The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-19
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l Rl''l1e !, Gl-aiiies-Flood Bill Passes
tile House by Unani-
N SStl1ous Vote.
OUR lJl''. CASE NOT DECIDED ..
Opinion int tile Virginia Fran--
chise Case Not Handed
Down ) Yesterday.

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C0rom Our Regular CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, .. c., April 1S.-The
House = to-day passed the Galncs-Tlood
bill, which removes the tax Of six cents
per pound on leaf tobacco, so as to allow
1t to be sold by the grower The vote
on the bill was Unanimous. There was no
disposition on the part Of the Republi-
cans to allow the bill to come UP ut this.
session. but Mr. Gaines went to the
majority leaders this morning, and after
telling them that he had waited for
weeks to have tho bill called up, and
had been disappointed he said, nc had
determined that unless lt were taken w
and passed. he would object to all $legls-
lntion attempted UP to the end OF the
session. This would have had the erect
Of greatly retarding business, and would
have been most embarrassing to tho men
responsible n for the leadership Of the
House. - fs,3t ,sf g
The republicans saw the danger OF the
attitude which Mr. Gaines threatened TO
assume. and they yielded gracefully The
bill was called up soon after the ses-
sion opened to-day, and there was not q
vote heard In opposition to its becoming
law. II II s
81 The law Is mot of as great Importance
as might BIO supposed. Farmers have
never obeyed the law which forbade the
sale OF leaf Awithou. the payment OF the
tax, and when they sell q nelghbor u
pound OF Chewing or smoking now the
only difference will be that they Will not
3bo liable to prosecution and fine. but
they have been selling 1t right along
without regard to the law
The bill originally allowed the grower
OF the tobacco to stem and twist 1t, be-
fore offering 1t for ,sale, but these
feature We're eliminated In tho Com,
mittee on Ways and Means, on the re-
concentration Of Mr.. Yarkes, the COM.
missioner Of Internal Revenue. There will
probably be- no opposition to the passage
5of the billEwhen 1t reaches the Senate. ~
~ g CASE NOT DECIDED.
There was no decision handed down
to-day in the Supreme Court In the Wiz
glnia suffrage cases Monday Is decl-
sion day with the court. and while there
were decisions In q number OF other
cases, nothing was heard Of the ones
from Virginia. There Is a remarkable
lack v Of interest manifested among tile
bvirginians In Washington as to the out
come OF these cases, involving the VALID
ityl OF the Virginia Constitution, Every
body seems to regard 1t as a foregone
conclusion that the court will uphold the
constitutionalty Of the organic law OF
the State, or will refuse to grant the
orders prayed for by the c'o 'tor applfi'-
cnnts, a4l II ts,. vi n Esssa. Sg
n Hon. Don. p Halsey. Of Lynchburg9
was in the city to-day on his way to-
New York. TTe stopped over last night
with his brother Mr.. 2. "A. Halsey, who
Is a page in the Senate press gallery.
Mr.. Seth p. liza lsey who IS brother Of
Mr.. D. P. Halsey, is a member Of the
Blair in Sappho at the Lafayette Thea
tire In this city this week. Flo Is said
BY critics to have a promising future
before him as an actor.
WEST VIRGINIA. CONVENTION.
The West Virginia Democratic conven>
ton will meet in Charleston tomorrow
for the purpose of choosing delegates at
large to the st. Louis convention. Cor.
man will have all the delegates to st.
Louis" said Tom Keller, of the Noun
tain State. one of the Senate doorkeep-
ers cit doesn't make the slightest diff
ference who goes to the convention, he
will vote for German, with or without
instructions" Keller thinks German is
going to be the nominee despite all tho
talk of the long lead which Parker has.
And Representative William A. Jones
wants to SEQ Mayor George B. Mcclellan,
OF New York. made tho nominee. though
he will not 60 so far as to say he e&-
poets to see 1t done. He and Mcclellan
became fast friends while the latter
was In tho House. 5s
The following are the dates fixed for
the Democratic primaries for the seec-
ton OF candidate for Congress so far as
lcurned:
First District July 18th; Fifth District
Juno 10th: Seventh District June Both;
Tenth District juno 29th.