The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-07

fruitless discussion. the resolution
was passed by on motion OF MT
! Jennings, OF Lynchburg.
| Defeats Income Tax.
/ Mr.. Bell, of Culpeper. moved 10
take up out of it's order House Din
50. which is the joint resolution re-
! lsting 10 the joint resolution OF the
| Congress of the United States for the
| adoption of the income tax amend
| ment to the Constitution of the United
states.
Mr.. Cox appealed TO the House
not to take up any bill out OF oFoe,
as 1t was causing great waste W
! time and confusion.
| After fifteen more minutes OF prec-
| ious time sauendered, the House re-
| fused to accede to the request OF
| Mr.. Bell although he tried uusuc-
| cessfully. TO get the House on record
| on the proposal
Mr.. Byrd asked the House TO re-
| fuse to concur In the Senate anehu-
ments 10 his primary bill ana. the
| roll being called the House almos'
| unanimously declined t" accept me
| emasculated measure returned 70 "
| by the Senate. the vote being ee u !.
| Mr.. Throckmorton endeaNofeo ~
have the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac bills taken up and dis
posed of, but Mr. Montague declared
! that the House had not had oppor-
! tunity to acquaint itself with the
I measures and they went over until
| this morning.
| After virtually wasting an hohr
and a half the calendar was reached
at 1880 O'Clock. At noon. on mo
ton of MIR. Oliver, the special oroer'
the redistricting measure, was post
poned until $3.50 O'Clock.
Mr.. Williams Wakes Impatient.
Mr.. Willeroy endeavored to get up
/ out of It's order bff1 WITH reference
to certain legal procedure. MI. Wal
fiarris declared the time had come TO
speak plainly with reference to the
way the House was conducting bus1-
ness He declared that he was Demo
cratic floor leader everywhere except
on the floor, and he wanted to aosolve
| himself from responsibility for the sit
nation He declared that more time
was being wasted in endeavoring TO
get bills up out of their order than II
| would to dispose of the calendar IN
order.
When tho Senate bills on their third
reading were reached, Senate bill Ian
was reached, having as its object the
giving of Virginia breweries the same
right as to maintaining branch ware
| houses as are enjoyed by forelsh
breweries doing business in the State.
AS the bill amended section OF
the Byrd law, Mr.. Byrd offered as a
substitute a measure including the
provisions covered by the Senate bill.
and further to increase the various
liduor licenses of the State as cover
ed in House bill AS, Of which Mr..
Byrd was patron.
In support of the measure Mr.. BYRD
said that II the whiskey dealers IN
the wet cities were selling as much
whiskey to the dry territory as had
been claimed the Increase in licenses
wo,Id not prove hurdensome, and
would add to the States income from
$50 900 to 1000 A year.
Not Father Of Cider Amendment.
Mr. Byrd dsclaimed paternity TO
q long cider amendment which had
been placed on House bill AIS in COM
m!ttee permitting the sale of seven
per cent alcoholic cider at any point
in the state, whether wet or dry
without license. He declined TO add
that portion of the bill TO the suo-
stitute. which vas carried by a vote
of g. to 8.
In the course of the discussion on
the hill Mr.. Coleman. of Norfolk. made
/ pointed references TO the action Of
the Augusta county cider trust.
which he declared was responsible
for the amendment suggested.
Colonel Bowman, Of Roanoke. de-
clared that the cider amendment was
in line with The cider amendment en-
grated on the Jordan enabling act
by the House
Vital Statistics Bill Passed.
an interesting hsht toos place ever
S.!.ste bill ST, fGeasure introduced
in the House at the instance of the
State Board of Health having for its
object the keeping Of correct vital
statistics throughout the State Mr..
Bell. of Culpeper, declared that the
measure would work hardship upon
people in the country districts who
people in the country districts who
might he at some distance from the
office. of the registrar of birth and
deaths He offered an amendment to
make the measure applicable only to
towns having more than three thou
sand population. leaving out the coun-
try districts and small towns of the
State.
DIR. Stephenson, of James City,
fought the amendment declaring that
| IL Wpuln MAKE the Dill useless ana
declaring that the measure, on ac-
count of placing the board OF health
OF the State in closer touch with
4 seantsS eenGtsions. woss,d eventually
mean the saving of thousand lives
ever year in the State. The amend
ment WAS voted down and the blu
passed by vote of 55 TO 20.
Pay Beattie Costs.
At the request OF Mr.. Baker, Of
Chesterfield. the House took up out
of its order, and passed Senate bill
sos providing for the payment of the
expenses amounting to about 81 100
incurred Oh behalf of the Common
wealth in the prosecution OF Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr.
Mr. Oliver OF Fairfax, made q
strong fight for the PASSAGE Of Senate
bill number !, having for its object
the making OF provision for the. per-
| forming OF necessary surgical opera
tions upon prisoners confined in the
tails of the State. the present law
| setting aside no sum or authorizing
no expenditure for the kind Menu
bers of the Finance Committee fought
the bill on the ground that 1t would
mean AFRAID on the treasury, and that
there ~ehid be operations performed
| In fajig Ia y