The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-11

| to aid local memorial associations III a
| caring for tho graves OF ConfederntdI
dead In cemeteries throughout thds
| State. - ~. w ~
Mr.. jennings presented. by request.
| a Dill appropriating $4,000 a year fon
inc next two years for tho relief OF |.
confederate women who are inmates OF
institutions and who do not draw pen.!a
sions.
a bill providing $4,000 to pay Con-.
fedorate pensioners the 10 per cent.
| which was deducted from their checks
In 1911 because Of tnsufioient ammo.
priatlon was introduced In tho House
by W. a. Land. of Nottoway.
sE
Tho intention OF bill offered in the
House by Harry R. Houston, of Hamp- 4
| ton, is to require towns and cities
which establish cemeteries outside their
corporate limits to first obtain per-
i mission from tho supervisors Of tho
county.
That the women OF virginia-aS
least part of them-want the Suffrage
and want It bad, is evident from tho
| large number OF square enveIoDes
| which pack the senatorial mall. Ono
Senator stated yesterday that he has
| received sixty letters from women DUR
ing the past week--all of them asking
| his support of the bill to be INTRODUCED
| at the present session giving the wo,
I, men of the State the same suffrage
| rights as the men.
| Wonens suffrage seems to have
| passed the stage of being legitimate
matter for jokes. and. from the busi-5
ness-like manner In which It is being
agitated. bids fair to take rank with
! the big questions which are before tn,
| lawmakers. Most OF the letters con.
fine themselves to formal requests for
support, while number of others go
into the matter more fully. advancing
arguments in Its favor.
| Fiowers. tobacco and eggs--eggs OF
| the better class. however-hgured in
| the decorations which ornamentcd
Senate desks at Yesterdays session.
Admirers of Senator e. c. T'olkes. ot
Richmond city remembered him with
| two large lunches Of rcd and white
carnations The less fortunate Sena-
| tors promptly multilated one OF the
punches for bouttonicree. but tho other
was rescued by a page. A large plug
OF choice chewing tobacco--one &c
senator Folkes's favorite diversions is
masticating the weed-was the Offer
ing OF Secretary B. O. James to the
| Richmond lawmaker
The eggs referred to came from Ren
+. owen, private secretary to Governor
Mann Senator IT. g. Fletcher, or
fHucuter. found them on his desIe
when he entered the Senate chamber,
sharing small paper box with a hale
dozen red carnations. The note ac-
companying the gift explained that tho
| eggs were strictly fresh, and that they
were offered to set at rest certain
doubts expressed by the Senator as to-
Mr.. Owens efficiency as a farmer
| y Joint caucus OF the Republicans OF
| the General Assembly was held yes
/! 'crday the members deciding upon
| their course in the Legislature SEN
ator J. Powell Royal, of Tazewel.
! was chosen as floor leader Of the
minority in the Senate. while Captain
| J. IT. Wissler. of smyth, will occupy
the same position in the House OF
! Delegates
II Is probable that party candidates
| Will be put up for tho United States
| scnatorshlps, receiving tho compli-
nentary votes Of the Rcpublicans in
the Joint session.