Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
ter is brought to the floor for discus
sion.
New Virginia Representative.

ter is brought to the floor for discus
sion.
New Virginia Representative.
Robert Turnbull of the fourth Virginia
district. nominated to succeed the late
Maj. Francis Rives Lassiter. was here
a night or two ago. He was surrounded
by his friends and received a cordial
greeting. Mr.. Turnbull comes from the
county of Brunswick and is about fifty
five years old. He is a lawyer by pro-
fession, though he has for SINE years
been the clerk of his county. preferring
that to practicing law. He is an Old
legislator, and was for a long time a
member of the senate and also of the
constitutional convention. He has always
been a strong and active democrat, and
few campaigns in the last quarter of
century have passed when he has not
been found on the stump. The cleo
ion will be held in March. There IS no
question of his election.
Temperance Legislation.
The expectation is that within the next
few days the bill asking the general
assembly to submit the question of
license or no-license to the voters of
the state will be presented in the gen
eral assembly. If that is done and the
for report, the signal will be given ana
there will be an avalanche of petitions
asking for the passage of the bill. Also
there will come petitions from the DUST.
ness men of the cities and the wet
places protesting against the bill. The
petitions are being prepared at TINS time
and they are being so arranged, In tae
belief of the opponents of the measure.
that each member of the legislature VIII
get some fifteen or twenty a day from
the time the bill is introduced to the
day of the vote on the measure. WIN
the members weaken and pass the Dill!
That Is the question. There Will nave
to be several changes and backdowns. In
the senate in order to get the measure
through that body, even If it is ever re-
ported from the committee. Inc sltua-
ton has been gone over thoroughly, and
the majority are against the scheme
Besides, just at this time the state needs
all the money that is derived from the
traffic in liquor. and as an evidence Oh
the need for money has passed bll IN
creasng the revenues from that source
for the next year some S13e,ooo.
Capital News Notes.
The senate committee on education,
which considered the bill prohibiting
members of county and city school
boards from electing one of their number
to any salaried position by the boards
has been. favorably reported, and is on
the calendar for a vote. 1t Will De
passed.
Another bill which is attracting some
attention and much favorable comment
is that which prevents the governor, IN
naming members of the various state
boards, to pace on any one BOARD more
than two persons from any county OF
city This is aimed at the penitentlary
board, which is now composed "hoiiy
of members from this city.
Gen. Charles J. Anderson, who retlres
as adiutant general Tuesday, has also
retired from the board of visitors OF the
Virginia Military Institute. He mas oeen
succeeded by Col. Rorer A James Oh
Danyille, a close friend of Gov. Swan
son.
Members of the board of fire commits
sioners were inspecting the department a
few nights ago. and the agent Vol an
automobile concern, desiring to demon
strate the adaptability of one of his ma
chimes to the uses of the department.
made a record for speed along the streets,
narrowly missing pedestrians a ponce
man caught the officers and nailed them
to court, where fine of $50 was imposed
S. Wilkins Matthews OF Accomac is TO
be his own successor on the state fisher
les commission. He will be named by
Gov Mann soon after he assumes his Of
flee. Mr.. Matthews has been secretary or
the board for four years.
Richard w. Holmes of Nelson county,
convicted of bigamy, was sentenced to
serve three years in the penitentiary.
Gov Swanson pardoned him before he
had served day. The mans first wife,
FROM whom he separated, told him that
she had obtained her divorce. and then
he got married. That last marriage was
before the final papers had been signed,
and the man had acted in good faith.
Several hundred persons signed the petit
ton asking the mans release.
A proposition looking to having the ap-
plicants for license to practice law in
Virginia examined by q commission OF
five lawyers. to be chosen by the supreme
court, instead of having the work done
by the judges of the court, as now, has
been twice defeated in the senate. The
applicants would be required to pay So
for the privilege of being examined on
their knowledge of the law.
William Flegenheimer, aged nearly
eighty years. a native of Heidelberg, Ger
many, is dead. He had been in this city
more than sixty years. He was a noted
penman, and in his career he had drawn
many commissions for officers elected in
Virginia. He drew the bail bond of JEFF
ferson Davis. the credentials of Mason
and Slidell, the Confederate commission
ers to Great Britain, and the commits
sions of many United States senator's.