The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09

nounced Mr.. Thomas promptly Regard
less OF political effect ! am going to kill
1t or get killed.
Twill the senator from Campbell yield
for motion to adjourn" asked Mr. Sad
ldr, of Powliatan. later on. 1t was then
3 y, M.
S".fhe senator from Campbell has tho
floor. and he lis going to hold It." said
Mr.. Thomas.
Then you Will probably hold 1t alone, ;
said Mr. Sadler, sitting down
.'As far as / am concerned" retortcd
Mr.. Thomas. THE senator from Powhatan
has my permission to retire"
For the next ten minutes Mr. Thomas
spoke uninterrupted. Advocates of the
bill were moving about holding their
forces together. The moment was crIu-
cal. but though the dinner hour had come
and passed, the senators were held In
the room. The Lynehburgcr proceeded.
He called attention that four of the five
senators from the Sixth Congressional
District-Campbcll. OF Bedford Serns, OF
Halifax; Patteson. Of buckingham and
hlmself-had all voted against the st Clair
amendment. Judge Phlegar was tho only
one out of i've representing the district
that favored It.. Mr.. Thomas appealed to
the Senate not to accept the verdict of
one man against the united opinion of
four. The people of the Sixth District,
he said, did not want to take the new
counties in. If the proposition were sub
mitted to "a vote of the people of the
district 1t would be buried so deep that 1t
could never be resurrectcd
The fight ended sooner than was ex-
pccted. Many thought the Lynchburg
senator intended to hold the floor all the
afternoon. but about 3.15 r. M. he sat
II n
been held together. and the result wa.
unchanged The bill was passed by n vote
of "a to 0, as follows:
Aycs--Anderson, Chapman, Dickinson.
Echols. Garrett. Hartman. Hobbs. Holt.
keezell Lincoln, Lynn. Neimeyer, Noel.
Phlegar Rison,s Sadler. Sale, Shackel-
ford. st, Clair. Strobe. Tavenner. Turner.
H. T. Wickham and r. a. Wickham-24.
Noes-Canlpbell. Kerns, Lassiter, Ma
chen. Patterson, Roberts, Stands, Sims.
ThOmas-9.
Fight in House.
1t was stated last night that the fight
on. the bill will be renewed in the House
Of Delegates when the measure comes
up on that side. The shifting OF the
five counties to the Sixth means simply
that the Democrats have surrendered
all hope OF ever recovering the Ninth,
the remainder of which is solidly Repub
lican. Indeed, the real secret of the
change is that these counties. four of
which constitute the Fifth Senatorial
District represented by Mr.. st. Clair.
will, 1t Is claimed themselves. lapse into
Repubicanism II not removed from the
Ninth District influence. wythe and
Pulaski are Republican now and Bland.
Craig and Giles. though still Democratic.
are close. 1t is openly asserted that If
the counties are not shifted Republic
can senator Will represent them in the
next General Assembly. In fact, the
Democrats had practically given UP hope
in the last election, but Mr.. st. Clair
won out by twenty-nlne votes. Demo-
cratic influence in the Sixth District. 1t
is said will win the senatorial constitu-
cncy back to the party. Tho question
OF what effect the shifting of the bal
ance OF power will have on the congress
sional seat to certain extent at least
is involved in the objection to the change.