The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-19
Majority and Minority Bills to
Be Reported to House as
Agreed Upon
Dozen Local Bills
Sent to Committees
Doors Opened Wide on Un-
Outstanding That There Are
No More to Be Introduced.
Joint Meeting of Committees

The first big fight of the session
will open today In the House OF
Delegates when the Finance Com
ntttee reports. according to reso-
luton, the segregation and the
tax commission bills framed by
the joint committee on tax re-
vision.
Efforts to have the Com mittee ON
Finance discharged from considera-
ton of these measures having failed
at Fridays session of the House. and
Mr.. Brewers efforts in committee TO
have that body report at once having
also failed, the House on Satur0a y
adopted a resolution requesting the
committee to report not later tina n
Tuesday.
While no action was taken by the
House committee yesterday. being in
joint session with the Senate commit
tee. the meeting this morning will un-
doubtedly result in decision to re-
port and when the House conyenes
the two bills will be before it.
Comes the TAg OF War.
Then will come the tug OF war be-
tween the advocates OF the seRrega-
ton plan and OF the centralized COM
mission plan. There will be no COM
pieted segregation bin before the
House. that prepared by the commits
sion providing merely for an ex-
officio board, to administer the laws
under a plan of segregation. How
ever. Delegate Reed. of Portsmouth,
has introduced a bill providing for a
tax commissioner. and Mr.. White, of
Rockbridge. has a bill providing In de-
tail for segregation. Some such bill
will have &c be enacted after the en-
actment OF the commissions bill pro-
vidng for an ex-officio board. the pur-
pose OF getting that ana the central
commission bin before the House be-
ing to ascertain the sentiment OF that
body As between the two plans.
The House. IL is apparent, Is over
whelmingly for segregation and the
advocates of Capitalization are bend
Ing every nerve toward converting
enough TO give them a majority. Yes
terdsy afternoon in the parior Of
Murphy's Hotel. MIR. ChaikIey. who
favors the commission plan, met a
score or more delegates and explained
MIS- views and that Of the majority of
the joint committee on tax revision
TO them. MIR. ChalkIey was questioned
closely by Mr. White. an advocate Of
segregation, and meeting promising
to be a very mild one was converted
into one OF lively interest
Are Not Warned.
Segregation advocates profess TO
nave no doubts about the constttu-
honal questions involved and no fear
OF the success OF those who attack
the plan on these grounds. 1t is con-
tended that there lis no virtue in the
contentious OF the advocates of CEN
traifzation that partial segregation is
unconstitutional. AS to the other con-
stitutional questions raised, they say, a
rev amendments will obyiate all diff
ficulties.
They cannot defeat segregation
that way" said Mr.. White last night
We can easily remedy any difficult
ties that may exist"
Let Down Bars for the Day
On the understanding that no other
local bills will be introduced the GEN
erai Assembly yesterday let down the
bars to twelve such measures yes,er-
day M nrniny and by passage of a Joint
resolution allowed them TO be intro
duced
Both houses were carefully poIleCf
informally before the resolution was
presented and being assured thereby
that all measures of local nature de-
sired to be introduced were provided
Tor in the resolution both houses