The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-06
Afternoon Session.

have 81 certificate OF good moral charac-
ter from tho person with whom he last
lived. This amendment was adopted.
and that OF Mr. Throckmorton defeated.
The bill was then engrosscd and read a
third time.
The House dispensed with the corsti-
tutional readings OF the bill. and It was
finally passed by vote OF, ayes, 5S;
noes. is. tsr
The bill making special appropriations
to the jamestown Exposition and to va
rious public Institutions was next taken
up, and, on motion of the patron. MI.
Bowman, the constitutional readings
were dispensed with. The bill waS read
section by section at the instance OF
the chairman.
Passed With Much Ease.
Mr.. Baker moved to add an independ-
ent section providing for an appropria-
ton of 5000 for paying rent to the Me-
chanics' Institute for storing books for
the secretary of Commonwealth. The
amendment was agreed to, as was one
by Mr.. Bowman, providing that the
Jamestown Exposition Company shall
transfer to the State a site OF as much
as ono acre for State buildings.
Mr.. Churchman opposed the bill and
moved to create the Department of Free
Hand Drawing" and said he thought the
member from Roanoke would have no
opposition for professor.
Mr.. Gwathmey opposed the bin In
strong speech. and the patron was asked
several questions as to It's details. Mr..
Bowman defended the bill and replied
to all who had attacked
Upon roll call the bill was passed.
| Ayes. 81; noes. o.
Mr.. Cation warmly discussed his bill to.
/, distribute the tax on the rolling stock
OF corporations among the counties
r,,bir ho NJ
| and he contended that the bill was clearly
constitutional.
He earnestly defended the bill as both
| Just and constitutional, and undertook to
| show ny authorities he cited that It
would be safe " he courts II passed.
| The member from Alexandria made
| an able argument for his bill. and be-
| coming warmed up he took the main
aisle and spoke with great emphasis and
animation.
Pending the completion OF Mr.. Cations
| remarkes. the chair at 6 o'clock was va
Gated until o'clock.
House Bills Passed.
Appropriatins, $4,000 to the State Board Of
/ in promoting and encouraging immigration into
To To make further appropriations of the puelic
revenues for the two fiscal years ending Feb
ruasg 3 1907 and February % 1908 for the
ndusrial and military display al Ja am
tol grounds: installing agricultural museum In
srs At H. Ysss y5Sss
School. Virginia Polytechnic institute William
hFy e g. Ssn hp rsn e9sSH
Industrial Institute Negro Reformatory As
sSoo Libraries f lG and nf the Of
for the Board OF Fisheries
March a H. 1904. a entitled Hn ae, to amend and
re-enact section ! OF an act. approved M MAJ
Wards 'i in cities a and for Increasing or diminish
ing the number thereof and 70 validate =. ana
been redistric,ed into wards since the adoption
Of the present Constitution. and to prevent
| gerrymanderlng.
Night Session.
When the night session convened at
o'clock, there was an agreement between
the opponents and advocates OF the Cation
rolling stock bill by which the matter
went over until this morning.
This had the effect of changing the
order of business. so that only uncon-
tested matters were considered at the
| night session. A large number of bills
were ordered to their engrossnent with
out debate.
Mr.. Cation offered an amendment to his
bill. imposing u license tax of $500 on
| incorporating companies, SO as to make
/, the tax sl,0NO Mr.. Rev desired that the
| tax be made $500, but his amendment
came in too late.
Mr.. Fuller made strong speech IN
favor of his bill to remove the $4,000
| limit on the liability for accidents to per-
quently that the opposition came solely
from the corporations of the State. A
great deal of discussion followed. but 1t
| was mainly in the nature of questions
Churchman offered SOME amendments
and spoke against the bill but it was
finally engrossed.
1t looked at. first as If only uncontested
tko,.. off fh. IN fnn
bill was passed by, but this proved not
so. Nearly every bill that came up
| thereafter called for debate. One of them
was that offered by the gentleman from
Alexandria city to allow pensions to
/ widows of Confederate soldiers who were
married. MS late as 1856
| All Are Rejected.
/ Mr.. Lewis offered an amendment ex-
| tending the limit to 1870 and this was adj
/ vocated by litsNpatron and opposed by
4 Speaker Caldwell (Mr. Churclman In the
chair. Mr.. Petit spoke earnestly in
/ favor. of the Lewis amendment, and in
closing he paid glowing tribute to the
women of the South. Several amends
/ ments were rejected and that OF Mr.
I Lewis shared the same fate.
The following amendment was offered
by Mr.. Powers and accepted by tho
patron. but the House rejected 1t as we'll:
provided that the widow of a Con.
Tolerate soldier who would BIO entitled
! to n pension under this act, and by a
| subsequent marriage has barred her right
to- such pension, II such subsequent mar
ringe be with Confederate soldier, upon
| the death of such subsequent husband,
| tho said widow shall be entitled to such
pension as she would be entitled to had
there been no sucll subsequent marriage
Tho bill was engrossed us offered by
| the patron, without amendment,
Tho House at 900 p. NJ. adjourned until
| 10 o'clock this morning.
| A japanese surgeon proposes to make
his countrymen as big, physically. az
Americans, but their heads do mot need
further enlarge,nent.-New York Herald