The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-12
CALENDAR CHOKED
BY SMALL BILLS
LIKELY IN SENATE BEFORE II
WEEK is GONE
SESSION HALF Owe r.
WOAfAN's CO1DEGu
BILL WILD BE TAKEN UP Il
OUT OF IT ORDER Il
NEXT WEEK.

An afternoon session to clear from
the calendar local and uncontested
bills will probably mark this week the
beginning OF hard months work be.
fore adjournment. The session II
half gone. The calendar IL choked
with few bills of grave Importance.
and many amounting to nothing. The
biggest bills--those upon which there
lie likely to be long debates-wilI come
to the fore rapidly after the calling
up Wednesday OF the Holt rolling stock
measure. Unimportant laws. unlesS
acted upon in afternoon or night ses-
sion, stand small chance after the bin
fellows come into view.
Already on the calendar are the roll
ing stock bill. the woman's college bill,
the land grant bill. a multitude of In
surance bills, the baggage trust bill.
a multitude of insurance bills. the
baggage trust bill. the employers liza
bilitv bill, the miners protection bill.
the full crew bin, pension bills, tho
vital statistics bill, the convict labor
bill, and many others upon which
there will be long discussion. In the
committees are the gambling bill the
fee system bills and others Of nots.
The Holt rolling stock bill. set for
Wednesday, cannot be killed or passAd
n
the Senate Is so much unlike the orig.
ina, measure argued before the com.
rnittee on roads that its own author
would not know 1t. Mr.. Holt wants
the substitute replaced by the original
bill, which met favorable consideras
ticn In the House. Richmond, Roam.
oke and Petersburg members will hehA
this.
Defeated on point Of order. the
earnishment bin of Moncure's was
started through again Saturday. To
meet constitutional objection II has
been changed so the exemption IL now
placed at $50. The first bill reduced
il from $50 TO s2s. The opposition
will attempt IL kill II by tact!cs OF
delay. and failing In this VIII fight II
on the grounds that the new bill 10
similar 10 the old They Will take
the stand that a difference In figures
does not change the bill. and that the
purpose Is the same--a reduction IN
the amount of exemption
The womans college bill near the
bottom of the calendar, win be called
up on special order before the hitter
part OF the next week. Its advocates
are discussion whether TO begin the
attack first In the House or the Sen.
ate They are reasonably sure OF
majority In the Senate. and will likely
concentrates their eforte There, hxur-
ing II endorsed by the upper House
the bin viii fare better in the lower.
There will he no votes to spare on
either side In the Senate
nv tacit agreement the Senate Will
postpone consideration Of the convict
labor measure. reported by the Joint
roads committee. AS long as possible.
All realize 1t is one OF the most inn
portant * not the most important.
piece OF legislative work of the ses-
sion and nobody liz chatting to grappis
with the problem. Everybody knows
that when once brought UP the con-
wet question ia going to put every
thing else In the background, and that
nothing will be done until IL Ia cleared
out OF the way
The enabling act and the pure prir-
airy bill loom up In the distance Ike
shadows.