The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-09
Jordan Will Ask House
to Take 1t Up Out
Of It's Order.
REQUIRES VOTE
OF TWO-THIRDS
Opponents Say Not Enough Can
Be Secured, While Some
Friendly to Measure May
Prefer Not to Give 1t Pre-
cedence-Hot Fight
Probable.

After the morning hour in the House
OF Delegates to-day, James r. Jordan,
OF lsle Of Wight, patron OF the prohibi-
ton enabling bill. will make a motion
TO take up that measure out of its rag
ular order on the calendar. for the pur-
pose of having It read 4 second time
and engrosscd. Mr.. Jordan said last
night that such was his intention ana
that 1T would be carried out unless
somsthing happens to work a change
In his plans.
Opinio.s differ az TO whether or not
he Will be able to secure the necessary
iwo-thirds vote to secure consideration
OF the bill out OF its order. Th4rc is Il
disposition on the part of memosrs who
might otherwise be friendly to take
the position that there is no reason
Why this particular measure should be
favored over others on the calendar,
when all the members have bills in
which they are as interested as MIR.
Jordan is in his.
Condition of Calendar.
There are thtrty-three House bills on
the calendar on their third reading.
awaiting passage, all of them uncon :
tested or local save one or perhaps two.
Then there are seventeen Senate bills
on thsir second reading. Coming to
House bills on their second reading. the
Jordan measure is pretty far down,
there being exactly 100 bills ahead OF
I. incluaing some of the most impor-
tant matters with which the General
Assembly Is compelled TO deal at this
session.
aIny Pass House.
II has at all times been the impress.
sion that the majority OF members in
the House favor the enabling act or
else are pledged to vote for 1t This
nas been taken for granted. although
neither side paid a great deal OF atten-
tioa to this branch In tina nominations
and elections Of last year. The Senate
was made the battle-ground. and it was
there that the Antlsaioon League and
the opposition concentrated THAR ef-
forts. 1t has been generally under
stood that the league lost in the Sep
tembr primaries on this issue.
At the last session the order of things
was reversed. Than the bill was in
troduced first In the Senate, followed
by companion bill in the House. The
Senate defs the STROBE bill by q
majority OF two TO one. Efforts were
made to get the Myers bill, in the
House. up out OF its order, but on two
occasions this was defeated. Once
there was tie vote and on the other
occasion slnaii majority favored TAX
ing II up. but not near the necessary
two-thirds could be mustered.
During the present session no ena-
bling act has been introduced In the
Senate at all, and the fight has been
altogether in the House. The bill was
reported from the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections. with reeommen-
dalton that II do not pass. Probably
two weeks will elapse before 1t can be
reached in Its order. and Mr.. Jordan is
evidently unwilling TO walt for this
but will try to get consideration OF IL
to-day.
This means inevitably one of the
hottest fights of the session, perhaps
the most intense. Opponents of the
measure say there is no chance of the
necessary two thirds. although Mr.. Jor-
dan said last night that he hoped TO
secure IL,