The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-15
ARRIVE
FOR LAWMAKERS.
Will be Placed in Time
for Session at Noon !
Tomorrow.
ANOTHER CAUCUS
/ TOMORROW NIGHT
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Many Of the Members Go Home
to Spend Sunday-Real Work
of Body About to Begin.
Committees Will
Be Ready To-
morrow.

| The first four days of the Legislative
session have been full of public interest.
but the real work OF the body will only
begin this, week.
The two houses adjourned over until
tomorrow at noon, by which time tho
furniture will have been placed, and the
standing committees announced
The desks for the members and news
paper men arrived last night, and the
work of putting them In will be rushed
to-day. Contractor Jurgens says that
when the two branches are called to-
morrow, the halls will have been com.
pletely furnished.
Another Joint caucus will be held In
the Hall OF the House OF Delegates to-
morrow night to select the city Judges
but the incumbents in nearly all casns
will he chosen by reclamation. only a
few OF them having opposition. Ono
thing is assured, and that Is there Will
be no more bitter contests, such as took
place Friday night.
Why They Adjourned.
The main reason for adjournment over
until tomorrow was to allow the desks to
be put in, every assurance being had
that they would be here by last night.
Another reason was to await nm APP
pointment OF the standing OF the stand
ing committees. Speaker Cardwell has
those of the House about arranged and
will finish the lists by tonight. Tho Sem
ate Steering" Committee Will meet at
the Westmoreland Club at o'clock to-
night for the purpose of making up the
committees for the upper branch. and 1t
will not take great while. as the men,
bers are pretty well acquainted with the
personnel of the body.
Those who will select the standing COM
mittees have had much experience In leg
islatlon and know the qualifications and
rank OF the senator's. They are Senators
George s. shackelford. OF Orange. cnair-
man; W. w. Sale, OF Norfolk; Edward
Echols. OF Staunton; F. s. Tavenner of
shenandoah, and j. Lawrence Campbell,
OF Bedford sA
There are already. perhaps, $50 bills Of
more or less importance pending before
the two branches, and several times this
number are expected within the next
month. so the committees will all have
plenty of work to do from the very
start.
Will Cause Fights ~,
Many of the bills already offered will
be earnestly advocated and bitterly fought
Many OF the members living at nearby
points went to their homes to spend suns
day, but they will for the most part re-
turn to the city by tonight for to-mor-
rows session and to attend the Joint eau
Gus at night.
Tho furniture, consisting of desks.
which arrived last night, will be
put in by tomorrow noon, but those in
charge have to prosecute the work all
through tonight and up to noon IT NOR.
row. The halls will present quite a. diff
ferent appearances when the desks are in,
and when the seats are placed in the gall
leries the visitors will be well provided
for Eight-footd mahogany tables have
been secured for the members of the press
in each house. il
To Preserve Dignity.
Captain W. w. Baker. Of Chesterfield,
the "nestor Of the House., Is taking q
great deal Of interest In preserving the
dignity Of the body, and OF having things
done about tho Capitol in dignihed and
orderly manner.
To this end Captain Baker has pre-
pared resolution. which will be offered
tomorrow, providing for an additional
page for the House, to be appointed by
the Speaker. and to be under the super
vision of the sergeant-at-arns and door,
keeper. The new page will be stationed
in the gallery, and will designate seats
for visitors, There will be three sections,
one of which will be for the guests OF
members, another for the general public,
and still another for colored people.
1t is said that a similar resolution will
be offered in the Senate at the same time.
Captain Baker, has already offered
bill in the House providing for two inner
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building by day and by night and to be
uniformed in cadet gray.