The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-06
But Leaders Give Assur-
ance That 1t Will Be
Put Back To-Day.
EXPECT BILL WILL
CREATE DEFICIT
House Refuses to Prune Items
for State Institutions and Adds
S150,000 to Measure, Already
Exceeding Probable Rev
enuc = Conferees Can
Make Few Cuts.

After having added more than $3.50
ooo to an already overloaded general
appropriation bin. the House % Dele
gates late last night was taken with
sudden spasm or economy. and failed
to adopt an amendment to the lin to
provide tho cost OF casting and de-
livering A copy OF tho lIoudon statue OF
Washington already offered To and ac-
ccptcd by tho British government. The
action came late at night when tho at
tendance was small. and there is little
reason to doubt that il Will 10 re-
considered this morning and the item
inserted. In fact. the lnal passage OF
the bill was delayed for that purpose.
tho House having completed consider
alton Of II by items. and disposed OF
nll pending amendments.
Tho opposition to the amendment IN
regard to the statue WAS not to It's
presentation to Great Britain to which,
both houses of the General Assembly
stand pledged by a Joint resolution.
but 10 including IN the appropriation
item funds for delegation ot State
officials To go to Europe to mako the
presentation.
Pew Items for Confcrces.
The appropriation bill will hc ,lacca
on it's passage In the House to-day
with but little further amendment and
on its adoption Will go to a committee
on conference between the two houses
for consideration OF the points of diff
ference. Most OF the items for ednca-
tional institutions. hospitals and de-
partments nrc in accord In the House
and senate bills. so that tho couferees
VIII have little opportunity to mako
any reductions save in tho common
school fund. which has been Increased
b. the Senate. and the pension fund.
which has been greatly increased 10y
the House.
a compact organization OF the sup
porters of the normal schools and other
higher educational institutions pro
wanted any cut In the bill for either
year on these Items. the bin carrying
for higher Institutions Of learning tor
the first year. S?57.275. which includes
number of new buildings. and for the
second year, S723.6g0.
on motion OF Colonel Brewer there
Was added at the end or tho bin for
the first year AN Item OF s77i Ga L. pas.
the expenses Of the special committee.
In connection with the inauguration Of
Governor Stuart. By general consent
the fixed Items In the appropriation b.ll
for the second year were. made To con-
form TO the amounts adopted for the
frst year, thus carrying an additional
$4,000 for Confederate pensions over
the $4,000 allowed by the committee.
which was in turn an increase OF more
than $4,000 over the amount ACTUALLY
paid out last year.
VIII There He n Dencitt
AS an amendment to the public
school docket. Mr.. Chalklcy proposed
q new section providing that one-haif
of the net balance 10 tho credit Of tho
general fund on February IS, 1915. not
TO exceed $4,000. he appropriated TO
public schools
"of course, If it is true that we have
gone wild and spent more money than
VIC Will receive" said Mr.. Challley
there VIII be no balance. and there
viii be nothing to pay out under this
resolution. But IL we should have a
prosperous year and the income of the
state were to prove more than sutti-
Client to meet the demands OF this ap-
propriation bill, I propose that one
half of whatever that balance NAV be
not TO exceed sl5o00o I'm any case. be
given TO the schools"
We had better be scratching our
heads about deficit instead of worry
ing about how we are going to spend
surplus, remarked Chairman
Weaver, OF the Finance COMMITTEES
Judge Williams agreed that there had
neen enough OF uncertainties and
guess work Legislation In the pension
mako 1t impossible for the Auditor To
say where he stood. The amendment
was rejected.
Fight on v. VI. 1. Item.
only one attempt was made To break
In on the items provided for insti-
tutions OF learning for the second year.
After the four normal schools were
safely provided with S53S.000 for new
buildings and maintenance in the two
years. Mr.. Grasty moved to strike from
the item for the second year at the Vir-
ginia Military Institute $4,000 for re-
location of certain Of the professors
houses and enlargement of the parade
grounds. Mr.. White defended the item
as necessary for the military manoeu-
Vres at the institute, and Il part of the
permanent plan of Improvement The
amendment was rejected, IS to 81 Mr.
Oliver moved to strike out S25,000. and
insert $4,000. and wanted to know
when the House was going 10 begin the
much boasted pruning of the list of
appropriations lie thought this item
Il good one to begin on
I'VE should .have been using the
pruning knife all along tho line" am
swered Mr. Weaver. II have believed
from the first that every one of these
items for new buildings and improve
ments should have been cut down or
eliminated But after we have gotten
nearly to tho end Of this bill without
making cut In n single one of the
items for normal schools. hospitals or
institutions of higher learning, I an,
not willing to sit here and see this
House make the V. NJ. /. the goat"
IF there had been cut all along
the limo, l would have voted for II cut
nero. but we cannot take out tho prodi-
Eality of this House on one institu-
ton"
me amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Norris moved to insert in the
item for the second year for the Com
mission of Fisheries $500 year for