The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-12
Senate Refuses to Take
1t Up Out Of Its Reg
ular Order.
VETS AND 'DRYS'
IN LIVELY TILT
Hart Taunts Enabling Act Forces
With Desire to Keep Liquor
Issue Alive, to Be Used as
Lever for Election of
Another Legis-
laturc.

| The Senate by vote ot 23 to IL
yesterday discharged the Finance Com
rnittee from further consideration OF
the Pennington antishipping bill. re-
ported that morning from the House.
and placed II on the calendar. The dis
charge Of the committee was effected
over the protest OF Senator'S Montague
and Cannon. who urgd that the Senate
do not single out for special prefer
ence at this late day in the session any
single measure
Tho debate on the motion to dis
charge the committee developed n live
| ly interchange between tho so-called
| wet and dry Senator'S, in which
the merits of the antishipping bill
were called into question. Senator
| Holt wanted TO know why. IL 1t was
| the desire of the dry" forces to keep
TO agree to an amendment proposed by
/ him to the Senate antishipping bill,
which would have prevented altogeth-
/ er the shipping of Intoxicating liquors
into this State.
Meets Views OF "DryH."
! Senator Mapp replied that the pres
I ent bill met the Views OF the dry"
Senator'S and was as stringent meas
/ ure as they cared to ask for at this
session.
Why didn't YOU include an anti
shipping clause in the enabling act.
as we wanted you TO do. and give the
people an opportunity To pass on that
question at the same time that it
passed on Statewide prohibition?"
asked Senator Hart.
Because. AZ L believe you know, that
suggestion was made by the wet
senators with an idea OF having the
enabling act killed." replied Senator
Mapp, and not for the purpose of aid
ing the prohibition cause"
| That isn't the reason IL was omit
ted" said Senator Hart. Your rea-
son for cojecting TO its inclusion in
the enabling act was that you wanted
TO Keep the liquor issue alive for po-
! iltical purposes. You wanted To 1noin
tam II as a lever with the hone of
eiecting another Legislature on that
| issue"
Upon the discharge OF the commit
'ee' senator Mapp moved that the anti
shipping bill Dc placed on It's passage.
senator Cannon ana Senator Taycnner
called attention 10 the fact that the
discharge OF the committee from
Iurther consideration or the bin mere
~ had the effect OF placing il Mt the
1oot OF the calendar, and that before
II couio go 10 It's Passage it would
hrst have to be taken out OF its order
on the calendar under a susepnsiou of
the rules
Hcmains at Foot of Calendar.
The chair sustained the point OF
order ana Senator Mapp moved that tha
rules be suspended and tho bin h,
taken up out Of it's order for the pur-
! pose OF being placed on its passage.
The motion rallied to muster twenty
! seven affirmative votes. and was de-
! feated. 1t polled 20 ayes" and /,
noes" the members voting as follows.
Ayes-Blanks. Bowers, Buchanan.
Crockett Drewry. Echols. Edmondson,
Fcatherston, Gayle, Gravatt MaDp
( Paul, Royal Saunders. Smith Sowder.
Tavenner, Walker. watkins and West
| 20.
Noes-cannon. Catron. Fletcher. Gar
rett. Harman, mart. Hobbs. Lesner,
| Aassie. Montague. Parr. Rison, Thorn
ton and Wendenburg-l4
Senator Hart prccipitated n strained
! situation shortly after IL o'clock with
ST that tho chair instruct the
! sergeant alarms to inforce rule 10
! OF the Senate which denies the privi-
! leBe of the floor TO all persons eXccpt
certain officers and officers of the
State and national government, and
such persons as the presiding officer
may deem worthy OF such distinction
ana invite to a seat near the chair. He
! read the rule to show further that the
| privileges so extended, in the words of
f! the rule. shall in no case be used TO
influence legislation in any manner
! whatsoever"
II notice on the floor of the Senate
to-day certain persons who do not fall
! III the category of privileged charac-
ters enumerated in the rule" said SEN
| ator Hart During the debate on the
antinusancc bill on yesterday | noticed
| the same persons present and saw them
| In consultation with the Senators ad-
f! vocating the passage OF the BILL
, cannot help feeling that they were
/; present In some way TO influence legis-
iation, and are present to-day for th :
| same purpose. I Will ask therefore
that the chair direct the sergeant-at-
arms to inforce the rule"
On tho bench on the rear OF Senator
Saunders's desk were seated DR.. James
Cannon. Jr, and two other ministers
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