The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-24
Sparrina for Position.

supply of lime to them at a reason
d bic cost.
Sparrine for Position.
In the Senate yesterday the pre-
liminary round was fought in the mat
ter OF the enabling act 1t came
with a motion from the "wets" that
reflects their fears to some extent Sen
ator Foikes. of Richmond. moved the
Senate to instruct its Committee on
privilegese and Elections virtually to
throttle the enabling act in com
mittee-in other words to say to the
people of Virginia that the Senate
should not have before it in due course
a measure favored by q larse pro-
portion OF the people OF tho State, and
which two-thirds of the members of
the House of Delegates have voted for.
The motion was ruled out of order and
Senator Walker, floor leader for the
forces which favor giving the people
the right to pass on this subject, cial
lenged the wet" leader To discharge
the committee from consideration Of
the bill, and set Tuesday for a vote
on the measure.
TIE move of the VETS to attempt
to force some sort of vote was not
unexpected. The ''wets" have tliscov-
cred that their long suite, delay. has
been overplayed. They have discover
ed that as the days go by the ''drys"
are growing IN number, and the in
centiye of delay in order to smother
the bill by non-action becomes dan
gerous when 1t might mean that the
forces Of Statewide might at any time
become able to order the measure out
of committee, and give Ii privileged
position. The policy of delay has lost
its charm, and the next parliamentary
move will be watched with interest.
No More Killing Of Robins.
The Senate on yesterday passed the
bill to prevent the slaughter of ROBINS.
The blu has already passed the House.
and now goes to the Governor for mis-
certain signature. The preservation Of
lions signed Ivy thousands of school
| children In Virginia. There is no
omen season en- robins under the new
measure
Mount Vernon Decision Today.
The House Committee on General
Laws will meet this afternoon at
which time final action may be taken
In connection with the move TO have
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
placed under the control of the State
Corporation Commission. This seems
to be about what the demand has sim
mered down to. II will probably be
the action OF the committee that ac-
ton is neither practicable nor desira-
bile although it is possible that u
kindly suggestion may be made that
the entrance fees to Mount Vernon
NAV be reduced to children. Under
the present arrangement no child may
see the tomb OF Washington unless an
aduittance fee OF twenty-five cents is
! ,a1isi. <. It. has ,haeD nsai3tea cut, ~
friends OF the association. that this
might very properly be reduced to a
dime now that the association has q
| fund OF more than $4,000 invested,
the income from which will help carry
the expense of maintenance.
Convict Bills Pass Senate.
The convict bills introduced by
Senator Lesner in the Senate ana
by Delegate Throckmorton in the
House passed the Senate yesterday
aud will now. go to the Governor
I9.for" sFts. signature. having ALREADY
passed the House. The tenor OF the
bills is to radically change existing
conditions as to the handling of CON
victs in this State. In the first place
it Is laid down as basic principle
that all convicts may be and shall
be used ON the convict road force.
Then exception is made as to those
who are physically unit and those
who are too dangerous for this char
acter OF service.
The law then States that the maxi
mum number OF conyicts who may be
placed under contract Is five hundred,
although care Is taken to still I'M
press upon the authorities having to
do with the matter that even this
number shall not be SO, used or any
! smaller number II they may be prof.
tably employed on public works fol
the State.
Extends, Probation Law.
The House yesterday passed large
number of bills of local Importance
One measure, however. that will have
Statewide interest was the Daniel bill
10 amend the law providing for the
/ extension of the probation officer sys-
tenn to all cities OF fifteen thousand
! population or more. These officers
| are TO be given charge Of hahitual
drunkards. the meier do wells who dc
| not provide for their families. idiers
/ and Migrants generally. They are
I to play the part Of next friend L
| them and In SO far as possible gel
| them into honest and regular work
| and II they won't keep sober and
won't work when given the oppor-
| fEniry then the probation otficer car
| hold. the threat Of the jail over them
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