The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-06
STRENUOUS FIGHT
EXPECTED N TIL
HOUSE T0D||
Legislative Redistricting BIZ
Opposed by Speaker
Byrd y!
MOVES TO DISMISS
COMMITTEES BILE
But Withdraws Motion lem
porarily-West Fee Sys-
tenn Measure Wins
in the Senate

Byrd To-Day renew MS mot!OH 70 0szz5
miss the legislative redistrict11
measure. made by him and tempoTa4
lily withdrawn yesterday. 1t will Pr
ctpftate the most strenuous light x
seen upon the floor OF the House tn
session. 100 sy saS'
-Byrd.s- motion eaHe-to-1A.e;;
miss the bill after Mr.. Oliver. IT,
chairman Of the subcommittee 90
the House Committee on PrtviIeG44
and Elections, which prepared IT,
bill. had explained the changes ma&
by the bill in the House and senaa5
torial districts in a speech la1o1y3
more than one hour.
Mr.. Byrd, during Mr.. divers eXAl
plantations, made a number OF p0lnNN
ed inquiries having as their Obs
the showing that. whether or not
the committee had 80 Intended, tn
effect Of the redistricting bill. IN -
far as it affected the senatorial ST.
uation, was much in the interest ok
the wet" contingent III
Say They VIII Defeat Motion.
Last night several adherents o.
the measure reported out by the
Committee on Privileges and Flee
lions and known as the Chalkley nlI13
declared that should Mr.. Byrd renew
his motion to dismiss the bill today
the House would defeat the motion
and pass the bill. 1t is declared ~
these members that should the Houeq5
adjourn without adopting . reds
Of the Governor to forthwith call -
extra session of the General AsesM.
bly, for the purpose OF redistrtctlnes
the State.
Last night Delegate w. T. olivees
uember from Fairfax, reamrmed ~
previous statement that In th0 -
casting OF the Chalkley bill ~ -
not been In any way infiuenc0d ~
the wet" or dry" character Of -
territory redistricted or the effect -
bill would have upon the poiitacesa
fortunes OF either senator's or me1n.s
bers OF the House.
In event that Mr.. Byrd's motion
to dismiss the bill should be renewe0
today and should prevail. there w0ut0S
be no redistricting measure befores
the General Assembly.
Introduced a Substitute.
Yesterday at noon when the TOOLS
trtctinr bin became the special ORD;
Mr.. Willeroy, Of King William, ofse
ed a substitute bill, which. with toua
unirnportant changes, leaves the Io91
lative and senatorial districts - IT,
now are. The opponents CT sucn 49,
standpat policy declare that
would mean that Appomattox co05|
~. with 5000 people. would rdsa1
one member Of the House, while IT,
city OF Richmond, with 1000. wouta
have but five and the city OF Norf0t1
with 10000 people. would have; d.
two members. S ;s
Ender the redistricting measure &
average population Of House dfSesac ]
ID fixed at 10000, although there
one district the county OF Pr1nEe
Anne. with a population Of 15.0yN<S
which IL given a district to itself. ~
oliver, in explaining this. stated the
the city Of Portsmouth. with POP
iation Of about $4,000. had been givo4s
but one member OF the House ~
Delegates. giving to Princess AnnNs
the benefit of the excess. with an akM
rangement that Portsmouth and FrtMsS
cess Anne should be placed "a
senatorial district together. ss
Criticisms Offered.
The opponents Of the redistrictin
measure proposed retnt, to- thAg f (
that the city Of Petersburg and IT,
county Of Dinw1ddie. with leuo TIL
10000 inhabitants, are given = soeM4
tor: that the Republican wet" 0e1I
tor from Rockingham 10 left a1on4
a district having a population ae
sixteen thousand under tho faQx
average: that the wet" senator 1M
Chesterfield liz taken care OF BY 49,
placed under the wing Of tho CITY
Richmond: and that an anafy1ia
the bill will disclose ether rs1u1
a similar character.
Fec Bill Triumphs. ss4
One OF the most gratifying roDS
OF yesterdays session Of tina 04M
was the taking UP and pa1onNPxSa
the West bill. having for ita M
the procuring OF information G1
the amount OF the fees receixQ1
the various officials Of the 8ta4o$N
ployed onha fee system bAsis
object Of the bill II to enable ~
the next General Assembly plAGq
possession Of such data ~ mm4
necessary for It In order TO III
proper legislation with regard t4
ate by a vote that was surpxl
near acknowledgements foE "a
reason that It had been : co1
struggle upon the part OF the p9
Of the measure to keep II from
throttled In committee. sSsS3
Mouldering In the Ca1cnA1S
Buried pages and paGes dep I'm
calendar are many Of the -
that had been the ambitions o&
OF the members to ret throuG
terday Mr.. White. ~ Ro06A
made several attempts to ha~9
placed nits enErossment ~ hod
county trcasurers report tn
sources from which tAxeo W4~
ceived and give certain othe
nation In order that such 49,
Be In hand by the Tins TIM ~
islature NESTS A. 4 ba0ln Co.,
9reeatiOn BILL Mr.. Banks