The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-02


ly funny feature Of the twenty days
OF the present session began to hap
pen. Mar. COX, having changed ms
vote from negative 20 aii.rinatNs,
arose ana moved the Recommendation
OF the vote by which the committees
had been discouraged from the c"nsia~
eratI6n Of the measure, ana then De-
gan in a leisureiy fashion the discus-
sion Of the reasons actuating him n
moving the reconsideration or the vote.
AS minute by minute the time VI
the House was consumed IL began ~
dawn upon the new memberi that ior
the nrst time in their lives they "sr"
actually In the presence OF parma
mcntary iilibuster.
After he mad been speaking for some
ten minutes Mr.. Cox giancing at tho
crock asked a page to bring MIN
glass of water Mr.. Williams asked
him how long he prop ,se'l TIC SPEAK
to the motion. The gentleman from
Richmond city, with i supera Guidance
of good humor. assured the gentle
. man from titles that he proposed to
speak until no had made himself clear
to the House. he iiow of oratory
then went ON for q few minutes. Tnen
MIR. Williams again arose ana declared
that a motion TO reconsider under the
and that II should have been n mo-
ton to recommit. MIR. Oliver in tbs
chair IN the absence Of the speaker
declined to rule Mr. Cox out OF ~crder,
and MIR. Williams appealed to tne
friends of the measure to stay mere
until midnight IL necessary to carry
| into effect the desires Of the House.
Proceeds With Dsiibsration.
Mr.. Cox continued his discourse.
He declared that important legisla-
! ton should not be undertaken In
hurry. There should be due delioera-
| ton. He told how In the course or
few years all the counties would have
/ railroads. He described the soil. ell
| mate. natural advantages apd beauties
h. of all of the counties that would be
| d, welcomed by the Richmond roanna
| line. He repeated the dose on All OF
| the beauties OF the Northern Neck
| counties, The House by this time was
| In an uproar Of laughter and talk, ana
! the gentleman from Richmond CITY
| appca,ed TO the chair that order pre-
| vail while he was speaking. The House
laughed again. ~
hungry. He said that Mr.. Cox was
going to speak anyway until the
| House adjourned SO why not adjourn!
| There was storm of noes from
| the House. which had determined that
n would not quit until Mr., Cox had
Welded the floor to prevent the mo-
| ton to reconsider from goving over
another day.
| Question Of Persecution.
Mr.. White, Of Rockbridge. would
rive an occasional dig at the orator
OF the day. who replied by Launching
! into an extended eulogy OF the Scotch
l,xyAA ~tn h,
the gallant people of RockbridRe.
This theme gave Mr.. Cox n good nve
minutes of oratoriacl ammunition, az
the end of which Mr.. White asked
him not 10 refer to the persecutions
OF Claverhouse as they did not COM
i pare with the persecution the House
was now undergoing
Mr., Cox replied that prosecutions III
C,ayerhouse were nothing TO the per-
sceutions ne was then enduring In de-
Tense of his city of Richmond.
| Al this iuneture OF the debate a
,Jretty parliamentary battle was fought
Mr.. Cox undertook. still holding the
tioor. to begin to make parliament
AIRY inquiry. Hardly had he gotten
the words out of his mouth before
Messrs White and Weaver were clam
oring for recognition to make the
point that MIR. Cox had lost the floor
THE chair ruled that Mr.. Cox still
held the floor.
Then Mr.. Cox approached his par
iiamentary inquiry In a dinerent way
He told indirectly what his parlia-
mentary inquiry would have been hat
he been permitted to make II and ap.
pealeA to any friend he might have
left on the floor to make the inquiry
for him. MIR. Montague. a fellow
sufferer Mr.. Coz. jumped to the res
cue and ths, chair gave the informa'
ton he desired.
1.-The F1e.h.Pots Of Egypt"
II was now nearly 2:15. Over OF
the east side OF the hall Mr.. Weaver
was serving a free lunch. In thu
goodness Of his heart. Mr.. White. OF
Roekbridge, invited the now perspir
ing orator to come over Tor som'
luncheon. >.
Mr.. Speaker. will not desert m,
people for the flesh pots of Egypt h
declared amid great laughter. Mr.
Cox had now been speaking SOM
three-auarters of an hour. He had
j evidently. not prepared for a long
sustained siege. The sight or soin'
Of his enemies fortifying themselves
for a long session with eatnbles had
discouraging effect
At ais o'clock, declaring that 1
had been the greatest privilege o
his life to address the House. he gav'
ut, the fight, the pending question wal
moved ana the motion to reconsider
voted down by an overwhelming ma
jority. The House then adjourned
having safely placed the Williams
rolling stock hill on the calendar.
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