary,
Tho House and Senate named cons
1crces on the dlsagreeing amendments
TO the eminent domain bill, and they met
5 In tho evening.
An effort TO secure discharge OF the
committee from consideration OF the blu
10 authorize encumhering the property
OF Infants, failed This means the death
OF the measure. !
The Senate.
n When ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Willard call
ed the Senate TO order at noon there
was present a good working quorum
COMMUNICATION from the House Of
4 Delcgat announced the non-concurrence
i OF that body in tho Senate Amendments
to House bill 3i3, known as the law IN
relation 10 eminent domain, and request
cd conference. The Senate agreed 70
the request, and the. chair. ma m ed as con
farees Messrs. McIlwaine, Mann and
Walker.
President Willard announced as Nom bers
on the part OF the Senate Of the leslsla :
tive Joint committee to select site lot
the proposed State female normal school:
nIcssrs. Kcezell, from the valley: sears,
from Underwater; Ford. from Piedmont;
Rarksdale, from s;outltsde. and st.
Claire, from the Southwest,
Mr.. McIlwaine, from the Committee for
Courts of Justice reported House bill
sfT. In relation to public service corp a
lions, with amendments.
AR Eeezell. from the Committee Tor
uublio Institutions and Educaton' re-
rorted House bill 4s5, measure proVld-
iur that wherever a school debt mas oeeh
created authority is given to 'eyy a tax
to pay such debt I,
senate bill $40, which has been on the
calendar for months, AM. which is popu-
SIarly known as the keezell- Barksdale
General primary bill, was, on motion.
& recommitt.ad to the Committee for Priyi-
:lrccg and Elections That means the
end OF this BILL for the present sesslon,
ut least.
When House bill! 20, with Senate supstl-
tutc therefor. known as the Anderson city
extension bill. came up, Mr.. Cospill, ot
CHESTERFIELD was recognized, and re-
stunned his fiIlbuster against the bill. lie
8 Yielded however,, Cor q motion to ihdcll.
r,itely postpone further consideration OF
/. tho measure, thus carrying his point,
which " as the defeat Of the measure.
sPURLIC SERVICE 'BI LII.
TIE bin in relation 10 public service
& corporations, known as House bill 34I,
With Senate amendments, was then taken
up, and the Senate proceeded 10 consider
alton Of the same, Tbs Senate Commits
fec for Courts OF Justice had reported
the bill with ono hundred and eighteen
amendments. Soma of these amendments
relate to vital questions In relation to
y control OF raj way and other corporations,
Many Of them are changes Of phraseology,
designed 10 perfect or strengthen the
Z Language oi,the bill, or changes fconse-
aucnt upon other amendments.
Tho remainder OF tho Senate session
was consumed in consideration OF tho bill
y ana amendments, sAnd considerable pro-
gress had been made when, 1T 2 p. NJ,
tia chair was vacated until Up. M. When
consideration OF the amendments was re-
stunned.
The chief discussion caused during the
consideration OF the bill was on the mo-
ton OF Mr. Anderson to strike out certain