The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-13

to draft in the army than any other
= county In the state, $500.
/ Mr. Chase was very much interest
ted in the workmen's compensation
bill. and the provision of the new code,
as they both affected the coal opera
tons of the state. He advocated the
bill known as the script bill. H. B.
Las, requiring wages to be paid In
money at regular intervals. He waa
a patron of the bill to increase the
pay of jailors, and with Mr.. Harmap.
of Tazeweii. was patron OF the bill
to locate and mark the state line be-
tween Virginia and Kentucky. He had
a bill amending the charter of the
| town of Norton, in Wise county and
a bill as TO delinquent taxes In Nor
i ton, and bills as to roads, and the
retiring OF the bonds OF Wise county
and the giving of Wise county four
commissioners of the revenue instead
| OF two, and as to the pay of the clerk
/ OF the board of supervisors of Wise
county, and a special road law for
Dickinson and Buchanan counties. ane
the bill to prevent enticing away OF
! la Dor
! He was also interested In and
patron OF bill to dismiss all indtct-
ments against the men drafted or that
volunteered into the army. Ths bin
was lost by reason OF the emergency
clause.
The senate bill No s4s. passed
by the assembly, re-enacts an act
passed BY the general assembly In
1916, This is the act under which
the state. counties. and cities coliect
omitted taxes through the courts
This act has furnished the mnohin-
cry for the collection of the great
bulk of the omitted taxes. which have
been collected in recent years. and
the reason for re-enacting IL In that
II was omitted by the code revisions
from the new code ana rs-enacting
It at this session re-establishes the
present law. II was originally placed
on the statute books through the
efforts of Chairman Garnet. OF the
corporation commission. and was
saved in the house through the eff
fort of Easley, OF Halifax county
Delegate r. A. Anderson, who
served his first term In the legislature,
from Smyth county. has been an at
tentive and Industrious member, al
ways found at his post OF duty. As
spokesman for the minority he never
lost an opportunity to raise his voice
against the creation OF nsw Offices
and salary increases. He has taken
rank as one OF the strong debaters
the house. His maiden speech I'm
behalf Of the adoption of the national
prohibition amendment attracted
much attention and was considered
one OF the best made on that cub
ject
Judging from his speeches, Mr.. |
Anderson is q strong advocate Of an
enlarged electorate In Virginia He
has offered bills and resolutions
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40 much toward extending suffrage
In the state. He voices the sentiment |
expressed by Governor Davis in his |
inaugurall message, that The negro
~ no longer menace in Virginia |
his Dill amending sections OF our +.
election laws so rs to allow absent !
citizens time TO vote was a war ems~-
gency measure, and primarily for the
dement, of our soldiers. To the sur |
prise of many, this was rejected by /.
the house on the ground that IL |
did not 1T the primary nwx Of thu
state. Mr.. Anderson on several oc-
cassions voiced the sentiment OF the
minority in behalf of elscting more of |
our public off1cials by the direct vote
OF the people
His speech In behalf OF the Gordon |
resolution amending the constitution |
30 as to elect Judges OF tho court of |
appeals by the people. waS q strong
appear Tor popular government
After quoting the governor an to
the fact that this system prevailed /
In thirty-seven states OF the union
and that only Virginia, South Caro-
lima. Connecticut and Vermont elected /
their Judges by the Legislature, he 4
showed that the great majority of the |
states also elected their school ON
cials, and especially their superfn- Il
tendents. by the People He argued Il
strongly for the establishment Of an
enlarged rule of the people In the
state and showed by comparison that Il
the qualified electorate In virginia.
based on population, was just about
naif what II was in our sister state
or North Carolina, and less than half II
as com pared with tha statss af AZ -.