The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-04

| other soutlet for the use OF the con-
victs OF the State. such "a are not
thought proper 10 place on the roads.
Conference Committee Today.
The House on Saturday shortly after
midday passed the general appropria-
ton bill as amended. Following the
usual routine the bill will go to the
|! Senate this morning. The Senate will
decline to concur with the amend
| ments and conference will be called
for. Each branch Will appoint con-
ferees. which VIII include the chair
men of the House and Senate Finance
Committees. and there Will then be
some considerable sparring. On Sat
urday Col. Bowman stated that the
measure as adopted by the House car
ried considerable more money than
he was willing to see appropriat ted in
tho existing condition OF the states
finances, and he declared that there
would be some trimming down by the
conference committee.
1t is probable that the work Of the
conference committee Will be prompt
~ done so that the House can reach
a final conclusion on the matter by
Wednesday.
The only addition made to the
MEASURE Saturday morning WIS ttTe
sum OF s. 900 which the House voted,
after considerable discussion 70 the
Virginia BolXtacha!e- Last it.ite- rAstef-
ing the appropriation to the amount
carried in former measures.
Ono Increase Fails.
On Saturday Mr.. Meetze, member
/ from Prince william, made a deter
| mined fight to have the amount a F.
/ a fpn of IN
/ fund for the maintenance of district
agricultural high schools increased
! from $4,000 TO $4,000. When the
| members learned, however, that this
1 would lessen the funds applicable 10
! the smaller schools, there was SC
| much objection that Mr.. NeeEEe Of
| fcred a substitute adding separate
| Item of SIS, 600 TO the appropriation
| bill The amendment was voted
down. although the member from
! Prince William made one of his
! enthusiastically strong speeches or
| behalf of the amendment appealing
| to the farmers in the House to come
| to his support Col Bowman, chair
! man Of the Finance Committee, said
| that he was q farmer. that he turned
| his first furrow the day Abraham Lin
| coin was inaugurated President, but
! that there is very much difference
| between farming and getting, up anG
| advocating an item in an appropria
| ton bill when there is no money with
! which to meet it,
/ On final passage in the House the
| appropriation bill received IS votes
| there being two noes recorded
| Messrs Jennings and Webb, Mr.. Jen.
nings stating that he favored the bill
originally reported from the commit
toe t,,,f ~ -
amended form.
Two Bills Defeated
The Watts bill, which permitted
any city or town to employ any com.
petent person 10 perform temporari.
lN the duties of any office created bl
| the charter or ordinances of cities al
towns. was defeated, having failed al
n constitutional vote. The object o
the measure was To enable munich
palities TO go outside of their Dor
ders for the purpose of getting eff
Client men for any public purpose
Certain local interests In Richmond
which brought about the death of TIL,
original Montague bill. having tn
same purpose in view. fought thi
measure. Mr.. Creamer, of the Rich
pond delegation, leading the fight o,
the measure,
In the course of the discussion Mr.
Montague took occasion to explain
to the House that he had offered hi
measure because he believed II was ,
good one and that it should hav
become Il law. He said that hi
brother-in-Iaw, born and bred ii
Richmond. and the son of Richmon,
man. was dcbarred from taking
position in the gift OF the city becaus
he lived across the bridge in Bartol
| Lois L.. LA 4
law was the best equipped man I,
the community for the position, am
he had no apologies to make for hi
action in the matter.
Questions of Personal Privilege,
Both of tho morning papers o.
Richmond figured In questions o.
personal privilege Saturday. Mr.
IIarwood, or Richmond. read al
anonymous communication which
was printed In the columns of tn,
Times-l'ispatch on Saturday morn
ing, in which Mr.. HARDWOOD MAS Ian.
+ basted FOR an alleged motion to dis
miss resolution to investigate tn,
state Department of Public Instruc
ton. AS Mr.. Harwood had mad,
no such motion he felt aggrieved.
Mr.. White. Of Rockbridge, declared
that he had been placed In wron,
light by the Richmond Virginian, IL
that his actioA in moving to cut dow1
the salary of the penitentiary sur
geon had been attributed to friend
ship to the deposed surgeon, Dr. C.
V. Darlington. He disciaimed any
such motive, declaring that he hat
made a motion to reduce the salar,
solely for the reason that the dutie,
OF the office OF surgeon would be Sc
curtailcd that the required salary wa
fair compensation for the service
required. He thought the reduction
should be made solely from a. bust
ness viewpoint. and that was his SOLE
idea in moving to that emo.
Insurance Bill Defeated.
Senate bin No. rs to regulate in
surance on public buildings was over
whelmed by a vote of SO to-15.-I
placed the insurance OF the building,
under the State Insurance Commits
sioner. although it had been ~
amended as to leave 10 the variou.
boards in charge of the State insti
tutions the actual placing OF tn,
business. The House sstill SHE'D a
the Capitalization bugaboo. and the
present happy-go-lucky, haphazart
system Of insurance will prevail.
Under the existing lack OF system
there is no complete record KEEP
showing the actual amount OF in
suranee In force on the various prop
critics OF the State or the cost there
OF. one of the objecrs OF the bill
was that proper record of tn,
States insurance might be kept II
the ONCE OF the commissioner. 81