Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
MORAL REFORM
SESSION OF 1876
IS NOW HISTORY
General Assembly Divests
Itself of Affairs of State
After Strenuous Term.
PROHIBITION ACT is
ITS CHIEF HANDlWORK
Also Gave State It's First State
Wide Game Law and Tor
rens System.
PERFECTED TAN SEGREGATION
Merchants Win Their Fight Against
Proposed Increase in State
Licenses.
PERFECTED TAN SEGREGATION
Merchants Win Their Fight Against
Proposed Increase in State
Licenses.

ston o. lalf." the General Assembly.
At 1850 o'clock this morning. hiveated
itself OF the affairs OF State that have
many days and adjourned sine die. to
meet again in January. 1913
Tho closing scenes were the most
riotous that have been witnessed IN
Tho Capitol in generation. 70. hours
he House and Senate waited In their
chambers for the report OF commit
tcc ,ha, Tough, behind closed doors
over tho senate amendments to the
appropriation bill. only 10 enter ~ mid
night upon prolonged conflict tina,
threatened 10 develop into an absolute
deadlock
Love PERIOD or WAITING
For APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
s, 10 o'clock both houses had acted
Gnnlly on every bill susceptible OF
passage at this stage OF the session
ana had combed and rcconhcd tho
calendars TO- possible omissions. Then
can,n a period Of waiting for tho ap-
propr!a,ion Bill report. which. rs the
hours wore on without news from the
committee room. grew more and more
"a rcvclry which tho presiding officers
'ooh no pains 10 suppress.
-tsi members from tho senate. ac-
companicd 10y motley crowd Of pages
committee clerks. Ianitors. lobbyists
and legislative hangers on, formed a
battalion ,ha, Invaded the House with
raucons rendition or How DRY Ann"
There ensucd - scene Of wild dlsor.
der Delegates and pages and House
attaches sciz"d Tho bulky h,ll folios
under each mcmherS desk and I'm %
minute the white folders filled tho air
from wall 10 wall When this ani;ut.
"ition was exhausted after 4 furious
Arc Of hftccn minutes tho bcliigercnts
escorted 20 books and waste baskets.
'LoCk - TURNED HACK
~ HOtH AND HIu.r
When the battle subsded. tho floor
was covered with a carpet OF bills and
papers.
Ut ~ o'cloch Delegate Ecar,i. Of
'ienrico. asccndcd TO the gallery and
turned the clock back AN hour ana 4
half When midnight struck ana ,h"r.
was still no news from the coifcrouc.
committee, Speaker Houston called
Delegate MccJzc, of Prince william. To
'hc chair and crossed the capitol 10
Tho committee report cndcd q wait
which was rapidly cmptyimp the Capt.
'oi and depicting the bare quorum ,hat
rcna.ned on guard 10 pass the appro-
priation bill. There followed another
'rytng hour, whiio the ~crrte and
House adjusted differences over the
rcrort OF tho confcrecs When the final
vote was taken at 80 o'clock this
morning only the bare constitutional
majority was on hand in either house
"a tide the General Assembly over the
most crucial roll call Of the session
SESSION OCCUPIES
PECULIAR NICHE
In the Nalhalla of Virginia I.cEisla-
lures. the General Assembly OF 1916
viii occupy q peculiar and separate
niche. Elected tho prohibition
issne, /, Was expected to perfect and
make law the will of tho people as
expressed in the enablng-act refcren-
dunn of September 80. 1914. The Mapp
hill, driving from Virginia soil stin,u-
lants and beverages that have been In
daily nsc in the Commonwealth since
John Smith sailed UP tho James to the
foot OF Third street. Will for all time
stand as its distinctive creation.
To tho framing OF this piece Of lcsis-
many valuable weeks. While its limits
were marked out in large part by the
Au'i-Saloon League. and some OF its
provisions SAVIOR OF compromises and
concessions to expcdicncy. the bill that
will transfer Cavalier Virginia to the
S'stcrhood OF Arid American Common
wealths Is regarded as an enactment
"f unauestionablc workmanship.
PERFECTED PARTIAL
SEGREGATION SYSTEM
Tie General Assembly OF 1915 will
,lso lay claim to a large share of
rcdit for perfccting the system of
nartial segregation created by the
special session OF the year before.
Faced at the opening with the Gov
'rnor's warming that the State will
re confronted in 1917 by deficit of
approximately 100000 unless addi-
'ional revenues arn provided the law
uakers addressed themselves promptly
o the unpleasant task OF recastinc
"Nisting tax laws so as TO increase the
Commonwcalth's income
This duty the General Assembly per
formed thoroughly and we'll Before
Il adjourned yesterday. 1t had given
'is hnal approval TO practically every
revenue measure Of Importance that
mad been recommended by the state
Advisory Board on Taxation. and half
dozen others which it drew and
PASSED without tho boards assistance
Tho application of the new revenue
laws. in the opinion OF men well vcrsed
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