The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-17
Senate Leaves Them
One Fourth of Rolling
Stock Revenue.
MINORITY HALTS
ELECTION BILLS
Republicans in House Cause
Passing BY of Measures to Pre-
vent Bribery-House Dis
misses Bill to Abolish
Teachers Pcnsions-Re-
fuses to Buy Painting.

Passage OF the rolling stock tax bill
dividing the revenue from this source
on Basis OF 30 per cent. TO the home
cities OF the railroads and 10 per cent.
to the other cities and counties
through which the roads run. was ac-
comidishcd Yesterday In the Senate by u
B tina vote of 81 TO s. The real test
! came on the committee amend :
ments TO the Holt Williams bill, pro
posing that 40 per cent should go to
the cities and tina, 50 per cant. should
be divided. on this proposition TWEEN
ty-seven Senators voted no and thirteen
Richmond and Roanoke will be the
heaviest losers by this change in pol
ICY, az they are the home cities OF
Nirg'nias principal railroads The
fac; thu; the rolling stock taxes OF the
| Norfolk and Western form ver;.
large percentage OF tho revenues OF
the City Of Roanoke will make that
community suffer the most.
House Likely To Agree.
Inc presumption is that the Sena te
amendments viii DC accepted hy tho
House. as the latter BODY passed inc
Williams bill dividing all the rolling
stock taxes without debate and with.
I ont giving any consideration as 10
"ha. basis OF distribution was. fair or
Just a heavy' blow will he dealt the
cities In this legislation. bu. Il lie 10
b. recalled that - per cent is not all
they Will save from tho wreck. as they
a4so get their share OF the IS per cent.
majors FolkeS. Hart. Drewry and
raul ought thu bill with vigor The
IatteTs remarks were generally con,
plimeniel for their force. especlally.
since ne was opposing the side which
would bring large revenues into his
county He pleaded for the state In
opposition 70 the arguments for my.
county and my ci:y.'' wh!cii had HON
so MUCH heard on the floor. senators
Royail, Bowers and IVES, supported
Almost the entire day in the senat.
having been occupied in constituencies
OF the rolling stock bill. the won,,n.s
college proposition was not reached,
nu' was made special ord.r for nex,
tuesday at 1880 O'clock. NAM =, i,s
advocates and OF It's opponents were At
ne capitol YESTERDAY in anticlna,j.1
mat II would be taken UP.
House Advances BiIIs.
In tho House Of Delegates large
amount of business was transactcu
special rule was followed intended "a
advance general bills TO which thsre
was not great amount OF opposition.
h"t the ten objection rule III force
caused the passing by. and probahIe
deieat IS result, OF the ChalkIey biits
designed 10 promote purity in cleo
lions The notable feature Of this is
mat IL was done by Republicans. Onlv
twelve hands went up on the motion
10 pass tho bills ny, and six of these
came from members OF the minority.
Without the latter, the bills would
have been engrosscd and would have
gone to their third reading. OF course.
the co cooperation OF a few Democrats
was necessary, for there are not
enough Republicans in the House TO
Lee, co-patron with Mr.. Chalkley on
one OF the bills, stood his ground Tor
the pure elections bills. an, aid not
join his fellow Republicans.
Southwest Democrats and others
united in passing by the Walton bill
providing for the election OF school
trustees BY a vote OF the people. Ine
Ninth District members do not want
measure which they say will result
in perfecting Republican machine IN
the Southwest.
Teachers Pension Secure.
Two bills Were disposed of under
the operation of the rule. The meas.
urc to abolish the retired teachers
pension fund. already reported un.
bly, by the Committee on Schools
and Colleges, was dimissed by vote
OF 80 to %. On TINS subject. George
l. Richardson, OF Henry. appealed from
q ruling of Speaker Byrd, which took
him from the floor, but got small sup.
port. This was the first appeal from
Mr. Byrd heard during me session.
and there was none two years ago.
The Speaker also figured in the re-
lection of the bill for the purchase OF
the painting, Last OF the Mooden
.,avy." which has hung Tor years III
the Office OF the Secretary TO the Gov
ernor The bill carried an appropria-
ton of $1,000. Mr.. Byrd asked II any
competent authority had passed upon
it as work of art, and expressed tho
opinion that, 1t looks to me like two
tin-cans in mud puddle"
Tic House, by a vote OF 81 to 50, re-
fused to ensross the bill and to adj
vance 1t to its third reading, which
means it's defeat and It's disappeacanca
from the calendar
The measures providing for FOUR
year terms instead of two years, be-
tween local option elections. the Bow
man bill requiring physical connec-
lions to be made between railroads,
the bill forbdding the sale Of cigar
cites to persons under eighteen years
of age, and that fo:bidding the deci-
sion OF appeals on grounds of improper
making up OF the record. successfully
ran the gamut of their second reading
and were advanced to their cngross-
ment.
Amend Repatriation Lows.
\ similar kind fate attended the
Continued on seventh paGc)