The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11

fee books be kept, and that returns be
| cd. III cases where the salaries would
| be greatcG. than the foes collected, the
compensation should be reduced ao.
! cordinSly. so that the State could not
suffer
| The message went to the Committee
! ON Finance.
The Epnbnng Act Again.
| On reaching INC caiIciua:, Mr.. Jordan
| made has mo,iou 10 tame up tiouse bill
No. tlS out vt Its urdcit Tie WAS sorry,
he Saitd. 10 appear III TIM role Of ail up.
parent INSTRUCTOR oi Ica isia:Ion. q POSI-.
ton whicu hs had uetGt. occupied. 1 u.s
bill. lin continued, has :2chind it more
public sentiment than ANY other mat
ter bnlurc the General Assembly,. The
House had accorded Il hsaIIng TO otn-
or mai tcrs. but In tins "a minority was
obstrucung the will OF the muJvrily.
Mr. jennings moved the penulng
question. winch was losr.
MIR. oliver thanked thn House for,
giving the opposition = cnance to be
heard lie said that the vote on Fri
day WAS test, showing that not as
many AS two thirds ri the members
were williuS TO accord the unusual
privilege OF taking up the bill of Mr..
Jordan, mode on Friday; that If his
cEI0ncnts did not bow down to his
VIII, ho would continue to make the
motion until they acced2d. The advo-
Gates of the bin had been given SIX
hours in committee. agunsi FIVE TO the
opposition. and IL had then received
an untavorablo rrport. Vet Mr.. Jordan
made \ motion TO ask Il special favor
on two consecutive days.
"SandbpE Tactics.r
Il hoiT," concl hded Mr.. Oliver, chat
the House VIII trown down on these
sanding tactics. and on The spirit which
says; II you d'sn't give me what
want, will kno.:l< out everything else
until you do"
members" who had voted mo" on ihr
prccc,litS day. would now vote to take
up Inc bill, and he hoped II would be
done.
More. time was being lost IN these
discussuons than il would take to dis
pose OF the matter. saiu Mr.. Evans. lie
other bills which have been
taken tW out Of their order.
Mr.. Rtkcr. of Chesterfield, said that
Fridays test vote showed "a majority
OF the House wanted TO vote on the
bill. lie himself was opposed 10 the
measure ana would vote against it on
its passnsr. but in fairness TO its adj
rocatcH. het would agree TO take il UP
out of It's order
Mr.. Wilitwoy said the minority was
haTig its WY.
De iIncs 10 submit.
The takiniy ny, Of this bill, as com
pared with others which have been
handled out OF their order, said AIR.
Coleman. OF Norfolk, was exceptional.
The measures DISPOSED of in this way
have been matters OIL which the House
itself passed but this WAS /, PROPOSE
ton OH which the people were to vote,
and il was not the duty of the Legs
nature TO hurry il. lie would not sub
mi, 10 browbtn ting, buildoaing and
as empioycd by some or
the advocates ,et the btu.
Mr. Adams dirclaimcd any intention
to browbcat. lsit he thought II the
desire of the nEljority that the mat
ter be settled ~. once.
The putron al This bill" said MIR.
Gillian, "hns threatened TO beat its
opponents ito submission. refuse tc
be sundbagsed hato doing something }
believe [ ought hot to do"
Time was merely being killed, said
Mr.. Williams. and he wanted vote.
1t WAS then taken, and resulted as fol-
lows:
The Second Vote.
Ayes--Adums, Anderson. Baker. Of
Chesterfield: parg,.n.in. Borden. Bow
man. Brown OF nanville; Brown, of
Wcstmorcland: Buck Earman, Evans.
NttZhugh, Fulton. GircSory 1vey, Jen-
ninSs. Jordan. kcr,t, Love, Lunsford.
Martin, Massie, M"etze, Moore. Nose
ley. Mustard. Page. Roberts. OF Wash
ington; Robertson, Roiston. Row.
Smith. Spcssard. Ste bbins, Stephenson,
OF Bath; Stephenson, OF James city;
Stratton. Tabh. Tate. Taylor. Throck'
morton. walton. Weaver Willeroy, VIII
liams, Wissier and the Spea <er--ti.
Noes--Brownins Burt, Christian,
Coleman, of Norfolk; Cox. Dreamer. Cur
It's. Daniel, Gillian. Grant, Harwood,
itowcrton. kenlper. Land, Milstead
Moncure, Montague, Oliver, Peek,