The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-26
ONLY ONE COUNTY
CHAhGESPOSIT|ON
Put Halifax in Fifth;
Let Chesterfield
Alone.
WOMAN'S COLLEGE
GETS HEAVY BLOW
Visitors Of University Ask Post,
ponement for Session-Byrd
Primary Bill Partly Discuss
cd in House, Which Passes
Bills Affecting Debt
Exemptions.

Iieiifax will In oil probability be
removed from the Sixth Congressional
District and placed In the Fifth.
II any other county In Virginia is
tt%ken from It's present congressional
Affiliations and put In another, al the
result of whatever redls,rictlng is done
b. the General Assembly at Its present
session, those who have watched the
course OF events at the public hearings
on tho question Will pc surprised. This
Il! spite OF all the delegations which
have como to Richmond, all the floods
OF oratory which have been poured
u2on the hapiess heads Of the members
OF the Senate and Hous. Committees
on Privileges and Elections, and all
the hours which have been 80 patient
u given By those bodies TO the sub ect-
These hearings wcra finally ended
last night. and within day or two
Tho House committee VIII report tho
Bowman bill, with some very inpor
tant amendments. These amendments
VIII be 10 strike out about all the
changes made In that measure In dis
1rict lnea. and leave the situation as
u was before the census OF 1910 was
taken. That is. OF course unless some
:lcw influences arises.
At the trst hearing on the question
II looked as though Smyth county
would be taken from the Ninth Dis
trict and placed In the Fifth, Blu, at
tho close OF an appeal made yesterday
afternoon oy u. r. buchanan. Of Mar
ION. In which he polnr.d out the I'm
ptaci!ca5!l!Iy o, such course. 1t
accmcd generally agreed that the
Ninth will be loft once more to work
out its own political salvation from
Democratic standpoint
Chesterfield stands Pnt.
Then camc hha consideration OF
Chcsterfeld. II had been supposed that
some frienda %. candidate would
want tina; county 10 go 10 the Third
II the lines were to be changed at all.
But the Richmond Chamber OF Com
;nsrcc took hand yesterday. and ap-
POINTED committee which presented
resolutions against losing Chesterfield
The Fourth District delegation In tho
Legislature generally expressed u wish
I" have no changes made. While Com
,nonwealrhs Attorney FIobson, Of Ches-
tcrheld. advocated redsstrictIng, and
said 1t would be best TO have his coun-
~ In this Fourth. and while Mr.. Ivey.
one OF the members OF the House.
mildly agreed With him. the influence
was the other way, and Mr.. 1vey said
ne would accede IL the committee
though: it J:st TO let tie State remain
nretty much as Il is.
Everybody said that populate lion
makes 40 difference 10 Congress. and
AS ncarly ody was satisfied with
things as they are. the situation vii!
be accepted as though 1T indicated
things as they ought 70 be.
Womnn's college Sleeps
To all appearances. the woman's CO.
ordinate college proposition was put
into 4 state OF coma from which Mt
least two years agitation will be nee
&c 70 q,
terday morning resolutions were pre-
scented to the Senate Committee ON
-, Public Instltutions and Education from
the hoard OF visitors. asking tho com.
Tittce 10 pass the matter ny for the
session Its advocates ware further
/ heard. but this was regarded by mem.
! hcrs as the dcathblow. Senator Early
offered an amendment prohibiting CO.
education in any department at the
University Of Virginia, whiSh was ac-
c.ptsd by Mrs b. B. AIunford. Eppa
Hunton, Jr., opposed the bill for the
alumni, and yvyndham II. Meredith
spoke for t. The hearing was not
concluded
In the House OF Delegates a, yester-
days session consideration was begun
of the Byrd bill lcgalizing primaries.
( about which so much has been written
lately, and which was considered md
reported unanimously on January II
from the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. When II was reached in
regular order on the CALENDAR thc
Speaker vacated his chair and took the
floor to speak for his measure. He par.
tally explained It's operations. AMI
was beginning to answer numerous
questions when he yielded by rcuuest
for motion to adjourn This makes
the matter unfinished business for TO-
day, to come up @t the head OF the
calendar 1t is generally believed tina
lie bill will pass the House
Having the primary bin on his hnuds
Mr.. Byrd. as stated in Tho Times Dis
patcl yesterday, did not seek 10 take
advantage of the special order regard
Ing his State Tax Commission bill and
ii Will probably be carly In next week
before II is taken up.
Two Mercbnnts' bills
The House did two things of impor-
lance to the public generally--pas sed
the bill which makes the statute oil
limitation as to store accounts apply
II the end of three years instead or
Two, and approved on lis second read
ing the measure reducing exemption OF
wages OF lahorinG men from $50 per
month to S26. Both these bills we're
advocated by the Retail Merchants
Association, and both were said to be
really in the interests of labor.
SeEutor John A. Lesner introduced n
bill to employ all the convicts of the
State In public vocations, SO that ncftt
would be Let to contract. 1t Will be
taken UP. with otiier bills on the sub
iect. hy the Senate and House Commits
tees Oh Roads and Internal Navigation,
which will begin consideration of the
convict labor proposition in joint ses-
zion on Monday night
The Senate committee considered the