The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-04

| WIZ pc reluctantly cut out. Other
changes will be made. and the cohIe..
ehce committee Will report IN a day
| or two.
tn appropriation bills. introduced in
| duplicate in the two houses went
through both with less discussion tina
| usual. which Indicates tho great care
aud thoroushncss with which the two
| Finance Committees performed thcig
! oncrous task
Lime Grinding
| Th- lime grinding bill, whica passed
the House on Monday by vote OF SIS TO
| 10, Is special order in the Senate 10.
day. but as there arc several other or
ders ahead of it, II Is not likely Il
| VIII be reach ed until Wednesday, 1t
! Is expected that Il will pass the sen
Lie though ii is likely that d lively
! llsht vii be madn against it, as there
was IN the House. It provides for two
grinding plants-one in the mountains.
to grind linn astone. and the other AT tho
| sale u tho farmers at reasonable
price. The Governor has advocated
| this legislation in his message and
| inc agricultural interests hava demand
eu IL. The persons. firms and corpora
tons engaged In the limo business have
| ncen equally active in their opposition.
out they have not been able 10 counI
tef-~eigh the pressure behind the bill
| IL Is recognized on all sides that IL Is il
| departure for the State to embark into
! mis- k!nd Of business, and il may be
attack I'd in the courts: but III, fact
that its ostensble object Is to give
employment 10 conviCtS may suvo Il,
Salaries of Supreme CourI Judges.
| The bill! 10 Increase the SALARIES of
! inc Judges Of the Supreme Cour; OF
APPEALS 10 $4,000. Of which -;pcakc.
Z r,nr f.n.
! me House Tuesday but was passed
on a reconsideration on Wednesday
! oN vote of 40 TO 20 1t is li.vcd
mat 1t Will pass the Senate also
F., Every one knows that tho judicial sal.
afies In Virginia are piti.uily small.
| yet lhere Is always Some hesitation TO
grant lhS an increase. In some of the
NoFthsrn States $4,000 a yea. Is not
considered too much for their Court of
! Appeals judges, and It is not con,endod
! that they have more rcspous bic work
10 perform or are required to be of
higher intellectual caiibre than our
: own supreme Court Judges l, seems
unreasonable to take men In the primo
OF life from lucrative practt.2s and
place them upon our highest court.
with a prospect OF mere living cx
penses. with no margin for providing
icr the ultimate approach Of age and
inhrmity. The honor. OF course, is
worth much, but provision should be
/ made for some thing moro than the bnrc
| necessities Of -ife
The Senate on Tuesday passed the
| Nohcurc-Bowers bill, providing that :.
loFclsh insurance company dong bust.
ness IN mis- State that ahall remove a
cause from a State court TO a l"edcr!l
court shall forfeit its license 10 do
business in the State II is intended
10 discourage long extended and OK
pehslve litigation, which by this means
may be imposed upon policyholdcrs
whose claims are contested. II has
oeen adopted by number OF other
states and mas been ju'licially upheld.
Inc House defeated Il bill to give the
insurance Commission supervision OF
5hc IRE insurance upon State property.
the reason given being that i, would
put IL In the power OF tie commit ssioncr
TO give a monopoly OF this kind OF in.
surance 10 certain companies, prcsum-
| ably in the city OF Richmond
The insurance bin introduced by
senator Holt for the purpose OF ,c-
cnacting VIVA, was known as the
| Wharton law has been passed bv in
the Senate committee, thus causing
the measures demise.
| Rolling Stock Law
| The rolling stock bill, which washcld
up In conference because OF "a differ.
~ W 'P'h'p'' as W we meaning OF
the phrase street railways" was
amended so as to exempt from its
! operation electric railways The con-
terence report was adopted by both
Houses. the bill passed and has now
gone TO the Governor.
| MiscclInn
so many bills have been acted upor
during the past week that It is i'm
| possible here to mention more than :,
few, On Monday. tho House passed a
total OF siXty-two bills, which Is the
| record for the session. There have been
ireported 10 the House sol bills. which
| Is 100 more than were reported during
| the session OF 1910.
The House passed the Byrd child
! TABOR bill; the Crcamer woman labor
f, bill; the semi monthly pay bill ro,
railroad employees. and the safety APP
| riiancc bill for slight precautions in
! shafts III factories. These four meas
! ures have the active support OF or
Sanized labor, aud there is Ia b,. an
effort 10 set prompt action upon them
| in the Senate.
Tho House has also passed the !or-
dan Byrd registration bill. providng
Tor tho printing Of registration lists
a most important bill wSich stands an
1 excellent chance Of failure in the SEN
rate
The Senate has passed the lIat, So
/ sreeation Bill; bill providing a de-
J rartmcnt Of mines. the Ciravatt Dill
Tor regulating The sale Of condlmcntnl
! stock and poultry foods.
The House has also passed these
{ Senate bills. which have gone 10 the
/ Governor: One authorizing tue ascer.
! tainmont Of taxes due OH real estate.
"nc reducing the minimum penalty fo,
| forgery 10 one year in the pcnitou-
! tinry one making the possession OF