Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-10

THE TAX COMMISSION.
Large Calendars Face Lawmakers on
Which Appear Most of the Import-
ant Bills Introduced.
Especial Dispatch to the Gazette.)

Especial Dispatch to the Gazette.)
Richmond, March 10.-After a
bitter fight the Senate today by a
vote of IA to % passed the bill pro-
viding for coordinate education at
the University Of Virginia.
Richmond, Va, March 10.-With
less than one week remaining in which
to transact business, the house got
down to work yesterday with 37l bills
on its calendar, in which were listed
practically every important measure
offered at this session.
Under the aSopted resolution offer
ed by Speaker Cox, the House will,
Lcginning tomorrow, consider only
Senate bills and House bills with Sen
ate amendments.
Delegate Meetze, of Prince William,
yesterday offereS resolution taking
the appointment Of committees out Of
the h2nds Of the speaker.
The Meetze resolution provides for
the creation Of nominating ?it-
te 10 consist of nine meTbers elect
'ed by the House at large.
Since the resolution seeks ID alte.
the rules of the House it will be
necessary to have it read by the clerk
for FIVE consecutive days before it can
be acted upon.
Should the resolution carry it W!
,brize shout il the house 81 delegates
conditions similar to those now exist
ing in Congress,
With oniy a few more days of the
present session and a crowded calen-
dar facing the members of the Sen
aie it : etermined to hold three ses
siOns daily for the remainder Of the
week and strenuous effort will be
.rlde 70 pass the more important
measures. II is thousht by this pro-
ceiure that the Senate can finish up
nearly all the work before that
branch Of the assembly. The red
light measure and the tax conris-
itsion bill! will be The only stumbling
iraIocks in the way of rapid progress
an effort was maze Saturday to limit
TIE discussion on the former.
Efforts have been made to get the
coordinate college measure and tne
bill providing that conv:ct-made good:
must be marked 'prison made take'
nm out of their regular order and SCI
for special consideration. Both biz:
/ are now on the calendar and the Ell
deavors to change the positions the!
occupy were not successful.
There is apparently determlnatoI
Ito limit oratory as far as posslol'
curing the remaining few days, ana
ff this effort obtains. action VIII a!
imost certainly be taken on every II
portant bill on the senate calendar.
Various substitutes and amen.
,ments were offered in the Senate yes
rterdav afternoon for the House Ia
! Commission bill. After all had bee
ireiected the proposed commission wa
fixed at ten members, four to be ap
pointed by the Speakesr OF the Hous'
three bv the President Of the Senate
land three at large by the Governor
1t: was stated that the entire nous
bill would probably be concurrea
! by the Senate. Senator Walker an
i Senator Cannon urged a committee 0
five to be named by the Governor
ari Senators Royal and Edmondso
contended that a commission OF eS
iperts named by the Governor w9ul
be the most effective. Senator teatf
erstone favored a commission the
would be responsible to its constltu
! tents r, Mi. I'D, t
Senator Wendenburg and other
were successful yesterday in havin
+ the Cor ordinate College Bill place
t on the calen@ar but failed in an ei
fort TO have it made special order
: Senator Hart, Of Roanoke, denie
: that IN the discussion of the ERE
E Light" dill on Saturday ne had insir
n uated that President Wilson was
t SYnoral coward" for signing the ke,
7 yon bill, as was charged in a newsp;
per article.
) The anti-shipping bill will probab,
come up in the House today on i