The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-10
Declares Editorial Carbled
Facts in Repeating Question
''Is President Wilson Moral
Cowarda"
"BRAVEST, TRUEST
MAN" IS REPLY
Anti-Shipping, Coordinate Col
lege and Tax Commission
Bills Take Time a t
Named Special Order For
Today.

Yesterday started out like busy
day for the senate, but the amount
OF real business done was small, up
to the time the hour for the recess
at O'Clock arrived Almost one OF
the first things to engage the atten-
tian of the body was the arising of
Senator John NJ. Hart. of Roanoke,
to question Of personal privilege.
growing out Of an editorial in The
Virg.nian Monday morning. Mr.. Hart
was considerably agitated when ne
arose, and he spoke with great de-
liberation. lie declared that the at
tack of The Eirginian was unJusl-
fable He said:
II rise to d question OF personal
privilege. on Saturday. during the
debate on senate bill 4u9. the QueS-
ton was asked If this senate was not
willing to follow the congress of the
United States in this matter. To which
the reply was made. Not If they are
moral towards. Later on another
senator asked the question II any
senator en the other aside would aver
that Woodrow Wilson Is a moral COW
ard The question was not addressed
TO any senator, and as there had been
no insimAt!on that Woodrow Wilson
was a moral coward no notice was
taken OF the question.
This morning. in The Richmond
NirElnian, in a most unwarranted edi-
tor al in which the facts are ali gar
biFa the editor Ut that paper calls
upsn the senator from Roanoke or
the senator froln Norfolk 10 answer
the question. | arise for that pur-
pose. / never made any such init
NATION. and the paper Is not JUSTIFIED
In calling upon me to answer. Eut
am CAD of the opportunity. l con-
cider our president the hravest, truest
man on the American continent. and
further from being moral coward
or any other sort OF coward than
any man know, and the inumatlon
In The Virginian is outrageous in the
extreme"
Anti Shipping BILL
Mr. Mapp made an effort to get
UP his shipping bill and to have
it made the special order for today.
but ne did no; succeed in getting the
necessary votes for that proposition
He received more than a majority,
but tweaty-seven were required 10
take UP the bill under suspension
OF the rules He declared that his
purpose in asking a suspension OF the
rules was to make the bill a special
order and to get 1t out of the way.
Co-ordinance College Bill.
Mr. Wendenhurg made a great
fight to have the coordinate college
bill made a special and continuing
order. He moved that the bill be
taken up out OF It's order and declared
thai he and the friends or the Dill
were ready to submit the whole mat
trr To a vote OF the senate without
a word of argument or debate. lie
declared that the times were demand
ting that some sort OF provision be
made for giving TO the women OF the
State an equal chance for getting an
education that was given to the men.
Ills speech was a powerful appear lor
the recognition OF the claims or the
women of the State for an educatiohai
Institution which shall be on root
ing with that OF the men--that Is.
one In which they can get an eauca-
ton OF the higher sort without hav-
Ing TO leave the State The senate
voted with him and made the bill
snecial order, but before vote could
be reached the pending special order
was reached and the bill went over
This fight will be renewed today.
and there is a belief that 1t Will be
made early so that vote can pe
had before the tax commission niit
is taken up for consideration. Yes,
terday the senate refused to extena
the ttfIit All Vfa%A w ~~'~''
the college bill.
Tax Commission BIZ.
The senate spent an hour ana a
half in discussing the various phases
OF the tax commission revision propo-
sifion. There are four measures pend
Ing in the senate, one or wnlcn mas
passed the house. some OF theHi
n provide for a commission OF twenty.
nne for a commission Of ten, another
,{revx re Arfa an0tneT
Tor one Of seven. They are all being
advocated and all opposed. The
measure was under discussion when
the hour for recess arrived.
Mr. Walker, who had onered
rr,nnsition for Ave. to be named by
the governor, moved that the senate
6rst decide on what basis II would
stand---whesther for commission con-
sisting Of legislators or commission
10 be named by Governor stuart m
dependent Of the general assembly.
supporting this proposition. MT.
nison offered a resolution Tor dis
missing the walker bill, thus seek
trr Ia have the senate determine II
fhe1 commission should be composed
nf members OF the legislature entirely.
ronnposed OF citizens and legislators
81 wholly OF men not identified with
the legislature.
~ There was Eooo uSda " uop"to
an this proposition. Senator Fletcher
favored the small number. or the
walker plan. and Senator Featherston
onnosed referring to the fate Of the
r.t,mmission which made q cofnpre-
hensiye study OF the proposition two
years ago, and which was composed
81 others than legislators, the report
4 being thrown aside, He believed that
I me commission should consist Of
III (Contiuued On Third PAges1