The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-05
IMPORTANT BILLS RUN
THE HOUSE GAUNTLET
Tho House Gauntlet Advanced to
Third Reading on Practically Last
Day TO Obtain Place on Calendar
THEIR FINAL PASSAGE ASSURED
Loan Sharks, Protection OF Railroad
Men From Exposure, Anti Tipping,
Eight-hour Day for Capital Clerks,
Alien Enemies, Some of the SUBJ
iects.

The house of delegatee spent the
entire day yesterday in considering
house bills on the calendar for second
reading. It being practically the last
day on which any pending bill could
be advanced to the engrossme nt
stage.
Many important measures were so
advanced. Some of them after ex-
tended discussion. The following
were ordered to third reading and
engrossm emit by ma jorities sufficient
~ large TO indicate their final pas
sage with votes to spare:
Delegate Gordon's bill requiring
she supreme court when denying writ
of error to give q brief written opin-
ion setting forth the reasons for de-
nytng the writ II is claimed this
bill will eliminate much unnecessa ry
litigation involving expenses of hun
creds of thousands Of dollars ana
Mhat IL will ultimately reduce the la
Dor of the supreme court by reason
OF fewer wrfts, once a rule has been
sent down and the opinion published.
Loan SHARK Bill Advanced.
Delegate Darlington pnd Jones So
sailed loan shark bill. which. not
@fthstanding the mild metaphor. clips
the wings of these predatory birds
81 low finance, limits the Amount OF
Interest they may charge or ioans
Np to fifty dollars TO per cent per
month. and per cent per month on
loans from nifty dollars 20 three hun
drsd dollars. sd pia ceH the admin
fstration of the act under the super
vision OF the banking division OF the
corporation commission.
r. Protect tho Primaries.
Major J. NJ Stubhs' bin to protect
from being dominated by members Of
ore must take oe'h - having been
affiliated with the party IN the pri-
mary OF which ne seaks to vote. and
TO support the nominee At the cleo
son.
To Protect Railroad M~m.
A bill introduced In the interest of
humane treatmnt Of railroad EN-
ployes and TO promote their ef-
AGENCY and increase thier productive
capacity. by Jones Roschen. Caring
ION. FULLER and Price. Of Richmond.
and Slant oC Bristol CITY. This bill
provides thrt railroad COMPANIES
must erect covered sheds for the pro-
lection Of men employed in work on
aars and railway equtprr emit in the
railroad yards and other locations
where repair and construction work
Is condueted, other than track re
pairing II was explained 70 the
house Nv Delegates Jones and Roscheu
that u railroad mon suffered severe
hardship 10y II the exposure
10 severe wenft }arins the winter
months incident Fl, the present cor
clifton Of en- ployments. The state
snsnt was made during the debate
that ira. necessary construct 81 by
ore railroad aicnc to comply with this
law would reach between two and
.hree million dollars
Tho Anticipating Pill
Delevate Deane Hundley's aut. tip
ping bill, wh<-h seemed 20 strike a
responsive Choir with NY DELEGATES
who have been having close ci'Serva-
tion Of N. tipping system AZ prac-
tlced ~ local hotels for the past two
months
Fieht-Iyour Doy at Cnna0t
Dcler- TO .-itzhueh bill fixing the
hours Of the state departments from
~ 10 r VI. Thre was sosne
t,~.~,='''oo 70 this bill. out the house
decided 20 put the state employees
q }t.4 tHpltu} GA the eli zht-tour basis
which Delegate Cherry welcomed as
a co.@eossion to the Principe he en-
dca~-brsd 10 esta blsh for men en-
gagged in construction wor< for the
state His pIeasantry IN this respect
was folhwed by Other members who
offered amendments 20 Include the
sxocu i've ana legislative DEPARTING ats
In the provisions or the bill.
The~so-- Died on the Calendar.
Dr, WILSON'S bill 10 ABOLISH cap
ftol punishment for cert Ain crimes
uicd en- the calendar. the house re-
fuasnr to eDEross the bill
The same untimely end was also the
fsxe Of Delegate Fitzhush's bill TO
forbid enticing farm labor from the
state 81 Virginia. and Delegate billiard
nation by fertilizer manufacturers
against farmers Not even The war
emergency plea could save these two
measures.
The bill to abolish the office Of pro-
hieitien commissioner ran true TO form
and failed of advancement by the usual
adverse majority cast against anti
prohibition measures.
Aiicn Enemies Must Beware.
Two bills introduced by Smoot and
peane Hundiey TO prevent alien enc
mics melting 70 arson. riot and other
things for which German sympathizers
have penchant was advanced to en-
rrosssnent with rush, Delegate
Roschen asked the house to indulge
him while he explained his German
ancestry the loyalty to this country
Of his father and of himself. which
he particularly wished TO demonstrate
by favorins these hills as urgent war
measures asked for by the federal gov
eminent.
Confereem on Davis Building.
Delegates Brewer. Henley and Hall,
OF Loudoun. are the conferees on tho
part of the house on the bill for the
purchase of the Davis building by the
state, the senate refusing to concur
in the house amendment reducing the
appropriation by ten thousand dollars.
Women and the University.
To the applause of several members
Senator strobe announced 10 the house
the passage of his bill for the admis-
sion of women TO the graduate and
professional cenrces at the university,
and after the session explained his
bill 10 the house committee on schools
and colleges. The senator made IL
clear that the bill added no expense
TO the university, and that the con-
tention OF the supporters of the bill
was that the passage of the bill would
simply admit women to graduate and
professional degrees in the same man
ner rs they now may obtain such de-
rrees at Yale, Harvard, Columbia and