Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-17
A DISCREPANCY NOTED
FOUND DIFFERENCE
IN RAILWAY VALUATION.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, January II, 1906
Senator A F. Thomas of Lynchburg has
presented a resolution which may possibly
involve a tedious Investigation The reso-
luton recites that the bulletin of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, No u,
reports the commercial value of the rail-
ways of the state to be S211 BIZ, 600, where
as the assessed value of these properties
as reported in bulletin No IA, Is S63 269,-
623, discrepancy OF some S14S, Coz, 900 The
resolution calls on the state corpora ton
commission, which is charged with the
duty of assessing these properties for tax
alton, to explain why this discrepancy
There is evidently some reason for assess
Ing the properties at the difference between
the value and the figures named by the
government report, and it is to get at this
that Senator Thomas has introduced his
resolution.
Tuesday of next week the general as
sembly of Virginia will proceed to elect
q. United States senator to succeed Senator
Thomas S. Martin, whose term expires
March 4, 1907. The legislature Will elect
Senator Martin to succeed himself that
being due to the action of the state commit
tee when 1t planned the state primary law
the candidate receiving the highest vote
to be nominee Of the party For the first
time in many years there Will be no caucus
to name candidate for the United States
Senate. Senator Martin was named in the
primary OF august II, When he admins
tered a signal defeat to Governor Monta que
after one of the biuerest campaigns the
state has ever seen. The republicans will
not name candidate in opposition to the
democratic nominee.
Ant1-Saloon League Active.
The Anti-Saloon League is in session in
the city of Petersburg, and from all that
can be gathered there is to be war on the
so-called clubs which have been chartered
by the general assembly and also by the
state corporation commission. These clubs
do a continuous business and it is said
that they sell to all sorts of people at all
hours of the day and night, and on Sun
days as well The result has been to
diminish the number of saloons and the
loss of much revenue to the state The
clubs do not pay the same license as do
the saloons, and they get the cream of the
trade-that Sundays, when the clubs
are generally crowded, and there is drink
ing all day.
There is equally as much complaint
against the club there has been against
the saloon. Some people contend that the
clubs are safe from police surveillance. and
that gaming is often INDUCED In and the
members are sometimes feeced by the
guests OF the members. 1t Is proposed
10 put the clubs on precisely the same
basis as the saloons-to make them pay
licenses; have their doors open SO that they
can be inspected at all times, and to re-
strict the sale of liquors to the members
The league will petition the general as
sembly to enact such laws as will remove
the evils of the club which often worse
than the saloon.
Senator Patteson's amendment to the
constitution recites that more than SIiO-
OO0,oOo has been expended for negro cdu-
cation; the money has been wasted; the
experiment is not a success; that the whites
pay more than % per cent of the taxes
for support of the negro schools; that
white schools (graded) can be established
in each county that salaries can be nearly
doubled and all the children of :he whites
educated without an increase of taxes The
measure is to be presented early -ae COM
ing week.