Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-28
SENATE VOTES TO ADMIT
WOMEN TO PRACTICE LAW
Also Passes Bill Prohibiting Efforts
to Entice Labor Out OF
Commonwealth.
FOR JAMESTOWN cAusEwAy
Repeal Acts Giving County Supervi-
sors Power to Regulate Hunting
and Fishing So as to Leave FREQ
Hand to State Game Department.

Hand to State Game Department.
The passage OF several important
bills, accompanied by hot contests
marked the afternoon session OF the
Senate. Among them were the bill to
admit women to practice law in this
State: the bill to make 1t mis-
dcmeanor to-, or attempt to. cntice.
solicit, persuade or procure any servant.
croppcr, laborer or employee TO leave
his employer or his service for the
purpose OF going out of this Common
wealth to perform similar or other
services, and to provide penalties
therefor; the bill to repeal all acts
giving to the Boards OF Supervisors Of
tho various counties the power to rcgu-
late or control hunting or fishing, TO
provide open and closed seasons for
taking game and Ash to protect game.
fish, song and iGsectivorous birds and
to provide penalties for the violation
thereof; the bin to appropriate $500
for rebuilding causeway and bridge at
jamestown Island: and the bill to Cause
under certain provisions the escheat to
tho Commonwealth OF funds In bank
unclaimed.
BILL TO FORBID ANY ONE
FROM ENTIClNG LABOR
Tho Senate bill making II mis-
demeanor TO cntice away labor passed
by vote OF % to l, Senator Strobe
DelnS the one negative voter ne lncH
changed his vote to the Affirmative,
moved to reconsider. addressed himself
on the mcrits OF the bill and thereby
preciDitated a heated argument, In
which Senator'S Strobe, Trinkle. Wen
denburg, Royal. Cannon. Jeffrcys and
others took part.
Senator Strobe contended that the
bill was vicious In principle and al
most under the ban of the opinions OF
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Senator Cannon expressed similar
views Senators Wendcnburg. Trinkle.
Royal. and others took the view that
the bill was not extreme enough TO be
a vice. but was good measure being
no less n protection to labor than the
employers. Citing cases in point. Sena-
tor Wcndenburg contended that the bill
Iwas to meet situation and not
dreamer's theory. Senator Rison stated
that II was always within the province
OF State to declare what shall consti-
tute crime.
Senator Trinkle argued that the bill
did not deny either employers or en-
ployecs the exercise OF single
democratic principle. but merely pro-
tected Virginia employers and chi
ployees from sharks" who supply labor
TO industries at SO much per head under
lurid and false promises.
Tho bill was reconsidercd. and an
lions from the penalty was rejected.
The Senate then refused TO rccommit
the bill to the Committee on General
Laws On pending question the bill.
without amendments. was repassed BY
vote OF 26 to S.
ADMIT WOMEN TO
PRACTICE OF LAW
Senator Strobe ga Id tina, Virginia was
the only State prohibiting women from
practicing law. and on vote the bill
passed by &c to 2, Senators Addison
and Barham being the objectors. SEN
ator Andrews, who has consistently
objected. did not yesterday do so: how
ever. he did not vote on motion OF SEN
ator Strobe. The Senate refused by
81 to 10 to set the companion bill 10
admit women to the graduate and pro-
fe5sonal schools OF the University OF
Virginia as q special order.
The bill. offered by Senator Gum.
appropriat!ng $4,000 or SO much there
Of as may be necessary. for rebuilding
the causewav and bridge al Janest 'wn
Island. passed without contest
conference was held in the office
OF the Governor yesterday with refer
ence to the plans for the celebration TO
be held there In July, 1918.
The bill TO amend section / and OF
an act providing for the issuing of
county bonds for permanent road or
bridge improvements in the magisterial
proved March 10, 1912; amended March
IL 1915 and March II. 1916. is one OF
the minor bills relating to the road
program, and passed the Senate with
out contest after having been held up
for some time.
The bill relating to the game laws
Is one of tho bills advocated by the
Department OF Game for the better pro-
lection OF game and inland fish in the
State.
the hour OF noon arrived Sem
dror Cannon for the fourth time began
his attack on the Conrad kindergarten
bill. contending the bill to be obviously
unconstitutional under at least three
sections OF the Constitution, which sets
the age limits for primary and gram
mar grades at seven and twenty years.
and expressly makes provision for To-
calities to make extraordinary provi-
sion for public education OF high school
pupils and others; and also says that
school funds should not be diverted
allows cities to provide by local levy
for high and kindergarten schools, as
is done in Richmoud. No action on this
bill was taken.
Senator Strobe discussed the Senate
Joint resolution ito provide for sub
uniting to the qualified voters of the
State the question of calling consti-
tutional convention, to be held for the
purpose of revising and amending the
present Constitution. He said the cost
Of publishing tho amendments was so
great es to more than justify tho cost
OF constitutional convention. He said
that the Keeper of the rolls had ven
tured tho remark that publishing the
amendR1ents offered this session alone
Wopfd cost $4,000. On motion Of Sem
|ator Walker the bill was passed by.