The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
HOUSE REJECTS
TEN AMENDMENTS
TO ENABLING ACT.
Patron Wants Final Bill
Drawn by Conference
Committee.
WINE EXEMPTION
NOT ACTED UPON
Senate's Plan to Substitute "For
Local Option" in Place Of
Against Statewide Prohi-
bition" on Ballot Does
Not Meet Approval
of House.

Ten OF the Senate amendments to
the Williams enabling act were re-
tected yesterday by the House of DeIe-
| gates. including the amendm ent insert
! ing On the ballot the term for local
I option" in lieu of tho torn against
| Statewide prohibition" the clause
| specifying who shall be eligible In the
proposed election. and tho provision
that should the majority BIO for State
| vide prohibition, 1t shall take effec.
! on May L, 1917. On motion of tho
patron OF the bill, Judge Martin Will
liams. the House adjourned at 9 o'clock
! without taking up the other four Sem
ate amendments, which related to tho
manufacture of wine and it's by-pro-
J ducts. and OF beer, In this State, to DO
| shipped outside OF the State; the ex-
omption OF cider, and the provision for
| preparing lists of qualified voters eligI-
! bic TO take part In the special election
and for posting them for thirty days
| before the election.
Asks Rejection of All Amendments.
I. Judge Williams pleaded with tho
members again and again to reject all
amendments and leave the matters In
dispute to tho calm Judgment of con-
| ference committee. He did not enter
| into my detailed statement of the
grounds OF his objections to the various
| amendments, but called on HIS sup
| porters to reject them all, even that
| for placing the term local option's
on tho ballot, to which no had indicated
there was no special objection.
| The lineup of the opposing forces
was fairly shown on tho first amends
! ment. which was unimportant a1d con-
sequential In Its nature. On page /,
l'line IL, OF the printed bill, the amend
ment struck out the words fourth
Tuesday In the next ensuing month OF
September" and inserted In lieu there
OF "timo hereinafter fixed for holding
same" 1t was understood to be
mere verbal change, q later clause OF
the bill fixing tho date.
j Wants Bill Shaped In Conference. ~
! II expect to oppose every single
amendment" said Judge Williams, mot
to be captious. but to insist that this
bill BIO gotten In proper shape. I have
entire confidence in the Speaker of this
House--in his fairness and impartiality.
and I believe he and the President OF
! the Senate will give us q fair and
square conference committee. be-
lieve that committed, in the quietude
OF Its own chamber. can work out these
differences without any chance of in
sorting anything that may cripple the
whole piece OF legislation. I. therefore.
move that we do not concur In any OF
| the amendments"
Mr.. White moved as substitute that
| the House do concur. and that the mo-
ton be divided as to each amendment,
This was in limo with the Myers resoIu-
ton. adopted on the preceding day. Mr..
Willis. of Roanoke. offered resolution,
providing that no member might speak
on any single amendment moro than
three minutes. Onc-third OF the ses-
sion had gone, and practically no busi-
ness had been done, he said. II the
members merely wanted TO hear inter
esting debates. he suggested that they
buy tickets to a Chautauq1a course.
| On point OF order, the motion Was
stricken out at tho time, but wan later.
renewed and adopted.
| House Refuses TO Concur.
| The roll was called on. concurrence
In the first amendments and the House
refused to concur--Hyess ~; noes. 81
as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Birrsll, Bonifant.
Gum. 4Aobson, Houston, Hughes Land.
Leedy, Lowry, Nftlstead, Mo-taguss
Myers. Nelson, Oliver. Philpott,s Pitts,
Price, Reed. Rabertson. spatis. Toney.
White. Willis, spealsshs CoN--29.
! Noes-Messrs. Adams, Baker. Barley,
Brewer, Brown, Browning, Buck, Cav
thorn. Chalkley, Cummins, Crockett.
Dalton, John Orr Daniel, j, William
Daniel Earman. Ferehee. Fiana gan,
Franklin. Grant, Grasty. Gordon. Har:,
ris. Harrison. Hartley. Harvey, Hefin.
Horner. Huff. Johnson. Jordan. Kent,
Kinsey, Lewis. Lincoln. Loopey, Malbon.
Miller. holland, Norris, Page, Powell,
Rev. Rolston. Francis w. Smith,
stearnes stecl. Stephenson. Stubs.
Taylor. Walton. A. G. Weaver, II. O.
Weaver, Williams. winston-54.
Pairs: Mr. Easey. voting aye, with
Mr. owen. voting no. Mr.. Tiffany, voting
aye. with Mr.. NIeetze, voting no. y
II voted yesterday to take these
amendments up ono mt time" said
Mr.. Norris. IT move TO reconsider that
motion. From the sentiment expressed
by this House. 1t will be mare waste
OF time. I believe a conference COM.
mittee can settle this matter as well
and expeditiously this House"
Wanted No Secret Conference.
Mr.. White held that IL would be a
disgrace to the House to dodge voting
on such important matters. or to al
low any secret committee OF confer
ence to settle such problems for the
body Judge Williams argued again
for refusing to concur I'm the entire
list OF amendments. in order that this
Senate might ask for conference
Both branches OF the General AS
scmbly." no said have voted by ds+
cisive majorities to submit to the poo
pie the question OF Statewide prohi-
bition. The two houses have disagreed
sharply on the terms on which that
submission .s to be made. The proper
procedure Is to refuse TO concur. lee
tho Senate ask conference and lot
that conference committee. representing
both houses draw this bill In proper
shape, specifying tho terms on which
the question Is TO DO submitted"
Mr. Norris though IL would bo bad
policy to spend another ten days ceny
sidering this one bill, merely to les
certain members go on record. whom
tho vote just taken showed dscfsively
where the majority WAS. Tie finally
withdrew mis- motion on notice from
the other side that In any event thu
minority would ask TO have the qplessSE.