The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-13
Senators Mapp and Lesner
In Arguing on Proposal to
Cut Afternoon Session Have
Warm Colioquy.
Near Approach to
Personal Element
In Lesner' Motion to Dispense
With Afternoon Session
Mapp Sees Move to Let
Moral Issues Die Six Objec-
ton Rule Again Beaten.


noon the situation In the senate be-
tween Mr.. Lesner. Of Norfolk, and
Mr.. Mapp, of Accomac, gave iudi
cation OF becoming n good deal more
personal than developed. The sen
ate was engaged in passing bills on
the calendar. those which had come
from the house, and excellent prog
ress was being made. The calendar
was being disposed Of at a rate which
babe fair 10 he closed up tn short
order and 10 obviate the necessity
for lengthy session in the last day or
50 of the session.
There are bills on the calendar
which have come over from the
house TO which many If the seua-
tors are opposed If the bills are
reached they viii cause good deal
of debate. and cal! for record of
the votes, which might prove un-
popular with their constituents in
some cases. IL they are reached there
will be necessarily be a vote on them,
II they can be disposed OF without
a vote has been taken. They viii
n vote has ben taken. They will
have died on the calendar.
Abolish Afternoon Session.
Mr. Lesner precipitated the rather
heated colioquy by moving that the
rule under which the senate WAS
operating he changed SO that when
the chair was vacated at z o'clock
il be ia meet again at s. This would
have dispensed with the afternoon
session, which meant that very many
bills would be delayed and some Of
them lost forever:
Mr. Mapp made a motion 10 pass
by the motion to change the rules,
and on division that motion was lost.
Thus the motion Of the senator from
Norfolk came up on It's merits.
rho time has come for the sem
ate to get down and do real honest
work began Senator Mapp.
What does the senator mean by
honest work, there having been re-
peated reference to that in this
Lesner.
II mean exactly what the words
imply" declared Mr. Mapp. The
time has come, repeat. for the
senate to get down TO honest work,
and 10 pass or reject bills on their
merits"
Mr.. T4esner interrupted TO say that
the senator from Accamac appeared
to have become imhued with the
Idea that only such questions az had
the stamp of approval Of DR.. James
cannon ana StEiS&dkS AAf>Eft va
the Y. NJ. c. A.. were worthy Of con-
slider.
Mapp Speaks Plainly.
This move is bpt another step an
the same direction as others that
have been made. Mr.. President. ]
do not propose 10 m1rce matters. i
am talking plainly. If the senator
from Norfolk wants to make this
thing personal ! am ready to meet
him on that issue.
II charge now and here, directly
and specifically. that the purpose of
this proposition is to. defeat pending
by direction, charge that the
proposition is to hinder and delay
and obstruct the enactment Of meas,
ures to which several OF the friends
Of the senator from Norfolk, as well
as he. are opposed. Why not let
them have a vote on the measures
and II they are bad. defeat them
But let It he done direct"
II deny that I am trying to hinder
or obstruct legislation, replied Mr.,
Lesner THE fact Ia that there arr
several important matters pending
before the committees. and I desire
to appear before them, This after
noon there will come a delegation of
some twenty-five from my city to APP
pear before the committee ON bank
ing and insurance, and I want to
appear with them.
THE senator from Norfolk can
absent himself from this floor and
we will try 10 get along without him."
said Mr.. Mapp.
And the senate can get along
without yom." declared Mr. Lesner.
During the colloauy Mr., Mapp had
nlnypd from his In the Girprf in n