The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-08

2:20 registered vote Of "a TO in
favor of resubmttting TO tire people the
constitutional amendment permitting
indefinite tenure OF Office TO city treas
urcrs and commissioners OF the rcvc-
nue.
Rev. W. II. Bowie, rector OF ST. Paul's
Church, opened the session CT the SEN
ate with prayer. and Lieutenant Cover
nor j. Taylor Ellyson presided. SEN
ator l1dmondson moved that the chair
be vacated for ten minutes TO permit
the Senate TO hear short addresses on
the subject of the Gettysburg celebra :
tlon. The motion carried. and Sena-
tor Edmondson presented Colonel Belt
Ter. OF Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg scmi-CcntGnninl.
Colonel BETTER told OF the special
commission appointed by the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania TO formu-
late plane for suitable commcmora-
ton OF the nftieth anniversary or the
battle OF Gettysburg. y similar COM
mission. he said, had been appointed BY
Congress. 10 asked the cooperation
of Virginia in the celebration. which
Will hold such deep Significance for the
North as well as the South.
The event. he said, Will he without
parallel in the history OF any nation.
Between 10000 and 10000 veterans OF
age, will be in attendance. and by their
presence testify TO the Complete heal
ing OF the wound occasioned by theii
hostility to each other nifty years
since. Such q celebration. without
Virginia" said Colonel Beitler. would
| be Hamlet" with the duke left out"
The browning event of the four-day
festival will be the laying OF the cor
| ner-stone OF the grea: Peace Memorial
on July (. 1919. III addition to the
veterans and thousands Of visitors,
there will be present to take part In
| the ceremony OF unwilling, the Presi-
dent of the United States. the Cabinet
| both Houses of Congress. the Supreme
Court justices. ambassadors and tho
Governors OF the various States and
; their staffs.
Commander-inChief Of the United
Confederate Veterans c. Irvine Walker
, in a short speech, seconded the invita-
tion extended by the state OF Pennsyl-
vania. and urged Virginia to respond
to the overtures OF her great sister
| Commonwealth. In doing so. he said
! Virginia Will only do itself honor.
Rcnewa Atsack on Bili.
Immediately upon the resumption OF
, business. the chair called up the treas
| urers' bill, which was tho special order
! for the hour. and Senator Walker re-
! had left of Monday. He recapitulate d
| the main points of his hrst speech on
| the bill, and proceeded 20 a further
arraignment.
Even II the Constitution of Virginia
| contained provisions that amendments
, to It be submitted separately. which it
| does not contain" he said, mo such
narrow construction as that contended
for could be supported. It would be
admitted by every high tribunal that
amendments pertaining to related sub
jects could be grouped together so as
! to permit of a single vote.
Senator Walker quoted from the de-
csiors OF tho Supreme Court OF Colo
RADIO, q State which has n definite con
stitutIonal provision requiring amend
ments to be submitted separately In
support of his argument that diferen,
! subjects. when allied In nature and
germane to the general purport OF the
amendment may be voted on by the PEG.
pie in single group. This decision
of the Colorado court, he said, has re-