The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-05

} take out OF It's order on the calondo,
and pass the House bill prohibiting
the sale OF cider and other drinks con
tanning more than one-half OF ! pei
cent. alcohol within one mile OF Eior
Baptist Church, In the town OF Pamp
lin City. .hppomattox county. Debnt,
f, on the suspension OF the rules for thi.
7 purpose was In progress when tn,
clair called the primary bill. wl,icf
was special order for l o'clock.
Discussion on Primary. Renewed.
! Cons Iteration of the committee
amendments to the primary bill was
resumed where ii was left of Friday
Senator West renewed his objection
TO the committee amendment which
strikes out section 10 OF tho Byrd.
teatherston measure, In relation TO
expenditures of friends on behalf OF
candidate. With this prime restriction
removed, he said. a clean primary
would be an !lNpossibility.
Senator Rison for the committee,
answered tina: the senator from Nunse-
ihond had misconstruc1 both tho pur-
pose and effect of the amendment. lie
called attention 10 section or the bill
which made all penal provisions II
The existing law applicable 10 abuses
in regular and primary elections alike.
Section li5 of the Code. he argued
iN''HSi' MAUI uinptC PROVISION .aSalnSt
the improper service or expenditure
OF money by friends Of the candidate
The committee removed section 10 OF
the Byrd -Featherston bill, he said. be-
cause they considered IL pathological
and a useless incumbrance.
senator West offered an amendment
striking out the section limiting the
expenditure of candida ties to 10 cents
per voter. since the committee had
seen lit TO remove the restrictions on
friends of the candidate, he said he
was in favor OF taking OF the lid in
the matter of the expenditures of the
candidate himself submitted to "A
vote the West amendment was killed
ana the committee amendment erik
Ing out section &c. adopted.
Appeals to the Comnittcc.
After voting down qualifying
amendment offered by Senator Feath-
crston, the Senate next adopted the
committee amendment transferring
appeals from The courts 10 the party
committees. Senator Featherston's
der exempted from the operation of
this amendment non-poiitical county
officers such as county clerks. at
torneys for the Commonwealth. etc.
The emergency clause directing that
the primary law shall go into effect
from It's passage was defeated. Senator
Walker pointed out that il the amend
inent is adopted it would have tho
effect OF making the bill and emer-
Sency measure requiring a four-hfths
vote for its passage.
Another amendment by Senator
Featherston provided for liked days
upon which primary elections shall be
held for the various county, district,
and national offices. 1t was objected
by Senator Rison that such an amend
inent would conflict with the whole
policy OF the amended bill, which was
TO place these powers with the party
committees. The Senate had already
ratified committee amendment TO
that effect and the new one proposed
by Senator Featherston, he contended.
was out OF order. The same objection
was made by Senator Tavcnncr.
The cCthcrston amendment was nut
TO vote and lost. Other minor com
mittee amendments were adopted in
GLIDING the one Increasing the per-
missiblc expenditures Of candidates
from 10 TO 10 cents per voter. Further
consideration of the bill was inter
rupted by adjournment at . o'clock.
The bill will he taken up again to-
day and finally disposed OF.