The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-15
DOG BILL IS PASSED
: IN THE LOWER HOUSE
Stormy Debate prSc,ndes final Action
ON Measure to Safeguard Prop
CIV and IAyr$.
DOCTORS HE1Ep DISCUSSION
zone CoosI Mans life Is Worth More
Than All the Dogs in the state" De-
ciarcs Delegate MnTtin---fiahtd Ca
mines n Menace.

The house Of delegates vest erday
passed the Baker dog bill after adopt
Ing an amendment by which It viii be
necessary to muzzle dogs only at
r,-ht during the summer months. in
cad OF both day and night as pro-
Vtded for in the original bill, and an
amendment providing that the COM
nissioners OF revenue shall not re-
ceiye fees for issuing dog licenses un-
der tho law The vote on Anal pas
sage was 50 70 rs.
The bill now. goes 10 the senate,
where It's proponents are confident Of
It's passage. as they are Of IT finally
becoming law.
Again there was the large attend.
anca in the gallery indicating the
great public interest in the measure
and there was the same tenseness
about the debate as characterized the
session OF the day before.
Charges were made of sitting de-
bate, questioning of motives. and
points Of order raised, and the MEM
Der from Norfolk county, Mr., Davis,
arriving late, rushed UP ut the last
+momGs1t with 81 facetious amendment
10 change the title of the bill TO read
Of the cities Of Norfolk. Roanoke,
Fichmond and Petersburg"
Although usually noted for his
Eentleness Of speech the gentleman
from Norfolk county spoke on this
occasion with such impetuosity that
points OF order and all other efforts
were frultIess to stop him until he
had told the delegates that If It were
not for the wolves in sleeps cloth
ing ia this house the people of the
counties would be protected from this
lniquitOus measure, which it was
planned to force down the throsts of
he citizens OF the state"
Cilmer, Of Pulaski. started the hall
rolling by complaining that he was
shut Off tho day before and not allow
cd to state his position. He claimed
that the bin was designed not>to pro
tect sheep, but MS game measure
for tf4 protection Of hunters,
Floor Leader Willis said that in or
der 30 test the sentiment Of The house
he would move reconsideration Of
hill back to the amendment stage and
it was so ordered.
Appeals to~Patriotism,
Delegate Wills again appealed to
the patriotism. Of the members. say
! Ing thet delegate who waa not big
enough 30 look beyond his own coun-
tty and act for the whole state was
not Rig enough TO come to the house
/ at all
! lie then asked permission to have
/ the chair declared vacant for ten
stato veterinarian. addressed the
members
The doctor pictured To the house
the horrors OF hydrophohia, and said
| the only possible way Of getting rid
| Of that dread disease was to Inuzzle
| the dogs. In Europe, he said. THAI
had been the uniform experience
England reduced the affection to the
minimum only after provision had
been made for rnuzz1inR the dogs.
The doctor urged the house 70 extend
the muxzling period two months Ia
ter. up to October. He cited the great
loss TO the state live stock, besides
I that Of sheep, resulting from depreda-
lions OF dogs.
"One good mans life is worth
more than all the dogs in the state e
said DR.. Marten. Speaking 10 IS del
egate and as IA physician he said the
only way 90 prevent hydrophobia ls
to prevent the bites, and the only
way to prevent the bite IS TO lnuzzle
the dog
| Delegate Boschen Of Richmond,
said, II seemed we could be safe If
the dog was nuzzled, and not safe II
the dog is not muzzlec He begged
his colleagues not to vote against The
bin because Of the fear that In some
counties their constituents would put
them OH the political shelf.
Opposes Local Option.
Answering Major Anderson. Of
Rock bridge. DR. Winston said It was
"a t1 -
Of local option nov. That question
had been Disposed of finally and for
good. when the prohibition law was
passed. Answering the charge that
the law could not be enforced IL To-
cal sentiment was against Il. DR..
Winston pointed TO the example OF
Richmond and the successful en-
forcen1ent of the prohibition law
here, where thcre was a majority
against the proposal.
After voting down the amendment
! OF Delegate Anderson, Of Rockbrtdge
proposing local option for a dozen or
/ more counties, and several minor
amendments, the house adopted tho
amendment Of Delegate Slant by
which fl Will not be necessary to n1uz-
2le dogs in the day time. and the
amendment Of Delegate Shack elford
] providing that no fee shall be charged
by the commissioner OF revenue who
/ issues the license. The house then
voted as follows on final passage OF
the bin:
eas--Adsms, r. a. Anderson. BaiA
lev Baker. Baker. Beattie, Boschen,
]. Galloway Brown. Buck. Buhrman,
! Darlington. Carter, Cato, Chase.
. Cherry, Clement, Commins, Cornett,
. Crockett, billiard. Dodson, Easl~ ~,
/ FitzhuEh Flanagan, Forester, Fuller.
( Gillian, Gilmer, Goodwin, Wilbur c.
/ Han, Harvey, Henley, Hobbs, ,Hud-
/ gins Deane Hundley. =. j. Hundley.
Hunter, Jones Mann. Marshall. Mar,
tin, MeetEe, Miller, Murray holland.
+ Omps, Owen. Gzlin. Pence, Pitts.
/ Price. Raglaud. Reed Rolston, Rus
SELL Shackelford. shumate. Charles r.
Smith. HarrysB, Smith, Sproul, slant,
Stephenson, James n. Stubbs. Tay-
/ Tor, Turner. Walton, Williams. Willis,
/ Winston, Wright--6a,
| Nays--William A Anderson. Bond,
/ Bowies. Brewer. j. Brown Sinclair,
/ Burke. Garner. Gonway, Davis, Deans,
Dickerson. Elarn, Evans. Gilpin, Chan
ming w Hall. Hartman Horton, Nc
Mutt, Musgrave, Ramsey. Rev.
Snesd, SNOW. r Fl. Stuhbs. speaker
I Houston-26.
Absent. {.
Fish Conference Committee.
I The following m members were ap-
+ pointed by the speaker to attend the