The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-12
HEARD GENERALLY
AROUND CAPITAL

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Among the most interesting meas
ures introduced yesterday In the House
was that BY Mr.. Cox. which pro-
hibits clerks from issuing marriage
licenses, under penalty OF from SIS to
$10o, to parties who at the time of
making application are under the In
fiuence OF intoxicants. or who are
known to be habituai drunkards, or
to an insane person. imbecile. or who
10 u sufferer from certain diseases, or
who has been an inmate of insane
asylum or an institution ror indigenv
persons unless II satisfactorily appears
that such person has been discharged
from such institution.
30 fearful have the Legislators been
that the veterans will not get their
pension money In full for the year
1911, that at least three Of them have
introduced bills to appropriate $40,-
600 to make good the deficiency.
The House and Senate committee
on privileges and elections will hold
open sessions on the nights of Jan
uary "a, % and rs, Tor the purpose or
hearing all who are interested In the
matter OF redistricting the congress
sionaI districts OF the State. After
held the committee will positively de-
cline to reopen the matter. and will
proceed to make it's report. Senator
Saxon w. Holt will today be named
chairman of the Senate committee on
privileges and elections, and Judge
Martin Williams Is The chairman OF
the House committee. There will be
radical changes OF lines. the most
radical OF which will be In the lines
OF the Ninth district. and there Is no
danger that the interest of prospec
| tive Democratic candidates will suffer
| In the transaction.
An innocent looking measure was
introduced by Mr.. Coleman. Of Nor
folk. 1t clips the powers of magts-
trates In the counties and in cities
which have no corporation courts.
giving the circuit courts exclusive
original Jurisdiction over all offenses
committed in their bailiwicks Now
such offenses as the gentlemen OF the
race track were charged with in Nor
folk county have to be tried before
q magistrate.
Speaker Byrd and Mr.. Dreamer In
troduced bills looking to the safe
guarding of children and female op-
eratives. Mr.. Creamer's measure ap-
plies the existing ten-hour law to
workshops. laundries and mercantile
establishments, 1t now only applies
to manufacturing establishments.
and gives the messenger boy and boys
employed as carriers Of newspapers
the protection OF the law.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Bells action
i In introducing bin - ratify the In
come tax. amendment to the Federal
] ConstItution. there ~is--ltttIes ehepe for
the measure at the hands OF the pres
ent session OF the Assembly. The
members generally, feel that II Is
placing In the hands of the Federal
government an opportunity TO In
crease its income at the expense of
1.-THE States finances
Captain Curtis Ia deeply immersed
in fish and crabs. He now stands
sponsor for a measure to prohibit
|nonrestdents Of Virginia from taking
oyster. crabs or other shell fish In
the waters Of Virginia. He Is also
after the menhaden folk. shutting
them out from certain waters in the
lower Chesapeake
Mr.. White. Of Rockbridge. has n
measure OF considerable interest to
lawyers. 1t provides that in no ac-
ton tried before q jury shall the
trial judge give TO the jury a peremp-
tory instruction directing what YER
dict the jury shall render.
Mr.. stephenson. OF Bath. IL going
after all forms Of gambling. He In
troduced measure yesterday to pro-
hibit any person TO bet. wager or
play Ut amy games for money Or
anything of value. There 10 a gam
bling now which 10 not gambling un-
der the law. Mr.. Stephenson would
outlaw all gambling.
Die Fortunes In Germany.
| The essential matter OF . recently
sapprese>d 4PrussiAn .tsasasas book
gradually cosnan& 70 Light and = con-