The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-08
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promotes adultery. The change which
is here proposed gives power and
proper privilege to the courts in prop
er cases and makes n law which is
| right for all the people,"
! In conclusion, Mr. Page said that &c
! the House desired to recommlt the bill
| the committee would be willing to go
! over the whole thing once more.
thinner for Motion.
Mr., thinner said the bill was In
equitable. 1T Is a first and funda-
mental principle he said, that lie
| clean hands The guilty party. he an
gued would be put on the same basis
the word "may'' would practically
mean shall" with the courts
AT this point Mr.. Page asked him
ment to read that the court may in
It's discretion" grant the divorce Mr..
iIimmer said he didn't think he would !.
He claimed that IL the bill was passed
The whole divorce laws of the state
would be changed.
Mr. Rev said that he would vote
against. the bill II he believed that 1T
pulled down the bars and made df-
vorces easy. The question, he pointed
out, was not the merits of the bill,
ter the sensational Interview given
out by the member from Petersburg. .
he said, ''the committee at a meeting
agreed that 1t did not want to con-
sided this bill again. having already
given every point which has been raj IS
cd the most earnest and careful atten-
ton" He said he didn't care how
many doctors OF divinity argued the
matter. they would not change his con-
scientious convictions.
Mr.. Minor Quoted.
Quoting John 3. Minor. the great
law teacher guyiflfr IA thf.
dangerous thing to society was the
husband without Wife and the wife
without a husband. Mr.. Rev said that
as the law now stands it opens the
new bill. he said, simply means lack
Of faith in the judiciary. He closed
with an appeal 10 the House not to
send the bill back for further con-
sheraton by hard-worked commit
Mr. West, of Bedford. thought re-
committai would do no harm. and that
those who desired to be heard should
have a chance.
Messrs. Adams, johnson, Irtzhugh
ana Taliaferro spoke for recommttaI
The latter said the members OF the
committee. in asking that the bill be
not sent back. were casting a reflec-
ton on themselves. The bill. he said.
should not be rushed through
On motion OF Mr.. Baker, the pend
ms ih'7lioH HdS the motion
10 recommit was then out, and Speaker
Byrd declared it carried
senate Bills Acted Upon.
The Senate bill to provide for spe
cial counsel for the State in the debt
litigation went back TO the Committee
ON Finance upon motion of Mr.. White
The House agreed to the Senate
clause in the House bill allowing
Boards of Supervisors to appropriate
money for Confederate monuments,
The. following Senate bills were
passed on their second reading:
To require City Sergeants to give
bond.
To dedicate a strip of land at tho
southwest corner of the Capitol Square
Tor street purposes.
To amend the charter of the town
)f Jonesville
10 recommend the University of viz |
sinta to the Carnegie Foundation.
To provide for the number of COM !
of chancery in counties. /
Flight ON Adams Bill.
House bills on their second reading |
1elns reached, the Adams fertilizer
ill came up. This bill increases the |
lumber of fertilizer inspectors from,
ilN to ten, one for each congressional |
district Mr.. Adams explained that the |
Increase was asked for by the State |
3oard OF Agriculture; that the present !
toNAu iioN properly cover the
'tate and get samples, and that tho |
money would come out of the fertilizer |
ak fund. The salaries of the in
pectors are increased from s65 a
month to SIS.
Mr.. Pitts said he understood that
lot nearly air of the samples sent
n now could be analysed at the labor
tory, and he saw no need for me.
o gather more samples.
Mr.. Pendleton complained that III
ad asked the department for GER