The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
DOG MEASURE READY
FOR FINAL PASSAGE
Flood of Amendments Threatens for
a Time To- XIII Bill Mined TO
stop Sheep killing.
TANGLIt FINALLY CLEARED.
Proposal to Examine Accounts OF OH
GERS Biennially Is Killed by House
of Delegates After Passage by tho
Senate.


After a stormy session the house
yesterday moved the Baker dog bill
up to third reading and the vote on
final passage will he taken today.
Floor Leader Wills steered the bill
through a protracted and turbulent
debate, in which the bill narrowly
escaped defeat through hostile amend
ments,
One of the most unusuai parIia-
mentary tangles ever involving a SEES
sion of the assembly was precipitated
by reason of one member after
another seeking to have the name OF
his county added TO an amendment
offered by Major Anderson exemptlng
Rockbrtdge county and by Delegate
Deans exempting Isle of Wight county.
Once this program was fairly un
der way, there was a rush OF mem
bers to the clerks desk with amend
msnts to exclude the counties they
represented All senblance of order
was discarded and when the smoke
OF conflict cleared away Il was found
that more than a majority of mem
bsrs had offered such amendments,
and as they would perforce vote for
their own amendment, the result
would have been the virtual defeat Of
the bill.
Fqood OF Amendments.
This came after the success OF the
bill seemed assured, the house voting
down all amendments as reached, of
which there were some two dozen
After the house had rejected an
amendment leaving II optional with
county supervisors whether they
should adopt the provisions of the bill
! for their county, Delegate Anderson.
| OF Roclsbridge. offered his amendment
which, when Delegate Dean added his
amepdmsnt prec4pitated q statewide
avalanche of amendments to exempt.
! Then along came Floor Leader Will
j lis with a little point of order and
objected to the amendments because
1 they had been offered after the pre-
vtous question had been ordered.
! Speaker Houston sustained the OBJ
lection. and then. 30 great had been
the rush of members to get their
counties out from under the provision
OF the bill, the clerk found 1t impossi-
BILE to tell tust what amendments
should be excluded.
! Delegate Adams brought order out
OF chaos by moving reconsider OF
the vote by which the house had de-
feated the county option amendment.
The vote on reconsideration was SO
close a roll-call was ordered. resulting
In excluding the amendment by vote
OF 81 to ~. 70 the great relief of the
supporters OF the bill, which they In
dicated by enthusiastic applause,
The county option amendment out
Of the way, then came the. vote on
/ the bunch OF amendments excluding
the counties, and when on Delegate
/ Willis demand that they be voted on
separately, the noes had 1t continu-
ously down through the entire list.
| Friends of Dogs Busy.
| in opposition TO the bill. a striking
| defense OF mans faithful friend. as
written by Rev. Or. George w. Nc
Daniel and printed In The v9rginiau,
was placed on the desk of every mem
Der. and was also a printed booklet
setting forth the ravages of the dog
| ON the sheep industry of the state
/ The galleries were crowded to even
| greater extent than on inauguration
day, and the crowd remained regard
lsss OF the dinner hour until the house
concluded consideration of the meas
ure at half-past three.
| strong appeal was made on the
| ground OF the exigenciss OF the war.
/ the necessity for conserving food. and
a call to the patriotism OF the mem
| bers. by those advocating the bin.
! Il yield 20 no man In my love for
the dog" said Mr.. Willis ''but love
my fellow man more. You must de .
| eide whether you are with the dog
or with our boys in the trenches. They
need the wool OF the sheep destroyed
by dogs for their clothing. they need
the food which the mutton of the sheep
| VIII replace here at home"
| Mr.. Baker opansd for his bill and
quoted figures from the agricultural
! department showing damages TO live
| stock to the extent OF $4,000. 600 a
| year through the ravages of the sheep
killing dogs. that there were over a
| quarter of million dogs in the state
the food for which would raise an
| equal number of hogs annually.
Besides Willis and Baker. vigorous
| speeches were made for the bill by
Reed. OF Portsmouth,: Or. Martin. OF
Patrick; Hunter, Of King George
Meetxe, of Prince william; Battle. OF
Henrico: Mann, of Chesterfield: Tur.
ner, Of Bedford; Shackelford. of
Orange and Fitzhugh, of Northamp-
| ton.
| Delegate Hunter replied to Rev. Or
McDaniers defense of the dog in a
| speech that convuFsed the house and
I'gallery. He quoted from the Reverend
Doctors eulogy. II am only a dog
My maker ia God. My habitat is the
world.%
Tnat said Mr.. hunter. could De
said of anything and everything on
earth. am only a flea My maker
Is God. too. My habitat is the world.
! and tive on the dog"
Delegates Deans. of Isle Of wight;
Carter. of spottsy1vsnisn; McSutt, of
| Charlottesville, and Anderson OF Rock
bridge, spoke against the bill.
Rejects Admfnixtrmttonss Bill.
| The house voted to reconsider the
rejection of senate bin No. rs, and
passed the measure. It provides for
registration of all births and deaths
| throughout the state.
The senate bill providing for bien-
| NAL examination of county offices and
for an audit of the accounts of coun
ty and city offices by the state sc-
countant, at the expense of the local
| tiles was dimissed from the calendar
by vote of Sc to rs, This was one
| of the governors recommendations in
| his inaugural address.
Senate bill No IS. to enlarge the
power of married women In respect
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