The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-20
Dispose Of Important
Bills and Plan for
Future.
PRIMARY MEASURE
APPARENTLY DEAD
Senate Committee Fails of Quo
rum-Prohibition Enabling Act
Will BE Considered To
Day-Tax Commission Bill
Made Special Order for
Thursday.

In two sessions OF four hours yes
tcrday. the House OF Delegates passed
10 their cngroTsment the Bills forbid
ding the employment OF women foi
more than ten iou,S i day In stores
ana laundries und inc bill prohibiting
the employment oi boys Under sixteen
years OF age nt night and OF boys
under ten years selling newspapers,
passed finally ths committee bills put
ting coo conyictE on the roads and 800
to contract Ia the penitentiary; passed
Il bin extending the hours Of work In
Capitol Offices, set the lime grinding
Dill for hearing Tomorrow and the
Tax Commission bill for Thursday. and
refused TO take up out OF its order tho
Bill !ncrsaE.ng The salaries OF tudpes
OF the supreme Court OF Appeals.
The senate deferred consideration
OF the bills providing that the state
take over the Laurel Industrial School
and the Home and Industrial School
for Girls a. Bon AIR, and discussed,
without reaching vote. the Norfolk
water supply bill.
Did ,sot Consider Primaries.
Adding TO senatorial achievement.
for the day. It's Committee on Pri=i-
lagos and Elections failed of quorum
last night TO consider tho Featherston-
this means inaction with regard TO
this measure. and its advocates are
gloomy over the outlook.
But not TO the Senate alone is re-
served the prarogative OF killing bills
passed ny tho other BODY. The House
Committee on Roads and Internal
Nav!g alton. at a meeting held yesteE-
day morning. slaughtered Senator
Vests bill TO require conductors on
r. In. n <rn, t,,ta
chanGra bic mileage books This meas
urc had passed the Senate. but the
Iipi,sc committee passed Il BY indeAn-
',ely
Th, action Of the House in setting
S''e state Tax Commission hill as a
snectsl order for Thursday al O'clock
was regarded as sort OF preliminary
test OF strength between SPEAKER Byrd
and Hugh \. White. although hardly
indicative OF actual results on final
vote. Mr.. Whit. tried 20 have the mat
ter deferred until Monday. on the
ground that the time na.sed was toe
short to give proner confederation &c
the measure. The House thought other
Wise
Labor Bills Approved.
James j. Dreamer and Speaker Byrd
were successful yesterday IN getting
through 10 their engrossment the labor
ODrOSt
tion In each instance. but no amend
meats were carrisi which were not
accepted by the patrons. The Dreamer
bill amends the existing Law so as to
prevent the employment Of women O,
girls FOR more than ten hours In day
in workshops, stores or laundrics.
Heretofore tho law has applied 10 fac
tories. and when il was sought to reach
altering dopartments fl stores. test
TO relieve salcswomcn in mercantile
establishments.
The Byrd bill is especially aimed at
the working of boys at night An
amendment makes it apply 10 mines
as we'll as 10 other activities. II was
objected TO because (, would hamper
certain industries. this bringing from
thu Speaker who took the floor to
fight the bill through, an appeal Tor
the children.
Jordan Dill Up To-Day.
It Is probable that 4 vote will he
reached to-day on the Jordan proh.
billion enabling bill. There arc som.
half dozen speeches or more TO be
made on each side. and a few of them
Will be OF considerable length Thu,
undsrstan ding is that there is a gen
tcman's agreement on the one hand
that the pending question viii not ne
Calico until debate is concluded and
on the other that no person will talk
against time. Under tho circums tauc,s.
1t Is believed that argument Will not
be ended until the morning session
tomorrow. although there is n posi-
bilfty OF vote this afternoon II IS
not unlikely that tho special order FOR
tha lime grinding bill will be DELAYED
because of the Jordan bill discussion.
Colonel j. +. Templeton secured tho
passage OF bill requiring employees
OF the state departments 10 observe
longer oftice hours. making them from
o'clock 10 o'clock, and closing at
. o'clock on Saturdays lie believes
that this course will save money bv
reducing the number of necessary
clerks The present closing hour is
o'clock and noon on Saturdays.
Report on Wise Bin
The House Committee on Privilege.
and Elections met last night and with
out debate reported the Wise prohibit
tion bill involving n referendum which
allows the voters to decide between
Statewide prohibition and Statewide
license. with recommendation that n
do not pass. This puts II on the same
footing with the Jordan bill and Mr.
Wise will endeavor to have It substi-
tuted for that measure.
There seemed to be good deal OF
opposition to the plan to have the
State take charge Of and title to the
reform schools for boys and girls when
Senator Eciiols thought the time had
not como for such action. and Senator
Continued on Seventh nage3