The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-21
HOUSE SAYS ONLY
QUALIFIED VOTER
SHALL SIGN CALL
Continued From First Pase.)

gle, solitary person qualifod to vote
or who did vote In the last election
YOU might have an election called
without having a qualified voter OF
the list You are only one step re-
moved from proposing general cleo
ton In which negroes and all would
join. basing your call on the last
United States census of population.
ITO avoid all this complicated bust
rcss of an election with the endless
not take part" said Delegate Myers.
from Richmond. would tho member
trom Giles agree to an act to be adopt
ed right here to mako this State dry
from tho first day of next September
nm act that could not be questioned in
Challenges Their Sincerity.
You take your seat" retorted Judge
send it TO the Senate so quick II will
make your head swim. But we are not
- DO sidetracked by propositions in
raVe not yet been before tho people OF
the state as this bill has been
y have such bin as NJ Myers seTs men NIr
Oliver DO YOU mean to charge that
an, not sincere in offering it,
fen ARE ' You !" don
t nan ts!Ai retorted Judge Williams, land
therefore you are not sincere
Il Cemo here to vote for an ena bling
ret said Mr.. Gregory, OF New Kent,
"anS / expect 10 vote for 1t still, but
: JOINT believe in any such proposition
Il, this. ! move TO amend by STRIKING
out the word registered and put 'qual-
fed before the word voters In the bill;
Every one can sec that q rcSlstered
voter is not necessarily qualified
After further debate the Gregory
amendment was adopted by vote OF
was then adopted as amended. The
other Williams amendments making
verbal changes were adopted without
Myers Amendment Rejected.
section 6 OF the bill provides In the
Trey he, shall os died in the office Of the
clerk of the Circuit Court OF the coun,
in which the, petitioners reside and
certify to the Secretary OF tho Com
Inonwcalth the number of signcrs to
the petition, Mr.. Myers. OF kichmono,
proposed as an amendment that tho
court clerks should be required further
to certify that they had compared and
checked the list, and had found no
duplicates. and that each of the siBners
was found TO be duly qualified to vote
ut the next succeeding general cleo
Mr Myers protested that under tho
bill as drawn, the Governor would not
even have the petitions before him
merely the certificates OF court clerks
mat the lists of names had been iilcd
III his office. and that there WAS moth
ing TO verify such names or prevent n
signing several such petitions. Judge
Williams objected that the Myers
amendment was impractiCable and
would lead TO litigation. and IL was re-
jcctcd by n vote OF 81 TO 81
Who May Vote.
Having concluded the so-called
friendly amendments, the House adj
journed until noon to-day, when amend
ments and substitutes from the other
side will be considered. II is openly
charged by the opponents of the bill
that there is an agreement between
the advocates to reject all amendments
Judge Williams seemed much disturbed
by the detection OF some OF his follow
ing in the Gregory amendment sub
stitutinr qualified voters" IIo cx-
planned that he feared the lists might
hc attacked In tho courts on tho ground
that some OF those signing them were
not qualified. An important amend
inent TO be debated to-day is in rela-
tion to the length of time before the
enabling act election poll taxes must
he paid. Under the bill the provisions
Of the general law would apply. and
poll taxes would liavc 10 be paid six
months prior to the actual date set for
the special election. AS such an cleo.
ton could be called on sixty days no
tice, Il 3 contended that many people
desiring to vote on either side of the
question might find themselves dis
franchised, or their vote challenged at
the polls.