The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
House Votes to Get to Work
at 10 O'clock Instead OF
Noon Beginning Monday
GORDON WANTS OPEN
COMMITTEE SESSIONS
Resolution to Abolish Execu-
tive Meetings Goes to Rules
Committee-Supreme Court
Feature of Next Few Days

Introduction OF the Coordinate
women's College in the University OF
Virginia" bill. the adoption OF resoiu-
Zion for converting the House at 10
O'Clock in the morning beginning Nom
fay. an effort to abolish executive ses-
stons by committees and the reading
of the second message OF Governor
Stuart were outstanding features IN
.he House session yesterday. In the
Senate the Governors message WAS
read. committee appointments an
nounced at Friday nights caucus were
confirmed, efforts to have the minority
represented on the Finance Committee
were made, and call came from Seha~
tor wendenburg for the early con-
alteration OF the appropriation Dill
The coordinate education measure
authorizes the rector and visitors OF
the University of Virginia 10 eSta oiish
and maintain In the University q CO.
ordinate college for women In which
women of The State Will have the same
opportunities fer higher education as
is enjoyed by the young men OF the
Commonwealth. This measure Is pre-
scented with the following as patrons
Speaker Houston and Messrs. Willis.
Fuller. Myers Clement, Hobson, Love,
Gordon. Neetze. Cousins, Burke, Biz
rea. Pitts williams. Jones. Pence and
Page.
Active Lobby at Work.
An active lobby fs being conducted
for the eEta ntishment ~ the Women's
college and passage in the House or
the measure is claimed for H. II Will
I've strongly supported in the Senate.
A similar pili had "a very rough voyage
.gs f,ke e4s "A
failed To make harbor, While there
will be rough stretches along the
course at the present session Its friends
are most optimistic and the establish
ment Of the institution is forecast.
brief but interesting debate was
precipitated in the House yesterday
afternoon when Delegate Gordon. Of
Louisa, presented a resolution, which,
II adopted will abolish executive SEES
eions In committee. Mr. Gordon de-
ciared that. members a In committee
should vote IN public as they do in tina
House. He based his argument on
the ground that the voting Is done BIZ
members as repre- sentatlves rather
than as individuals.
sent to Rules Committee.
rho resolution. on motion Of Mr..
Willis, OF Roanoke was referred 10
the Committee on Rules AFR. Willis
said that the proposed change il so
radical that he feels 1t should he given
careful consideration Mr.. Gordon OPP
posed its reference because of his fear
that IL might be the death Of the meas
ure. Mr.. Gordon withdrew his oh
lection to reference when Speaker
Houston chairman Of the Rules Com
rnittee assured him II would be re-
ported from the committee, Mr.. Cor
don's resolution was:
"Belieseing that all representa-
tive bodies should vote only I'm
public and that no questions of
public interest should be eiecfd-
cd I'm secret therefore, he IL
Resolved, That tho standing
colnmittec, of this body shall
cit I'm open session. and that exc
cufive Sessions bc abolished"
To Expedite Business.
In the changing OF the hour Of
Convening from noon to 10 O'Clock In
the morning, Mr. Willis reported the
Rules Committee believed business
will be expedited, in that the difficulty
sn securing quorum at COMMITTEES
eneetings in the morning would be
removed with such meetings in the
afternoon. Morning sessions by the
House will leave the afternoon open
tcr committee work, he said, and will
facilitate the getting Of the reports
10 the printer III tiHtc t"r r1ouse seS-
sfons
There was no objection 10 the
changing of the hour and the rule was
sdopted.
When the House convenes tomor-
row morning everything will be in
shape for the immediate taking up
of the real work of the Legislature
The Senate will convene at noon
ms usual, but It IL regarded as very
probable that the upper branch of
the General Assembly will shortly be-
gin having earlier sessions,
AS the situation stands all Judges
and Capitol basement officers nave
been elected with the exception OF
three corporation court judges. at
Newport News. Richmond and Roa-
noke. and tho State Supreme Court
of Appeals member who will succeed
Judge Keith The terms of the cor
poration court Judges do not begin
until March ! and their election will
not be bad until after February l.
though nominations have been agreed
upon by the Joint caucus.
Sims and Lille at Grips.
In the case of the Supreme Court
iudgeship the matter appears far from
: settlement. The two leading candt-
dates for the place of Judge Keith
are Judge f.. w. Sims. OF Louisa
and Professor Lille, of the University
of Virginia. Both these men are
being urged by strong following- and
the race between them promises to be
the &C sest in years. The caucus
for the nomination. of Supreme Court
judga will probably be held within the
next week.
The supporters OF Judge Sims have
J. opened headquarters In the interest oil
his candidacy at Murphy's Hotel. Sew
eral meetings of the friends of Pro-
CONTINUED on Fourth PaEey