The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-09
70 MEET MONTH
BEFORE SESSION
FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL NE
ronr APPROPRIATIONS BILL
FIRST DAY IN 1914
ONE DISSENTING VOTE
REPORT OF coNFEREs ON Budget
ron NEXT TWO YEARS CUTS
DOWN NORMAL
SCHOOL.
ONE DISSENTING VOTE

With one disappearing vote the ssef-
ste Yesterday passed a resolution 10
ns~. the Finance Committee meet
thirty days before the lslA session.
draw general appropriations DIN
and report on the first day the seti
ate conveaes. The bill viii pc hiaue
a snectsI and continuing order TO Dc
RAISED before anything else Is done.
The resolution was introduced py
Mr.. Folxe., who declared the ce-a'e
rad never done better thing than
when II carried out this Mas tour
Years ago. The contingent fund' ne
scid could not lie spent TO better pnF.
nose The total cost would not
amount 20 more than $4,000.
Such g. plan would be u waste OK
time, Mr. West declared. Even II
the Senate passes the bill at the hFs.
OF the season" he said. 1T cannot
mass Joint bill untn the House
agrees. There is just AZ much BRAINS
In the Senate as In the House. Ihef
do rot adopt any such plan. People
do not want a ninety day session L
have 70 work for living. i nave
my business 10 attend to. 1t does not
take week Of actual work TO see
IN shape a bill"
MFR, Ecil0ls Fnxors ran.
.s,r4,e 4saea is fts.s SO ~ sa4d Mr.
Ecnols, chairman of the Finance . ON
mi,tee who favored tho plan. 1t Is
not as the senator from NanseHioho
says waste OF time.
III Il. thu. only sses IA gave a dasicit--
NJ Folkes said. The people or the
state will approve IT. Before the ses-
sion when there IL no rush of iegis-
lat.ve work the committee can get
twice as much done
No great amount of work was he-
complishsd or was consideration OF the
bill expedited four years ago, Mr.. west
said mo man wants business meth
ods introduced In the conduct of the
States affairs more than /. This IN
not business fer us to have heads of
State Institutions making two trips her
10 tell IN their needs, after which they
will have to appear before the House
Committee"
Mr.. West cast the only negative
vote.
Appropriation Bin Passed.
BY n vote of % to IL the coaYeTees
report on the general appropriations
bill was passed. II makes small
change in the bill as originally passed
BY the Senate. The annropriation oi
the Harrisonburg Normal school was
cut $4,000 for the two years. Strong
objection TO this came from Mr.. Early
who IL one Of the trustees OF tns
school. He declared the Senate II
lance Committee had promised a $40,
900 appropriation and that the chair
man of the House Committee hat
agreed.
Governor Would Veto Bill.
II do NOT say this az a threat" salt
Mr.. Echols chairman of the commit
tee. but II this appropriation bill Il
increased any further 1t will be We
toed by the governor. ] regret thi
appropriation had to be cut. but !
became necessary. You cannot breai
down the barriers and overcrowd
the bill is Increased Il ten, twenty o.
thirty days extra session confront
us"
Mr.. Holt endorsed what Mr.. Echoi
said and added that the Senate con
ferees were not willing but wcr'
forced to aecede to demands made b,
the House.
Voting to sustain the conrrees re
port were Messrs. Brock, Catron
Crockett. Drewry. Echois. Edmond
son, Folkes, Garrett. Harnan. Hart
Hobbs. Holt. Mapp. Montague. Rine
hart, Rison. Royal. Saunders. Sowder
Thornton. Tucker. Walker, West.
In the negative voted Messrs. Early
teIcher' sr
MonCure. I. aai' SMITH, ia'e''
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a.voo Lor .ns ss.aniishtI,ens oi
nouns TOT o,o ,'iii"eu "onieh ~
Colony. Mr.. Echois made what Wa
declared to be the best speech Of TIL
ou,
INC oiii was ca'se" Wy Wy Nt' " I'D
MN cha.i n,si oi 'he conlhii, We
ma, ,n repoItoa .ne yiii ua,ia.o.aois,
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