The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-05
Committee Had
Refused Report
Action of Senate Yesterday
Regarded as Great Moral
Victory-Opportunity Now
Given For Discussion and
Action on Bill--H O u e
Spends Time in Talk.

senator saunders yesterday made
another Fight 10 get his bin, the one
dealing with the vice question of this
State, from the committee on general
laws, and he succeeded In that effort
He opened the session with a motion
To discharge the committee. saying
that II was desired to get the bill up
and have it discussed on the floor
OF the senate and TO get vote or
the same. He did not discuss the
merits of the bill In any way. sayine
that all the senator's were familiar
with that question and the general
provisions OF the bill.
Mr.. Garrett. the chairman, said he
would offer no opposition 10 the mo-
ton OF the senator from Middlesex
and he would not suggest that the
bill be taken MP. He declared he
would leave the matter wholly open
10 the action of the senate and let the
body dispose OF the matter as Il
saw fit.
Senator I-esner, Of Norfolk. moved
to pass by the motion of the senator
from Middlesex. saying that he
thought the committee should report
the measure one way or the other
This motion was rejected, and the fol-
lowing is the roll call on the PROPOSE
ton tn discharge the committee:
Yeas-Senators. Blanks. Brock,
Bs.chanans Cannon. Crockett, Drewry,
E.chois. Edmondson. Gayle. Grayatt
Hartman. Holt, Mspp. Saunders,
smith Sowder. Tavenner. Thornton
walker Watkins and West--y1.
a EfaafharSton Car
rett. Hart. Lesner. Massie. Montague
and Paxforl---T
Unless all signs fail there ts no
question that the members OF the
senate will have a chance to vote on
The merits or the bin before the end
Of the session, or there are few men
who would care TO go before the
country with vote staring them y
the face which would place them In
the class which seeks to permit the
evils for which the cities are noted,
No Equal Suffrage.
MIR. Holt, chairman of the Commit
tee on privileges and elections, made
report Tram -that-ear,s rsi.tee- an the
equal suffrage bill The recon-
mendatinn was that the bill be re-
jectcd by the senate.
IT Is known that the purpose of tho
report was to comply with a request
~ the advocates of the bill. who
wanted TO get 1t on the calendar and
then to have it take chances along
with other bills which are ALREADY
awaiting the disposition of the special
orders which have the right of way,
and there are several OF these yet to
he disposed OF after the primary bill
Is completed.
Protect Messenger Boys,
If the house shall concur in the
4 action of the senate yesterday the
messenger boys of the city will be
protected from going to places of bad
character at all hours of the night.
The bill In question Ia one which
prohibits them from working for tele-
graph companies and telephone COM
panIes after 10 o'clock at night un
less they shall be over ana above
eighteen years. Boys under that age
are to be allowed to work between
and 8 o'clock. and newsboys must
be over the age OF ten years when
they engage In the selling of papers,
while sgiris> are to be denied this
right until they are sixteen years OF
age.
Children under fourteen years OF
age are NOT to be allowed to work In
any shop, mines. store. factory,
brick yard or lumber yard. They are
not 10 De cmpioyeu as uetlNeEy uoys
during school term later than
o'clock at night. The bill Is one
which has the approval of the labor
organizations and is intended to pre-
vent the employment OF very small
children at very small wages and to
displace larger. boys, while at the
same time II gives the smaller boys a
chance to get an education.
Primary Bill.
The senate spent an hour and a
half ut the morning session discussing
IN primary bill. The motion Of
\ Mr.. Brock to reconsider the vote by
which the Sowdar amendment was
agreed to was adopted. and the whole
4 subject was again opened up.
There was delurge of amend
ments and substitutes for the meas
IRE, and before any vote was reach
"a the senate took a recess to 4
o'clock.
At that hour the senate resumed
consideration OF the bill. and shortly
4 before o'clock the Sowder amend
Anent. providing for Democratic and
Republican Judges at the respective
rarty primaries was adopted by 4
1Ote OF rs to Z.
I Mr.. Grayatt then offered at section
make primafieA compulsory. and
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