The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-07
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THURSDAY. MARCH Z. 1912.
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WHAT IS THE PEOPLES pAY-RoLLq
George Adc never cracks smile.
lie LOOKS like an undertaken. ana goes
around l.ke one, but he Is popular
htnosist senator Hart. Of Roanoke.
ne'yer smiles, vet he protests that he
wac hut !ocosc Saturday when he said
IN the senate that The West fee pub
liclty b.ll was not as important as the
bill to prohibit the sale of disabled
horses. That MAY have seemed funny
70 him. hu, II was not funny to The
Times Dispatch, for We arc plain and
simple folk who are serious about
good government and who have little
patience with Joke when 1t is cotton
,off at the peoples expense In fact.
the humor of the able and dlstin-
gukhed Senator from Roanoke was
&c unexpected that hereafter he should
put us upon duo notice by having his
humorous remarks set as special
order Doubtless Senator Hart Is a
yellow of excellent .est." but he seems
TO have taken the West bill seriously,
for he feilod to vote on Il.
The West bill however vas passed
oy the Senate, owing 20 the vigorous
and aggressive night of Senator West,
OF Nansemond. and now Is in the
hands of tine House Committee on
Finance, It is to DO heard by that
committee this morning. and II is
hoped that thu bill will DO reported
favoraoly by the committee before II
rises. The hearing itself is unneces-
Sary, and Is demanded only by the
dilatory thct!cs OF the fee officers
gang. There is but one side TO the
question, and The Timcs-p Dispatch IS
unusually curious 10 know what sort
Of argument the negative Will advance
this morning. Here IS simple promo
si;ion to let the people know what
their annual payroll is, but the en-
ployes arc raising Cain, using undue
influence to keep their employers from
knowing what he pays them who
ever heard OF 4 business man or firm,
country store or a department pal
ace that lid not know what paw his
or its smp!oyes received? II the op-
position OF ihasc gnmshoeing fee gen
try does not mean opposition to the
Peoples knowing their own business,
what joss It mean?
Tho IVES; bill should be reported to-
day and taken up at once In the House.
!; must not suffer the dangerous de-
lay !s experienced III the Senate,
whero the senate Finance Committee
laid II nway untn an unfavorable re-
port was forced By The way. good
people OF Virginia. the senate Finance
Comn't,re gave this bin an unfavor-
able report. and that means that
majority Of the members Of that COM
In!ttee or moro opposed tho bill In
committee: but my masters. when the
vote vas taken on the bill out in the
oDsn and away :1rom.'the .equestered
shadow OF the committee room, every
last one" OF the members of IN. COM
mtttes voted for the bill. They did
not dare vote against such plain
right OF the people when the spotlight
was turned on
They tell us that The Senate Is the
graveyard OF reform" hut the House
viii have to be so classified II It re-
fuses to pass this measure The poo
pie are aroused over this bill. because
they favor IT. Every vote in The House
should u. recorder so that The people
may know whether their representa-
t.vea represent them or the fee grab
bers. whom the lovers o: good gov
ernmeHt are trying 70 make come 10
time a negative vote on q motion
70 take up the West bill In the House
is vote agains, the bill. ana The
T'rnes-Dispatch VIII give the people
Of Virginia full publicity as 10 what
their representatives nre going TO do
about giving the people publicity.
They are getting In their work.
these oficoholders who DO not want
20 !ct The people know what tho PEG
pie pay them they arc writing letters,
they are ,eiegraphing. they are tele-
phoning. they are invoking tho pow
ers Of unrlghteousness ana tha infu-
ences o. privilege; they are coming to
the Capitol. buttonAolins ana brow
beating, threatening and promising
pleading for pcrleiuntlon Of the viz
Ginia oflceholderS plunlcrbund These