The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-11

urging Its passage. after moving that
the bill be advanced to Its second road
ing. He quoted DR.. Howard Kelly, of
Baltimore. to the effect that segrega-
tiop as means OF dealing with tho
vice problem possesses no merit, and
called attention to the enactment OF
| tho same law by twelve States and the
District OF Columbia.
Enforcex Present Lnws.
Senator Mapp drew attention to tho
fact that the bill under discussion made
nothing crime that WAS not already
crime. II proposed only, no said. to
compel the enforcement OF laws penal
izing vicc already on tho statute books.
he read kilograms from Senator Ken
yon. OF Iowa. and the Mayor OF Dos
Aloines, to the OBJECT that tho enforce
mcnt of the law In that State had I'm
proved conditions.
The bill was opposed by Senator
Hart. who declared his hostility to any
law which has the effect OF making bad
| conditions worse. The segregated dis
trict. he said. was an evil, but to
abolish II would be to invite an even
greater evil The denizens Of the un-
derworld. he said. would invade the
residence districts, tho apartment
houses and tho tenements. and would
there cat At the heart OF society prac.
tically without police regulation.
Senator Hart quoted from the repor,
OF the Committee OF Fifteen, which
made an exhaustive study Of the prob
lem in New York. drawing from It the
conclusion that 1t would be dangerous
TO abolish tho segregated district In
the absence OF q better remedy. He
when tho chair declared a recess until
o'clock.
Opposes Immediate Vote.
Ten minutes before tho recess was
declared Senator Mapp asked permits
sion Of Senator Hart to introduce n
motion TO defer the vacating hour un-
Ill $50 o'clock In order that the bill
may finally be disposed of Senator
Hart declined TO yield for such mo-
ton. Senator Mapp then asked If the
6:55 o'clock-flvo minutes before tho
vacating hour--to permit a vote on tho
Dill. This request likewise was denied.
with tho failure OF these overturcs
Senator Mapp served notice that he
would at tho night session ask that tho
rules be suspended in order that the
consideration OF tho Saunders bin
might be continued. Under the rule M
present In force only local and uncon-
tested bills could be considered at the
night session.
Senate Night sesnion.
tho antinuisancc bin might be placed
iance bin was formally sealed at
o'clock, when the Senate refused TO
carry Senator Mapps motion that the
rules be suspended In order that the
alton OF that measure Debate on tho
bill had been interrupted at O'Clock
when the chair was vacated until tho
evening session.
Senator Mapp directed attention 20
the fact that practically every Senate
Oil on the calendar TO which there
was no objection had already been
passed. and asked on that account that
tho rules be suspended in order that
the ani-nuisance bill might be placed
on it's passage Tho bill. ne said, was
too meritorious measure to be killed.
Objections were registered by Sem
ators Paul. Holt and Cannon. who were
opposed 10 a suspension OF the rules on
the ground that II would open tho way
for long debate on this and other
contested bills and obstruct the passage
OF local bills. TO which thero was no
objection. Tho motion to suspend the
rules was put and was defeated Is to
lG, twenty-seven votes being necessary
10 carry It. The members voted as
follows:
Ayes-Blanks. Brock. Buchanan. Ca
iron, Echols. Edmondson. Gayle. Mapp.
Moncure. Royan. Saunders Tavcnner.
thornton, Walker. Watkins and West
I-16.
Noes-Cannon. Crockett. Featherston,
Garrett, Gravatt, Har1nan, Hart, Hobbs.
Holt. Lesner. Montague Paul. Rine-
mart, Rison, Smith Sowdcr-l6
Bill Dies on Calendar.
The refusal OF the Senate to suspend
the rules, took from the Saunders bill
It's only hope of passage at this ses-
SION. Under the rule adopted on Mon
day. which requires the Senate begin
ming to-day to consider only House
bills. the bill dies on the calendar to-
gcthcr with a number OF other Senate
bll!s which were not able to overcome
the objections OF the members.
over the opposition OF Senator Wat
kins, tho Senate passed the bill au-
thoriZfng the conveyance OF the Vir-
g'nia Home and Industrial School for
Girls to the State OF Virginia The
Dill was introduced In the Senate by
Senators Fletcher and Holt
Tho following Senate bills were
passed: