The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-28

sing house, composed OF sixty per
cent farmers: that 1t was the WORST
piece OF legislation he had ever heard
Of. He declared that 1t would throw
all of the burden Of taxation ON real
estate and that he for one would not
be. bulI-dozed, and characterized the
methods of the bankers as a hold-up.
Il believe In progressive legislation
but this Is too progressive for me.
and he ended with a prophecy that
many membe0s then sitting in the
house would never come back.
The fight was becoming more Bit
ter and cries of Vote" Vote" rang
through the chamber.
Norris Startlcs House.
Mr.. Norris, who had also changed
his views on the bill. made a short
speech in its favor. and startled the
house somewhat with parliament
terry inquiry, that IL the bill went
over to the senate on conference.
and that body struck out the emer-
gency clause or reduced the fate.
would 1t take a four-fifths vote to pass
1T on its return? The chair ruled
that it would not take a fourfifths
vote, but only majority. This made
some of them take notice.
Mr.. Weaver stepped into the
breach declaring, the senate would
stand firm on the bill as 1t was. Mr.
Gregory, of New Kent. took the floor
explaining that, as he understood It,
they had a conference report, as they
were bound OF have, as the senate has
passed the bill carrying rate OF 10
cents. the senate and advocates of
the measure could cut the rate down
to 10 cents IL they saw fit and 1t
would only take a majority to make
II a permanent naeasure--Hed declared
the house had no assurance Of the
senate's attitude, and from his ex-
perience. conferences have 80 times
out of 100 resulted in a compro-
mise. He attacked the measure with
vieor.
Mr.. Weaver again came to the
front and declared that II the SEN
ate reduced the tax or struck out the
emergency clause. or attempted to
amend the bill. he would. on its re-
turn. refuse to vote for ii. Mr.
Smith and Mr.. Myers, made short
speeches for and against the bill. but
Vote Vote" and the speaker or
dered the clerk to call the roll.
Uneasy During Roll Call.
AS the long list of names were
rolled forth. the tension was great
and as each man answered in the
affirmative or negative. the members
stirred uneasily in their seats. Even
AFTER the roll call was competed the
result was doubtful. but when Mr..
Cox announced the victory, mighty
cheer rent the air.
The vote was as follows:
Yeas--Adams. Baker. Barley. Bir-
reil. Branscomb. Brewer. Brown.
Browning, Buck. Cawthorn, Chalkley.
Chapman, Clement, Comins, Cousins,
Crockett. Daniel. John Orr: Dodson.
Duke. Earman, Easley. Ferebee. Field.
Flanagan. Grant. Grasty, Green, Gum.
Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Harvey.
Heflin. Hobson. Horner. Houston.
HUFF. Hughes, Johnson. Jordan. Kent,
Land, Leedy. Love. Malbon, Massie,
Meetze, Miller. Milstead. Montague,
Myers, Nelson, holland Norris, Oliver.
Owen. Pennington. Philpott, Pitts.
Powers. Price. Reed. Rolston. Smith.
Harry b. Spatig. Spessard. Stearnes,
Steck, Stephenson. Stubhs. Taylor,
Terrell, Tiffany, Toney. Walton. Wea-
yer. A. g.; Willis, Winston. Wood
ward. Mr.. Speaker-So.
Nays-Bon.fant Dalton. Daniel. j.
william: Franklin, Gregory. Gordon,
Kinsey. Lewis. Lincoln. Page. Powell.
Radford, Robertson, Smith, Francis
w; Weaver, H. G.; Williams---17.