The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07
|OAY Of PEACE AND
PR0GnESS|VENESS
MARKS SENATE DAY
Measure Regulating Doors to
Manufacturing Plants Sent
Back to Committee After
Brief Fight.

After the stormy sessions of the en-
ab1ing act the senate experienced a
session of peace yesterday in which
business Of less absorbing interest was
done. Many bills of interest to To-
calities were adopted yesterday. but
no measure Of Statewide interest.
A short fight was made on the pas
sage OF the measure requiring all fac
tories, warehouses and other places In
which workmen are employed to have
all doors opening outside. but after
1t was clear that the measure would
not be adopted without amendment
Mr.. Cannon allowed 1t 70 be sent to
the committee for reconsideration.
A feature OF the session yesterday
was the decoration of the senator.
with onutonnieres OF lilies of the val
ley by tho w. c. r. u. OF Virginia.
Each senator discovered the flowers
on his desk when he arrived.
Realizing that the matters will not
be settled without q struggle. the SEN
ators are preparing themselves fol
the consideration of the coordinate
college and the normal college meas
ures which will come up for debate
within a short while. These measures
will probably be of secondary inter
est only to the enabling act.
The Swinging OF Doors.
When the senate convened yester.
day at noon Senator Cannon at once
had tine bill providing for outside
swinging doors In factories and ware
houses called up. Senator Shepherd
objected to the passage OF the bill
on the ground that in tobacco ware.
houses. which abut on the street, q
great percentage have sliding doors
to which drays back up ard discharge
their loads.
the tobacco business to force the
warehousemen to provide swinging
doors and wished the pt.l sent bach
to the committee for consideration
Senator Wendenburg objected to ti1s
recommittal. saving that a sliding
door WAS Just As dangerous In cAal
of fire or panic as the swining-in kind
He objected to postponlng action or
the mee sure.
ScHAtof SHSpuHEu uenteN making al
EFFORT to hold back legislation. saying
that the tobacco men OF Danville had
not been heard on the question ane
should be allowed to have their say.
Senator wendenburg finally recedet
from his position AT the bill was or.
dered sent back for consideration b,
the comuittes.
II is proposed to give the librar.
fund ts,e royalty from the sale of The
casts. The measure WAS reported un
favorably by the committee which hat
ii under consideration and there Is q
grave sentiment against its passage
The, measure presented by Messrs
Harmon and Cannon, amending an ac'
providing for the subdivision of tract.
OF land into lots and parcels and fol
the record OF plats thereof, va.
adopted by the senate to the con
sternation of the real estate dealer,
OF Richmond, The amendment provide.
that before q section Of land within
two miles OF city or town may b
. plated and put on sale permission
must be obtained from the council o.
the city or town. The real estate deal
ers declared that IL would put then
to unusual trouble in following tn.
provisions OF this act and will otjec,
strenuously to its passage by the house
The measure providing for the in,
struction of public school children Ii
the prevention. of accidents was adopt
ed without comment. as was the meas
ure to provide for the encouragement
maintenance and supervision OF indus
trial, agricultural. household arts, ant
commercial education.