The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-05
Segregation Bill Will Pass Sem
ate This Morning Along
With Compromise Bill
Board of Review
Without Salary
Supervisory Power Vested In
Body Composed of Cover
nor. Auditor and Chairman
Corporation Commission

by the time the senate AL
Journs for dinfer this afternoon
the segreg atiou bin. known ~ the
Weaver buchanan bill. with the
addition oil the Tavenncr amend
mcnt, Will have passed the senate
and Will bc On Its WAY back to the
House for concurrence.
Preceding action on this the Senate
VIII haze practically agreed to the
passage OF compromise bill providing
for State board of review Of assess-
ments and local boards IF n similar
nature. This bill is a combination Of
the modified tax comm ission bill and
the administration bill for bringina
out intangible property 1t WAS drawn
and agreed upon al an all-day CONFER
ence between Senators buchanan, for
the segregation element and Fietcher
for the opposition, and but for the
desire of members TO see the new bill
In print before voting on il, both i,
and the segregation bill would have
been passed yesterday afternoon be-
fore adjournment.
Both Sides Pleased.
Segregation leaders were highly
gratified over the outcome of the day 8
proceedings. but not greatly surprised.
for they 5ad claimed all along that
with certain concessions they would
be aele TO carry their bill, AS a mat
ter OF fact they point out that the
compromise bin partakes more large
ly of their views than OF the opposi-
ton views. On the other hand the
commission advocates contend that
they have wen their point that there
should be some supervisory power OF
T.a ~ @t. tF1F
segrega.ionisss rspiy that the minority
report or .ha tax commission recon
mended an ex-officio board OF very
similar nature to that carried in the
compr oi1isa bill.
Action Expected Yesterday.
Action on the segregation bill was
expected and seemed sure ur TO the
last minute Of the session yesterday
With an hour set for voting. and nu-
merous parliamentary points settled
to provide for vote. the members and
the large crowd Of spectators were pre-
AIRED for the result. During the course
Of his closing speech, Senator BIT
chanan had agreed TO accept an
amendment offered to the segregation
bill by Senator Tavenner and had
promised 10 accept. an amendment Of
fered by senator Goodrich as ar amend
fnent to another supplemental bill
which will come up for action later.
Then Senator Fletcher. who has been
floor leader for the advocates of su
pervis,on. took the floor and outline
the compromise bin over which he and
Senator Buchanan had lahoreG all day.
and on which they chad finally come TO
agreement. He stated that the op-
ponents Of the segregation bin would
agree TO the passage Of that bill If the
compromise bill were assured Of pas
sage Immediately afterwards, guaran-
teeing that there will be some super
visory head of the tax system. Ev-
erything was ready for a vote. when
Senator Rison broke in with an OBJ
lection TO voting on the new bin an
I'll it had been printed. He did not
think II should be "railroaded through
too quickly. Leaders on both sides
discIaimed any intention TO rush mat =
ters and readily agreed to wait until
this morning, and so the crowd was
disappointed.
Dramatic scene.
The scene in the chamber at times
grew dramatic. Standing IN the eal-
leries around the cloak rooms OF the
Senate were many member. of the
House. Attorney-General Pollard
members of the State Corporation Com
mission. Auditor c. Lee Moore and
many others. They all expected final