The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-06

/ declared that every consideration had
been laid aside except that of making
| fair and just measure and the
| redistricting bill had Teen perfected
regardless OF how any member had
voted on any question--and he hoped
| that some others could be actuated by
! the same motives in consideration Oh
the bill.
I Speaker Byrd, who was on the hoor
/ MIR. Williams Of Giles, being In the
\ speakers chaif--- made a pointed IN
/ quiry as to how 1t happened tia.
! Chesterfield county had been tackled on
/ to the city OF Richmond. Other MEM
bers were heard to criticise the ar
! rangement.
/ Mr. Oliver replied with some heat
| that II Chesterfield was making no
objection to the arrangement it did
! mot lie in the mouth of another to
/ oppose It,
Thought "Drys" Had "Raw'' Deal.
1 The gist OF the references to the
/ Chesterfield situation was that the
| 'drys" of the House felt that they
! had been given a raw deal III the
senatorial redistricting measure. At
tention was called by Mr.. Weaver that
Rockingham with only $4,000 popuia-
/ ton was permitted to retain its Sena-
I Tor. Mr.. oliver explained by saying
! that one delegate had been taken from
/ Rockingham. and that the Senator was
left to make UP for the loss. the coun-
" having an excess over the popu-
lation required for single House dis
| trict of some $4,000.
MIR. Weaver declared that the vote
| of Senator was two and hair
! times more weighty in the final set
| Element of public questions than that
/ OF member OF the House for the
! reason that there were but forty mem
| bers In the Senate while there We're u
/ hundred in the House.
| Mr.. Oliver turned the matter off
! with a laugh by asking the gentle
| man from Warren If it were not true
/ that a member of the House was
/ worth five times what "a Senator was,
! to which the Warren mah smilingiy
| assented
| Cities Not Given Undue Weight.
| Mr.. Oliver declared that as to the
Charge -iatiHated Tint the cities tTaCt
been given undue weight in the re-
districting program that no city in the
| State had been given H4aFe-feFfes+ff-
| tation than it's population entitled ii
to sape-ene iss- tho Senate and TINT
city. Portsmouth, had with Princess
Anne county. population of $4,000.
! All of the ether deficits had been
in country districts.
| Mr.. Oliver attacked the Wilieroy
substitute, declaring that it had been
| introduced because of the fact that
| the committees report had cQnsoli-
dated the counties of Hanover and
| King William into one district Civ
ing that district a population uf -, nqa.
| He charged that the object OF the
substitute. was to retain a represen-
| tation ofstwo delegates for this 5000
| people while the city of Norfolk with
q. population OF 10000, under the Will
fA'oy bill would only have two dele
| gates.
AT this stage the House received
sort OF thunderbolt,
Moves to Dismiss Bill.
Mr. Byrd arose and moved to dis
miss the original Charley redistrict-
Ing measure.
The House was wide-eyed for a
moment
Mr.. Norris arose to a parliamen-
tary inquiry. He wished to know
what would become of the substitute
in case the original were dismissed
The chair ruled that IL the orlgi-
nal were dismissed the substitute
would go with 1t, leaving the House
with no redistricting measure befor,
1t.
In order. however, not to hlocl
matters. there being several amend
ments pending. Mr.. Byrd Temperate,
, withdrew his motion to dismiss.
Mr.. Bell sought to get an amend
ment through making the Fourteenth
, senatorial district to be composed o
Culpeper. Madison. Rappahannoci
, and Orange in the Chalkley bill, in
stead of Culpeper, Madison, Page an,
Orange. But the House voted down
: the amendment.
, Highland Is Moved
On motion of Mr.. Templeton. o
. Augusta, the county Of Highland WI
: taken out of the Staunton district
= represented by Senator Echols, an,
added to the Seventh district, repre-
scented by Senator Rinehart
Y Alr. Stephenson declared that n
change would be agreeable to High
= land people.
1 The time having arrived for a vot
. on the amendment to take the coun
ties OF Highland and Bath out of iii
: legislative district with Rockbridg
n and the city of Buena Vista. MI
i White. OF Rockbridge, opposed IN
change. declaring that 1t would meal
:. the defeat of the distinguished gen
4 tieman from Bath. as Bath and High
4 land could not elect Democra
: without the aid Of Rockbridge. Fur
: thermore, they had combined popu
4 lation of but little more than HOO
: people. He declared that IL tn
a change were made, the gentleman
O voice tMr. Stephenson's) would neve
|. be heard again in the hall Of tn
: House of Delegates The Hous
/. agreed with Mr.. White. although MI
q Stephenson stuck out to the last 70
: the change.
( The hour Of . o'clock having ar
q rived the House took recess unit
: $3.50 o'clock, the special order goin
over until noon today.
a ! Afternoon Session . ,zs,s-e
i. When the House reconvened a
d $3.50 o'clock. the body took up Sen
i. ate bills on their third reading.
o Mr.. Cox arose and declared that
V while he would not venture to asl
the House to take up any bin on
. or It's order, there was a measure Il
regard to the militia Of the Stat
/ which the Governor had asked to n
advanced. Mr. Cox said that 1t wa
measure which meant that peac
had at last dawned in State militar
? circles. The bin eodIfies the mill
tary law. The bill was taken u
and placed on It's engrossment.
The evening session was almos
entirely taken up in the passage o
uncontested Senate bills. the frs
C contested measure being reached
short time before adjournment i
being Senate bill number 2 to proven
untrue. deceptive and misleading ad
vertising.
Mr.. Houston opposed the bill be
cause of its drastic provisions. de