The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-12
INQUIRE INTO Use
Of STATES MONEY
Weaver Resolution Will Sc
Reported To-Day From
Finance Committee.
DEBATES AHEAD IN HOUSE
Primary Hearing Tonight.
May Be Caucus to Settle
Redistricting.
DEBATES AHEAD IN HOUSE

With committee amendments, the
Weaver resolution for an inquiry into
the business methods Of educational
and eleemosynary institutions sup
ported by the pubic funds, Viii lie re-
ported favorably TO the House OF Dele
gates this morning. Mr.. Weaver will
probably call II up for consideration
during the morning hour and 1t will
IN that event be debated.
The House Committee on Flnanc.
changed the resolution SO as to pro-
vide for & committee OF only three
memhers-two from the House and
one from the Senate. The expendi-
lures are limited to actual travelling
and subsistence expenses. To both
these amendments did the patron
agree.
Mr. Weaver feels that the PROPOSE
tion has been much misunderstood and
misrepresented. 1t does not refer TO
any state department, as enormously
printed. He docs not believe there
has been q trace of graft. But he
docs believe that poor business man
agement has boon displayed in some
institutions and that the money of
the Tublic has been thereby wasted.
This condition he does not attribute
under Is present management, to even
the State Epileptic Colony, which he
used as an example in introducing the
resolution.
Will Be Important Week.
No man can tell what tho week be-
ginning this morning will Or ng forth
IN legislative circles II Is probubl
that the Senate will pursue the even
tenor of its way, passing "A few bills
and maintaining it's position on the
lid. But stormy scenes are no, at all
Improbable In the House Of Delegates.
First on its calendar Is the anti
treating bill, which will meet with op-
position, Its fate is uncertain. After
the disposition of uncontested ma
ter'al, House bills on their second
reading will be reached. AmonE
those which Will bring about debates
are the bill to prevent procreat!on of
criminals and imbecles, the bill for
tho establishment OF womans CO.
ordinate college. and the Joint resolu-
,ion proposing the sixteenth amend
rncnt 10 the Constitution of the United
States.
MIR. Jordan. the patron OF the pro
hibition enabling act was at his home
in Isle Of Wight county yesterday.
When he left the city Saturday he
seemed determined to bring the issue
OF taking the bill up out OF It's order
90 the front again to-day. 1t Is be-
lieved the opposition is daily growing
stronger, in view of the measures
champiored by other members which
they are anxious 10 see enacted Then,
too, the feeling is growing, as was
expressed by several members on
Saturday, that an EFFORT IS making to
club the House into submission to tho
WI of certain men.
This situation rather pleases the
opponents OF the bill especially In
view OF tho fact that the tactics are
delaying the coming UP of the Jordan
bill in It's regular order, which II IL
figured VIII be reached on some day
next week, unless the time is consumed
in arguments over suspension OF the
rules OF the House.
Primaries Tonight.
The fate OF primary legislation at
this session will be settled. In all
probability. tonight, when the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections
will take UP the Foatherston bill legal
ting primary elections senator
Feathcrston Will accept the amend
ments PLACED by the House in the bin
IN WHOSE vrepafation he collabora ed
with Speaker Byrd.
There Is strong probability OF Il
loint Democratic caucus TO settle the
divisions which as stated in the re-
ports OF the hearings before the com
,n!ttees, arose over the proposition 10
change the composition Of the Fifth
ISiSth ana Nlnth congressional DIS
tr!cts. Some OF the Halifax people.
especially Mr.. Stehbins IN the House.
Go not want 10 so into the Fifth, Willie
portion Of the sixth District delesa-
ton. especially those in and about
Lynchburg. protected vigorously TO the
committee against losing Halifax and
against taking Gles, Bland and Tazc-
wen from the Ninth. There Is be-
lieved 10 be TITLE doubt that the
changes will he made as reported by
the committee.