The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-10
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nor places, There is no opposition
save and except that \. II. Williams.
Of Wythe. is standing for the place
now held by Colonel Richardson
Regarding the Third House"
The lobbyists have been termed the
third house" Of the Legislature by
some wac. and by that name they are
generally referred 10 by their friends.
The lobbyists are here in large mum
hers-they came on the trains with
some of the members. they came ahead
Of the members they came singly and
in pairs. and they did not hesitate TO
greet their friends with a cordially
that was warm. even If they failed to
get all the measures they sought last
session. The rotuuda OF the Capitol
i'll he swarming with them today. to-
morrow and every other DAY SO long
as the Legislature is at work.
There Is Much at stake.
The chairman OF the caucus is the
! real kingpin of legislative proceed
/ ings In the early stages. lie is the
maA who names the Steering Commit
/ tee. and that latter organization
+ names tho committees which consider
+ or the committees Is an important
task of the Senate makiie the work
| easy or heavy "a the committees are
I IN sympathy with the dominant fac
+, ton. The committee appointments
are many. they are of vast Importance
and the honor of heading committees
is the will OF the Steering Commit
tee
AS matter of fact. practically all
OF the big committees are at this
time headed by the nti-prohibition
/ element Though the prohibition
! forces had considerable following in
the last session, those men were not
given the recognition that some OF
therl claimed they should have had.
THE honors have been long time
coming" said one prohibftionist and
il IS bout time that all hands recoS-
nized tho fact ana gave way TO those
who stood for the principles which
the peenle have sent us here to enact
into laws"
Mapp Can He Elected.
lust what the result of the con
fercHces and CauCuses today VIII bring
forth -no-one can determine exactly.
Senator Mapp can win the honor If
he wants IL That Is certain The dry
men have a ctear majority IN the
caucus There are twenty-four pro-
! hibitionlsts who will have vote
twenty-three II Senator Jordan is not
admitted
What of senator Jordan?
The new senator from Augusta,
Professor G. r Jordan. may or may
not he admitted TO the caucus He
refused to enter the primary. the
claim being that Highland County, a
part 81 the district, had no Nof0e In
dxIna The date and making the ar
rapsements. He declared that he
would not enter the primary. but that
he would make the race in the gen
eraI election. He did, and won over
Senator W II. Ishndes, who had been
chosen Ia succeed the late Sena.or
Edward Echols The question is al
ready being raised whether he was
not well within his rights in declining
TO enter until all of the senatorial
district had participated in arranging
for the primary,
~ To the. .Iutlgships.
one member of the Legislature said
last night that the question OF vot-
ing on q Judge FOR the Supreme Court
of Appeals might he an important
factor IN determining the status OF
senator Jordan. There is triangu-
lar contest on for that position--to
succeed James Keith---Judge Sims. of
Louisa Professor Lille. of the EhiVer-
sity of Virginia, and Thomas Keith,
. nephew Of Judge Keith, That con-
test will not take place Cor week
! M t,n dnyx-thet is, the caucus will
not be heId--Gu5 fhe matter Will,
therefore, play an i;nportant part In
the matter Of Senator Jordan being
admitted TO the csuet.s-
Among Important A~tn.
Among the foremost of the actions
Of the General AssemhtF' II ~ an'icl-
ps1ed. will he the election OF judge
i IN tire state Supreme Court OF Ap-
peals Az successor to Judge James
Keith president Of the appellate
court who retires al. the end of MS
term Judges To he reelected or
their successors named. are;
Judge Robert g SouthaH, Fourth
Circuit: Judge John ". Fishburne,
Eighth. Judge Joseph w Chinn. Jr,
Twelfth: Judge ]" = 7: Thnrnton'
sixteenth: Judge ". W. Moffett
twentieth Judge H, W. Sheen,
Twenty fourth: Judge p. II. DilIard,
EThirtieth; Judge 7. j. Barnam. New
port News Corporation Court; Judge
Ernest II, Wells, Richmond Hastings
Court Part II; Judge A. f. King
Roanoke Corporation Court; Judge W.
f. Houston. Buena Vista Corporation
Court.
In the senate there are twenty rev
members-~thlt -, twenty senator's
VINO were not la the upper branch OF
the last Legislature. One. AT least,
Of the neN senators has had previous
experience. He Us Aubrey T.. Strobe,
Of Amherst who won ont over Bland
Massie In the 'aI election. Mr.. STROBE
WAS In the Senate In 1908 in which
year he introduced the enabling act.
The Legislature then vas not so dry
as in later years and as now, and Mr..
Strobe was shown his place by cert
tain once strong Influences who dis