Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-02
COMMISSION PLAN
CERTAIN OF DEFEAT
House May Call Roll on Gov
ernor's Bill This AT
ternoon.
MANY WOULD MAKE SPEECHES
Leaders Fear Delay From Cour-
tesy, but Are Confident of
Segregation Victory.

bHi'SS lHtT CouTleSl'S IN the way
of indulgence are asked by members
prepared speeches on the tax bills. the
this afternoon.
Action on the segregation bill will
follow the death Of the bill to create
a Tax Commission. The defeat OF the
latter measure is inevitable
because Of az. emergency clause it
contains. the commission bill requires
"a four-ffths vote of the membership of
the House to insure its passage Ordi-
narily. 81 bill carrying an appropriation
requires only a two thirds vote
The ffty-one members whose names
are signed as patrons of the bill
introduced few days ago pro.
viding the machinery for putting
the Governors segregation plan into
effect are more than sufficient To
Kill the commission bill. Their strength
VIII he augmented. Ten or more mem
bers whose names are not on the list
viii vote with them. in all probability.
FEAR F;AGERNESS OF THOSE
WHO WOULD MAKE SPEECHES
1t is. of course, the part of discre-
ton for the segregation majority to
SCI Oh tile COMMISSION Dill De-
fore the segregation measures are up
for roll call.
Some apprehension was felt last
night. however, because of the eager
ness of different members of the House
to go on record with their speeches
before the time limit on debate expires.
The House has adopted 4 resolution.
fixing the hour for roll call on tax
bills at not later than 80 o'clock this
afternoon. Nevertheless. 1t is foreseen
that few of the members who have
not yet had the floor will desire to
speak. This inclination Is viewed with
alarm by many of the segregationists.
Discussing the contingency to be
feared, several of the members of the
House last night acknowledged that
while they sincerely hoped that the
roll call will begin to-day on sched-
ule time for those bills. the, antici-
pate motion from some member to
reconsider the action on the resolution
followed by the House being asked to
grant unanimous consent that one or
several additional speakers be heard
In such contingency. no member
would care to protest because It
would make him appear discourteous
The great majority, however. who arc
eager for action and surcease Of
oratory are hoping for the best.
COX REMINDS HOUSE OF
AGREEMENT TO VOTE TODAY
Speaker Edwin p. Cox took occasion
at the recess hour yesterday afternoon
to remind the House that the time
fixed by resolution for taking the vote
is l o'clock this afternoon, and not
later than 1870 o'clock. The Speakers
reminder sent group of the legislators
out into the corridor, expressing the
fervcnt hope that those members who
fail TO get the floor before the fateful
hour to-day will not delay action by
Insisting upon spccchmaking, but will
sacrirce their desires to the wishes OF
the overwhelming majority
segregation stock was booming yes
tcrday. None could he found to ad-
init that anything in the form of
compromise with the Tax Commission
votaries is contemplated. The latter
element, however, contendcd that there
is n disposition on the part of the Sc
greEationists to make concessions. In
substantiation, they called attention to
the series of supplementary measures
that have been presented by the ad-
v"catcs of the Governors bill
The supplementary and companion
bills, ii is conceded, have had the effect
OF removing many objections stated to
the segregation measure i'm the carly
days Of the debate.
WHITE AND WEAVER OFFER
SUPPLEMENTAL BILLS
Hugh y. White, one of the segreEa-
Zionist leaders, introduced IA bill at the
afternoon session yesterday, the object
OF which is to give the State Auditor
discretionary powers that will make it
exceedingly difficult for holders of in
tangibles to e"adc assessment
The bill introduced by Mr. White
reads. in part, as follows:
That all intangible property shall
be assessed and asses able as of such
da;e as the Auditor of Public Accounts
shall fix and designate.
The Auditor Of Public Accounts
shall. on or before the first day of
such. or every year, fix upon and desig-
nate some certain date as of which all
intangible property shall be asse ssa BILE.
And as soon as such date is fixed upon.
the Auditor shall certify the same to
the Secretary OF the Commonwealth.
and shall also certify the same to
every commissioner of the revenue and
examiner of records in the State, who.
upon receipt thereof, shall proceed to
make the proper assessments, accord
ing to law.
The time being at hand for the as
sessmcnt of property, an emergency
exists. and this act shall be i'm force
from it's passage"
The segregation plan was further
strengthened by the two companion
bills introduced by Aubrey G. Weaver
yesterday morning, seErcgating to the
public free schools n special IO-ccnt
levy on intangibles Of every form and
rolling stock. II was argued last night
by the segregation leaders that every
reasonable objection offered to their
plan had now been met.
The Senate VIII lose no time, IL IS
believed. I'm dealing with the tax meas
ures. It Is expected that the segreEa-