Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-02

arrived. He resumed his address at
H." afternoon session.
we will never get away from here
without yielding something in the way
OF compromise and concession, il we
are going to adopt n measure" he said,
Incidentally.
He referred to the proposed tax COM
r'ission as the most demoralizing po-
htical agency that can be saddled upon
the State"
Again he said: Il would rather have
some equality and more libcr.Y. than
more equality and no liberty"
He characterized the principles OF
the Capitalization plan as "pernic.ous."
betause Of the dangerous. unreasonable
ard autocratic power which would be
vested In the central board"
He directed attention to the figures
showing that Richmond would lose
S3TS.00O. This city" he said. will
SURF, ndcr n larger proportion to the
equalization scheme than any other
spot In Virginia. and II Is natural
/. logical and right that il should In
tangible property is necessarily attract
ed to the cities"
DELEGATE LOVE SPEARS
FOR SEGREGATION
:. II. Love. of Lunenburg. followed
Mr.. Gordon speaking for the scgrega-
ton system. He prcludcd his address
with The assurance that he had no
political axe To grind, no political am
bition TO CRAFTY" Mr.. Love said he
could not go back to the people OF
Lunenburg with 4 free conscience IL he
voted for a Tax Commission to sit in
Richmond and 20 over at Will to Lunen-
burg to adjust the affairs of the people
who preferred TO exercise some degree
OF Viii thcmsclvs
Mr.. Loves remarks drew the fire of
Mr.. Montague, Mr.. Chalkley and other
b "a -..t sci .s f
bills. and frequently he provoked hearty
laughter by taking the edge of the
questions with a witty retort. II was
during an exchange of this sort With
Mr.. Montague that Mr.. Love was led
10 boast that he is the grandfather OF
forty-iivc boys and girls.
The good -humorcd speech of the
f.un"nburg delegate scored n nj, with
the House and he was followed ny
prolonged applause as he strobe from
the centre of the hall. whore he had
spoken at the request OF some of tho
members, TO his seat.
PENNINGTON AND NELSON
FOR Ci;NTNAI. COMMISSION
Delegate II. l.. Pennington, of Lee.
was the next speaker. lie argued for
the Tax Commission plan.
Judge Frank Nelson. of Campbell.
was then recognized and spoke at some
length in advocacy of the commission
Iofin. Judge nelson COnpilmcnteu the
. members of the Tax Commission on the
report submitted. saying that II moth
ing more should be accomplished the
Commonwealth had been substantially
benefited by the enlightenment shed
by the facts and figures in that report
He concluded AT the hour for vacation
OF the chair by the Speaker, o'clock.
HILL MONTAGUE
CONCLUDES ARGUMENT
Hill Montague. of Richmond. conclud-
cd his argument for the Tax Commits
sion bill at the opening of the morning
session. Discussing the several differ
ent tables submitted. he said that those
prepared By the Tax Commission show
that twenty-eight counties and cities
will lose under the segregation plan,
while the table prepared by the Gov
ernor puts the number at thirty-two.
and the bill prepared by other segre-
Eationists ut thlrty-six
This shows. of course" he said
that segregation vii; work a hard
ship and injustice upon 8 large section
of the State. ! can hardly believe that
the Legislature Will consent to destroy
the interests of some counties I'm order
that the interests of others may be
benefited
You should not segregate intangibles.
You say YOU are going to reduce the
rate to 20 cents. Your efforts to bring
out intangibles will he in vain. No
State know of has been able to bring
out intangibles when the tax has heen
more than 40 cents on $780," He cited
the Ohio law. saying it was very dras-
tic and had failed to bring out intangi-
bles
Asked by Mr.. Weaver whether he
could enlightcn the House regarding
the Ohio, raDe which he said. always
had great bearing on tax returns
Mr.. Montague replied that he did not
l. M IA rnt hn toll
had fixed. He said he wanted the Vir-
ginia rate fixed ut 90 cents on both In
tangiblas and real estate.
WEAVER BILL GUARANTEES
FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS
Following the address Of the Rich
mond member Delegate Chalkley offered
an amendment to the segregation bill
to retain intangible personal property
for local taxation.
Chairman Weaver. of the Finance
Committee. introduced two companion
bills to the segregation measure, pro-
viding for the collection and distribu-
ton of the State school tax. The bills
are approved by the administration and
constitute 4 part OF the plan carried in
the Governors bill.
These measures insure to the public
free schools the special 10-cent tax
which. under the segregation plan. Is
to be levied against intangibles and
rolling stock.
DODSON SAYS PEOPLE
DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING
r. l.. Dodson, of Pittsylvania, was
the first speaker at the night session.
lie provoked an outburst of hilarity
with tho opening words OF his speech:
why people OF Pittsylvania expect
nothing from us on this question:" no
said, "and I hope to be in position
to bring 1t to them. That's all ask"
Mr.. Dodson said he thought good fea-
lures may be found in all OF the sew
eral bills introduced. and he suggested