The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-12
SECOND ROUND IS
BUT REPETITION
HOUSE MINORITY CONTINUES TO
BE ABLE To oBsTRUCT WILL
OF MAJORITY
MUCH TIME CON SUMED
MH JORDAN AGAIN CALLS FOR
ENABLING ACT, GENERAL
DISCUSSION ENDS IN
ANOTHER DELAY
MUCH TIME CONSUMED


! der Saturday it was led in prayer by
| Rev. Mr.. Buck, member of the House
I from Washington county.
! Mir. Throckmorton moved TO dis
! charge the Finance Committee from
the further consideration Of his Dill
= barr ing ali taxes not collected prior TO
( the first day Cf January. 1900. There
Z was much discussion OK the measure,
! 1t being brought out in arguments tnat
there we're negotiations now pending
/ by which several thousands of dol
: lars would shortly be paid into the
+ treasury for back taxes which would
{ he released by this bin.
The House finally declined to take
/ the matter out Of the hands OF the
+ committee, which had voted to pass
the hii by indefinitely,
a message was read from the Gov
ernor with reference to action upon
/ the fee system.
Enabling Act Again.
AZ - 40 o'clock Mir. Jordan. patron
! az the enabling act. arose and, address
ed the House on the matter OF taking
mp his measure out Of the regular
order,
He said that he was sorry to appear
I'm the role OF an Instructor of legis-
latioH. bat in bin number 21S the
House had IL measure that there vas
more pubic sentiment behind than
I any, bill which had come bfrcr9 ms
/ body. ss had been clearly demonstrated
~ the large majority Of tho members
( " the House who favored the meas-
ure. II az not n radical measure,
said Mr.. Jordan. II merely ACCORDED
the people right TO which they were
clearly accorded. The minority ~ the
House was obstructjug the wiz OF the
I g.. or IE
Hill be taken ap out o. its regular
order.
Air. Jennings moved the pending
! question but. as several members de-
sired 80 b. heard. the Houfe voted
down thc motion.
Oliver Dsnounces Tactics.
Mr.. oliver then made ~ tiery speech,
! declaring tha4 tA.--tt.stte-s tstr-sa+
tron of the measure were most I'M
usual. He denounced them as sand
I hag tactics. and declared that FOR one
| he would not be forced 20 vote on the
/ ma alter He declared that there were
other important measures ahead ot
tbs enabling act. which demanded the
! time Of the House. lie declared that
Il majority of the ranking committee
! uf the House had voted against the
i measure. and that 1t had been reported
! with the recommendation that 1t do
| not pass,
| Mr.. Love of Lunenburg. replied
scoring heavily. declaring that II the
/ gentleman from FalrfaK c"1ld poin
10 majority of the comNntec which
was unfaNorahlc to the IN, esure hs
could point him to q majority oi
! the House which favored It.
/ Nj Erans' of Caroline, declared
that If II was a question of time thai
| more time was being consumed II
fruitless discussion than in actint
upon the measure. He declared tina
IL the Assem- bly, did not recognize the
| wishes Of the people of the State anC
give them the right to vote upon the
| question they would get the goot
| women Of tho State to take part II
politics. In all fairness he declared
that the House should take up th'
measure.
Captain Baker Heard From.
Captain Baker member from Ches
terfield. declared that, while he ex
pected to vote against the bill. h
was first a Democrat. and believe
in a rule of tho majority. an
thought 1t was but fair for the mo
tion to take up the measure to pre-
vail.
| Mr. N'illeroy declared that, Will
the gentleman from Fairfax. Ny
could not have his own way. thu
was case where a decided minorit,
was having its way.
Mr., Coleman. OF Norfolk, oppose
the motion. declaring that the Hous
had no right TO pass the propose
measure and that It had the RICH
only to pass direct law providin
for prohibition. He declared that h
did not intend To submit to bud
doing and brow beating, declarin
that the threat OF the gentlemal
from Isle of Wight to bring the mat
ter up daily amounted to this.
No BuIldozing Intended.
Mr.. Adams. Of Charlotte, disciAin
ed on the part OF the temperate
, advocates any intention of brow
!. ! teattrg4 ~ wass clearly, tina eessx
! of the House to settle the Questio
/, and settle il now. Several member
; had voted on Friday under a mis-
apprehension and the patron OF tn
measure was clearly within his right
in asking for the matter to be take
tup.
Mr.. Gillian. OF Petersburg. sal
that he was a new member. but tina
he protested against being sand
. bagged.
Mr.. Williams of Giles, made
brief but ringing speech, In favor &
prompt action The issue wa
| squarely up to the House. He re
| ferred TO the excuse that had bee
given for opposing the taking up {
} the measure. He declared that ha
the matter been permitted To hay
been taken UP it would long sine
have been disposed Of He declare
that ninety per cent. OF the people @
| his district favored the Statewid
measure. The House was killing tim
by refusing the reasonable request @
the patron of the measure.
The vote was then taken and re
suited In Al ayes and 81 noes" les
than q two-thlgds majority.
| The vote was as follows;
Ayes--Adams, Anderson Baker. "
w, Bargamin, Brown, Thos., Brown
w. N. Buck, Earman, Evans. Fftz
hugh. Fulton. Gregory. lvey. Jennings
Jordan, Kent Love. Lunsford, Martin
! Massie. Meetze. Moore. Moseley. Mus
tard, Page. Roberts John. Robertson
Rols,on. Row. Smith. Spessard, Steb
bins, Stephenson, Fl. u, Stephenson
John W.. Stratton, Tabb. Tate. Taylor
Throckmorton. Walton. Weaver. Willie
roy, Williams, Wissler. Mr.. Speaker
&C.
Woodworking, Burt. Christian
| Coleman. D.. Cox. Dreamer. Curtis
Daniel. Gillian, Grant, HARDWOOD. How
erton Kemper, Land. Milstead, Mon
J cure, Montague. Oliver. Peek. Rich
ardson, Roberts, +. b., Rutherford
!. Sutphin. Templeton, Terrell. Tiffan,
Utz. Watts, White. Hugh A, White