The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

the House can be preventec TON
reaching n vote or the enabling act
unless it's opponents determine Il
block all public business by an extend
ed fillihiuster. and such a method OF
procedure would arouse great indisna-
ton throughout the state.
'Dry>" Deny Wei Claims.
Now that the position II the House
has been clearly Indicated. and 1t IS
evident that n large majority are IN
favor of the passage OF the enabling
act. the dry leaders feel that the time
has come to put the responsibility
upon the Senate for the passage or
the defeat of the measure. An exact
copy Of the Jordan bill as ii was re-
ported hack to the HOUSE of Dele
gates has been introduced in the SEN
ate Senators Walker. saunders, " est
and Mapp are the joint patrons OF
the bill. The Senate Committee on
PRIVILEGES and Elections meets ON
next "Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock Senator Mapp is a mem ber
of that committee. The COMMITTEES
Will be asked TO set time for the
hearing Of the blll at as enrly date
as possible SO that the hill may 10
reported out OF the committee and
take its place on the Senate Cales-
daF Now that IL has been clearly
shown. both TO the Senate and 20 the
State a large. that the House Of Del
egates will pass the enabling act as
soon as a vote can lee obtained, the
responsibility IS now clearly upon the
Senate to give 10 the bill fsir treat
ment and either pass II nr defeat II.
The dry Ira iers have not done any
talking for publication as 10 the prob
ability Of the passage Of the bill in
the Senate. IL il known, howe ever,
that they absolutely deny The Ctsims
of the liquor people that a majority
of the senate Is pledged against the
bill. The dry claim thai II the
people who favor the passage of the
hill viii present their views fully to
their senators thai the bill Will pass
I'm the senate a. well as tho House.
Minority Still Blocks Vote.
on yesterday at 1880 o'clock Mr..
Jordan. patron Of the enabling act"
in the House. made his customary
motion 10 take IL UP out Of Its reg
uar order. The question WAS decided
adversely on a viva voce vote. but.
on motion Of Mr.. Love, OF Lunen-
burg, the vote having been reconsid-
erred, the usual aye" and nay" vote
WAS ordered, resulting In Al for and
- against taking up the matter. the
motion being defeated for lack of the
necessary twS-thirds majority.
Trip Cost State S2f5.
\ JOINT resolution was passed by
the House directing the payment Of
the sum Of s24s TO tho First Ma
tional Bank for funds advanced TO
pay the expenses Of the trip Of Tho
House and Senate committee sent to
Washington To notify Senators Mar
tin ana swanson Of their election.
The sum ~ TO he paid one-half out
Of the contingent fund of tho House
ard the other half ont Of the con.
tingent fund of the Senate.
No Segregation hin This Session.
While the House Finance Commit.
tee on Monday morning made =
lima niInna;a- SaFaft-f # -tt,-tf 1r
White bill providing for special grant
Jn5ies with power to investigate Ia,
conditions in their various countie:
before the commissioners of the rev
enueS make their final reports eaci
year. MIR. White withdrew his reques
that his segregation hill be reported
rirrfHrtnE ti1ut m It'd not have arppf,
Information on which 10 base hi
measure. He. however declared tina
the committee should take such step,
as would lead to the gathering a
such information by the time of tn
next meeting OF the General Assem-
bly,
Tax Commission Bali Explained.
The House Finance Committee o
yesterday had up for consideration tn
amended Tax Commission bill. whic
does away with the Capitalization G
power complained of by the measure
opponents. The measure provides ais
for a tax rate board. composed of tn
members Of the tax commission an
State officials. The provisions OF tn
measure were explained by Dr. Free
man and Speaker Byrd. The measur
VIII probably be reported back to tn
House by the next meeting of the com
mittee, and will take its place at IN
head of the calendar.
Railroad Bonding Bill Reported.
One of the most interesting discus
sions heard during the session wa
that before the House Committee O
Roads yesterday afternoon with regar
to the Grant bill prohibiting railwa
companies from giving one bondin
company monopoly of the bushes
Of bonding their employees. The bi
also requires that bonding companit
when they cancel the bond any sue
employe must. at his request. give III
reason for such cancellation. Cndt
the present system Il man innocent {
any known wrongdoing may have HI
bond cancelled. and he may neve
know the charge that has been mad
against him resulting In the capeella
ton OF the pond. Wnen Sucn Cdnctiln
ton means the loss or his position
The committee was unanimous IN II
Recommendation of the bill. althoug
the representatives of the sewers
surety companies made strong pre-
sensations of their view against tn
measure.
Still Fighting Pure Paint Measure
Having lost out before the Hous
Committee on Agriculture and Mimi!
the opponents OF the Adams pur
paint bill have appealed to the RIch
support of that body. and several mem
beers Of the Assembly were before tn
Chamber Committee on Legislatio
yesterday afternoon, including Speslh
er Byrd and Mr.. Adams. the authc
OF the bill. The provisions of til
measure are simply to require tn
furnishing OF pure paints by dealer
or pure ingredients OF paints. an
when they desire to offer adulterate
goods they must SO mark them. TIL
opponents Of tbs measure declare tina
they viii be placed st a disadeantag
because the measure cannot apply (
dealers outside of the state who ca
and win doubtless continue TO shi
adulterated paints into the State with
out such markings as the measure re
quires of the Virginia dealers.
Rcdistricftng Back to- sub COMMITTEES
After u session lasting more tina
two hours yesterday afternoon tn
House Committee on Privileges an
Elections referred again to its sub