The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-23

T.awa The West cornneal bill. amend
cd so as to require the weight to be
! marked on packages.
Confer WITH RnitroHd.
Mr. Page presented his resolution
for conference with the officials OF
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad. providing that the
committee should be composed Of the
Governor. the president of the Senate,
the Speaker or the House. two mem
| bers Of the Senate and three Of the
House.
After Mr. Page had said word for
ms resolution. Mr. Powers Endorsed 1t.
re wanted the railroads to UNDER
stahd the temper of the General AS
setnoly--that 1t would not permit any
iurther temporizing with the ques-
| ton.
Past Legislatures had permitted this
100 often. The road had promised at
| the last session to take out n new
| charter and had not done so. This
Legislature should call on II to make
good that promise. MIR. Powers said
he proposed to keep the matter alive
until ii received action.
| Without dissenting vote. Tho re-.
olution was agreed to.
| Mr.. Jennings offered resolution
lauding the memory of Washington.
and providing that when the tfouse
ad ionrn. it do so in respect TO his
birthday. 1t was adopted
Bailey ~ Invited.
| Mr.. Williams. OF Giles. called up the
Senate resolution inviting Senator
| Joseph w. Bailey to address the Leg
islature next Tuesday night Speak
| Ing to the resolution, Mr.. william,
/ said he believed Mr.. Bailey to he the
| best informed man in the United state.
on the subject of income tax. The
South Carolina Legislature had leately
! heard him and had then ratified the
! amendment to the United States Con
stitution providing for the tax. Gov
ernor Swanson had recommended this
| amendment Mr.. Williams wanted
| light.
The resolution was agreed 10 py a
| large majority, there being few scat
| tered noes.
f, Mr.. Cox called up the joint reso,u-
| tion proposing an amendment to the
| State Constitution allowing cities, at
| their option, to adopt commission
! forms of government. .ir. Cox OK
| planned the object of the amendment.
and 1T was Endorsed By NJ. jennings.
! The roll call resulted: Ayes, 70: noes, 0.
! For New Circuit.
| Mr. Houston asked for consider..
| ton out Of its order of the bill allow
1
of Elizabeth City county. 1t was
! agreed to. and the constitutional read
| ings were dispensed with.
! The object of this is to see IL there
| arc enough people in Elizabeth CITY
| county and Newport News to allow a
| judicial circuit. SO that Accomac and
/ Northampton may form a new circuit
| y census has just been taken of New
| port News. and to the surprise OF the
| nc In a,
| about 10000 people. Therefore the bill
/ in question.
Mr.. Jennings did not see why this
| bill should be advanced more than
| any one OF a number of others. He was
| opposed to new circuit anyway. The
| point was made that he could oppose
this later if the census showed enough
people. The bill was passed.
The House insisted ON It's amend
ments to the bill adding banks as
state depositaries. Messrs. Yarrell
! Moncure, of Alexandria. and holland
! were appointed a committee OF con-
ference with the Senate.
Revenue Measures.
The House agreed to the Senate
I amendments TO the bills allowing the
| assessment of franchise tax on light
| heat, gas and power companies. rhe
| changes merely make the measures
| emergency ones.
| The committee of conference report
I ed as to the Senate amendments to the
] bill regarding schools. The Senate
| provided that upon petition of four
| fifths of the patrons of school the
| board might employ teacher related
| to a member of the board. The con-
| ference report required this to be oone
| only with the concurrence of the SUI
/ perintendent of Public Instruction.
| Mr. Oliver opposed the report. He
| thought it bad policy. The State. he
! argued. should not go back to the old
| system. when school boards could en-
| ploy their relatives. 1t would seem,
| he said, that a petition of four-fifths
| would prevent abuse. but as matter
| of fact it would not. since the people
| would not refuse to sign such a pei-
| ton IL asked for by the trustee.
! Mr. Johnston thought the people
| should rule in this matter. lie favored
| the conference report.
| Upon roll call the conference report
| was rejected, 40 to AZ.
| parliamentary Dodses.
| Mr.. Oliver moved to reconsider; Mr..
Yarrcll moved to pass this motion by
! Mr. Page moved to lay Mr.. Yarreli's
| motion on the table. The latter motion
| was adopted.
Speaking to the motion TO recon-
/ slider. Mr.. West. of Bedford, said he
I hoped the House would reconsider.
Relatives of trustees under the pres
! ent law, he said, are forced at times
to seek employment in other places.
4 This he characterized as outrageous
and preposterous. A true man. he
argued, will be more particular with
his own relatives than with others
Mr.. Page thought the proposition,
/. vicious. No such temptation should
be nut in the way of a trustee. II
was too much like making man
Judge in his own case. A trustee
could put a member Of his family IN
position which belongs to the whole
people. ).
In some districts said Mr.. Love, It
is almost impossible to get sood
teachers. He thought this proposal
well guarded in the conference re-
port.
Mr.. Yarrell said the proposition was
one Of reason and common sense. inc
existing policy, he asserted, has driven
many good trustees out Of their posi-
tions
And during this time, added Mr..
Oliver Virginia has risen from the
thirty-fourth State to the seventeenth
in educational matters.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
senate Bills Passed.
The Senate bill changing the time
for holding courts in many of the cir