Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-22
THE HOUSE

II 1 Ill looOL
sion four hours yesterday. debating
amendments to the merchants license
! tax bill
/ As Delegate J. ~ Stubs, OF Glou-
ccster. who precipitated clamorous
adjournment at o'clock in the after
noon by offering motion to dismiss
the whole bill from further considcra-
! tion, remarked: THE House did moth
/ ing to-day. The time was wasted"
His meaning was that the House made
no progress in those four hours toward
/ tax legislation.
! The motion TO dismiss the bill came
| ar surprise. Major Stubs was con-
| WINGED that nothing was acconplish d
/ by wranglinS over sections OF the bill
which. he said. can very well go over
! to the next Legislature without affect =
! ing tax legislation In the least The
bill Is now impeding tax legislation
This Bill Is not part OF either the
segregation or the commission plan OF
! TAXATION. said Major Stubs Let the
next Legislature deal with all these
| disputed questions or merchants licen-
scs on which you gentlemen seem to be
hopelessly tangled"
What can we expect the next Legis-
laturc, which Will have 500 other bill.
/ TO consider. to do with this matter, n
Montague demanded.
BL0CKING REAL WORK OF
SESSION, SAYS MAJOR STUDnS
| The bin Is impeding the real work
we are here for" replied Major Stubs
! we have been here seven DAYS doing
nothing
/ Colonel Teedy rose and demonstrated
why didn't you tell us that four DAYS
ago?" he shouted.
i hoped you would do something
earlier" returned the member from
Gloucester But nothing is being
done. so | move to dismiss the bill. II
you think the bill is going to receive
II three fourths vote in this body. YOU
are mistaken. All you are after with
| this Dill ~ Il way TO raise a little more
revenue. That is not what VIC are here
Tor We are here TO adopt a proper
I form OF taxation"
Maybe the gentleman from Glouces
ter thinks the best way 10 wreck n
machine is TO throw "A monkey wrench
INTO IT," jecrcd Colonel Leedy.
i don't know about the machine. -
retortcd Mr.. Stubs. but If the gentle.
man thinks have "A monkey wrench I
think he Is pretty good nut TO use
IL on"
Mr.. Gregory: Does your motion 10
dismiss apply 10 this section OF the
/ bin under discussion or to the whole
| hll7
! MIR. Stubbs: The whole bill tho
whole shooting match--Iiousc lhIl No.
/ g."
FOUR HOURS OF TALK
! AND NOTHING DONE:
several members jumped TO their feet
with motions to pass by the section
until tomorrow. MIR. Oliver and MIR
{ Gregory simultaneously moved TO adj
journ.
That motion 10 dismiss the bill
ought 10 have come four days ago. II
would have been carried" a member
shouted from the back of the chamber
Mr.. Stubbs's motion to dismiss was lost
BY an overwhelming vote. and on Mr..
divers motion the House adjourned.
Earlier In the day Delegate william
a. Land succeeded in getting his
/ amendment through which imposes n
tax on the sale OF cider. 1t was during
! tne debate ON this section Wednes-
day that Judge Martin Williams. OF
Giles. admitted that the people voted
for prohibition with the understand
ing tnat the pure juice OF the apple
vas not TO be taxed" Some the mem.
bcrs asserted that this was an ac-
acknowledgement that compact had
been entered into between the prohibit
ZIONIST leaders and the manufacturers
OF cider. the terms OF which provided
that IN the event OF prohibition
victory the cider manufacturers would
be permitted to carry on their busi-
ness AS they desired. This charge
however, was not made on the floor
OF the House during the debate.
Mr.. Land again protested yesterday
against the admission OF local bills
lie protested in vain. More local bills
were introduced The, member from
Holloway said he knew Il was futile
90 attempt TO stem the tide. but he
wanted to he on record. He insisted
that the House had repudiated even the
original resolution adopted last Feb
ruary. which specified that the purpose
for the extra session was the con-
sideration of tax measures and tax
measures alone.
Twelve local bills that came to the
I House on their second reading were
advanced to the third yesterday. Six
others pertaining TO the tax question
were passed by until to-day
The following bills were presented
in the House and referred to the Com
mtttee on Finance:
BY MIR. Montague: To amend and re-
enact section 753 of the Code Of Vir-