Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-03-16

liquor law. The vote to take it up was
decisive. Senator Mann made a vigor-
Gus fight, but the members did not face
the music and vote on the amendments
direct-they just declined to take up the
bill. Judge Mann moved to suspend the
rules and take up his bill. By vote
of 10 to IL the Senate refused. The
division was as follows:
Ayes Gunther, Hobbs, Kerns, Lin
coin, Lynn, Mann, st. Clair, Strobe,
Tavener, Thomas. H. I. Wickham-1l.
Noes-Campbell, Chapman, Echols,
Garrett, Hartman, Holt, Kezell, Machen,
Niemeyer, Patteson, Phlegar, Rison,
Roberts, Shackelford, Stands, Sims,
Turner, L. A. Wickham-19.
The fight was short and sharp, and
the result of it was the death of the
Mann amendments beyond question. The
Nottoway senator then promptly offered
a second resolution providing for an ex-
tension of the session for one week, for
the purpose of disposing of bills on the
calendar. The Senate refused. The
division was as follows
Ayes-Lynn, Machen, Mann, Noel,
Patterson, Simms, Strode-7.
Noes-Anderson, Campbell, Chap
man, Dickinson, Echols, Garrett, Gun
ter, Hartman, Holt, Keezell, Lassiter,
Lincoln, Neimeyer, Phlegar, Rison,
Roberts, Stands, Tavenner, Turner,
Walker, III. T. Wickham and T.. A.
Wickham-22.
The fake-socialclub bill is another
that went down in defeat during the
last minutes the House was in session.
1t had been so mutilated that temper
ance people and liquor people were
found together either urging its passage
or its defeat. First it was passed hur-
riedly by So to o. Speaker Cardwell,
taking the floor, claimed that the
bill was not what it purported to be,
and aimed to injure the reputable
clubs of the Commonwealth. Amid
great excitement, Mr.. Cardwell moved
to dismiss the bill. Mr.. Swift rose to
personal privilege, and declared that he
was asked to call up the bill, and
that he had no intention of in any way
attacking the reputable clubs. On a
close vote of 80 to 81 the bill was dis
missed. The recorded vote was as
follows:
For the bill-Messrs. Barham, Bar
rett, Booker, Brown, Cation, Crrlett,
II. c. Glenn, Gwathmey, Houston,
Howle, Lane, Lauderback, Love. Ma
son, Massie, Ould, Petit, Powers,
Pulliam, Read, Rev, Spessard, Swift,
Sydnor, Throckmorton, Wilkins, M.
Williams-27.
M4-c--
Churchman, Clement, Cox, Dunn,
Early, B. Green, M. M. Green, john
son, Lee, Lewis, Lowery, Mitchell, Old,
Owen, Parker, Person, Peyton, Prince,
Fuller, Stanfield, J. l.. Taliaferro.
Walker, Whitehead, Wilson. Withers,
Mr.. Speaker-30.
1t was after midnight and the men,
bers were anxious to adjourn. For
two minutes House members pelted
each other with papers and pamphlets
until the floor looked as though it had
been visited by a snow storm. "Auld
Lang Syne" was sung, and the session
of 1906 was at an end
At the night session the senatorial
precision was entirely relaxed, and the
Senate enjoyed an evening of rare fun.
Laughter filled the chamber during
practically all of the time, and though
there were one or two sharp brushes
between senators, the utmost good
fellowship prevailed. Legislation was
completely at a standstill.- Under the
rules of the past two or three days the
objection of three members could block
any bill, and for every bill called up
three senator's promptly objected. At
the end hundreds of bills lay dead and
dying, while comparative few were
on their way to the statute books. I'm
portant laws were made and others
proposed, seemingly of as great i'm
portance, untouched. Adjournment
brought relief to all, but disappoint-
ment to many.
Sidelights ON Patent Tong Fight.
True to his promise to close Tide
water friends, Speaker Cardwell snuffed
all attempts at injurious oyster legisla.
ton. There was practically no oyster
or fish legislation of any consequence.
The Rev crab bill lost out in the Sen.
ate-more's the pity-because of 9
strong lobby, and the bill against non.
resident fish stock holders was killed
because of peculiar complications. Sew.
eral bills a La Jordan, were never per
mitted to show their heads, and the
tn-patron 20-foot fish net bill was sal
upon by one of the patrons. Thes.
constituted about all the futile attempts
at legislation for Tidewater.
| On the other hand more effectiv,
Gull law was passed for the Potomac
depredations on private beds to be pun
ished more severely, little local legis
lation for sections down the bay
prohibiting scrapes and dragnets, {
$50, 900 boat to be added to the Stat,
navy, and the waters of the Stat.
Exclusive of the James and Nanse
mond rivers) thrown open to patent
longing.
The people of the Rappahannock ant
Chesapeake Bay sections wanted to us.
patent tongs, which have been discon
tinued for two years, and representa-
tives from this section pushed the mat
ter. The law abolishing their use tive
years ago had been tackled on to an.
other bill at the suggestion, it i,
stated, by members of the Board Of
Fisheries, and, never mentioned in til,
newspapers, it had become a law before
even many legislators were aware of it
There was no better way to undo what
had been done than to follow the same
tactics. Mr.. Rev had local oyste,