The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-05
IMPORTANT WORK
AHEAD N SENATE
cALExDAR BnlsrLEs WITH plLLs
o. MoRE THAN LOCAL sro-
NIFIcANcE.
OPPOSE REsUBMISSION
wALKER AND OTHERS WILL FIGHT
BILL TO VOTE AGAIN ON
ELECTION OF TREAS
UREns.

With the calendar growing ohAso.
day by day and with heavy Stacks O'
bills confronting all committees, tns
Senate will today enter busy wees
Of work. Bobbing up every Gay las'
week and postponed until better op.
portunity presented. three or tou.
bills OF importance head the list fos
action.
At 1880 o'clock today the House
bill providing for q resubmission 70
the people Of the constitutions
amendment allowing city treasurers
and commissioners OF the revenue &c
succeed themselves will be taken up.
Ii was the subject Of nerce debate
in tho Committee on Courts OF Jus
fice, and although reported favoraply'
won out only over the protest OF the
chairman, G. Harding Walker. MI
Walker will speak against the bill to-
day. The debate win probably con-
sumo most Of session.
Passed almost without opposition
In the House, tho bill will have
much more rocky road In the Sem
ate. Many are lined up with M
Walker who thinks the amendment
was properly submitted before. 9th
ers take the View Of Randolph Har'
rison. who argued before the COM
InUtGG klAL tHC ubC030IG wac wv c~0-
mitted right because two sections
were voted upon ~ one. 20
Mr.. Fsatherston's concealed wea-
pom bill. amended and changed until
II bears little resemblance to tho orig
inal measure. occupies place on the
first page Of the calendar. Agree
ing to all the amendments offered
Mr. Featherston 10 hopeful that the
bill will be looked upon with favor,
A. II now reads the only change
from the old law Is an increase In
the minimum hne from $40 to $50
and . mandatory jail sentence. The
jail sentence. however. may be sus-
pended by magistrates and circui,
court judges II the actual amount OF
the nne 10 paid. Under its workings
there will be no more straw fines for
pistol toting. Unless 4 man peels on
the necessary amount of greenbAckl
when convicted he goes to Jail.
"IIyps" May Practice.
Ridfculed. then killed. and after
vote. the hypnotixing bill. with amend.
mcnts giving 1t another meaning
from that at first intended. viii prob.
ably be voted upon today. Hypno-
tixing will be made y misdemeanor
only when public exhibitions are
Eiven without license. In private ans
person may hypnoti7e or be hypno.
ti3ed ~ much as he pl asses.
A bill fathered by Mr.. Hobbs tC
facilitate the removal Of courthouse
will be opposed by Mr.. Hart and 9TH
ers. II allows towns wanting count,
seats to issue bonds to offer ~ an In.
ducemAnt locations for courthouses
Those against the bill say there viii
be scramble to get courthousss II
the measure passes.
On its engrossing 10 a bill making
II mis3emeanor to print fraudulent
and misleading advertising. The pen
atty fails upon tho ad. ertiser and not
upon the publication. 1t IL aimed no,
at patent medicine advertisers a. Ia
generally supposed. but at prop-.- fora
Of stores who conduct fire safes and
"below cost clean-upA Members OF
the Lynchburg Advertising Mems
club spoke for the bill before the COM
mittee on general laws.
Important Bills at Bottom.
Down near the bottom OF the CAL
endar are the woman's college bill
ana the bill establishing q state bu-
reau OF mines and mining.
Some OF the most important bills
OF the session are In the hands OF
mlttee 10 meeting nightly to frame q
general appropriations bill. Before
them are spread requests for funds
from all State institutions. But the
work cannot be completed until the
subcommittee Of the Ecncte and
House named to prepare convict labor
legislation emerkes with . report. The
subcommittee 10 holding nightly SEES
sions.
The Committee on Courts OF Jus
tice In all probability report this az
ternoon Mr.. PARIS bill to receive
widows Of Confederate veterans from
proof Of their husbands'
services In the war before they are
allowed pension money. All the proof
necessary under the bill u 4 couy OF
-roof furnished VIII 4, the husband Sc
cured . pension. Other bills that viii
be considered by committees today
are:
To abolish capital punishment in
~ To- prevent railway corporations
from effectinx chances n oweFshi~ Of
lines. when the change VIII affect
rates, without permission OF the State
Commission.
To provide that In damage suits
testimony shcwt~x machinery OF cor
porations IL In general usage shall not
bar recovery.
Mr.. Early'e bin to codify all laws
the sale Of perscnal prop.
@rty IL before the Committee On
Courts Of Justice. II would unity the
ixw and repeHi All 1aistlng statpS4 4,