The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-27
Lawyers Connected With
"Tampering With Bills
Investigation.
-ORDWAY FULLER
WAS "lNDlSCREEIA'
Compensation in Bill Creating
Office Raised From 10 to IS
Per Cent. Sands Ex
pccted to Fill Office. &
Wickham Files ,S
Report, . 5sa

~ W
4 rhe Legislative committee charged With
tho investigation Of certain alleged 1tand,-85 n.
pcring With bills mudc public Its rl-
port OIL yesterday. I53as I'M "a
The paper is full OF interest, a,1linS
as It does Messrs. Conway r. Sands.#
Philip b.. Shield ana REPRESENTATIVE j$5
#ordway pullcr In connection With House. ~
&bili No. II. which was passed for q tlict&&5ly
purpose OF Enabling the State 4 o collect
from tile estates OF idiots WHO have pcell s
confined in tho, state Sasylums and proe,-.$g
$vidcs that a compensation Of ten PEI X
cent. be pa id ITO an agent, appointed a
by tho Governor, who will bring suitsss8
for tl,e collection Of the money due. l3il
3 Tie report sets out that Mr.. Conway AN
iR Sands, not@a member Of the General 5&
Assembly, was the author Of the bill, and 3S
that he expected to be appointed as agent
Il ls stated that the bill was closely f5$
followed by Messrs. Sands and Shields M
from its inception until It passed Into
the enrolling office, and that Nj ~ ordWayE
Richmond, serving on the Joint Conferences 3F
Committee, acted with In a t-s$S
tempting to Insert Into the conference III
report antamendment Increasing the com -5#
pcnsation Of the special agent (Wro tt#
was supposed, would be Mr.. Sands rom
ten per cent. to fifteen per cent. without M
the consent OF his confcreeo, 8y4
Some Secret Testi1nony. s55
During tic secret Investigation q NUNS
Der or witnesses appeared before tne$8
committee and testified t4f.35{t
OF the Conference Committee had ralscdSS
| the compensation . the agent froirs
|Eten percent ia Fifteen cent
In speaking Of ttheSi'rased rep ~. 4. Sem
ntori Thomas said 10 tic commit ittee :S3 I,
'.lt chilled Senator chap pma NJ atsSts3S
te1tlon to this. ! said:8tWhy did YOU slISSd "a
change lt?' Il He said he didn't know
anything about IT,, and called up tn . /
Senate conterees, V and they didn't
|. know anything about IT. and said they 595s
had never heard OF the change to ~
fifteen per cent. He turned to som =
body, may be Mr.. Fuller, and satd: :
by God. don't Ike anything Ike
this. What does this mean? 2 ~ III s5f5$
hu didn't catch what Mr. P u erf sa Id, AK
but there was evidently confusion Sd
there that wasn't plain to my mind. ,3s
l..S3}5S4nlt left me under the impression III
that the thing had beef surrep It'll GUS ri 53 359
4iE " changed 0 s
IseEalF
q was very much cxasperated, and
4 ! thought It better to pass BIZ! {8As {8sAs
1 q making It a penltentlary crime for 8i5
ANYBODY to tamper With a bill that 52st
RI way. 3$S 8
AIR Sands ana Mi Shield III, lcttara
|#wiicliS;lre printed below, 5llaYc denied irl8e
1 positive terms, tho charges mndcsngainst#
them III the report, 3
MIR Pullcr is out OF the city and nt-i
j n IN him
llnavalling.
Committees Report.
| After rccltins the authority under which
4 tho commt ttcc acted the report is as ttls$
1 lows: 53 n,
"The committee finds1ro ntfc3 evidence 4
! That ~ II Wool attorney for tho Ports
\ mouth, Berkeley and Suffolk Water Cons--si
] pnny had an amendment to offer to this
! bill nn,l by direction OF Senator John So
! Chapman, chairman OF the Senate Cons ~
smttce on County and City ind Town
| Organizations, the amendment was tilcd8 81
! with tic BILL to be laid before tho COM
| mittcc when the bill came up for con-
/ sitcratlon. This amendment would have y
| prevented the sale OF the bonds. When
| the bill came up for considcrHtion5sth the &
! amendment was rejected, and your CONF u
| mittcc finds thut&no wrong appears in4thls y
matter, and 50 reports
II Next the report touches on House lbl &
No, u, relating to tho rayment&of l'iri'- 4
ties expenses Tho language OF the re-
4 port follows In part;
! "From the evidence before the commits
/ tee 1t is ascertalncd that In the Senate
1 committee a substitute was offered for
i tho House bill. and certain amendments
! we're adopted To conform the substitute #i
| to tho views Of the committees i SUBJ #
committee wns appointed to perfect
\ substitute along the lines Indicated. which 4
4, II, ,,,,,ltt tnn t,<-., ia irr
native substitutes drawn by Conway II. 4
4 sands neither Of which met tho views Of Il
! thc nun committee, The committee adopt L,
| ed tho one marked Two, subject, TO cer-
| tain amendments, to-wit Increasing he
| exemptions of property from y, goo 70
| 81 900 ana providing that suit could be a,
| brolIght only in the circuit court within
| ma Jurisdiction OF whiclthc insane de-
| fcndunt llvcd, striking out that portion
! Of thc bill which allowed slit to be-
! brought In The county on corporation In #
which the hospital Is located; third re-
| ducing tho compensation for colleclins II
from % to 10 per cent. of tho recovery. II
4 which amendments We're wHttea on sepr
aratc slips of paper
Followed Bill Closely.
ut is further ascertnined that all s3
those amendments, which werr nfBs
! vital Importance, were ubstrnatcl or s
lost from the papers before t.,ey.s5 s5iScre III VI
/ acted ,lpon hy the Senate, but werf8 ~
subsequently rrinsered IN Tho bili
on the floor of the Senate. Your coiu-
mit,ce Is ,nnhlc 10 fiN the rrspnnsl l5as sl3
bllity for this nct5npon amy person or 81
/ persons. The hill MAS closely followed s
from i,s inception until aftessit passed Ss
| into tile cnrolips nleu bN Alessiss
| f Conway r. Sands AMI i'hlllp p. sheilt'
/ NNn Hnl that Mr., OrdwaN Inller q
lacmbcr of tho conference committee
OF, the pnrt of the House. ttcted With s
indscrction IN nttemptins 10 Insert &
intn this conference repnrt an ;smPndra.S =
inlr.ll sim. the cniilne lis.lt ION. nf NJ