The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-16
COMMITTEE IS
NOT FOR CHANGE
st. Clair Amendments to Sale
Holt Reappointment Bill
Rejected.
REPORT MEASURE FAvoRABLY
Mr.. Coleman Gets Bill Through
House of Importance to the
Cites.
REPORT MEASURE FAvoRABL,

''"aS3AAoil couBTcSSAoildl Te-apDOrtlOnmcnt
bill practically In the form in which It
was originally introduced in the Senate.
the only change being that surry county
Is taken out OF the Second and put in tho
Fourth District. The great fight has
been waged over the st. Clair amend
fnent, which took the counties OF Giles.
Wythe, Bland, Pulaski and Craig out OF
the Ninth and placed them In the Sixth
There have been q number of sessions
or the committeeS and strong speeches
have been made on both sides Hon. A.
"A. Campbell. of Wythe, and Hon. n. u.
Spessard, of Craig. spoke for the amend
ment last night, and Et-. w. r. Barrett
of Newport News. for the original bill.
There was good deal of cross-firipg
and question asking during Mr.. Camp
BELLS argument, which was strong from
his view point. but 1t was all in good
temper. The bill will almost certainly go
through the House in its present shape,
and Will then have to go back to the
Senate.
The main object of the measure is to
separate tho seaport cities of Norfolk
and Newport News, putting the latter
now In the Second, into the First Dis
trict.
The deepest interest has been over the
st. Clair amendments by those favoring
and opposing 1t and the latter contingent
were in high feather over It's defeat last
night.
House Committee on Schools and Col
leges will meet at s o'clock tonight to
consider the Normal School question in
Room No. 8 at the Capitol.
The House Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns has set next Friday at
10 o'clock A. NJ. for the consideration OF
all the various dispensary bills pending
before that body.
Hon. T. e. Clarke offered a bill yes
terday designed to materially change the
road law of Dinwiddie county and au-
thorizing the working OF convcts on the
roads OF that county.
Governor Claude A. Swanson enter
tanned the Fifth District delegation in
the Legislature at dinner at the man
sion last night.
There were fifteen in the party, and
the affair was n most enjoyable one.
The Central Trades and Labor Council,
of Roanoke. has adopted resolution.
copies of which have been sent to MEM
bers of the Legislature, protesting
against the proposed Immigration laws.
Honorable A. B. Coleman. of Roanoke,
has secured the passage through the House
of bill amending the Code In relation
to the levy of taxes for school purposes
which are of general interest. The bill
reads:
"'rhe council OF each city shall have
power. and 1t shall he its duty, on or
before the fourth Monday In July in
each year, or as soon thereafter as prac-
IN tn 1nS.& Ia fhn ov,I
personal property in the city of not to ex-
coed fifty cents on the one hundred dol
lars OF its assessed value, or the council
may. In It's discretion, make an appro-
priation In lieu of such levy
Honorable Everette Perkins, attorney
at law of Roanoke. has been in the city
for several days. While here he APP
peared before the Courts of Justice COM
mittees Of the Senate and the House, and
ably advocated certain changes In the
law in reference to increasing the sala-
ries OF attorneys for the Commonwealth.
The bill he supported, will in all proba-
bility receive favorable reports at the
hands of those committees.
Hon. A. B. Thornhill. of Appomattox,
has offered bill in the House appropriate
ing $4,000. together with the proceeds
dated oyster boats. for the purchase of a
first-class police boat for the Virginia
oyster navy. The bill has strong sup
port In the Legislature, as 1t is under
stood that the present navy Is wholly
inadequate to the States needs.
The Finance Committee of the House
held session last night and heard u
speech of force from Hon. j. Thompson
Brown in favor of the proposed appro-
priation for the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute.
The committee hopes to be able to re-
port the general appropriation bill to the
House in a few days.
Resolutions adopted by the Richmond
Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy,
were filed In the Senate yesterday by Cen
eral Anderson, of Richmond. asking that
tho General Assembly place the Confed-
crate flags returned to the State of Vir-
GINA by tho United States government
in the State Capitol or in tho custody of
the Confederate Memorial and Literary
Society, where they will be preserved In
a firc-proof building. In the opinion Of
the chapter, as set forth in the resolu-
TONS it is not wise for these flags to be
given to private individuals or organza-
would be liable to destruction from fire
or other accidents, and where they
would not be accessible to'the public.
Tho anti-cigarctte bill offered by Dele
gate Eugene Oud OF Campbell, will be
considered by tho House Committee on
General Laws tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock.
Among those who will appear in advo-
| cacy of the measure are the Rev. DIR,
James Cannon, the Rev. DR.. w. w.
Smith, the Rev. George w. West and Mr..
George NJ. Smith. besides other represent
tatives of temperance unions and like or
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