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

OF county bonds for road linpro'v' Improvement,
and then took UP the conference rep ..I
on tho general appropriation DIN AZ w.. .
Wlckhnm, of Hanover. chairman OF the
Senate Finance Committee, offered TO no
into n full explanation OF the report.
but so great was the confidence IN TIE
1 Judgment Of Its conferees that tho ex-
PLANTATION was not necessary, anu WY
4 report was mt once adopted. since gu
i tirday night II had been DECIDED 70 le.
the University fee at the unlversaty Oh
j Virginia stay as the Senate had lxeu-
/ ton dollars. instead OF forty dollaN. MS
lieretofore--nnd this only diniculry IN
| the way of the conference report on the
| general appropriation bill IN the upper
| branch did not longer exist ~,
The House report on the Senate Dill,
rearranging the Judicial districts ana Gre
| ating four now circuits, was received,
| with an amendment adding NTH cir
cult, composed Of Amherst, Nelson, Buck
fngham and Fluvanna.
Mr.. Strobe, representing Amherst anu
Nelson. and Mr.. Patteson. representing
buckingham and Fluvanna, protested
against concurrence, the latter declaring
that his constituents did not desire n new
circuit, that ali attempt was being MADE
to roist upon them n thing they neither
needed nor wanted. and that they were
In the remarkable position OF having their
estate administered by somebody else
without having n voice in the matter
themselves. Both senators asked that
the amendments be made to the Commit
tee for Courts of Justice. Inslstence on
immediate concurrence was made by Mr..
Chapman, of Green. Mr.. Keezell, OF
Rockingham; Mr.. Stands, Of Southamp-
ton, and others, who declared that refer
ence meant the death of the entire bill.
giving relief to n number of counties.
There was sharp passage between Mr..
Eeezel and Mr.. Strobe. concerning the
latters position with reference to the
new circuit. Mr.. Fulton. OF Warren,
strenuously objected to "og-rolling" the
amendment through the Senate, and
riding rough-shod over the two senators
from Amherst and Buckingham. He
pointed out that the Rockingham senator
had got all the time he wanted for a
hearing on his own particular case and
was now leading the fight to deny the
same privilege to another senator. Custom.
he showed. required a rejection of House
amendments to be followed by con-
ference or reference to its proper COM
mittee. In this instance an effort was
beng made to force an exception and
compel the Senate to accept amendments
the very nature of which it did not
know.
The motion to refer was lost by n vote
OF Is to 10, and the question then was
the Keezell motion to concur. Mr.. STROBE
made an earnest appeal for at least as
much consideration as had been given
to every other senator on the floor. He
declared as absolutely unfounded the
suggestion by Mr.. Keezell that the ques-
ton of who would be the Judge in the
new circuit was the real milk In the
1ai In, III NJ a hA
Amherst senator. Captain Patteson was
on his feet again about to speak when
Mr.. St Clair. OF Giles. moved the pre-
vious question and insisted upon tho call.
The motion was lost and the Bucking
ham senator proceeded to object most
vigorously to the new circuit, declaring
among other things that the matter was
kept secret from him, and that he had
been given no opportunity to be heard
and uniting with MIR. STROBE in the as
sertion that the new shuttle was an
attempt to crafty the within" of one or
two men without proper regard for the
rights of the four counties affected.
The two senators lost the fight A sub
stftute motion made by Mr.. Strobe. that
the Senate refuse to concur IN the amend
mcnt was voted down, and the Senate
then concurred by a vote of % to IL.
The test came on the STROBE motion.
rejecting the amendment Mr.. Wickharn,,
of Hanover. voting no and Judge Phlegar.
of Montgomery. voting aye, were paired.
The division as to the others was as
follows:
Ayes Campbell, Echols, Fulton. Gunter,
Hartman. Lasslter, Lynn. Mann. Patteson.
Sadler, Sims. Strobe. Tavenner. Thomas,
Turner and Waker-1s.
Noes-Anderson, Chapman. Dickinson.
Garrett, Greear, Hobbs. Holt. Keezell.
Lincoln, Machen. Neimeyer. Noel Rison,
Roberts Sears. Shackelford, Stands, st.
Clair and T. A. Wickham-19.
AT 2:l5 p. NJ. after some further scat
tering business, the chair was vacated
until 4 r. NJ.
The Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session. in view of
the small attendance at the opening, the
special order bringing up the sadler sal
airy bill was postponed for ten minutes.
The Senate concurred in the House
amendment to the resolution calling for
an investigation of the entire manage
ment of the Eastern State Hospital,
which amendment struck out the anoma-
lous clause declaring in effect that the
public should be admitted to the hear
ings and the press muzzled. Under the
resolution, as finally adopted the in
E
limitations as to the accounts that may
be published In the newspapers.
Under a suspension of the rules, unani-
mously agreed to, the Senate paid tri-
butte to the memory of the late Senator
H l.. Garrett, of Allegheny, by taking up
out of its order and passing bill offered
by the Allegheny senator on the day he
was taken seriously i'll.
The bill is designed for the towns OF
the State from the burdens OF the Madi-
son Heights decision under which the in
corporated communities were compelled
to contribute 70 the county road levy
and keep up their own streets as we'll.
The Gassett bill seeks to remedy this
by providing that the Jurisdiction of SUI
pervisors in laying the county levy shall
not cover the incorporated communities.
Discussion OF the salary bill doubling
the pay of members OF the Legislature
provoked some sharp differences. The
bill was engro.sed Saturday carrying
an appropriation. is required on It's pas
sage. q votes and received but 20. Mr..
Sadlcr quickly changed his vote and