The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-10

AS TIC dUttuuiHtHt WAS again Dt~
fore the house for discussion, Mr..
Toney, of the city of Richmond, took
the floor. He. as a resident of South
Richmond. formerly Manchester, told
of the wonderful change that had
taken place in that section since 1t
! had become a part Of the city. Mr..
Toney declared the officeholders had
fought annexation, had fought the
proposition Just like those of Henrico
and Chesterfield were doing, but that
now the property was worth nearly
double in value, and the city of Rich
fnorI had done more for this section
tina. 1t said II would. He declared
that the sections now under discussion
were small towns. but they had no
police or fire protection nor sanitary
arrangements and by being annexed
would have I'll three.
Congestion Cry Hoax.
Mr.. Gum again came to the front.
He said that the cry Of congested city
was all a hoax. He declared that
he was not opposed to annexation
and he thought the counties adjoin-
ing the cities should give up some
thing, but ne declared that Ginter
Park did not want annexation. and
showed what purported to be a reso-
luton to this affect drawn at a cit
liens meeting, because they did not
think they were going to get square
deal from the city. Mr.. Gum said
the city would allow the case in court
TO be tried by jury, but must place
II in the hands of one man, who, be-
fore he went on the bench was just
as fallible as the ordinary human, who
after he had been elevated must be
infa liable.
Mr.. Hobson. of the city Of Rich
mond, arose, saying that 1t was mere
lN q al n the hi1l
as it had practically been defeated by
the senate by vote of 35 to 5, but
he did not hesitate when he attacked
the bill declaring that it was only
the men who held fee offices in the
counties who were affected.
This debate was cut short by the
call for the pending question. and
again the adoption of the amendment
was before the house. ON a hand
vote the result was 81 to "a in favor
of the adoption of the amendment.
but on the ayes and nays. the Gum
faction won ny vote of "a to 30.
Then came other amendments
which provided that il the court
should refuse to order the annexation,
then the city should not attempt an
nexation again for three years, These
were adopted. Then. too. the emer-
gency clause was stricken out of the
measure ny Il UthitHg HIdjpEItS'
The question then was on the ad-
vance of the bill To it's engrossment
and third reading. and Mr.. Myers was
again recognized. During the argu-
ment of the annexation bill. Speaker
Cox resigned the chair to Judge Mar
tin Williams. of Giles, to take the
floor.
Mean Loss to Cities.
Mr.. Myers again spoke against the
bill, making a very strong argument
against the advancement Of the meas
ure. He was generously applauded
for his address. He declared that the
only place to try such a case Like the
annexation case was before trained
jurists, stating that he would much
rather have his case in the hands of
such men as the Supreme court than
a body composed of a hundred men
who voted first one way then another
as the house of delegates did.
Mr. Milstead. of Newport News, fol-
lowed with an argument against the
measure, showing the conditions in
his city. where large portion of the
city's money mas already been spent
in the advancement of the territory
surrounding H. He said the city had
bonded itself heavily TO build small
craft harbor and that industries val
ued at between two and three mill
lions of dollars were Just outside of
the city limits, all built by capital OF
Newport News, and should this bill
be passed, the city would practically
lose all of this.
Mr. Gregory. of New Kent took a
hand in the fight, declaring that when
Newport News started annexing, then
he was affected, as he represented
Warwick county. BY this proposed
ss, 1x, rrf No
speaker declared. Warwick county
would lose sixty per cent of its tax
able values and the county govern
ment would be practically ruined. He
said the industries TO which Mr.. Mil
stead referred were put in Warwick
county by the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. and nc. by Newport News.
and further declared he saw no rea-
son why that city should want to
expand when large portions of it now
We're used for growing corn,
The bill then came TO a vote. On
the first. a vote by hand. the bill was
advanced on the calendar by a vote
Of 40 TO 81, but on the recorded vote
another increase was shown, the vote
being "A to 80.
Yeas-Adams, Birrell, Brewer.
Brown. Cawthorn, Clement, Commins.
Crockett, Dalton. J. William Daniel,
D0dSon, Ferebee, flanagan, FRANKLIN,
Gregory. Gordon, Gum. Harris. Har-
rison. Hartley, Harvey. Houston. HUFF,
Johnson. kinsey Land. Love, Meetze.
Miller, Nelson, holland Norris, Oliver.
Page, Pitts. Powell. Radford Rev,
Robertson, Spessard. Steck, Walton,
A. q. Weaver. Williams-44.
Nays--Barley, Bonifant. Buck,
Chalkley, Chapman, Cousins, John
Orr Daniel, Field. Grasty. Green, Hob
son, Kent. Leedy, Lewis, Looney,
Lowry, Massie. Milstead, Montague.
Myers. holland. Owen. Philpott, Price,
Reed, Francis w Smith. Harry E.
Smith, Spaug. Stearnes, Stephenson,
Stubs, Taylor. Terrell, Tiffany. Toney,
White, Willis. Winston. Woodward,
Mr.. Speaker-39.
The morning session witnessed the
adoption of many resolutions tending
to expedite the business of the house.
Speaker Cox introduced a resolution,
as follows;
To Expedite Work.
Resolved. that the house of dele
gates. the senate concurring. that be-
ginning with Wednesday. March II.
1914, the house shall consider only
senate bills and house bills with sem
ate amendments and the senate shall
consider only house bills and senate
bills with house amendments and each
house may consider conference re-
ports and other privileged matter TO
the end that the work of each house
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