Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-08
TWO-CENT FARE BILL
IS PASSED BY SENATE
Now i The Two Bodies Of The
Legislature Gel Together Viz
glnlans May Ride CheapIy
LITTLE OPPOSITION MANIFESTED
Measure Goes Through With Biz
Majority-sIacis eye Given to Judge
Manns Temperance Legislation
Matter VIII MOI Re Reached at r!.is
Session
Session,
tsncrial 10 the Daily pross.l

RICHMOND. VA. March 7.-Thc
Senate Today, 10y n good majority.
passed he Chmrchman rate bill. limit.
Ing the amount railroads may charge
f.r mileage hooks M Two cents per
mile for 500 miles or over.
Discussion of The l,ill again occupied
The morning hour nj the Senate, being
| HE special ANA continuing order
brought over from yesterday. The gen.
cral argument OF The opponents OF the
measure was along lhc line of denying
The conStlintionnlily of he hill. or that
he general assembly had The right 10
arbitrarily fix railway rates for trans.
pnrtation
Under rules adopted speeches today
were limited 10 ten minutes. Senator
dickinson. of Wise, opened the debaI @
IN favor Of the bill stating that earlier.
In The session he had introduced /,
measure with he same object In view
he was followed by Mcssrs. Machen,
l'atieson and Rison In favor Of the
hill and by AIessrs. Sader. Sims,
Campbell, IL. n. Wickham. Thomas
and Mann in opposition.
Al u. m. debate was suspended
and The hin as amended was put npon
us passage ana passed by 4 vote Of
90 10 49,
No More Anti-Liquor Laws.
Tho doom Of The amendments 10 the
| Nun I.D l....
slsienlly urged by lis patron. Judge
Mann. was sealed in The senate today
by he refusal Ia take mp and consider
he bill onI Of its regular order.
There is little probability that tho
bili viii he reached on The calendar
IN rinc 10 secure its passage al this
session ri The general assembly, even
|, ii IL sufficient number of votes could
now he mustered in the senate To
agree 10 the measure in the form il
came from the committee on finance.
and let il 40 TO the house for action.
There is strong opposition in The
Senate To many provisions of the bill.
This was shownthis- mnrning by the
! statements Of senators who objectad
TO taking The hill mp oui Of lis regular
order
IL
fight To secure the amendments which
he believes would better put into ef.
feet the intent OF the liquor law orig.
mated by him. He renewed his no.
ton shortly after the converting of
tho senate today TO take up bill No
24l The senate refused and ii can
he stated that the amendments are
dead for This session.
solons Want Double Pay.
If The house committee on finance
can bring 1t about, Tile members of The
next general assembly viii receive IS
day instead al The measly 81 which
falls 10 The lot Of the SnlGns now here.
The committee, IN other words. Today
rendered favorable report on Sena.
Tor Sadlcr's bill, which provides for n
salary of $3.50 for each member al.
tending II regular session and $24O for
each member attending an extra ses.
sion
Governor Swanson Appoints Scott.
Governor Swanson today comm,mi.
Gated To The Senate his appointment
Iof Mr. A. Il. Scotch Henrico coun.
y. member of the State Board of
Agriculture and immigration To fill
he vacancy caused by The resigna.
Ion of Julian NJ fuffin.