The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-26

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t,ublic Hearings ID - far az -Con-
gressionsl yvsppcrtionn,snt u con-
cernea were couciudsd last night by
the Committee on PrivllogeA End
kriectt0s1A AL who cared ia pc heard
on the suhject have Axd their say -
the tnree puDiic hearings grantee. and
tina eommlIlee wilt now cunpicte its
task In executive session.
taking II by and large the repre-
Aentatives OF the several districts who
sllove 70 eniig hten The COMMITTEE were
stand-patiers although sunacient OPP
position old not fail TO dsveiop at
tines - make the situation interest.
ing in several OF the distrlcts.
All the districta Of the state were
heard save the Third yesterday after.
noon. and last night the, Third dfs-
trict folk had their inning. The Third
district situation ~ once developed
what many think very Interesting
pciiticai situation. Political wiee folk
claim thas the addition Of Cheater.
held to the Fourth distttct Will ma
tertAliy enhance the value Of Judge
Waiter A. Matson's congrssalsnai
stock by adding TO that district biz
stAunch Chesterfield following. And
by tia sAsne token II II argued that
Col. John y. Harwcod will GEL = sub.
stAntial advantage nv the subtraction
tain John Lamb from the Third dis.
Htct, The sentiment in Chesterfield
seems divided. the people living IN the
Southern part Of the county. within thA
<sphere ct influence OF the city or
Petersburg desiring TO cast their lot
with rourth district people while the
large number OF Richmond people who
have gone Aneld to found themselves
homes ON the clay hilis OF Chesterfield
do not desire to dissolve the political
honda with uniting them with Rtch-
iuond.
Arcus Pre- and Cen.
Mr.. Howard Swinsford opposed the
change as citizen OF Chesterfield.
Mr.. ivey, one Of the delegates from
the county, advocated II, believing
that the change would make Chester
field a unit Of great political infiu-
ence. YAK
senator Wendenburg. OF Henrico:
Delegate Throckmorton, of Henrico.
and Delegate Montague. Of Richmond,
opposed the change. while Haskins
Hobson. Commonwealth attorney Of
Chesterfield. argued for the change.
Mr.. Hobson did not feel that his coun-
ty could Cooperate with Richmond
when the city proposed to make still
further inroads ON its territory and
taxable values by Annextn9 s0sna Of it,
most valuable property.
said that he merely represented this
city 1t Richmond. He would MT Sd
vocats the lsyislettnS Of : man either
In or. out OF oaace. The committee
had but 10 perform IL duty.
The Fourth District, with Chester
field. viii have about the average Of
population. while with Chesterfleid
subtracted. the Third District will
also have about tho average.
AT the afternoon hearing Mr.. Cool
rich. OF fredericksburg, asked that
his city and the county OF Gpotsyl-
vania be taken out Of the First and
placed IN the Etgnth District All the
other First District speakers and
practically all OF the Eighth District
representatives deAircd the existing
status TO bc maintained. II ID known
that Senator Holt. chairman Of the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
ElectiOns, n deutrOus OF adding
part Of the First to the Eighth Dis
trict. Tho Eighth now lacks aoras
forty thousand or moro OF having n
much population ~ It should have to
bring II up to the average, wanile the
FiFN mas some twenty thousand exr
cess.
Colonel y. p. Holland, representa-.
tive Ia CONGRESS from the second
District appeared 10 voice the dasire
that no chan9e DO made IN tbs llnsb
o. MS district, She Norfolk and
portsmouth delekations In tho A.
sembiy mayo expressed = lively desire
20 unload southampton On the Fourth
District. Friends OF colonel Holland
see N the proposal very strong bear
tn9 on the SUFFOLK mans political III.
ture.
The Fourth district people made 4
strong plea 70 be let alone but wanted
Chesterfield rather than Southampton
IN case chanss vas nscessary.
Tho stronssss pies for ! chang.
came from the "Fl9htinE Firth where
Denaocracy'e margin = OF Z perilOus
Inscription ThA pstiti0n atsss that
the vtfile DEMOCRACY Of Halifax b.
taken out Of the sixth. and given the
Firth. that th4fe Amikht no iongsr b4
doubt - 70 the result on election day
y the Firth. aenator Rtson saying
that It Wa a case OF Save mo Cas-
sius or ! sink II
Sixth district folk exprssssd = strong
DESIRE NOT 70 part with Halifax. M.
6tebbtuA. Junior membar from Hail.
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