Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-22

Senate concurred in the House amend.
ment.
After the speech by Mr.. Hughes. with
the Senate resumins at go. Senator
west reEumcd his discussion Of the
FOCAL boards of review. He yielded Ia
question from Senator Cannon. who
Stretched the question into an inquisi-
'oria' speech. Then Senator Strobe
mad" point OF personal privilege"
10 get the floor from Senator West.
inc chair ruled that the point raised
"E senator Strobe was not one of per.
sonar privilege. At the conclusion Of
senator Cannon's question" Senator
west continued. within his rights. as
was ruled, to discuss the merits Of Tho
bin in opposing the Mathews resol"
t'oh 10 take mp certain bills that died
On the Overwhelmingly, the antitrus,
e!il ana the one abolishng the board.
OF review. N
AT this point-5:55 o'clock-Delopat.
brewer communicated. as a message
.iol., me House the Governors recon
hcnaallon, composed OF the s,,hc,r,
mtttce's report. to the Sennte Da-
Sistency In holding the floor nrovantoo
vote py the Senate to test tho e.,,i
nieht OF that body relative to tho ,Lor
.'oh OF the Alien resolution ALTHOUGH
uu"S cntImcnt was obtained ir a
committee of the whole. which So,
voted in favor of IL ~ 70 =, nau
one side claimed represented ITO sn,,
'i1hcht OF the Senate, although TAXA,
WINE IL acted rs committee
"ooLHICk WANTED TO ACT on
SUGGESTIONS ITEM ny IrI,v
E"a'or Goolrick then moved to ar,
Ca INC reco'nmendations item BY item
-.hdrcws made the point o,
Invisible: and Senator Goni-i.it 40
dressed himself to the motto, IL
ucu 'hat the anomalous position or
.o.tIiS inc senate to swallow n whole
ns.o''ihcndati lion when 75 per cent OF
me itemized recommendations mich,
be Objectionable was not hosed -,
common sense. He further said that ,
RUE denying the body to act on tbs
communication seriatim was don
seFous one and put IL in the impuss,
DC posi.ioh OF allowing the Governor
prnc'!caiiE TO write the approximation
Dill OF the State; that such ia
would establish precedent TO rise IN
ana plague future generations. He
stated he hoped a ruling would not he
maze by the chair that would put the
position of being unable 10 increasa
the salary of the Assistant At.ororv
General by $500. He charged Sena,,,
west with conducting a Giibustcr our
ihg the morning and afternoon To
preclude the vote by the Senate when
not in committee of the whole. on the
Allen resolution.
Senator West replied in a fevcred
manner to Senator Goolrick and con-
tended that the constitution made n
clear that the message was indivisible.
and as he construed the charge of
hiibustering charge against his char
acter. Senator Goolrick said that he
would withdraw the feeble charge
Senator West having said nc had not
in flihustering wlfully related tn.
resolution he was discussing to the
awaited message
Senator Walker contcnded that the
constitutional provision invoked by
senator Goolrick was for ii speclhcu,
narrow. situational purpose to prevent
me executive from having to veto
oiii. and that an analogy between the
recommendation and the veto was one
he had not been able to see; but
mat he did not pretend to say as an
original proposition that the recon-
mendations could not be considered
item by item.
CHAIR RULES THAT ITEMS CAN
NOT DE CONSIDERED SERLATIM
The chair ruled that the recon-
mcndations could not be considered
scriatim In very logical and con-
else opinion. Lieutenant Governor
buchanan delivered the ruling; and in
doing so he stated that it was not
rendered without some missivnE, and
mat as there was no precedent nu
would welcome an appeal from the
decision.
Senator Goolrick stated that as tho
chair had invited the appeal, he would
make one to- determine the sense 81
the body; which voted to sustain the
decision, q to 0, there being little or
no doubt that the ruling was correct
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