The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-12

speaker Of the house emitting him
to tie privileges Of the floor.
Noe Abusing Privilege.
II Is worthy OF note, however. that
sno person has risen UP to say that
4 DR.. Cannon has ever used the priv
fieges of the floor for the purpose
Of lobbying. or ever approaches any
member on the floor of either the
house or the senate for the purpose
IL soliciting his vote. but only to an
swer questions or TO give informa-
ton TO those who are interested in
pending legislation
The incident in the senate noted
Above followed the discussion OF the
snti-jng bill. which came over from
he house yesterday morning Mr.
uapn was co-patron with Mr.. Ia
,hanan in a similar bin in the senate,
hut which yesterday had the gait
stuck into 1t good and deep when
he zone OBJ lection rule was in force.
Immediately af,or The hill was read
N the senate, az = communication
from the house Mir I@pp moved that
The COMMITTEES hc discharged from
he further consideration II the mat
Ter. This was agreed to. and fur
Their motion gas made 20 take the
bill up ont Of It's order. The vote on
the proposition to discharge the COM
nittee was as follows;
Ayes-Se0atavs Blanks. Bowers,
Brock. Buchanan, Crockett Drewry.
Echols. Edmondsen, Feathcrston,
Fletcher Gayle. Gravatt, Napp. Rine-
aart. ROYAL. Saunders, Srwder Tav-
inner. Walker. Watkins and West
u.
Nays-Nessrs. Cannon. Garrett.
Hart. Hobbs. LesHer. Massie. Mon
.agae, parr, Paul, Rison. Thornton,
and Wendenhurg-12.
This put the bin or SIS second read
inr. and then came the motion 10 take
Z up cut 81 its order with a view to
having vote eli IL and getting II ont
II the way.
e'wiil you accept the amendments 70
he house bill which were added to the
senate hlll2" asked Mi. Hart
Amen srn~uts Not Accepted.
Mr. MApp replied that he could not
and would not accept them, but that
hey could be offered when the bill
reached its third reading. and when
the bill was in it's amendatory stage.
He said that he did not propose to
argue the case. but would offer 10 oh
lection to the Offering OF any amend
menis by any senator. That would be
their right He wanted a vote. IT
he bill is bad, then vote against 1T
ii 1t be a good measure, then vote
Mr. Cannon declared that he WAS not
familiar with the provisions OF the
bin and he opposed the motion 10 take
1t up. He regarded II as a bad prac-
tice TO take up bills In the dying hours
of the session before they could be
reported by any committee. The time
was NOW for watching for bills which
were dangerous
Mr. Walker said that he feared the
aha~ - f.4 h.l ed
that Ii was well for all senator's to he
on the alert for had measures In
this case. however, the measure had
been considered in committee In both
houses aud there was a report from
the senate committee on the same bill
that was now being considered, The
senate had discharged the committee
from consideration, lie believed that
the bill was IL good one and should
pass The case OF this bill was diff
ferent from measures which had not
been considered by senate committee.
MIR Montague. of Portsmouth, eau
toned the senate to move slowly in
The consideration Of such matters
There could be more harm done In the
last three days OF the session than In
the other ffty~sev The law would
not be observed and would serve te
make iawbreakers. He declared that
there are people on the floor Of the
senate who are voting dry who are
not dry He favored a bill which would
not permit the shipment of any liquor
Com~s Up Again To-day.
why did you not incor porate this
provision on the enabling act ant
Give the people of the state right
to vote an this asked MIR. Hart
eFor the reason that It was Offered
with the intention of killing ths bill.
rep'iea MFR Mapp.
III was rejected In order to keer
the question alive and with the hope
that the issue would be the one OF
which the next legislature could be-
elected" declared Mr. Hart
with all Difference TO the senator
that liz not true retcrted Senator
Mapp
The vote 10 take the bin up out q
it's order was rejected by the vote a
20 TO Ia. as 1t required 81 votes t,
take the bill up out Of order,
Ayes Messrs. Blanks. Bowers
Buchanan, Crockett. Drewry. Echois
Edmondson. Gayle Gravatt Mapp
Monrure Paul Royan, Saunders,
watkins and West-~29
Noes - Senators Cannon, catron
Fletcher Garrett Hartman, Hart
Hobb Lesner masste. Montague
Parr. Rison. Thornton and Wenden
burr-i4.
The bin will come up again toda,
and there will be a determined fight T.
-.AsY. -tffe-s-H4aa-A- t-4,rtt- ~,
merits of the bill.
Home for Girls.
The bill affecting tho Virginia In
dnstrlai Home and School for Girl
was reported as having passed tn