The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-14

voted or not. without exemption or ex-
ception, unless possibly, for senti-
mental reasons. the old soldiers.
s. Not with the present schedule Of
ices. for many fees are provided for
that no officer collects, for the reason
that they would rather lose them than
collect them. and to leave these same
fees IN effect and require the officers
to collect and be responsible for them
would work hardship.
O. II you mean persons who make
a business of lobbying, IL there are
such, All right; but IL you mean that
the citizen who goes TO the Capitol to
represent q single client or community
! 9iViuuai measures, no. If he present
his arguments in n proper and legiti-
mate manner, do not care whether he
is paid for his expenses or time or not
IL. or course. j think the enabling
act should be passed the first thing
and gotten out of the way Of other
business, for the people OF the State
are going to keep IL in the way. and
prominently so, as 1t has already been
IN the way" OF some candidates. till
IL is settled.
Personally. I would prefer that It
should have been a straight State wide
prohibition bill. and would have voted
lSr ta eh nssTay o9, as people
other way. ] am willing TO take pro-
hibition after the people have voted
for 1t. as they will If they ever have
one important consideration for
every member Is to stand strongly
against the rush that is going to be
made for the surplus. so called.
Already we see and hear many signs
of It, liberal approp,riation as pos t,s.,
be made for the few remaining old
soldiers; the public schools should have
all that can possibly be allowed them;
institutions must, be provided for and
their needs supplied to give them the
greatest efficiency and prevent any
but further than this. as well as in
these cases, the greatest care must
be exercised and economy be the word
mandcd. salaries to be increased, more
Judges to be elected, new schools to
be established, etc.
Salaries shout dnot be Increased Till
we find that the men who now hold
the positions are not competent. or If
competent will not continue to hold the
mcrcial or other business pursuits offer
them better opportunities. and that
higher salaries are necessary to get the
right kind of men to do the work In
crease no salaries just because the
men holding the places are good fell
lows" or good politicians and their
cor ahf Of the s senate mat e areads
sseia dee 70 an Of
any considerable rush to give up the
places, and when there are any va
cancles there are always plenty of
candidates ] am aware, too. that
somebody will say that only half of 1t
comes from the State. hut the balance
comes from the counties where the
hardship is greater, when two or three
counties must share the expense that
! should be shared by four or five. II
is also proposed to Increase the num-
Der of Judges. although increases have
the number Is now thirty-one instead
Of twenty -four. that the Constitutional
Convention thought sufficient Thirty
one judges can and should do all the
work required. Encouragement of the
circuits and readjustment OF the work
arc what Is needed.
One member in arguing for a new
district claims that before tho last
session two Of the judges had agreed"
to rea ~ Of their districts to