The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-28

cred bill TO come to Anal vote.
! question of personal privilege. referred
10 sermon preached in this city sun
lay BY Rev. II. D. c. Maclachlan. He
| said no man had more reverence for a
| nan of God than he. But when a
nan, though he be a preacher. gets
Shere a layman cannot reply he steps
beyond the bounds of his profession. J
'aid In my speech on The enabling aci
that there are preachers who couldn't
make u living in the pulpit. mixing in
politics. l here repeat u.
DR. Machlachlan said that because
OF the low moral tone and fippancy and
.ulgarity OF the member who made this
| 'emark. ne should be defeated for re.
election. i shall not take the same ad-
vantage of him that he took of me. But
| any man fcsls aEgrirvci at anything
1 say, 1 throw the gauntlet down. Let
min take OF his robe and l shall dc
iend myself"
Oppose Education Bill.
Speaker Byrd took the floor TO opp ose
the Senate bill. OF which DR.. Grevatt
was the patron. requiring a course Of
( civic Instruction in all the high schoole
! The Speaker said that too much +.
taught now in the schools. and the
ctildrcn cannot ussimiiate 1t Their
ana fancies and frills, and they are not
taught properly TO read and write and
cyphci. Their immature minos are
ovcrburdeued.
Further. he did not think the parents
should be required TO buy tho addi-
tional book.
! Chairman oliver. of the Committee
on Schools and Colleges. said that no
books would be required, as the In
siruction would be solely in the form
Of lectures,
Entirely agreeing with Mr.. Byrd.
Hugh y. White said that II was ridlcul-
Gus to try to leach this additional
curse in the schools.
AVID, From Essentials.
There is II great tendency to get
away from the essentials. said MIR.
Stephenson, of Bath He thought it a b :
surd that this study should be added
to the public school system
/ It was equally absurd to argue
against this bill, said Mr.. Stephenson,
of James City. 1t would go a long
way toward broadening the minds OF
the children. who are growing up with
out knowledge OF how the governmen nj
! j. conducted.
| Civil government is now part of
the graded school course. SAID Mr.. Luns-
ford, and the pupil is supposed TO have
completed it before the high school Is
reached. He thought the bill would
be likely to result in tho purchase OF
another text book.
: high school student should be
: alarmed, said Mir. Page. to leave school
| and know nothing about the govern
! mcnt
| Mr.. Smith offered an amendment
| striking out instruction and insert.
| ing lectures. 50 rs TO make il Ger.
! tain that there should be no books
! RMS was lost as was an amendment
by Mr.. Evans that the study should
take the place of soinc other.
The bin was defeated. IS To 30.
Condemn for Trnmronds.
Next was Senate bill to facilitate
the development of the resources OF
the State by providing ways Of III.
gross and cgress for mining, manu-.
featuring ana underwriting, to au-
thoriZc proper passways. tramroads,
hauiroads and other means of trans
portation over the lands OF another or
others"
MIR. Lunsford offered sundry amend
ments designed to put the decision in
cases of condemnation under the act
in control OF the court, SO as to pro-
teci the owner
Mr.. White, of Rockbridgc, said il
was bill to allow & corporation to
take private property for public pur-
poses. lie was willing To agree to
any rca sonHhlc mea sure to allow egrcss
over wild and uncuitivnted land. But
there was nothing in this bill which
requ red that the land so taken should
be shown to be for the public benefit
Held Up by individuals.
This bill Is extremely important in
the Southwestern part of the State
said Judge Williams. There are con.
Germs holding mineral and timber
lands which they are anxious to de.
| Ve!op. adding to the prosperity of Nir-
/ Sinia. vet have no means OF getting
the product out. y few individuals
can prevent egress. This bill was de-
signed to permit the use of land for
tramroads to haul ont the material,
/; and. after the work Is done, the land
1 reverts to the owner He instanGed
F.! one case where a biz industry is being
held up by man whose property Is
J worth perhaps s50o.and wants $4,000
/ for a right OF way through II. Similar
laws are in effect in many States. he
| said