The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-10
House Rejects Every Amend
ment, Dealing Summary
With All Left Over After
Saturdays Work.
Senate Must Recede From Posi-
ton or Ask for Conference
Committee Through Which
Legislature Can Get To-
gether.

With no discussi n or debate. the
house Of delegates yesterday refuse
to concur in the remaining amend
ments tackled on the enabling act by
the senate, and the bill. as passed
by the upper branch of the general
assembly. goes back to that body. 1t
is now up TO the senate to either re
cede from its amendments or insist
ing upon them, call for a confer
ence committee to see If some agree
ment between the house and the
senate .~ean be reached and the bill
amended accordingly.
Long before the hour set for the
house to convene. the crowd began
to gather and the gallery WAS nilcd
with men, women and children.
Expecting a fierce fight on some OF
the amendments carried over from
Saturday, all we're on the qui vive,
hut so rapidly did the house act on
the amendments that many sat. even
after the amendments had peen re-
jected waiting for the enabling act
to be called.
The Honsc Stands Pat
The house stood pat on their for
rner action. that is. the passing of
the enabln gact as 1t was drawn
The only wor is spoken In regard u
the amendments were those of Judge
Martin williams. of Giles, floor leader
and patron of the bill, when he ask
ed that the house refuse TO concur.
and those of the opponents of the
measure, when they offered saSsn-
fute motions. that the house do con-
cur.
The enabling act has blocked other
legislation in the house to such an
es cat the members were onlE too
glad to get 1t OFF OF their hands. and
many hfeathed easier when the hral
roll was called. and the last alnera-
rrent rejected
.lgdge Williams. as patron of. meas
4lre. was appointed to notify the senate
az ire action of the house. but after
a tY3p Az the other side OF the build
ing. hs informed the speaker the SEN
ate had adjourned. and the matter
will be taken up today.
Immediately after the enabling act
was cleared from further considera-
ton, the house got down to business
and twelve bills were passed. The
calendar has accumulated until II
now resenl hies a small book. and TO
clear il, the house will have tn de-
vote the rest of the. session strictly
10 business.
.Wiuc Clause Voted down.
The house was called to order at
- o'clock by Speaker Cox. and DR..
Wilbur +. Craft made the invocation.
With few preliminaries, the caIen-
dar was called and the enabling act
was before the body.
As the wine clause. permitting the
manufacture of wine within the state
for shipment outside of Virginia, ana
the clause permitting breweries to
operate after the bill has taken eff
feet under the same plan had been
Included in the same amendment,
No. II, Mr.. Willis, of Roanoke. on
a question Of parliamentary inquiry,
took the Hoor.
Mr.. Willis stated that the two clauses
had been acted on separately IN 'he
senate and asked II they were not TO
he acted on separately in the house
speaker Cox informed him that rs both
the wine and beer clauses had been
referred to the house by the clerk
Of the senate as one amendment the
house would have to consider them
one amendment, and act on them as
such.
Judge williams then claimed the
floor and declared he only wanted to
renew his request to the house not TO
concur In the balance OF the amend
ments and asked that they be sent TO
conference committee as whole.
Mr. Montague. OF Richmond. however
offered a substitute motion that the
house should concur in the senate
amendment and the clerk was ordered
10 call the roll on amendment NO
IL, containing the wine and beer
clauses. The house refused to con-
cur by vote of 3s to g.
Yeas--Clement. Dodson, Field, Gum,
MIlstead, Phiipott. Robertson, Willis
Nays--Adams, Baker, Barley. Birrell,
Ronifant Brewer Brown browning,
Buck. cawthcrn. chalkley. commins'
Cousins. Crockett, Dalton. Daniel, John
Orr: Daniel ]. William; Duke, Ear
man. Easley, Ferebee, Flanagan.
FRANKLIN, Grant. Grasty. Green, Gre
CORY Gordon. Harris, Harrison. Hart
lev. Harvey Helm. Hobson, Horner,
Houston. Hum. johnson. Jordan. Kent,
Kinsey, Land. I.eedy, Lincoln. Looney,
Love. Lowry. Maibon. Meetze, Miller
Montague. Myers. Nelson, Noland'
Norris. oliver, Page. Pennington, Pitts,
Powell, Price. Radford, Reed, Rev,
Rolston. Smith, Francis w: Smith,
Harry a. Spatig. Spessard. Stearnes'
stock. Stephenson. Stubs, Taylor
\ Terrell. Toney. Walton, Weaver, A. g.;
Weaver. II. c.; white. Williams, Win
ston. Woodward. Mr.. speaker-ss.
Senate amendment No. IL was next
called This provides that nothing In
the enabling act should be construed
a. affecting the present law concern
Ing the sale Of cider. Judge Williams
moved the house should not concur.
cider Amendment Infamous.
Mr.. Oliver. of Fairfax. moved that In
3 consideration OF q certain dry sena-
4 tor, the house concur. MI Leedy, OF
Page. declared the cider amendment
Wa the most Infamous piece OF legis-
lation ever presented to a general
assembly.
This looked like fireworks to the
CT0Wd and they rat In hrenthless Ausr
4 I,ense. Mr.. Page. OF Albemarle, wav-
4 lnx Aloft = bundle OF petitions, which
tiHuad - Third Pags.1 ss