The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-06
MONEY NECESSARY
TO GIVE BRITAIN
STATUE REFUSED
BY LOWER BRANCH
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the Richmond. fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad, was holly contested,
Mr.. White, Of Rockbridge, tryingN to
Increase It over $4,000. This failed
and the item remained intact
Looked Like Vaudeville.
The real fun began when an appro-
priation OF $4,000 for the purpose of
establishing q home for hayward
colored girls was brought up. Mr..
Walton, Of Hanover, declared that he
had an agreement by which the school
would not be placed In his county and
tried to so amend the bill. but the
house refused. several members TAX
Ing the floor, declaring there was no
reason why Hanover county should be
exempt from such institutions. The
appropriation stood rs in the bills. So
much confusion and disorded was
upon the floor that Speaker Cox rap
ped for order and asked the members
we're they considering the appropria-
tioi bill or were they attending a
vaudeville performance
The Virginia Home and Industrial
School for Girls. better known as the
Bon Air home brought out the war
most fight Of the day. Mr.. Baker, of
Chesterfield. who has introduced bill
In the legislature providing for the
0UouSHfn0ut OF Inc nome, OHeFeu IDTee
amendments to the appropriation bill.
while tnnumerable appointments were
offered by other members. Mr.. Rob-
ertson moved to strike out the entire
Item. and in heated speech de-
nounced the school which had as Ii
head. a negro man. The amendment
was rejected.
Mr.. Baker moved the appropriation
be made with the provision, it would
rVty he tr1 hi {x, <,f
moval OF tho school from Its present
site. Those who spoke for and against
the amendment were: Messrs Robert
son. Kent, Gregory. Miistead, Monta-
que. Gum, Horner and Toney. The
speeches were at times very heated
ana the entire investigation of the
home some time ago was reopened and
discussed. With the amendment still
under FIRE. the chair was vacated at
: O'Clock until 4 o'clock.
Appropriations Fought.
When tho afternoon session was
called to order. Mr.. Grasty. of Augusta.
took the floor. offering an amendment
that the school should not be moved
into any other county. where the dele
gate objected. This was killed i'm
mediately. Tho nrst amendment by
Mr.. Baker was defeated by large ma
5ortty and he introduced second. pro-
viding the fund be only available.
when the school did not employ as its
superintendent. foreman. guard or
overseer. a negro man. This went the
way OF the frs. and he came back
with third. providing that the home
should be held responsible for any acts
Of violence or destruction by its In
mates. This was defeated by a sweep
Ing majority and the item, carrying
$4,000 for the home remained In
tact.
Another fight was occasioned by an
appropriation of $4,000 to be distri-
huted to the ten agricultural high
schools of the State for the purpose
wrangled over this question for over
an hour. The principle argument
against IL being. that ii was opening
the way to establish ten additional
schools like the normal schools. which
would drain the State treasury dry.
Even the members from the rural dis
tricts raised howl. The item re-
manned. however.
Mr.. Myers, of the city of Richmond,
asked for an additional $4,000 for
the fund to erect statue TO General
T. J. (StonewaID jackson. The ar
gument WAS cut short when the chair
was vacated at 6 o'clock until O'Clock.
Immediately after the members re-
turned to the capitol, Mr. Myers with
the first years appropriations and the
house Immediately took up the second
year This section OF the bill was
voted on az whole. and was passed
with the proviso that the standing ap-
proprfatcns conform to those OF the
first year. This was in regard to the
salary increases and reduction pro-
vided for.
Mr.. Grasty, OF Augusta. IN a mood
for retrenchment. picked out an item
providing for $4,000 for the Virginia
Military institute for the purpose OF
enlarging the parade ground. and Of
fered an amendment striking out the
appropriation. He declared II the
house wanted to aaye money -here was
n place to start. Mr.. White. Of Rock
bridge, took the floor and answered
the gentleman from Augusta rather
sharply. defending the measure. The
house refused to adopt the amend
ment. and the item remained intact.
Several members stated that although
they believed cut should be made
somewhere In the bill, V. NJ. I. should
not be made the goat"
Then came the grand noise. when
the amendment for the starue of
George Washington, was tackled on at
the tail end. This was the last item
on the Appropriation bill 1t was
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