Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.


az a director of the Eastern State Hos
pitql, and at once adopted resolution
for an investigation OF the affairs OF 'ne
hospital and the transactions of the board.
The committee is empowered to summon
witnesses. and will be paid "a day
while in actual session. They Will re-
port TO the General Hospital Board, to
The governor and to the next legislature.
One peculiar clause in the resolution
states that the investigation snail De
open, but no reports will be printed
without the approval and consent oil the
board.
The Senate engrossed the Sadler bill
increasing the salaries of the members.
The bill, which originally provided for
So day, was amended 50 as to make
the pay for the 60-day's regular session,
$500 and $3.50 for special session
which is a little in excess OF IS day.
The Senate declined to pass the measure
under suspension Of the rules, Senator
Wickham saying it was too important a
matter 10 be voted on till every member
had chance to be in the Senate and to
express his voice in the matter. Sen
ator Wickham offered resolution fixing
the pay at Sc day, but that was not
voted on, the Sadler amendme nt coming
up first. The vote was Fl to 2 in favor
of the Sadler amendment.
As stated on Saturday, MIR. Machen's
resolution providing for a change in the
Constitution so rs to increase the session
TO 80 days WAS adopted.
The Senate refused to concur III the
House amendments 10 the general APP
preparation bill, and conference was
requested between the two committees.
The Senate took up the voting trust bill
in the afternoon. Seoator fhlegar ia
vored the proposition to limit voting
trusts to five years and to validate all its
acts, whereas Senator Walker sup
ported the Sears amendment, which
limits the operations of the voting trusts
but leaves their actions open to llti-
CATION. The matter was passed by until
today
The Senate refused to concur in the
action Of the House in regard TO the cut
ting of of legislation, a. agreed TO in the
House resolution. After defeating the
resolution in the Senate a motion to
reconsider was made, and that motion
was passed by. 1t will come up for action
today.
The hill to provide for the purchase
Of a silver service to be presented to the
batlleship Virginia was taken up and
passed.
HOUSE.
The movement for an extra session was
showed under in the House by the ad1p-
ton of the rules committees substitute
by a vote of 40 to 10. The substitute as
adopted by the House was Immediately
communicated TO the Senate. The sub
stitute provides that each house cease to
consider bills on their second reading
after March 6, those on their third read
ing after March s, and that the remain
der of the session after that be devoted
to completion of the work of each other;
that oil legislation stop March 10, and
that such extension OF the session be
made as the exigencies require.
There was some spicy colloquy between
Mr.. Curtlett and Mr.. Cation and Mr.
Williams and Speaker Cardwell left the
chair and joined the discussion, ard it
Was soon apparent that the extra session
forces were in the minority. Mr.. Cur
tlett declared that large corporate inter-
esis were at work to prevent an extra
session and prophesied that without an
extra session that there would be no
passage of the two cent rate bill and
other measures would not be passed.
The Byrd autom obie bill, which, be-
cause of its severe restrictions on auto
mobilists on country roads, has been
strongly contested, was passed by vote
OF 67 to 10.
The Senate bill providing for The re-
disiricting of the judicial circuits was
taken up, having been advanced by spe-
cial order and was declared passed.
Chats illegal" shouted several
members. A motion to reconsider was
rejected, and was followed by bedIam-
like confusion. rhe chairman reversed
his decision, declaring the bill defeated.
Motions to adjourn we're offered by
several members, while the confusion
continued. When order was restored
the House refused TO adjourn by close
vote. Col. Lee moved to reconsider
the vote by which the bill was lost, and
this the House finally agreed to do, thus
leaving the measure on its passage.
The conference OmmiIlee named to
consider the general appropriation bill,
Saturday night agreed to compromise
Of several of the items under dispute.
The principal compromise was on the
matter oi the contingent fee for the
University If Virginia, which Senator
Strobe had N leavored TO have reduced
to $40 from $40 A compromise was
finally reached, liking the fee al $40, not
including the contingent fund OF $40.
The public printing appropriation was
cut exactly in half, making the sum
$3l, 500. The increase in the salaries
of the Court of Appeal judges from
81, coo TO s., was allowed. The
difference between the two bills as
they went TO the conference committee
was something under 100000 for the
two years. The bill will carry an ae-
gregate appropriation OF about So, AGO..
600 for the next two years, an increase
of more than 81 900, 600 over the gene
raj app ropriation for the last two years.
The supplementary or omnibus apPro-
pliation bill, carrying special sums ag-
gregating about $500, 900, will be taken