Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-23
SEGREGATION BILL
HAS GOOD MAJORITY
Administration Measure Comes
to House With Names of
Fifty-two Patrons.
FIGHT IS NOW IN THE SENATE
Merchants License Bill Is Fur
ther Riddled as House Pro-
longs Debate.

Tho scgrcgationists in the General
| Assembly are jublant. The defeat OF
| the commission form OF taxation was
half accomplished yesterday. Tho
| light ia over so far as the House is
| concerned. The battle there has been
| fought and won. Yesterday was n day
| OF triumph for the administration"
| bill.
AS the ndv"rsarics OF tho commission
| form express It. tho hghting is now
| In the cnemy's country, the Senate
The Senate held another very brief sc.-
sion in the morning In the afternoon
| the Senate Finance Committee met be-
| hind closed doors.
The Introduction OF the supplemental
| ht!l. designed to furnish the machinery
| Tor putting into effect the Governors
| hill." was the big feature OF the day.
u waa indorsed by nfty-two patrons,
Aubrey G.. Wcavcr's name at the head
Of the list. The bill. with more than
| majority Of the House membership
| az its patron. Is without precedent in
that respect
| LEGISLATURE AGAIN
SWEARS OEF on LOCAL HILLS
| Further symptoms OF "a tendency to
/, contract the never again" habit were
4 manifested by the Legislature yester-
Il day morning. when another Joint rcso-
tuition was adopted. permitting the In
Il tToduction Of another bill not pertain
II ing TO tax Legislation. This time the
II swear on" Is put a few days ahead
n The General Assembly is resolved 10
Il receive no more local bills after Jan
i = y
| after the new resolution Is one extend
| Ing 10 national banks the same powers
| and privileges accorded 10 trust COM
| panics.
Delegate William \. Land. OF MOTTO
way, who has been an old ma Of the
sea on the back of the House since
the House first swore Off on admitting
| local bills performed his daily protes-
| 'at'on stunt yesterday. explaining that
he considered 1; his duty Members
with local bills in their pockets or In
their minds. which they expect to iu-
| iroduce at the propit.ous time, deny
that duty prompts the man from MOTTO
way. They Insist that MIR Lands
diurnal rebuke TO the House is not a
duty. but II habit
SrUBnS SAYS MERCHANTS
bill Is UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Major j. y. Siubbs, OF Gloucester. on
whom the spotlight was trained yes
tcrday because OF his announcement OF
his candidacy for tho spcakcrship Of
the next House against Harry II. IIous-
ton and George i. Browning, dropped
p chunk of lydditc upon the merchants
license tax bill, with which The body
has been wrestling 20. four days. by
pointing out that /, is unmistakablv
n uDr0pSfitufipu,l ,yo,rrrn
House bill No. 3 is absolutely a de-
fective measure" said Major Stubbs
when the last OF the III sections OF
that hill was under discussion II
have examined that measure and nnI
sections from - to 1O5 have been
amended. and many of the subjects arc
not embraced In the title. Take section
90 - for example There are six
new subjects in 1t, which are not re-
ferred to In the 1903 bill"
I'M Montague sought TO alleviate tho
fears OF the members when Major
S,ubba sprang this surprise at the
eleventh hour. "If we haven't got 1t
right, said Mr.. Montague. I'VE can go
ahead now and get il right"
!; Is apparent, however. that the mer-
chants license bill has been shot to
pieces" and that its prospects of pas
7.
HAS SERVED ITS TIME ny
GIVING TOPIC TO SPEECU,Ia<EuS
In any event" commented a former
member of the House. who has been
In intimate touch for many years with
'hc Legislature. the merchants
license bill has answered a very good
purpose. 1t has given the House some
thing to occupy its attention and at
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fact that the body was not idlinE while
the real tax legislation manoeuvres
were in progress outside the legislative
halls Yes. sir. very good bill, with
an opportunity for long and earnest de-
bates, is House bill No. z. il NAV now
he defeated, leaving every member re-
joicing In the consciousness of his own
rectitude, in that he has done by that
bill all that any one could expect of
him"
The debate on House bill No ended
yesterday with the adoption of the
motion of Mr.. Montague to strike out
section 142. which has to do with
license taxes on automobiles. locomo-
biles. motorcycles. etc, for hire, storage
aud sale.
During the debate. Delegate r. Lind
say Gordon. of Louisa made n success
Jul OH section 40, which rclatcS
TO licenses imposed upon bankers and
brokers dealing in options or futures
In some sections Of the State" said
Mr. Gordon. lawyers are doing bust
ness as stockholders. If they want
to do brokers' business they should
pay license as brokers'"
1 lie moved to strike out from the
/ paragraph specifying 'who shall nav
| license the clause "exccDt liconooI
attorney at law" The motion was
adopted. lawyers thus being required
TO take out special license IL thew
desire to infringe on the brokerage
business.
COMMITTEE VOTES TO
RESTORE TAX ON PHYSICIANS
After hearing physicians from all
parts of tho State. who are strenuously
opposing the proposition to reimpose
the license tax on practicing physi-