The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-04
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n provided for in the compromise h,ii
r expected to amend and pass thf
"a tsovernor's segregation bill fh'
amendments offered are ~ various
nAtures- senator Tavenner has ar
\ amendment designed To protect sma
towns which allows them TO lay AT
3 HcoiricTysl TEX OF thirty cents on the
hundred OF intangible property. The
] provision also applies TO cities and
counties. senator i{rcek hts ar
amendment q rIfiar inn orr. and
Sera:se 6oolric& another that ex.
esapts town bonds from taxation ~
n .at4 higher .han thirty-nve cents.
crmi,,ission BtlI Dead.
one alins Seems certain. there wtn
BIZ almost no atfeuu, 10 have the
4 "a. -NIltn,ss on biz passed Teaiiz-
in1 the great opposition ir tho House.
as well as fhs- az majority of Ser
4 ators - tht cotpn. ssiou plan with
out segregation the advocates Of
that view, vegzs Few it, rum her. Will
not pash tfa bill
Sena1"fr backing yesterday uA The
I segreSas}o0 tln we're Drrwry. COOL
rick Fau, and Eo.ai. ~ 81 whom
favored Segregation Ssfe senator
{ Paul Frcccelre tl1~ oder 81 the
] day MAS a consideration OF the general
( license hiil that has already been
practically defeated iu the House,
: Discussion was not completed. but
several pro, lsions we're acted ON.
Junk des4ers Nil hc more strictly
4 controlled 81 the fdt IRE. and cam
vassers Wit be required 10 display
signs on their wagons An amusing
discussion took place without definite
result over the proposal TO tax small
merchants 8Hd vendors of fish and
oysters, ffesa meat and vegcta bics.
DsN In the senate.
rssotiot Of Senatnr Buchanan
+ House bii4 No. Wa substituted 5n1
the similar Senate bill the scgreEa-
sion bill. 4 joint resolution was
agreed 10 removing ali restriction. as
I 10 ths iatr0d !ction Of local bills and
+ many al this nature are expected to
J be introduced.
This order Of the day having ar
rived. senator Mapp offered a rcso-
luton providing that tho rest of the
day be given 10 discussion of the tax
! bills that ~ this mornings session
amendments Ia the bills be voted on.
end thst # vote on the segregation
ssill be taken al 4:3o o'clock The
resolution passed later in the day
Senator Drewry delivered n we'll
n
lion hill which he favored with the
addition NJ some supervisory power.
He called OH Senators TO recognize
thai no System would he perfect, but
would have tC be perfected by COM
Ing Assemblies. He thought that ON
The ba sis az the sewreEa zion idea a
hill should be passed. 10 which should
be added seine Superv sorry power ms
q balance wheel This supervisory
board might taken whatever form
the Senstt desired to give il. and one
of its GateE duties would he to observe
rhe working. ef the tax system and
make rscon,uendsftona Tor changes
md reforms. He aid not favor anv
com mission Of larSe powers. He com
piimsnteo The auditor as having
handled his uffics wonderfully we'll g
end az being capable Of directing the
supervision OF tases
Senator Drswry WAS warmly con
graduated on his speech.
Other Speakers
senator Roysll. Republican. spoke
IN favor of segregation. He agreed
In many respects with Senator Drew
ry and complimcnted Governor Stu
arr. senator Cannon injected po-
fitfcai issue into Senator Rova II g
speech by inquiring If the potential
machine OF the tax commission plan.
which Senator Royal denounced
would be any more powerful than
the Republican Ninth District ma
chine, Senator Royal replied by stat
Ing that the Democrats have nine
censressionaJ political machines Ia
virginia Ia he Republicans one and
hat the present tax system Was not
inc faulf ~ the Republicans
senator Pani followed explaining
ihst while b bad always been a seq
iegationist and was regarded IN his
Touuty az "red~hot seRregationtyf ''
he could not support the partial seq.
reEntion bill hecaus" under the fig.
fres that accompany IL four OF the
xix counties that have low assess
inents will gain from the State while
others will lose. He would xate- for
complete segregation bill.
Senator Gaolrlck offered an amend
nent designed to protect county and
city bonds already issued from tax
rates higher than thirty-five cents.
lie spoke in favor OF thie amendment.
opposed the tax commission favored
aggregation and advocated the r7adi-
ned commission bill as a compromise
y the tax comm sSion advocates Ad-
inurHmeut followed his address
Dinner 10 Ittyson,
Last night the Senate was enter
lained By senator Lesner in honor of
iAe utenaut Governor J. Taylor E,llv-
ron ~ di3ner AZ Murphy'q Hotel.
An "A fit. occasion tar.,-t,..4