Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-22
The Legislature.

mRlly elected all The n0mlnees OF the
denoc:aiic C; ucus for judges and Dir.
Button for insurance commissioner.
Senator Daniel will be elected next
Tuesday.
Forcing The fight on the good roads
question REGULATIONS we're introduced yes
terdsy 10 The Senate by Senator Wstkins
AID 10 the Hoase by Mr.. Adams, in-
tended to test the sentiment of the Two
houses in respect TO continuing the cash
aid to reads.
SENATE.
Mr.. Halsey presented a resolution
agreeing to the proposed amendmen. to
tbs federal constitution relative to levy
ipg an income tax.
A bill IVES introduced providing for
the election of members of the Slate Cor.
noru.ion Commission BY vote OF the
people.
Bills we're presented by Senator Nc
Alexander, of Franklin. and by Dir.
Sutphin, CT Floyd, and Mr. Pendletou,
of Scott, amending The election Laws. The
latter bills provide that the electoral
boards OF the cities end counties shall &c
composed, AS far as possible, of represent
tatives of The political parties casting the
highest aud next highest number OF
votes. They farther call for minority
representation in cerks OF election and
specify that no pstly chairman, sscre-
tsry of party committee or member OF
such co,onittee shall be registrar or
ju lge OF election. These bills are evil
don,ly part OF the republican plan Of
campaign.
To require county and city treasurers
to send out notices in writing to all per.
sons assessed for poll taxeg.
To require the reporting Of cases OF
infectious, contagious, communicable
! and dangerous disease to bosrds Of
health.
| HOUSE.
! Among the bills reported from CON-
mi!tees The Adams bill regulating the
sale OF commercial fertilizers, from the
committee on agriculture aud mining.
! Ths bill creating s'ats board of &C.
coantsncy war reported from the com.
mi,tee or fnsuca. TIE Same committee
reported tee bill Increasing the fees OF
attorneys for the commonwealth.
Hr. Dssl, of Norfolk, offered q pri-
msry bill that ia different from anything
tast has ye! been offered. l! provides
that ell officers nov elected by the
psople, including the governor and othe!
states officers sDd presidential electors,
shall be nominated 10 convention, the
delegates to be chosen at primary.
All other officers, members OF Uorg,ess,
and of The general assembly, county and
city officers are TO be nominated in di.
rect primaries. Primaries sre to bs
held every year On the eecoId Tuesday
In May, when those officers to be chosen
In primary are to DO nominated snd del.
| egsIes elected 10 tue state convention, il
there is to be stale convention thai
year.
Segregation OF The school funds OF the
| white and colored rfcss In thu same
proportion as the races noH pa7 taxes IL
proposed by mr.. Daniel, of Loudoun,
Who says frankly that hls bill msy not
| be constitutional.
In the Senate the committee On
| privileges eud elections held meeting
yesterday morning to consider the sub.
jact of primary elections. No definite
action was taken.
One hundred thousand dollars ia the
| amount of additional reVtnue to DO de.
ri7fd by the commonwealth from Licenses
| on liquor establishments; wholesale a1 6
retsil, if the favorable repor: OF the SEQ
a.c committee on finance On the 4 ut
bill, decided upon yesterday In execu.
tive session, Is adopted Of the leelslstnr'.
Speaker Byrd yesterday expressed
himself Ia regard 10 Tie uovemtus on
foot to change the Baylor suEvey. He
IA strongly for measure to break the
survey and to open certain barren INA.
tnral rocks" to oyster planters. Accord
Ing TO Mir. Byrd, 1t the Baylor survey
remains iotsct for 20 years the natural
roctu Ia Virginia will be as barren as
the former oyster grounds of England.
The speaker gave a brief lecture On
oysters
The bill which provides psnalty Of
not less than IS nor more than 800, or
cor6uemen: 10 jill for anyone using
profsDity over lhs telephone. has been
faTorsbly reported and will 10 sil prob.
ability become laT.
NEW ROAD TO ARLINGTON.
Representative Csrlin yesterday Intro.
iuced bill calling Tor en- appropriation
of $50, 900 for the building, u 1der Cover.
ment auspices, OF direct roadway from
the s' II bern end OF The new eteel high
gay bridge acroes the Potomac river to
the National Cemetery a: Arlington.
There is alresdy military road by which
Arl!ugtoa AID For! Niger may be ap'
preached from tie uor!h, lesding from
the Aqaedu:t bridge at Georgetown to
the northern entrance 10 the cemetery.
Since the highsay bridge south OF
the Potomac SPEEDWAY WAS suilt, some
years ego, eaay secsss Ia given 10 Alex.
sndrs county, IA. the roads from the
ecu bern end Of toe bridge to Arlington
are miserable, The Carlin bill provides
ior road to the 8, utheru end OF Airing.
ton snd thence along The line of the old
couairy read, centrally !brt ugh the Gem.
elef7 to the front of General Less old
mansion, this new rcsi to be not. less
THAI so feet wide.
Dr.. J SIo'welll smith, of Wheeling.
". Va, died in a hospital there on
Wednes -ay. BE was O native OF Let's
burg, Va.