The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-04

SalQnssaRe 10 lecture any other senator
S1Y YKe hoor. am prepared at any
ffIme to vote on the matter. out
S1lSd 4 perfect right, whatever motives
&Mctuated i.s. not to press II. 1T was
xmnch more unusual for the senator
morn Fredericksburg. who opposed
the mn Sndment 70 take II up'
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY
ar we. aaopt ftis Leedy resoiu-
8ticn. in haste as the house adopted
/ ii. ia the face of the request from the
4 head of the natiCn, il will rise w IN
4 fhc wears TO come TO damn us.
Senators Walker. West and Corhitt
l then rose to questions OF personal
privilege to defend their position ana
/ resent abe remarks Of Senator Cool
rick Senator Walker. the dean or
The senate. rchl.ked Senator Cool
\ rick most sterniy fer his remarks
saving that II was the first time IN
Ms life that he lad been accused OF
hacking either personal or poiitlcai
I courage
Senator Coolrick cut short the
nreana 81 personal privileges ny
gracefully apologiziug 10 these three
, senators, making no reference 20
senator Napp. Il stand before the
senate IN sack-cloth and ashes he
said. The senator from Nansemend
has said that he was attending
national Democratic conventions
when was IN swaddlinE clothes, and
perhans that accounts for the TACT
, thar have not Vet gotten my unruIy
tangue under control
Senator Trinkle held the floor until
the senate recessed at G 80 and CON
t,nued after The chair was resumed
for the night session. Whatever
ground gained rs senator Goodrich in
the afternoon was retBken by the
senator from NAthe with his master
stal appeal against passing the Leeoy
resolution
Senator TrinkIc addressed himself
ylgorously II yhc language used in the
resolution asking The senate II 1t
was prepared 10 answer the presi-
eenE&1a appeal to his native state by
l., onounciuE IL as 'unWarrantcd. un-
ecessary. uaemocrat{c and danger
Gus. he criticised the house freely
for voting tc sepn out this message
sitter five minutes of consideration,
Eaying that harm could he accom-
r.ished IN fvc minutes that would
take Years and generations 10 undo,
He admitted frankly. upon being
questioned that ho had not pressed
action Or Senator Maps resolution
al the special session because he did
rot. feel that II would pass.
NEGRO BTGABOO.
81 nator Leedy delivered the CON
Guiding argument In which he OK
pressed grave fear over the negro
rohttfa which would arise from the
enfranehiseinent OF negro women,
quoting the maxim about the female
icing the deadlier Of the species He
addressed himself To the plea Of
''nartv oxpedjency" which he rejected
with scorn,
Senator Addison smoke along SINH
lar lines nj the afternoon session, say
ing that If the Democratic party could
not survive save through the infringe
ment of states rights he would sim
ply have to deplore it's death
Senator STROBE supported suffrage
with great clcquencc at tho morning
session. differing with his colleagues
In the matter of considering the ques-
ton a. this session He minimized
the danger ri the white man losing
his supremacy in the South. saying
that the Same requirements would ap-
ply 10 negro women that applied to
the men
The days proceedings were wit
messed by tense gallery of suffra-
Eettes and antis ana also a large num-
Der Of male ants.