The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-09

comes near enough 70 the mark Of
population When tn Democratic
party needs majority we are always
| there"
THE Constitutional provision, IL
! merely to remedy conditions II. dis
! tricts get out Of proportion. We have
all grown more populous together"
Not Equitable. Says Mostague.
MIR. Montague insinuatcd that II he
were in the district represented ny
Mr.. Smith he would also object to the
committees plan. He and the NOR
folk senator together represented $780,
00e people while the senator from
Clarke represented only 10000.
ut Is not intended they should be
equal in population" Mr.. Tavenner
broke In. Does aIr. Montague say
that he would redistrfci the South.
west where there are districts with
| $4,000 people and which 1t takes days
| to traversc? He knows that IL net
intended,
How could the Committee on Priv
ileEes and Elections frame a bill In a
couple OF hours that would be fair
TO ail?"
Not Enough Votes.
Before vote was taxes on dis
pensing with the constitutional renu-
ing of the bill Mr.. Tavenner raised
the point that 1t would take a four
nfths vote to carry the motion. He
was ruled out of order because some
one had called for the pending cues
tion. The vote to suspend the read
ing was % TO Is. president Ellyson
declared the motion carried.
AR. Walker arose immedia tely to a
point OF order. He called the atten-
ton Of the chair to a Senate rule re-
During four-hfths vote OF members
present to take up any bill and dis
pense with the constitutional read
ing. His point or order was sustained
and Mr.. Eilyson reversed his decision.
ruling that the motion was lost
Mr.. Hart then moved to take M
the House bill and advance II to its
third reading. This was opposed by
Mr.. Montague, who said II the SEN
ate bill was not to be voted upon
there was no use of advancing the
House bill
The motion was voted down. 81 to
49,.
Injected Into Morning Session.
When the Recommendation Of the
committee to take up the bill short
~ after noon was read. Immediate
objection was raised. Mr.. Tayenner
pointed to the fact that the commit
tee had refused to give out it's re-
Port. tic said no one except members
OF the committee knew what was in
the bill, and that 1t was unfair to
take 1t up and set 1T for an almost
immediate vote. He asked that the
motion be voted down.
1T is not possible" said Mr.. Hart,
TO give as much time to bills as
earlier In the session
Fights In the Open.
committee and know what is in the
BILL" Mr.. Tavenner said. II make my
fight In the open. ! do not think
this bill should be taken up when
only mem ers of the committee know
what 1t contains
You want to throw this on US at
the last moment without our know
ing what Is in the BILL" said Mr..
Gravatt. You want to call a vote
without consideration when only the
committee knows what changes have
been made"
Mr.. Featherston moved to take the
bill up at ii o'clock Saturday
If this Senate wishes to put this
right with me. want to say for
the committee that We have made few
changes"
Mr.. Gravatt moved to take the bill
up at s o'clock last night
Mr.. Holt withdrew his original mo-
ton and moved to take the bill up
at O'Clock in the afternoon. This
motion was carried
Preceding the, Holt resolution was
one offered by Mr.. Hart to allow no
member to speak on any bill for more
than five minutes. This was intro
duced to prevent a possible fiiibuster
on the bill. 1t was carried after an
amendment was added limiting the
time to ten minutes.