The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-22
Mr.. Deal Proposes Com
bination Conventions
Primary Plan.
WILL FORCE VOTE
ON AID TO ROADS
Resolution Introduced to Test
sentimcnt-circuit and Cor
poration Judges Elected.
Proposes to Elect Cor
poration Commissioners
- by the People.

"a by the People.
] Something absolutely new IN the way
OF primary bills was introduced in the
House OF Delegates yesterday by Mr..
4 Deal. OF Norfolk. 1t Is unlike either
| the Byrd Or tho Democratic Commit.
tee measure. and viii offer new
range for the firing OF the press OF The
State. 1t was referred to tho Com
mittce on Privileges and Elections.
| On next Friday at 10 o'clock this
committee will consider alI OF the pri-
mary bills before 1t, and will hear any
| and ali persons who may desire to
| appear for or against any bill. This
Is expected to be one of the most in
teresting hearings Of the session.
The Deal bill provides that all Off.
GERS to be elected by all the people OF
\ the State. including Governor and 9TH
er State officers and presidential elec-
/ tors, shall be nominated by convention,
1 to which delegates shall be elected by
| a primary. All other omcers-mem-
| bers of Congress. members OF the Gem
eral Assembly. county and city officers
| are to be nominated In direct pr,-
] mary Primaries are to be held every
| year on the second Tuesday in May,
/ when those officers to be chosen in pri-
mary are to be nominated and dele
gates are to be elected to the state
Convention. if there is TO be con-
vention In that year.
Furthermore. Mr.. Deals measure
would have the election officers in the
] primary chosen by the county or city
electoral boards from lists of names
tees of the party. The law applies to
all parties that have cast not less than
$4,000 votes at the next preceding reg
ular election
i Good Roads Pledge.
Forcing the fight on the good roads
i question. resolutions were introduced
i yesterday in the Senate by Senator
Watkins, of Chesterfield, and in the
House ny Mr.. Adams. Of Charlotte, In
4 tended to test the sentiment OF the two
houses In respect to continuing The
cash aid to roads. The text Of the
Watkins-Adams resolution is as fol-
! lows:
Ynasmucb as the construction Of I'M.
proved highways in our state Is csScn-
tfal to the advancement of the ngricul-
turnl and every other material Interest
of the state, and realizing thnt the
strfctest economy will be exercizcd by
this General Assembly, and that prob
| ably a reduction in some of the apprO-
| priation. heretofore mntlc will be nee.
essury, therefore be 1t
| Resolved, That 1t is the sense of this
| General Assembly that no backward
step be taken in extending state ri,I
for rond building to the several conn-
ties of the state. and that the apDro-
printfon for this purpose by this Gen-
cral Assembly shall at least nc equal
I'm amount to the sum appropriated
l L.
eral Assembly for the year 1905.
| These resolutions went to commit
| tees. Their authors intend to call
| them up for a vote within few days.
Income Tax Amendments.
| Besides the primary bill and the road
1 resolution, several matters of great
1 Importance were before the Legislature
yesterday Senator Halsey presented
| a resolution agreeing to the proposed
amendment to the Federal Constitution
relative to levying an income tax
! a bill was introduced In the Senate
providing for the election OF members
OF the state Corporation Commission
| by vote OF the people.
Evidently with the approval, II not
| at the suggestion, of the Governor
elect, bills We're presented by the SEN
ator and House member representing
/ Nottoway county allowing the Cover
nor to have twenty-five members on
his official staff.
4 Segregation of the school funds OF
the white and colored races in the same
| proportion as the races now pay taxes
lis proposed by Mr.. Daniel, of Loudoun.
Mr.. Daniel says frankly that his bill
may not be constitutional.
/ Judges Are Elected.
Most OF the time Of the General AS
| sembly was occupied yesterday will,
thes election of those circuit judges
1 whose terms will expire February I,
be elected later on several corporation
court judges who have been appoint
/ ed by the Governor. There remain to
be electe later on several corporation
and one chancery court Judge. whose
| terms will expire February l. 1911.
| Senator Daniel will be elected next
Tuesday. The date for the election or
| Judge Cardwell to tho Supreme Court
| has not been fixed.
| Tho Commissioner of Insurance was
also elected yesterday. The voting was
! done seperate ely. the houses comparing
4 notes of fSnonlinations and counting 'lle
votes together Roll calls We're neccs-
sary, making the sessions long ana
uninteresting. The Democratic nomi-
nees chosen In Joint caucus Ihursoay
i night were elected without oppos'.
tion, the Republicans voting for them.
1 However. the last named party has
some fights up its sleeve. Bills were
j 5|introduced yesterday in the Senate By
Senator Parsons. OF Grayson and In
4 the House by Mr.. Ayers. OF Carroll,
i abolishing the office OF district school
examiners. In addition bills were pre-
4 sented by Senator McAlexander, OF
Franklin, and by Mr. sutphin, Of Floyd.
and Mr.. Pcndleton, Of Scott. amending
j tl,ag 5elnctInn laws The latter Sbil1a
I provide that the electoral boards of
lsthe cities tnd counties shall he COM
\ posed, os far M possible, OF represent.
\ latiyes8 or the, political parties cnsting
1 the highest and next highest number
or votes, They further call for minor
|tity representation In clerks OF election
and specify that no party chairman,
secretary Sof party committee ar MEM
ber OF such committee chall heSa reg
istrnr orr judge ot e.eotion. These
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