The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-05

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After q prolonged discussion Mr.
Taverpcr withdrew the portion Of his
amendment which Mr. Mapp recrcated
and leaving his amendment to embrace
only those who were qualified to vote
ia last November's election. The vote
on this resulted In tie as follows
Yeas Blanks bowers, Brock. Buch-
anan Crockett Early. Edmonson.
FeAtherston, Gayle. Gravatt, Mapp.
MoBeure Rtnehart. ROYAL. Saunders.
Smith. Tavenner, Walker and West
Nays-Canuon, Catron, prewry, Fch-
oils Fletcher. Garrett. Hartman, Hart.
Hobbs, Holt, Lesner Masste, Montague,
Parr. Paal. Paxton. Rison. Sowder.
Thornton and Wendenherg
Lieutenant Governor Ellyson voted
no. thus defeating the Tavenner pro-
position,
No Padding of Lists.
MIR Mapp offered an amendment
which was designed to both protect
the registration books from being
padded, and dc justice 70 voters in
the counties and towns, who not hav
ing the inducement of June munich
pal elections to make them pay their
poll taxes in December, have not yet
paid such taxes. The amendment ad-
mtts to the special election all voters
who participated in the November
election. 1919 and such as were on
the registration hacks January l..
1874, who qualify by paying their poll
taxes. Mr., Mapp assured Mr. Hart.
who had declared for an absolutely
clean electorate, that he, too, wished
this, and he thought hts plan would
I insure this
III the electorate is enlarged. -
said Senator Mapp. speaking to his
amendment, 'it viii put back on the
poll books large numbers of vicious
rand purchasable voters. which were
/ removed by the constitutional con-
vention, If these voters get back
on the poll books IL will take an
s other constitutional convention To get
them off. II the electorate is en-
lareed IL will he possible tn send tele-
grams to a dozen places in Virginia,
and place 10000 voters on the books
ia twenty-fonr hours"
Senator Wendenburg objected -
Senator Mapp's restrictions. saying
that he thought such voters rs will
be duly qualified To vote in the No
Vemher, 1914. elections should be al
/ lowed to vote on the enabling act
| Senator West pointed out that II
the vote was restricted 10 those per-
/ now IT would he unfair to the coun-
/ ties
In the counties we will not have
elections this spring" he declared
! and there has been no inducemenI
for the country voter to quality him
self In the cities il is different There
wiH be elections in all the cities and
the voters have qualified Themselves
for those elections. If. however, the
/ Mann
would he perfectly fair TO all con.
Icerned
The Mapp amendment was adoptec
b. by the following ~Xote.--------
Yeas Blanks, Bowers, Brock
buchanan, Crockett, Early, Echols
Edmonson, Featherston, Garrett
Gayle, Gravatt. Hobbs. Mapp. Mon.
cure. Einehart. Royal. Saunders
smith, Tavenner. Walker, Watkins
and West~23
NaYs-Cannon. Catron, prewrv
iarman, Hart. Holt. Lesner: Massie
! Montague, Parr. Paul, Paxton, Rison
Sowder, Thornton and Wendenburg-
tl7
( Fight Over the Date.
The fight over the date on which
Statewide prohibition shall go into
effect in the event that 1t is ordere j
was then taken up, AS the bill came
1 from the committee the date liz set
! at May !, 1917, Senator Mapp moved
I that that date lie stricken out and
/ the date May !, 1915, be substituted.
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