The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10
Moves to Postpone.

wise TO settle at the outset tho aues-
ton OF whether or not the Senate fav-
"Fcd Il commission appointed b. tn-
Governor or mixed committee.
vided by the fiouae bail. To this end
he moved that the Walker bill he In
definitely postponed. The vote on this
motion, he said, would clear matters
and enable the senate to proceed upon
some definite plan.
The motion to postpone indefinitely
the Walker bill WAS opposed by Sena.
tor Royal and Senator Edmondson,
who held the belief that a commits
sion OF experts appointed by the Gov
ernor promised the best results.
Senator Fletcher favored commits
sion whose members shall not he mem
bers Of the Legislature. and preferrc..
that they he appointed by the Gov
c:nor- lie sugEes. ed as Il compromise
a commission made up Of members OF
the Legislature exclusively. but APP
pointed by the Governor
Senator Smith supported the House
bill. The Leg islature. he said. has al
ways been intolcrant Of an outside
commission y report prepared by
such Il BODY, he feared, would receive
no more consid GRAFTON at the hands of
the General Assembly than did the re-
port OF the tax commission created by
the Legislature OF 1910. Much the
same view was held by Senator West.
who went a step further, and suggest
ell commission of ten members six
from the Senate and four from the
House.
Responsible Ia Constitueny,.
Senator Feathcrston was for com
mission that would be responsible TO
It's constituents, and favored the House
plan as the most eSpedient. The
Walker plan of a commission OF ex-
ns.r ntfsf tod hI n
Senator Drewry, was sound theoreti-
cally. but the report of such a COM
mission would not carry the weight
with the General Assembly that a re.
port would which was urged by its
own members. lie declared his prefer
ence for the House plan. y legislative
committee az opposed to !, commission
OF experts was preferred by Senators
Bowers and Brock, and Senator Buch-
anan thought that the commission
should be composed in part, at least,
of members OF the General Assembly.
The chair put the motion OF Senator
Rison TO postpone indefinitely the CA
sideration OF Senator Walkers bill. ami
il was carried by vote of u to 10
The Senate then took up the House
BILL ana began a debate on a number
OF amendments that were sent to the
desk
Appoint by Committee.
Senator Wendenburg offered an
amendment which maintained the
makeup of the commission provided
in the House plan, but placed their
appointment in the hands Of a commit
tee composed of the Governor, the
Lieutenant Governor. and the Speaker
of the House OF Delegates. 1t was his
purpose, he explained, to centre the
responsibility for the appointments in
the two majority members of the APP
lpnting committee. who are answer
able to the State at large.
The House plan. under which tho
Speaker of the House would appoint
four members of the commission. OBJ
joctcd Senator Wendenburg, placed on
the shoulders of man representing
only a limited constituency. too much
responsibility. 1t was right. he thought
should be transferred 10 the Governor
and Lieutenant Governor. who alone OF
tn, three appointing powers hold their
Offices from the State at large.
Commission of Seven.
Senator Cannon offered as a substi-
tute of the Wendcnburg plan an
amendment reducing the commission to
seven mcmbers-four to be appointed
by the Speaker OF the House and three
by The president of the Senate. Sen
ator West sent to the desk an amend
mcnt making the commission al body of
Zen members-sx appointed by the
Speaker of tho House. and four by the
president of the Senate,
An amendment to Senator Wenden-
burgs plan was offered by Senator
Walker, who maintained the commits
sion OF ten as composed by the House
bin, but gave their appointment to the
Governor.
The amendments were taken up sep
arately In the reverse order In which
they have been enumerated and were
one by one voted down. With all tho
amendments out of the way Senator
Mapr moved the adoption of the COM
mission plan provided by the House