The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-10

to-day il shall do so as mark Of
respect to the memory of Judge
Grimsley'
Tag Day at Capitol.
1t was tag day" at the Capitol
Wednesday, an army of pretty girls
and sedate ladies tagging" major
ity of the lawmakers with blue cards,
/ for which money was paid to go to
( the George Washington foundation.
Labor Men Win Out.
An adverse report will he made
In the Senate on the bin which pro-
posed to make the use of forged
recommendation by employees SEEK
J ing positions a misdemeanor This
I was decided by the committee on:
/ courts of justice of the Senate We'd
nesday afternoon, after supporters OF
/ the measure and opponents had been
+ heard.
! MIR. Alexander Guigon, attorney for
! the Street Railway Association Of the
State and the Richmond traction
/ companies. spoke in favor of passing
| the bill. He said the traction COM
/ panies could not be held Responsible
! for the conduct of their cnproyes II
/ they Gid not have further protection
] In selecting the motormen and con-
/ duGtors. Mr.. Gnigon said 1t Is now
possible for q man to obtain employ
fnent with a traction company ana
! pose as an inexperienced man, when
in truthohe had been employed as
motorman for company in some
other city and been discharged for
gross negligence, drunkenness and re-
sponsihility for serious accidents. Mr..
Guigon said such a man should he
punished for Withholding from the
company that he had been dis
charged. -.'e.,
Delegate Casey. James ]. Kramer,
representing the legislative commit
tee of the State Federation of Labor.
w. j, Whitlock. appearing for the
smiths craft. and f. w. Gardiner. of
the machinists union, vigorously pro-
tested against faVorably reporting the
! bill Their argument was that large
corporations already have sufficien,
control over their employees. AL
though the allegation was denied by
Mr.. Guigon. the labor men charged
that the corporations, particularly
street ear companies. had number
Of men backlisted, and the passage
of the bill under discussion would
permit the working out Of MANY OLD
grudges and materially increasing the
ms mbership Of the I'm Bad Club
Commissions In Cities.
Senator Sales bill providing for the
such cities as may desire il had been
favorably reported in the Senate The
commission form of government OBJ
tains In the District of Columbia Cit
liens there are trying to have the
form of government changed. because
under the present system of admins
tration everybody is responsible for
everybody, and nobody is responsible
for anything. The Sale bill passed
one house last session, but owing to
the late hour at which 1t was intro
duced final action was not taken on it.
Tax Rolling Stock.
Hearing on the STROBE rolling stock
tax bill, by which the Senator from
Amherst seeks to have the property
of railroads assessed in the county
where II Is kept, instead of where the
home offices of the railroads are To-
Gated. Will be continued Friday after
noon at O'Clock. Senator Strobe
i has many supporters, but the oppo-
sition Is equally strong. as officials
from almost all of the cities of Vir-
ginia are fighting the bill, because ii
would take many thousands of dol
lars from their treasures. Norfolk
Richmond, Petersburg and Roanoke
would be heaviest hit by the passage
of the bill. Each side has been given
eight hours in which to debate the
matter.
Want Baylor Survey Broke.
"On to Richmond" somewhat an
ttquated, but none the less applica-
bic. slogan. is the cry among the Ash
erfolk down Tidewater way. Friday
afternoon there will assemble in the
Capitol supporters OF the Byrd and
Wickham bills providing for the
breaking of the Baylor survey and a
reimbursement of the lines down on the
shore. The Tidewater protestants
against disturbing the lines of the
survey will be led by Senator Saun-
ders.
The hearing Will be held before the
Committee on Chesapeake and Its
Tributaries of the House at 4 O'Clock
III the afternoon, At s O'Clock a
meating of tHe Committee on Fish
and Game will be held In the Jeffer-
son Hotel, and the same men who
come TO protes. against breaking the /
survey Will be asked to tell this COM
mittee what they think of the laws re-
latlng 10 the catching of Ash and the
killing OF game birds and animals