The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03

y entcaey OF the right word ut the right
4 tme. was cyidcn, trom tho Hood Of,
which descended upcn thol
senate tho moment 1t WAS declared
open for business Throughout tn,
dttato steady stream of messengers.
1oVSht their sSay through the mult-
Iude crowding the Senate entrance,
5piiiEE tho desks high with yellow
51s.ff:tnnche or c&hortatiun.
2f Like the earnest argument OF tho
tspeakcrs, tho messages met with in
SdiRcrcnt response. The Senator'S re.
SerdGd as UNCERTAIN. were tho lnrses,
Iunercrs. beiont; interrupted every few
minutes by new kilograms and spcciui
delivery ,ctters.
M Right to Close Debate.
Lieutenant Governor J. Taylor Ely.
BON called the senate to order prompt
" at 10 o'clock, and Ecv. Ernest
stevens, OF Trinity Methodist Church
'oItcrcd prayer. In twenty minutes the
routine busineas was disposed Of aui
fshe chair called for ,h> special order.
preliminary skirmian between thos
wet and' dry factions began at once rs,
20 which side should mare the right,
TO close. senator Holt presented a :
resolution setting forth that whereas
khe Committee on PriviiSge ;pl Elec- I
Mons had sncn 1T To return AN adverse
sepoct' on The .iorduu bill, 1t should he
given the rinht TO speak last in sup
port of Its riiliu. 1t providcd ths
inc adNora,cs OF the measure spcaili
nrst: that The time be divided equally I
between both aides. and that the com |
nittee then conclude :lc debate mi
support OF his resolution. senator Holt !
Gohtended that the urwfi;tcn custom of
senate procedure accorded the COM
Htttce, reporting 4 measure adversely ,
the right 10 the last word 1
henator NaliSor could recall no such
custom in all his Legislative expert |
Gp - -l,..e,
mftfee rer"rtin@.a measure adversely!
shpuid enjoy rrcutor PRIVILEGES than
one rcporthsfs bill In the Affirmative. !
Insnppprtcd In Legal Practice. {
, Thc proposition laid down by thei
senator. from NEWPORT Nows." said sen !
etor. Walker, 'ia opposed 10 all legal
practice. The side bearing tho burden ,
is by common consent ,.ivcn the right
10 conclude debate, and soc no reason
why the proponents OF ihis bin should
be deprived OF that right. They have
the burden of the issue and they arc
entitled TO the last word"
senator Tucker supported his col !
league NO lawyer on the floor Of the
! Senate. he thought, coul.! deny the jus
tico of the claim advaEced by Senator
walker. Senator Featherston spoke 10
The same effect. no adopt the Holt re-
solution, he said, would be iantumounti
20 laying, down a rule that whenever
a committee reports Il bill unfavorably,
IT becomes ipso facto Il commemorative
attorney with tho mission OF pursuing
tho measure TO tho saliows.
Resolution Withdrawn.
Tho determined attack on his rcso.
luton caused Senator Holt to consen,
to its withdrawal In doing so. he said
he did not alter his opinion in the mat
Ter He SIN thought that the COM
Snittsc was entitled TO the last word, and
GROW the attention of tho Senate to the
mol rttlI =
in the House during the present ses-
sion. He yielded, he said. in the Ia
Herest of harmony, and from willing
ness to resolve every doubt in the In
terest OF the side having the urges,
burden.
Senator Lesncr brought the Jordan
measure before the Senate with mo-
ton to dispense with the constitutional
reading of the bill on three separate
days. The motion received The afiirmu
1.-Two voto OF every member except Seen
ator Follkes. who voted no. II have
voted for this so many times that the
'dr%s' refused 20 vote with nc, that
don't want 10 vote together with thnn
even this once" he remarked In an
aside.
Committee Rcp"rt ..i-ccuiinr."
The first thinG tibet strikes me in
connection with the Whole proccedlug"j
taid Senator Walker opening The argu-
m"ht for tn" advocates uf the measure
"is the peculiar form OF the commit
ICES report
Tho Committee or privncees ana
Elections was no, content with re-
pofiing the bill IN IN" usual manner
With the accommodation that II do
not pass. but went out of its way and
added en- opinion thot the bill 81 IN.
ccnstitut!onal."
II cont know whether the commit.
See intended that TO he an apology for
Il was both. 1t Is perhaps fair 10
assume that the committee thought
well Of the Hill md the object Which
Il sought. but that its uuconstiiu,jon-
atty was in the way. Think It is
Sair therefore I" assume that the COM