The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-28

ity standing sponsor for tho figires he
did not feel at liberty to change them.
Immediately telegraphed that ] did
not give a continental IL the figures
were prepared by the angel Gabriel
they were wrong"
Mr.. Chall.ley also intir1ated that
some OF the figures of Auditor Moore
were incorrec, and in reply to a ques-
tion as - whore he thought one should
go for information said that "if these
figures are the auditors will here
after take an expert accountant with
me when / go to him foc informa-
tion."
House In Confusion.
1t was j. Davis Reed of Ports
mouth, VINO criticised the Joint COM
mittee on taxation for reversing it,
self and attacked the figures of the
statistician employed by the commits
sion, saying they were three-quarters
of a million eopars wrong
Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Montague en-
lvened the debate by a clash, which
for a moment put the entire house
into an up-oar. Three or four men
were on their feet at once and Mr..
Lincoln, filling the chair. vas pound
ing win his gavel in vain. when the
gentleman from Richmond attempted
to wrest :he floor from the gentleman
from Portsmouth. Mr.. Reed had
stated 1t the outset that he did not
wish to be questioned during his
speech. Any question ask I'D. he said.
would be answered when he had con-
eluded. He had s,ardly begun. before
Mr.. Moa'agu" sprang to his feet with
question Mr.. Reed refused to be
interrupted. Mr.. Montag''e persisted.
Mr.. Charley arose. The house was
in the greatest disorder.
II will be answered now" shouted
Mr. Montague shaking his fist.
Your state ment is unloading and
[ must be answered.'
"Mr. Speaker" shouted Mr.. Monta-
que.
mfr Sneaker" called Mr.. Chalkley.
Mr. Speaker" called NJ Reed.
Mr.. Speaker, will ask this aues-
ton" again .'bouted Mr.. Montague,
still shaking his fist.
Mr. Spa aker' roared NJ. Reed ex-
asperatsd. IAN old saw mas il that any
fool can ask a question that a wise
man canno. answer"
The house roared. and NJ. Montague
subsidized. after shouting his question
into the uproar.
Speaks Nearly Three Hours
Mr.. Chaikley began SPEAKING about
II o'clock and suspended at 1:40.
concluding = mastery exposition OF
his and his colleagues plan of tax
equalization Tith an appeal that the
burden of taxation be evenly and just
ly distributed Throughout rae Com
monwealth t. the end hat Virginia
CO justice and that Virginia ma of all
sections forget all feelings Of hostility
and live together in peac. and amity.
The central commission leader made
a profound impression upon his hear
ers and was generously applauded by
both sides ghen he sat Down. He he
gan hts speech Tuesday a 'eernoon. but
adjournment s1our coming before he
could conclude he resumed yesterday
morning He exhibited p profound
knowledge of his subtec-, a splendid
grasp of it's details and IN ability to
express hts thought clearly and to ar
range his figures IN thsir most con-
win cing array
At the outset Mr. Chalk'ey denied
that the Weaver Buchanan plan was
real segreR 1.ien or that II or any
ether plan OF segregation could equal
tie assessrnents and fairy distribute
the tax burden. He pointed to The
lack OF any means in the Weaver
Buchanan bills for equali .stton az be-
tween individuals and cited the ten
cent levy on all reaity for school pur-
poses to show that the State gets
something on all e!asses Ct property
and that the inequalities as between
localities would still exist. Brunswick
assessments. he ssid. are five times
as high as those of Carroll and every
time Carol Ia called upon to con-
tribute one dollars to the public
schools Of the State Brunswick ts
called upon TO contribute I've. Similar
conditions exist now in Ill parts OF
the State. he declared. and will con-
tinue to exist IL the segre,,> lion plan
as proposed be adopted.
His Horrible Example.
peprecattng what he called the
tendency OF the segregntionists to fol-
low the example OF the worst govern
ed States In drawing their bills he
cited Pennsylvania al the shining ex-
ample OF the evils OF segregation. IT
is the most rotten Stale politically in
the Union, he declared and It's people
are the most untustly and the most
unfairly taxed people, PROBABLY OF the
people OF any state They have segre-
alton there and as we have warned
Won would be the case IN Virginia
were the segregation system adopted.
real estate bears the harden of taxa
ton.
you who believe In segregation"
he shouted. ARE preparing to follow
II e lead of Pennsylvania. You are
headed in the wrong direction. but.
thank God. The people OF Virginia Will
stop YOU before you reach the end"
Turning to details, Mr.. Chalkley
said he wished to call atten-
ton to the fact that the segrega-
tionists had overlooked entirely the
towns of the state. The tables pre-
pared In segregation headquarters.
he said, pretend 10 show the effects
of segregation upon cities and coun-
ties but do not mention the incorpo-
rated towns OF the State.
These have not been taken into
consideration IN any pase." he de-
clared but they will suffer a tremen-
dous loss You take from them the
revenue from intangibles. their larg-
est source of revenue, and give them
nothing in return. You Will almost
ruin some of them / challenge any
one TO point out where they have en-
tered into the calculations of the seq
reKation advocates"
Attacks Opponents Figures.
He then took UP the table OF hg-
ures prepared in segregation head
quarters" and for an hour endeavored
to point out the great mass OF err
rors" contained in them. The totals
are wrong. he said. the speculations
as to probable income are wrong. the
loss of the liquor revenue 10 not taken
ha fah uhn n or