The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-27
FARMERS Use STEAM ROLLER ON
ATTEMPTS TO AMEND TINE
MEASURE. r.
GREAT . DAYS WORK
HOUSE PASSES NEARLY EIGHTY
BILLs--TAx COMMISSION -
SPECIAL ORDER FOR
THE DAY.

u reasviiapie srice 10 Tue farmers VI
mo state
lhe sum of thirty thosand dollars
/, is aLpiuprlaltd III Inc liza 10 es,au-
usn tiu,e krifulug pants and props
eriy euuip lnetn auu me management
OF me new departure is placsu IN Inc
nanus OF the iune puaru, culiiprised OF
the Governor, me COMMISSIONER OF
Agriculture anu the superintendent OF
the Documentary. me Vo,a on the
| bli, wnich was the senate suuslille
measure. came after II mad teen ue-
|. paleu on three successive Gays, the
| principal cause OF delay In reacnins
a voLe in the House ueing that ses-
eraI members OF inc uoay teit that
Tue weu.consi.se,. Il house measure
snoulo Dc auvp,eu instead or the SELL
ave uill.
The pill will mean eventually the
furnishing Of lime Tor agrlcu,.ural pur-
| loses al a doAIar a ton or less 10 tue
| farmers. plus cost of transporla ION
which, OWING to Inc raauceo tales lnat
| VIII be giver, on the raiiroaos, is not
! expected 10 De a serious CONSIDERATION.
| Deem II uoooosr,tut,onai.
tx number of The rouse lawyers
| expressed grave DOUBTS as 10 the con j.
stltutional,Iy Of the measure while
some declared 1t TO De CLASS legislation
| solely for the benent of a small pro-
| portion of the farmers OF the state
| however the trienas Of the innovation
| do not see that II is any worse t.
| have the convicts used IN the max
| lug OF lime tor use m improving tne
| lands OF the State than tor them to
| be used In the making OF shoes for a
foreign corporation within the falls
! Of the state peni,entiaIy,
| Mr. Weaver. of Warren feared that
| makers of concrete and other manu-
| facturers, as well MS the railways
| would purchase more than their share
, of the convict lime, and OF the
by-products of the plants. The House
however. declined to be impressed
with that view, ------------
Splendid Work of Gather.
| The House YESTERDAY passed fifteen
House bills, with Senate amendments.
| and the lime bill from the time IL
convened at 10 o'clock Yesterday morn
ing until its . O'Clock recess. In the
afternoon II passed stxty-three bills.
making a total of seyenty-nine meas
ures finally disposed of Yesterday, The
roll calls OF the afternoon session con-
stituted one of the features of the SEES
sion Committee Clerk IT. +. Gather.
of Winchester, who Ia aiding In the
rush roll calls SORT OF school DO,
frolic. Gathers rand firework was
largely responsible for the iars.
| amount of business gotten off the cat
I endar Yesterday afternoon.
cioaretts Ali pssses.
One of the important measures OF
tho day Yesterday was that Mr.. Utz
of Madison. making II unlawful to
sell or IA give tn any nerson under
eighteen wears at age. any cigarettes
arotto raner cheroots or cigars TIL.
cigarette evi, ba. been an marked
and has DOM so much damage a,nong
the bovs and younx men of the ma
ton that the House of Delegates OF
virginia needed but the opportunity 10
swat the evil II pa.sed the bill with
out o'is Ms u nThir5 nscr..n work
Mr.. Watts bill to prevent the op-
!. preston or intimidation of persons
held In custody or under arrest pass.
ed the House yesterday by almost
unanimous vote, ms measure Is
aimed az "na. - ,eal.,eo !" po',ne .l pa,
,ahoe tho a sa,i" ~ n'r,or sent;men,
~, Tho t;n,ea ~" ~
Mak.s Anti Treating Bill a Joke.
II the Fitzhugh Anti-Treating bill
ever lives TO get out OF the Senate
General Laws Committee 1t VIII be IT
such shape that ITS own 1ather WI.
absolutely oisown ~; IT., ~ - no. e a',. ~ :,
that inc ,ll.aso' - WIN n, shnna a,thaus b
. .na' ,,ou,n,,ttae is alleged to be in favo,
~ the measure provided that 1t is SC
amended that treating may continue
In hotels, health resorts. licenses sa
looms and barrooms--in facts almost
anywhere there Is anything WIN Mhi. L
to set en- up. ",. ,,s " ~ ,n.,,
no. espes.aas p ,r,a ,,,,..t 1.,rss,.,, nssns.
,ra which ia now In successful oper-
a,,nr IN many other states of the
Union. ana which was generally sup
rorted even by tho wet" men In the
House Of DELEGATES.
Tax Commission hi,i To-Day.
The soecial ana continuing oioe,
In the House to-day az the cAose ..
the morning hour VIII DC the pyro
I Tax Commission Dill wnicn' u 10 an
lticipated. Will occasion a very snarl
debate, A considerable Amounl o.
opposition is stu SHOWN tne "eas
ure, notwithstanding the tact tno'
there has been In some quarters
considerable change OF sentiment on
the measure.
Dreamer Bill Is Passed.
The Creamer bill 10 protec'
women and children VINO are EN-,
pioyed In workshops, laundrfes ana
mercantile establishments passed !ne