The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-16
TO GET DOWN tn
. WORK THIS WEEK
Committees of the TWO
Houses to Be Read
Out To-Day.
- .tlst
NEW FURNITURE
NOW IN PLACE
Every Comfort and Convenience
Provided for Members Com
mites to Consider Bills
Tomorrow Some
Matters to Be
Pressed.
With the announcement Of tho STANDING

With the announcement OF tho STANDING
committees In both houses OF the General
Assembly to-day tho body viii be In a
position to get fairly down to businesa
before the end OF the week, the beaut1.
| full new dosks for tho members haytua
| arrived and been placed yesterday. In
addition to the interest felt In tho an-
nouncement Of tho committees, there IL
good deal Of talk concerning the seo-
ond joint caucus to be held at o'clock
tonight In the hall OF the House OF
Delegates. but no more feroo contests
are expected. The meeting win be for
the nomination Of city Judges. and but
few OF them have opposition.
The furniture Is now all in place, and
the seats have been assigned to the
| senator's and members. The two cham
bers are indeed beautiful, not to say
gorgeous. In their appearance. every
piece of the furniture being OF pure ma
hogany. The desks are very similar to
those used In the United States Con-
gress. and are greatly admired by tho
members and the public. Two circular
mahogany tables have been placed in
4, front OF the rostruns OF the two houses
for representatives OF the press, and the
reporters are igyen chairs to match the
other furniture.
Coat and hat racks of the same ma
terid have been put in and on the
Senate side Colonel Button has pur-
chased handsome mahogany clock.
| He has also put umbrella stands In the
| Senate cloak room. Telephones have
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days It is expected that one of the tele-
graph companies will put in an instru-
ment and keep an operator In the build
/ Ing. So much for the comforts ind
and oonveniences OF the two chambers.
The Guardianship.
Now as to the committees to be named
to-day. Speaker Cardwell. OF the lower
branch, has his ready. and the Senate
| Steering Committee" will meet at the
| westmoreland Club at 10 o'clock this
morning to complete the list for the up
| per house. Neither the members of tho
"Steering Committee" nor Speaker Card
well are talking about their appoint
ments. hut here are the names Of those
who will almost certainly head the moro
| important subdivisions OF the two houses:
| On the Senate side there will be:
Privileges and Elections-George S.
| Shackelford, Orange.
Finance-Henry r. Wlckham. Hanover.
| Courts OF Justice-Wiiliam Hodges
Mann, Nottoway.
Public Institutions and Education
George B. Keezell. Rockingham.
General Laws-yvilliam Stands. South
anpton.
Roads-P. +. ST. Clair. Giles.
| Counties, Cities and Towns-5ohn 3.
| Chapman, Greene
Agriculture-w. 8 Garrett, Henry.
Fish and Cameo. Harding Walker.
| Northumberland.
Enrolled B,lls--A. f. Thomas. Lynch
burg.
| These will probably preside over the'inl-
/ portant House committees
Privileges and Elections-James r. Ca
ton. Alexandria.
@ General Laws-B. p. Cox. Richmond
city.
Flnance-Tipton d. Jennings. Lynoh-
| burg. ~,
| liam.
Militia and Police-E. w. owens Nor
| folk city.
Asylums and Prisons George T. snead.
schools and colleges-N. 3. Early,
| Greene
Ranka, Currency and Commerce-W. w.
Baker, Chesterfield
| Agriculture-J J. owen, Prince Edward.
/ Only two members of the important
Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
we're returned They are Mossrs. Cox
and e. W. Owens. and If tt!sy set the
| chairlnanships referred to above. soma
I t,;,la fey
and Towns,
Will Start Tomorrow.
The committees will hardly consider
any bills before to-moirow. but none or
them lack for material on which to pro-
| ceed Important measures relating to
good roads public education and many
other public questions OF interest TO the
| people of the State have already been
| referred and Others will pour In on both
| sides this week v
One bill that Will .he vigorously pressed
ia that placing the appointment OF COM
mlssioners OF tho revenue In the hands
| of the circuit judges Measures ON this
| limo have been offered in the Senate and
| House, respectively, by Messrs. Chapman
ana early, both OF Greene,
Captain Camm PettescIkeNpoets to push
the matter recommended tby the Cow
amor In relation to changing the syatem
| Of checks and balances between tho fiscsl
OFFICES at the seat OF government, and he
VIII be warmly supported on both aides
| of the Capitol,
Press Other Bills.
Hon. Harry Glenn will make a strong
fight for hls bill to create Il travelling
auditor, and Colonel Cation will insist upon
the passing OF his measures doubling the
appropriations for public SCHOOLS. increas-
Ing the pensions to Confederate soldisrs
and distributing the tax on the rolling
stock OF railroads among tho counties
whore ths lines rnn
Mr., Thomas win mako strenuous efforts
to have all primary elections .egalixsd
aud to fix the expense upon tho State,
rather than on the candidates. and while
A.sc fne Snl Ia "a dasa r.rni "A fhat thar, .isli