The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-14
House Kills Measure
After 1t Had Been
Passed by Senate.
WHITE BITTERLY
ATTACKS LOBBY
Declares That There Has Been
Nothing to Equal 1t at Pres
ent Session-Vote Stood d47t to
4l, and Motion to Recon
slider Is Rejected, So
Fight Is Over.

lSy a vote OF q to a. the House of
/ Delegates last night rejected TIA" bill
/ authorizing the establishment ur :. co
| ordinate coll"G" for women to he ono
! rttcd in conjunction with tho I'niv.r-
! sitE Of virginia, though SO located as
! 10 prevent any form of c0ciuration
Tho bill had passed the Senate, where
II was rejected two Years ago and
until tn" nnal roll call both sides wcr.
IN doubt as to the attitude OF the
ii"nse 1t has been an issue since the
/ hrs, day Of the session, and has hc"u
both warmly defended aud bitterly at
tucked.
White Lends Attack.
Tho final debate was sharp to an tiri-
usual degree Tho vigorous attack or
tugh y. White on tlI. bill was one OF
IN" most vehement pieces Of debate Ut
! TINS session. and was known to have ii,-
huenccd several doubtful votcs. iIiS
description OF I'll" Si.e0p children of
school age in Virginia who can neither
read nor write ana who have pleaded
! for an increase IN the funds for the
common schools. and Of tho effort to
top or the school system Of the state
With a college for m" higher education
Of women at tho expense of the chill
dren OF the state, had It's effect on
, House and gallery
/ The vote VAS taken amid silence
I When the result was announced there
/ was prolonged applause, in which some
! women ia the galleries Joined.
Alumni of the University Of Nirgi inia
who have opposed the bill were openly
Jubilant. and those who have work ed
/, in season and out OF season for its
! adoption silently accepted defeat.
4 Advocates and Opponents.
1 Mr.. Houston, OF Hampton, opened the
debate for the coordinate college with
a graceful flow of rhetoric which few
members OF the House can equal Col
oncl Leedy opened in moro rough and
ready. style for the opposition char
hctcriztng IL aH nm effort not to pro
vide for tho education of the people
but q movement conceived in marble
halls 10 provide a class school for the
children of the rich. lie predicted that
while tho present bin carried no an
! propriation, the time would not he long
before tho institution would be de-
| manding 100000 wear Mr. Love az
! chairman OF the House Committee on
/ Schools and Colleges. spoke for the bill
| and Mr.. Johnson. of Scott County
against it. Mr.. Gordon. Of Louisa who
has been the watchdog Of tho treasury,
and who opposed anything that looked
TO Increased appropriations. made this
! the exception, and favored the creation
/ OF the college. Mr.. Gordon, Of Pulaski
opposed the bill, and Messrs Pitts, of
Albemarlc. and Field, OF Madison, spok G
in its favor
Mr.. Gum, OF Henrico said that he
! had come to this session unaltcrabiy
/ opposed to the measure, but the pre-
scntation before the Committee on
! Schools and Colleges, of which he Is a
member. had convinced him that 1t was
the right thing to do. He read statIs-
( ties to show how much the state was
doing for the higher education of men
and how little for women. Mr.. IIarri-
son opposed anything that opened the
{ way for coeducation, and Mr. Willis
spoke briefly for the bill
Calls 1t Greatest Lobby.
-l,i IL
the opposition. With $1,000 children
of school age in the State. who can
neither read nor write. the creation
of additional institutions for higher
learning seemed to him little short OF
| robbery.
II have never seen such lobby as
has been brought here" said Mr..
! White. Even the street railway com
pany OF Charlottesville, which hopes
TO haul the young women To the mems
college to classes, and the young men
to the womans college 10 classes. has
been here favoring this hill. Every
power that money could get has been
brought to bear on the Virginia I.cgis-
laturc TO pass this bill There has been
money for kilograms and long distance
| telephones. for printing. for the main
tenance Of men and women here for
lobbyinR-therc has even been politi- !
cal pressure brought to bear from
| Washington. The advocates OF this !
|
vantage; have used every possible ar
gument. Who is there here TO plead |
the cause of tho Ragged Mountain
children OF this state, who have neither |
the money for the commonest schools !
nor the money for kilograms and let
| ters and expensive printing and all the |
forms OF lobbying that have been re- |
sorted to?
"And what is it all for? They tell |
us il Is to create the topping off If !
our educational system And that !
topping on is to he accomplished by |.
further submerging the already sub |
merged portion at the bottom OF that |
system. we are asked to build a col |
lcSc for women at the expense of the |
| girls and boys OF the country districts /
OF Virginia"
| Mr.. Meetze spoke briefly. and Mr. |
itors. closed the debate for the advo-
Gates OF the bill.
! How They Voted.
! The voto was taken first on the /
amendments. all OF which wcro reject /
ed. and the roll was called on the hill !
as II came trom the Senate. IT was /
rejected. A TO ~. as follows:
! Ayes-Bakcr, Barley, Birrell. Brown
Chapman. Clement. Commins, Cousins |
Dodson, Duke Field. Grasty, Gregory. |
ton. Hughes. Lincoln. Love, Mcetze.
AIlstead. Montague, holland. oliver, I
Page. Pitts Price. Rev, Francis w. /
smith Harry b. Smith, Spatig, Slearnes. .
Steck. stephenson. Suubbs. Taylor, |
Walton, Willis. Speaker Cox--iI.
! Noes-Bonifant. Branscomb. Brewer. !
Cawthorn, Chall(lcy Crockctt D,ltn,