The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-11

1ewAIE1as REFna LsGuTLY AND
sIsouTINaLY or ~voTEs
FOR wOMEN~
BRILLIANT AssEMBLAGE
Nns1nans Or rnE LD6IsLATuRE.
SrA74 OFFICIALS AND OTHERS
GUESTS or CITY
4BM0E0s.

H L.
nan 6sT6 Of tbs General ASSEMBLY oy
IT, Richmond delegation voiced pro-
teri In sentiment II not in words
nxntus& equal suffrage One, Mayor
Is. e. Richardson. declared he had
never been in sympathy with WON
ans SUFFERING" while tho other. Hon.
b. H Love, responding to a toast
..Our Women" concluded: virginia
haa ever been the State OF manly men
End womanly women: God grant that
Il may never become the state OF
manly women and womaniy men ,n,,,. IN !,
tho absence Of Governor William
Hodges Mann. because Of iliness. Hon.
George b. KeexelI. OF Rockingham. re-
sponded to the toast Virginia.
In the banquet room of Murphy .
hotel, decorated for the occasion with
Virginia and United States faEs, with
the great State seal OF Virginia done
on canvas ON the wall at the foot OF
the tahie. more than $50 members OF
the LEGISLATURE. State ofiicials ana
others enjoyed 4 APPENDED reception.
From the menu cards, designed by
Davis Bottom. State printer. TO the
vases OF flowers distributed on three
tables extending the length of the
room, the arrangements were excel
lent. Menu cards were In colors and
were preserved as souvenirs.
DISTINGUISHED Gathering.
B0rely disappointed because OF the
absence Of the chief executive, the
eatharing last night did not lack for
polt6h and culture. Seated In six rows
the length OF the hall. gray haired
veterans Of the greatest fraternal
strifA Of . century discussed issues
with clean cut young men just enter
ing ths world of politics and embry-
Onic statesmen drank toasts to the
mother State with men. who after 4
generation Oh service. are entering into
the twilight of life.
Speaker Richard EVELYN Byrd, Of
the House OF Representatives. re-
spending to a toast. Lawmakers" de-
parted from the ordinary In a speech
directed at the new members Of the
General Assembly. Mr. Byrd said:
Because there are eighty new menu
beers In the Virginia Legislature / am
going to make q more practical talk
than In customary at occasions of
this kind. Thanks to a Constitutional
Convention made up of one hundred
members who considered themselves
tbs wisest men in the world We have
hut sixty days to make laws for the
State and this is insufficient. / want
TO offer q few suggestions to MEM
beys''
Byrd Gives Advice.
Mr.. Byrd described The ordinary
course OF q bill introduced in the
House and carried afterwards to the
6enete. asserting in facetious man
ner that the Senate used every means
to defeat House bill. He pointed
out how a bill stood every change TO
be defeated and few to get through.
Now" said the speaker, Il want
to call attention to the Necessity of
offering local bills early In the ses-
sion. 1t Is no more than human
that members are most sita.iy inter-
eafed II bills concerning their own
localities and therefore | want TO
show the need Of getting them out
.of the way early. We need the last
days of the session to pass important
legislation. Usually most OF the i'm
portant bills are crowded In the last
five days OF the session and cannot
be given careful consideration. We
want to obviate this by not crowd
ing the houses with purely local bills
1t the last.
Mayor y. c. Richardson. OF Rich
moud. introduced by the POSTMASTER
Lieutenant Governor J. Taylor ELY
son. brought storm OF applause
when he declared he had rather be
President of the United States.. Prom
Using q warm reception to nber.
Arvf the General Assembly. he safA No
could not decide whether they them.
selves or the notable and notorious
DOC" Cook brought the present
cold weather. The Mayor was warm.
~ Applauded.
Kcezcll Grows Eloquent.
In an GRAFTON, which men presen,
said they had never heard excelled
Hon. George b. KeezeIl lauded Vir.
ginia and her citizens until the blact
walters with mouths agape swellet
with q momentary Importance. Con.
Guiding, he said. "All that has come
to me in the association with Viz
ginia gentlemen as u representativ,
in the General Assembly. Virginia
God BlS1s her. Her son. no mat
ter where he goes, in our countr,
or whether he lasts his lot in for
eign lands. IN proud to say he is
son OF the Commonwealth. Her pros
Derlty II undoubtedly due to the fidel
ity OF her sons"
Hon. A. N. Bowman. Of Rocking
ham. regretting that he left at hi
hotel notes and statistics. made on
Of The hits OF the evening In a glow
ing description OF Virginia farm land
I and 4 prediction Of more bounttfu
ss.a vtsass es.,s The Future tiaAi
the State has ever known. Respond
q ing to the toast. Our Farmers" h
snade one of the best speeches O
The evening.
Dcploecs Passing Of the Old.
Diners stood mp to applaud whel
Hon. 8. II. Love. OF Lunenburg. Il
chaSActerfstic speech attributed tn
pFVKrtAs. St1Udfnx and impOrt2ncA o
~ h. xhr c1