Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-05
DEADLOCK IS REACHED
ON ANT|JUC MEASURE
Senate Refuses to Recede From
Amendment Providing Election,
and House Stands Pat.
SUBSTITUTE BILL is OFFERED
Final Action Will Come i'm Senate
To-Day, When Vote VIII BE
Taken on Motion to Reconsider
Former Action.


RALEIGH, y. G.. March 4.-The con
ference committee on III. differences
between the Senate and the House on
the antiJug bill. which the Senate
amended to provide reference to the
people for ratification, reported to-
night In the Senate through Senator
Nash and in the House through Repre-
sentative Doughton The report that
the senate committee had refused 10
rccedc from its referendum amendment.
and the House committee had refused
TO recedc from It's position. The con
ierces have agreed on Il substitute bill
which they recommend for passage.
rms provides for shipment and de-
livery OF one quart Of spirituous liquors
and i've gallons of malt liquors to any
one person within period Of fifteen
days. and specifies machinery whereby
spiiituouS liquors and alcohol for com
in:rcial and hospital and medical pur-
poses may he procured under special
permits for shipment.
When the report was made III the
Senate. Senator White. OF the commit
tee, sent forward the conference bill.
and IL was read lie moved that the
vote by which the Senate passed tina
original bill from the House he recon
sidcrcd In order that the conference
bill might pc substituted. Some Sena-
tors thought all that was necessary
was a vote to adopt the conference
committee report, and this would carry
the adoption of the substitute bill.
There was q decided difference of
opinion, and Senator Stubbs insisted
that the bill as presented o-night was
decidedly different from what he was
Informed the conference committee had
agreed on. lie understood that the
agreement was on a bill of possibly
two sections. and this one had fifteen
sections. !e wanted no RECONSIDER
ton of the vote on the original bill to-
night He made n motion that the
whole matter 20 over until Friday, and
this was carried by large ma jority.
In the House. Representative Dough-
ton sent forward the report OF the con-
ference committee. and I've made IA
statement of the tangle i'm which the
Senate found itself. He advised the
! House that the final action Of the
| Senate Tomorrow must lie awaited
| This is the situation tonight in both
! branches Of the Legislature. 1t was
stated that seven OF the eight con
| fcrecs signed the conference report in
| dorsins the conference bill. 1t will
require two-thirds vote in the Senate
to reconsider the vote which passed
the original bill with the referendum
FIGHT FOR INSURANCE
RATE CONTROL Is LOST
The fight in this Legislature for
! state control OF fire insurance
/ rates. nv recommended by the
! special Legislative commission for
( the investigation OF the conduct OF
| fire insurance companies in North Caro-
! lima. which won out so largely In the
/ House, terminated in the House this
afternoon. when Representative Henry
Page, who. with Representative Sea-
| well; was member OF the investigat-
ing commission, moved very regret
! fully" as he laconically expressed it,
! that the House concur in the Senate
! amendment striking out all eleven sec
| tions OF the bill providing the State
| rate regulation feature. MIR. Page said
, that there was still some good in the
! bill IN the way Of advanced insurance
! regulations, and he was unwilling To
have the state lose whatever there was
OF benefit lett in the bill. The vote
| for concurrence was immediate and
! practically unanimous
The House adopted motion by
! Representative Grier to displacc the
Statewide primary bill from its spe-
ciai order place on the calendar for
tonight. and set it for II o'clock Fri
| day. ard havo 200 copies of the bill
printed in the meantime
The stacy bill for making the kinder
garten part OF public school work
was passed the House.
The Senate disposed Of q number OF