Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-07
LAST MAD SCRAMBLE
TO SAVE LOCAL BILLS
House ADOPTS Time Limit for Con.
sidcration Of Lower Branch
Measures.
TEN-oBJECTIoN RULE APPLIES
Many Contested Bills on House Cal
endar Are Finally Put to Sleep.
Prohibition Bill Goes TO Commit
tee on Conference.

: Following the adoption by tht- House
yesterday OF resolution offered from
the f'oor by Speaker Houston. limiting
it. beginning tomorrow. 10 the con-
Sihcratiou OF Senate bills and House
bills with Senate amendments there
cnsucd Al fevcrish scramble 10 secure
action on local and general House bills
still on the calendar. The House spent
ii turbulent day, remaining In session,
with a two-hour recess. from 10 O'Clock
in the morning un,il G.i5 ocloc> at
night.
The 'cleam-up' resolution is tho
usual measure that is adopted in the
last stages OF the session 10 conserve
time and secure unity Of action on un-
pa ssed bills. In the Senate the rcso-
luton was laid on the table for action
to-day. Its adoption will restrict the
upper house, beginning tomorrow to
the consideration of House bills and
Senate bills with House amendments.
! After spending the morning session
in the peaceful task OF passing un-
contested House hills on their third
reading. the House. met in the after
noon TO take up measures on their sec
ond reading, many of them OF general
| application and strongly opposed 1t
to he made. some limitation would
have TO hc enforced. and the House
voted readily for the resolution offered
by Floor Leader Willis. under which
every bill To which as many as ten
objections were registered was To be
passed by.
Early in the afternoon session Dele
, gate Reed made iinal attempt to
secure the taking up out Of its order
Of House bill No. SOS. raising The State
levy on real estate and tangibles from
10 cents 10 20 cents. For DAYS Mr.
Reed had tried in vain TO secure Il con
sidcration Of this measure, encounter
inG every time insuperable opposition
REED TRIES 80 CAIL
SCHOOL. REVENIE BILL
The House had inst heard tn. GOV
ermor's message urging prompt action
on lh" revenue bills and Speaker
iIOuSton'S rouSing call to duty. Mr..
| Reed came TO the front with his mo-
ton His bill. he told the House, was
hy far the most important revenue
measure on the calendar. ana it's
enactment into Law is being dema nded
by school authorities the State over
There arose storm of debate.
Delegate Ilohsou took the floor with
an announcement that If the ronSiurra-
tiOn Of the bill were pressed n. was
prepared TO make Il tcn-hour speech
against il. After twenty-minuto
fencing for position, the opposing fac
tons consented 10 "a showdown on Il
motion to take the bill out Of it's order
The motion was rejected by Il recorded
vote Of IL 10 80.
Late in The afternoon. when the
. House was industriuuslN ADVANCING:
: House bills on their second reading
ANA ruthicssIy sending 10 the discard
bills against which there were ten or
more objections. il came again on the
Reed bill More than score OF OH
jcctions were registered. and the bill
fell by the waysidc with the humorous
other measures that are now as good
as dead Nothing short Of a miracu-
lous change Of spirit can now save H.
MANY CONTESTED HILLS
ARE FINALLY "rtT 10 SI.EEI"
Under the same ten objection rule,
the House put to sleep Yesterday tho
pure paint" bill the hill for the nholi-
ton OF the Office OF Secretary OF Mill
tary Records. III, bin requiring iitnry y
| To file indemnity bonds and the bill re-
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