Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-20
.COEDUCAT|ON FOR
WILLIAM AND MARY
Senate Adopts Strobe Bill, lo to
13-Local Tax Boards
Abolished.
DAVIS FOR INCREASED TAXES
Governor Says if People Want
Roads and Schools They
Must Pay for Them.
DAVIS FOR INCREASED TAXES

idSSdEc III inc senate OF 'fs NtrpIc
William and Mary coeducationa bill.
- TO IL: advancement to cnErossmcnt
in the House of the measure designed
to abolish local boards OF tax review;
conference between the Governor.
other State officials and the House and
Senate Finance Committees on the tan
situation; Christopher Mcetze's charges
on the floor of the House that tho State
Democratic executive committee had
not done its full duty by Wcstmoreland
Davis In the campaign of last year:
dismissal Of committee from cousidcra
ton of the Shackleford Insurance bill;
argument in the Senate on the work
mems compensation act. and important
committee hearings in both branches Of
the General Assembly yesterday round =
ed cut the most fruitful dag OF the
session
Various proposed amendments TO the
Strade bill were rejected after short
argument. j. Davis Reed tried to get
in an amendment 10 the tax board bill
that would place the work in the hands
of tax commission. create the office
of state tax commissioner and form "A
state tax commission with auxiliary
divisional commissioners. He was un-
TuN'SSsihi HoNeNtI. anu lnc measure
vent to cnErossmcnt with only the
amendment of Delegate Gilmer, who
wants the commissioners OF revenue cf
the various counties. upon whom the
work Of assessment will fall. to advcr-
tise their sittings in order that tax
payers may know when to give in their
taxes.
In response to an invitation from the
- TO Eina ~
Davis appeared before that body to dis
cuss tax conditions Replying TO rc-
quests. he gave his unqualified approval
to the measures now pcnuinE in the
Senate in regard TO tho bettcrmcnt OF
roads and more effective school sys-
TEN. and approved the special tax of
90 cents fer these purposes. He stated
however. that il the people desired the
present road program TO go through
they would have to pay for il. as roads
could not be built without money: nor
could schools be maintained without
funds.
The Governor met all questions with
frankness and was positive and un-
cqutrocal in his position.
''lf the people do not want the pro-
gram OF roads and schools" he said
BY electing Legislature opposed 10
these measures, who can rereal them;
and II they SO signify ] am willing as
their representative to abicc by their
decision
CoEDuCATIoN FOR WILLIAM
AND MARY COLLEGE
The strobe bill proposing cocduca-
tion At William and Mary College
passed the Senate after three amend.
ments were rejected by the body. The
Senate rejected. by vote OF is TO 6
an amendment offered by Senator
Julien Gum seeking TO make the ad-
mittancc of women TO the institution
optional leaving it mandatory on the
board of trustees. 1t rejected. by a
vote OF IS to s. the Conrad amendment
asking that the law should not apply
10 The normal courses. as there are
now four state normal schools for
women in the State: and also rejected.
by vote Of II TO Is, tho Conrao
amendment making the age OF admit
tancc not less than eighteen years The
constitutional reading was dispensed
with by vote of 90 10 .. The bill
then passed. with 10 ayes TO Is nays, as
follows:
Ayes-Andrews. Buchanan. Corbitt
Davis. Early. Gayle. Goodloe. Gum
HcrinE. Jeffreys. Jordan Lacy
Mathews. Robertson. Strobe. Thornton
Webb. WendenburE and West.
Nays Addison. Earham. Eowcrs
BYRD. Cannon. Conrad. Downing. Gar
rett. Goolrick. Holt. Keith, Rinehart
and Trinkle.
Not votinG-Alicn. Drcwry Gravatt.
Mapp. Mitchell. Eison. Royal and
Walker.
In relation to the bill passed. Senator
strobe. the patron Of the bill. favored
IL on An out-and-out basis of Justice
to women and the Willingness OF the
school TO open its doors TO women and
opposed all amendments tcndna to
temporzc or limit the effectiveness of
the measure. Senator Gum support cd
tho bill an emergency measure aud
not because he subscribed to cocduca-
ton. and reserved the right to oppose
similar bills relating to other schools
senator Andrews voted for the bill for
the reverse reason. favorinE cocduca-
tion and not coordination. Senators
West and Davis expressed views fa-
vorahlc TO Senator Strodos position.
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
E Act Is DEBATED
Senator Goodrich. taking up Senate
bill No. 81. known AS the "workman's
compensation act" which was & spc-
cial order on its first reading, stated
that at the public hearing no one ap-
peared in the interest OF tho opposition,
but that numerous representatives. OF
various interests appeared to advocate
it's passage. He stated that tho pro-
nounccd opposition in Roanoke had
died: that n similar act was in force
now In thrty-sevcn States and all the
Territories. and that no one could re-
gard the project as An experiment. lie
said that in the State of Kentucky a
similar bill had saved in one year In
the expense of litigation to that State
$4,000. as the government pays the
expenses of juries in civil cases.
The bill cxempts from It's operation
casual, farm, domestic and steam rail-
way labor The latter exemption Is
due to tho liability act applying to