The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-16
Successful In Defeating Motion
to Discharge 1t, Committee
10 Report Soon
Cox In Committee
Asks Report I oday
Finally Agreed. However. to
Make Bills in Question Con-
tinuing Order-Commission
Advocates Disclose Plan

Defeated in their fight for immed-
late consideration by the House q
the two plans of tax revision einoodi-
ed in the Tax Commissioner report,
advocates OF the discharge OF the
House Finance Committee from con-
sideration OF these TWO bills rested
content, for the present. last night
with compromise offered by the
committee.
shortly after securing Il majority
of two AGAINST the white resolution
10 discharge the committee. that body
met and decided to take up for con
sideration at once the tsrp plans and
TO report both at the earliest possible
moment.
Thee was talk yesterda< afternoon
of renewing today the motion TO dis
charge the committee, aad every aay
thereafter unti3 a MA ,crlty could be
secured to the ned that further de-
lay in considerable of tax measures
might be eliminated, but follow 4
the action of the Finance COMMITTEES
in taking up consideration # the bills,
with the understand ~ -ha, nottiRs
else should Interviews until q r"Host
10 the House was fuade. NEST OF the
/ advocates OF cary dNAiHjs IAfisA ~
wit until Monday before renewing
The resolution sieeeated yesterday
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White st arts sonnet hin-.
The fight between those carer u
get down to work ON the segregation
and commission bills and to each 81
decision between the two 80 that
the Finance Committee would be free
10 act along the lines approved by
the House and those wishinf; TO delay
matters until the committee should
give further consideration to the mat
ter was precipitated by the introduc'
ton of resolution by Mr.. W hite.
This resolution called fer the dis
charge OF the Fiuane COMMITTEES Tor
from consideration of the two bills i'll
question.
Mr.. White pointed out that most Of
the bills in the committee We're con
iitionai, that some Of them depended
upon the adoption of the commission
plan and some upon the Adoption OF
the segregation plan. Until the
House decides upon one plan or the
other. he said the House Finance
COMMITTEES can do nothing with those
bills. Tie, therefore, urged that the
two main bills, one providing for seq
regation and that other for a com
mission, be brought before the House
at once and discussed
supported by Speaker Cox.
The resolution Was supported by
Speaker Cox, Mr. Norris, Mr.. Fields
and others The speaker argued thai
time would be saved by the move as
action on other bills must be deferred
until this question Of commission Or
segregation be decided
In reply to the objection that the
discharge OF the committee would
throw consideration of the bills into
body OF one hundred men. instead
OF committee OF a dozen or more,
Mr.. Norris pointed out that the bills
must be reported evsntuaily and there
would be as much confusion then as
now. THE greater the probahl con-
fusion" he said, the stronger the ar
Eument for beginning on them early.
why IL Finance Committee so OPP
posed to the introduction OF these bills
now, anyway ?"
Mr.. willis. of Roanoke. being as
sured by Mr.. Chalkley. of Wise. that
he did not believe the House would
be prepared to vote upon the two
plans by the middle Of next week, de-
sired to know how long it would take
the House to work out the details of
the bills II 1t cannot agree upon the