The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16
Will Consider Employ
nent Of All Prisoners
on Roads.
TO ELECT SENATOR
ON j A N u A RY rs
Legislature Holds Inconsequcn
tial Sessions-Scnator Lincoln
Placed on Finance Commit
tee-Aid Proposed for
Projected Homo for
Maynard Girls.


What may prove the opening wedge
In tho abolition Of virginia'a convict
lease system was offered yesterday IN
the Senate In tho shape OF resolution
by Senator Holt. IT requests the FL
nance Committee TO report within ten
days, by bill or otherwise. some method
of making contracts for the hire OF
conyicts. or whether In Its judgment
the State should use conyicts only for
road purposes. The resolution was
adopted
There is believed to be growing OPP
out OF convict labor, especially in view
OF the ever increasing demand for this
means OF building improved systems OF
highways. AT all events. the present
contract with the Davis Shoe Company
VIII never be renewed on tho existing
basis SO much It is safe TO predict.
VIII Elect Senator.
The General Assembly will hold a
joint session on Monday. january %,
TO elect United States Senator. The
House yesterday agreed to the joint
resolution to this effect adopted by the
Senate Friday.
Senator Lincoln, as forecast in The
Times Dispatch yesterday, has been
placed on the Senate Finance Commit
tee- which has thus Republican repre-.
sentation.
A few minutes suiIiced in each house
yesterday for the transaction of pub
lie business. There was not a ripple
on the surface and the Introduction
of bills. in decreasing volume when
compared TO the preceding days was
the princiItaI business
State aid to the projected Virginia
Homo and Industrial School for Girls
took definite shape. for measure was
offered In both houses TO pay so cents
per day from the State Treasury for
the maintenance OF each inmate.
Licenses Increased.
Ono OF tile new revenue bills fornu-
lated by the Senate Finance Commit
tee was presented by Senator Holt.
1t materially increases the license
taxes OF dealers in Intoxicating
liquors.
The establishment OF State Board
of Dental Examiners IS proposed in al
bill offered in the House. all appli.
Cnlts for license to practice dentistry
10 appear before II for examination.
AlcXandria'S representative in the
lower body promises to make thei
I railroad running TO Alexandra station
Hroyide free transportation TO the
city itself.
. The Senate and House Committees
+ on. Insurance and Banking yesterday
agreed TO hold joint open session. to
,s~t, l... IT,
present his own views, In considcra-
i of Banking. which viii have super
visionAof the State banks of Virginia.
as short House Session.
The House met at noon. tho reading
Of the Journal being as usual dis
pensed with.
IA message was received from the
sena te.y bysSfi its clerk conveying the |
Joint RESOLUTION fixing Tuesday. jan
,lary Is, IA noon, as the date for tho |
fahH ola United States Senator In |
jbfnf ssesston OF the two houses. It'll
Was conciirred 81 In, and Mr.. Jennings
wasfaa ppoirt ted to5notify the Senate. u
y ss No mot ions or resolutions We're Of |
ana Clerk. Williams read the |
lie.
FReN III was ffcred sproviding|
81 certain d Es,V Mr..
PaEa har d Es were to be
slarigh tsFe sEIt esf Speak er sug gestedl
sthat prpB tho otller fel
AT i6iiss "a joutned I'M
\ u Monday At
After Shoe COR r1cG II
At the usual Ii our It'll q tsSenat Is cons
vcned. Many. member wore absent;
f Senator Holt, faNewport N ews,B in-
:troduced resolution lirectingssthe
Finance Committee to report within
ten 4 days, by bill or o therwise 81 some
method governing the making OF con-
" trac is for the hire o icOnyicts; or
whether In their Judgment the State
should use them only for road pur-
poses. Supporting, his resolution, Sen
ator Holt declared that the present.
price paid the State for It's convict la
Dor by private corpora tionssis serious
Wy inadequate, holding that labor
revenue to the State, and some actonE
should be taken Immediately relatiye
to- advertising for bids. The resolu- |
& ton was passed without dissent. 5s Il 3sl
Senator King, of ALE ghany, report
ed thatSthe steering Committee ingcin-l
fornity to the resolution amending the
rules passed on January II. nominated 4
Senator Lincoln, of Smyth, as the adj
ditional memberof the. Finance Com
Emittee called for BY such amendment.t
Senator Walker, Of northumberland !.
moved adoption Of the report. and lit /
was unanimously pa IS ed. VI
Eight Bills We're Introduced.
Senator Rison, 8of PtttsSlvania, ask
Z cd FOR three days leave of nbsence for
Senator Parsons, of Grayson. and
Senator Holt asked for IA similar leave
for Senator FIalsey. Of I.ynchhurg. nnth4|
were granted,
Delegate Jennings or Lynchburg,Sre-
ported to the Senate the concurrence
OF the House In the Joint aresolution,
fixing January % as the date for the
election Of n United States Senator,
iSa8Fs During he session Yesterday eight
(conliuuel on Pase Ihree-sp lumn SD IN