The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-31

R]IlC'-'HN1O ND, VA, sA'EtJfl;
. ~ matter Until the blll passed the sen,
ny - unu came over to The House anu J.
h hi =, kh,oW In what shape or FORM tna
~ III p,assed The Senute. was informed
t ~ ~, was iii the same condition ihat
pveg8 nen ny9 be bov y V Was testea
4 70 by both Mr.. Sands and Shields before
tne ooI.illiinitteo. At this time the bll vas
s;Nhlil1ieu and II carried 70 per cent. ana
senator Chapman said nothing about IL
Offered Four Amendments.
. When the bil 3rline over 10 the House
!, offered -FOUR amendments openly OH the
floor of the House. rho first was to nl-
low inc collection Of clul,ns thnt were
two years standing instead Of ilyc; IN.
second WA. to chaage Tie commission Of
tho agent FROM ten TO fifteen per cent. \
tho third was ID strike out entirely the
nroX,ls,ion that no clnifl,iof oyer I'VE years
s s,,, u, DC recovered ul1ls with the iirst, u
cofecD !; and the fourth, was, to make pro pro
cult Court. q tho city Of lsicfinon,u q.
the si House. then m mnde sy Statement On
the floor Of the. 1lpusc That the bill, IN It's
then present shape did not amount 10
anything. .Ital,nd M two n,r,no ", n,
rendered tho iii II n1uEa 'tn. ana asked
for n conference scoinmittct.
Now, tho chnrge against me Is that !
attempted to insert into the confee,r.ence
per cent. IN the compensation OF the spc-i
cial agent without tho consent OF MY
confcrrccs. Tho committee say they be-
o ws mava adnS put Of n so nG
etc. This Is g, deliberate ncc,lssation Of
allowing myself to&nttclnpt to Illustrate
and to prevent, the fair enactment ,of q
account Of my friendship for Mr.. str,ds.
Did tho evidence Justify such a charge?
before the comniittooFon. this point thnt
charge s e'i IS and and undorstand how unjusly
I have been treated intthelr report, and
the pcrpctuation npongthe Journals OF tho
legislature &c, Of t u, groundless slnn 16,,,
who my nfcrrccsg were and whether I
attempted TO nrisload them is best shown
by 1t.
ments were rejected and III made. the
statement to the House that the bill in
its present form did not amount to any
thng and asked for co r1oad
lar motion. The House appointed q,
conference committee, consisting of Mr..
1Iowlc, Mr.. Parker and myself. Wc5wcnt
over to the Senate and 9in8 the meantime
L understood from Mr.. Sands that the
question Of compensation was satisfnc-
tory to all the conferrces, the only OBJ,
lection being MI SWls u sneceeG her
two gentlemen said that they could not
afford to leave the Senate for n mo-
-mcpt. After discussion Senator Chap
NAH MI Howle md myself tried h ITO
practically agreed upon what this should
be- Senator Chapman then. said you had
better go into tho clerks office and
write It, and as q ,ncnher Of the con
ference committee, wish to state here
that L clnu1 as such member, that 1
have a right 10 ask, and insist upon, any
amendment which ] so desire. pro-
ceeded to write a report and after pro-
viding for. a change In section on line G.,
the question OF compensation came up.
Chapman was not in the room at the
time, and remarked to Mr.. tfowlo (Mr.
one was in the room but Mr.. Howle and
myself. think Mi. Parker was standing
in the door looking into the Senate cham
Towlc at the time: This bill ,call!ss.ro1r B
Dor cent. without suit and when sui is
brought 10 per. cent. ] knowsofS no law
yer who would certainly would moi
compensation was 10 per cent; It Is too
low. knowing that the Senate had
cent, l think they might meet us half
way. LIZ SttiN w nv N''o '>''s
about this, ] am no lawyer. wrote IN
Is per cent. signed It. MI. Howles signed
1t and Mr.. Ryson signed It.. This! con
ference report was prepared in duplicate
There were two reports. nndEif my recol-
lection serves improperly, MI. chapman
had one there on thu. desk Thcnssenator
Thomas arrived on tile scene, do not
know who brought him IN there or hat
he had anything to do with this confer,
encc report. as ho was not II member of
the conference committee. @ Is
"Tlcy proceeded to. read the report IN
the presence Of Mr.. Chapman and my
self, Mr.. Howle and Mr.. Parker. When
he camc down TO the change of the per-
ccmtagc from o%to -, he remarked
won't agree to this.
Nh Puller: Senator Thomas (not onSthc
committee).
Had Not Agreed.
Senator Chapman romarked: II have
not agreed to It: j am surprised that this
is in hero, or words to that effect. | m-,
mcdIatcly informed him that ! had dis
that I understood from what he (tloWlea
said he had not objected to It,. and hat
i was informed that he (Chapn1an) had
no objection to It.
MIR. Pullcr: That Senator chapman had
no objection to it. TTe had signed the
amendment Of tho Finance Committee
recommending 20 per cent.
ITO said I have not agreed to anything.
Mr. Gregory: Was that before Mr.
Chairman signed It?
Mr. Fuller: Yes sir.
Mr.. CHAPMAN: I recall | had signed 1T.
Mr. Fuller: No. YOU nro the last man
on fhnrc. signed It ard then Mr.. IloWlA
and Mr.. F'vson signed II, l,"r'usr No !,
We're out Of the room most of no time.
. .-l ~. -. , f :, ~
This statement as to what happened In
the conference committee Is borne out
by the testimony of Mr.. liowlc. He says:
Mr., Howlc:. Mr. Fuller, think, COM
monced to write out the amendments TO It
after we had read over the bill and no
wrote this amendments, and there was
or; amendment here that I think he sub
stituted the word 10 for 10 pcr cG2t.
Mr.. Ncimyer: Had you discussed the
amendments and tho conference agreed
upon the amendments, before he began
writing?
Mi. Howlc: No. not before lie began
writing. He wrote them Off and then
submitted them to US. made certain
Off and wo agreed to them after he had