The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18

of Mr.. Pollock a member of the COM
mittee and lawyer by profession. He
could not understand how the local
boards could be vested with such au-
thority, II the State board had au-
thority to act differently. 1t was a
question OF law. above all else, and
he wanted 1t probed before the mat
ter Went any further. And 1t was
on his motion that the measure went
To a subcommittee.
School Board Divided.
DR.. Chandler said toward the close
of his remarks that he understood
that the City School Board was some
what divided on the question, some
of them doubling the measures prac-
icability. Personally, DIR. Chandler
said he was heartily in favor of any
measure that would help relieve the
pockets of the school patrons.
In nutshell, the ordinance stipu-
lates that $4,000 shall be appro-
priated for free books the first year.
After that Council shall appropriate
Sc. 600 annually.
The moving picture hearing was
set in motion by Councilman Lynch,
of Jefferson Ward, patron OF the pro-
hihiting resolution. He argued that
motion pictures in Richmond are
doing more harm even than the sa-
loon. And for his authority he quoted
no less a parsonage than the late
Bishop Van de Vyver, OF the Catho-
lie Diocese of Virginia He also VEN
tured the opinion that much of the
lack of police protection in certain
quarters of the city was due to the
fact that policemen who ought to
be patroiling such sections are busy
at nj OF eh =
order.
Chandler Favors It.
DR.. Chandler. the school superins
tendent. said he could not leave the
chamber without putting in a word
for the Lynch measure. He thought
its purpose was excellent and he saw
no reason why playhouses up to the
standard should object.
The Rev. DIR. W. Asbury Christian
and the Rev. Or. Walter G. Parker.
representing some 10000 or more
Methodists in the city OF Richmond.
voiced their approval of the measure
in no uncertain terms. They argued
especially for the welfare OF the child
in general. and had no desire to SEQ
any hardship worked on flrst class
houses. But there were places. they
believed. which would not pass mus
ter. And they wanted such places
regulated.
The Rev. DIR. James Buchanan, sec.
rotary of the Associated Charities. ar.
gued above all for local censor or
a board of censors for motion pic
lures. In reply to this. Manager Lyons.
OF the Colonial. explained that all the
pictures that came to his house were
censored BEFORE they left New York.
Some of the names he called in con-
nection with such censorship were
those of Andrew Carnegie. Jacob Riis,
and Phelps Stokes.
Ministers Come Back.
The ministers. in reply to this ar.
gument. were willing to grant him
every point he made, but they insisted
that there was some houses In Richs
mond which needed censorship and
even Mr.. Lyons had to admit that
such places might exist here without,
his knowledge.
Mr.. Lyons dwelt mainly on the point
that the police could regulate such
places and in fact 1t was their duty
to do SO.
The committee finally adjourned
without taking up the so-called von-
derlehr workhouse ordinance, the hour
being close on to midnight when Mr..
Pollock insisted that '.the COMMITTEES
do now adjourn" or else II would have
to do business without his assistance,