The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18

possible TO secure tho four-nfths ma
iority to suspend the constitutions
readings. II Is believed that tho bill
VIII be pressed to II ilnal vote In tn,
House by Wednesday.
Following the Joint session for con.
i firmation of executive appointment:
yesterday. Delegate Brewer moved thai
when the House adjourn. Il adjourn t
Tuesday morning. Monday, he re.
General Robert T.. Lec. 4 State holiday
and Furthermore Il new carpet has beer
purchased for tho hall. and II is desired
TO have time to put 1t down.
No Adjournment Monday.
Mr.. Gregory. OF Now Kent, thought
the present carpet was good enough
Tho new carpet could be laid next sum
mer or any othor timo WHOM there was
no pressing business. MIR. White agreed
that the House had not n moment To
spare. Mr. Montague supported the
adjournment. He was not so much
Interested In the carpet as in honor
ing the name of Lee but Mr.. Love was
certain that IL General Lee were pres
ent. he would toll tho members TO get
To work. The House refused to adj
journ by vote OF 81 to 81.
The House passed It's first bill yes
terdny. It permits Clerk John w Will
liams to keep the official records in
typewriter form, instead OF having
them written out by hand. 1t was re
man Buck. of the Committee on En-
rolled Bills. Speaker Cox explained
that the measure had the approval OF
the Governor. and of the presiding Of
ncers OF both houses The constitu-
tional readings were dispensed with
and by unanimous consent the bill was
put on it's passage and adopted.
EunlIfnr NH IN Cnlcndnr
Seeing that tho enabling act issue
was coming again to the front, Mr..
Toncy moved TO adjourn, which was
rejected. The chair recognized Mr.. OIL
yer on the motion of MIR. White. made
on the preceding day. to discharge the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
from further consideration OF the Will
li;,ms bill. known as the enabling act.
The Speaker ruled that tho two minute
rule applied to this motion, promptly
shutting Mr.. Oliver from the floor just
as he was preparing to launch into Il
general discussion of the matter. Tho
roll call on the motion to discharge tho
committee was as follows
Ayes--Messrs. Baker. Barley. Brnns-
comb. Brewer, Brown Browning.
Buck. Cawthorn. Chaikley. Chapman,
Cummins, Cousins. Crockett, Dalton,
j. William Daniel. Duke, Earman,
Easlcy, Eercbec. Flanagan. Franklin.
rison, Hartley. Harvey. Horncr. Hun,
Johnson, Jordan, Kent, Kin
sey, Land. Lewis, Lincoln, Love, Low
~, Mnlbon. Massie, Moetzo. AIilstead,
Montague, Noland. Norris, owen. Page,
Pennington, Philpott Pitts, Price. Rad
ford Rev, Robertson. Rolston. T.. w.
Smith, II. II. Smith, Spessard, Stenrnes.
Steck, Stephenson. Stubs. Taylor. Tiff
fanny. Walton, White, Williams, Willis,
Winston-71.
Nocs-Messrs. Bonifant. Clement. ].
O. Daniel Dodson, Field. Green, IIef-
lin. Hobson, Myers, Nelson. oliver.
Reed. Spatig, Toncy, Cox-l5.
Pairs were announced as follows: A.
G. Weaver. voting aye with MIR. Hous-
ton no; Harris, aye with Gum no; Mil
ler aye with Birrell no; Powers aye
with Leedy no.
May Reach Vote on Wednesday,.
Speaker Cox announced the vote and
declared the committee discharged
from further consideration of the bill,
which goes on the House calendar as
House BIZ No. o AS bill No. was
passed yesterday. 1t comes up AS the
first measure on the calendar to-mor-
row OH It's first reading. If read by
title and advanced each day, the final
Will come on Wednesday. IL
is announced that the patron. Judge
Martin Williams, has already prepared
several amendments, designed TO meet
objections made that the bin may be
considered unconstitutional. These
VIII probably not be offered until the
bill comes up for nnal consideration.
As a substitute bill, Hugh ~ White
has prepared 4 joint resolution pro-
posing constitutional amendment on
tho subject OF prohibition. TO be adopt
ed by the General Assembly and sub
mttted TO popular vote, as provided
Tor amendments TO the Constitution
tie holds that this is the legal and
proper way in which to secure an ex-
preston or tho people at the polls, and
that the present bill Is without consti-
tutional authority. A more drastic
substitute will be offered by Mr..
oliver, an act TO be adopted by this
General Assembly providing for State
wide prohibition by Legislative enact
ment. 10 be effective on and after July
or this year. Mr. Oliver Is opposed
to Statewide prohibition. but says that
his measure viii call the blum of
those who claim to favor prohibition
and yet vote TO submit TO {. vote of
the people n measure OF doubtful con-
stitutionality."
Immediately on the announcement
OF the vote by Speaker Cox, Judge VIII
Hams, patron OF the bill, moved an
adjournment. which was adopted. Thus
forestalling efforts In other quarters
TO advance the bill at once TO it's ycc.
ond reading