Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-12
SOLONS' VANGUARD
HERE FOR SESSION
Advance Guard of Legislators
Arrives for General Assembly
Opening Tomorrow.
GOVERNOR PLANS MESSAGE
Control of Foodstufs May Vie
With Good Roads for
Consideration.
GOVERNOR PLANS MESSAGE

For the opening tomorrow of the sec
ond special session of the General AS
sembly held in the last four years
the frst to formulate system of taxa
tion and provide machinery for putting
1t in operation. the second to meet
Federal appropriations Of s5.ooo.o0o for
highway construction in Eirginia-the
stage is all set.
Already the advance guard. in the
persons Of Senator John Preston Buch-
anan, OF Smyth County, and Delegate
Richmond for the opening tomorrow
morning. and others from every section
OF OF 1.-The ne State are hurrying TO the
spiiDs of tba NOS, TO play i Their, their part in one
body has held in recent years.
TO complete the message he will sub
NIT TO the legislators, embodying sug-
Eestions which seem to him pertinent
Tor their consideration during the time
they are here. Governor Davis was ab-
sent from his office yesterday. This
message VIII be sent down upon an
nouncement that the Solons are ready
10 settle for actual business.
Planning Food Measure.
The Governor has not given any in
timation as to what suggestions he
VIII make. further than to say that
sideration Of the high cost OF living
and will have presented a bill designed
to curb trusts operating in restraint
OF trade and legitimate business. and
a companion measure regulating stor-
age OF foodstuffs in the State.
DeleEate Boschen. who. among the
delegation in the House from Rich
mond: stood in solitary support of the
Governor at the last regular session.
has announced also that he will in
troduce bill. framed with the view
OF cutting down monopolies and com
n Rxfr
Both the Governor and Mr. Boschen
have declared that the origin of such
a measure is immaterial TO them. their
sole object being to relieve the State
as far as possible from the food situa-
tion. which. they believe. has become
aggravated enough TO call. for drastic
remedial legislation.
Consider Two Issues Only.
M Mr.: soschen has not outlined the
fer. but that which Charles H. Nor
risette. director of the Legislative
reference Bureau, is preparing at the
Tedraft of the one introduced at the
last session, with one or two objection
able features cut out. 1t provides for
jail penalties for violation.
1t is unlikely that other issues will
creep in for consideration at this ses-
sion. Before the food situation be-
came same IS SO ca acute It was practically the
only the question of taxation for
roads and allied subjects. Now. how
ever; eyer, Times times have changed; and with
Solons. Food seems quite sure OF be-
coming almost as much of a battle
cry as roads.
For highways the Virginia Good
Roads Association. at a meeting OF
us legislative committee, decided it
WOULD ask an increase of from 3
and raise Of so per cent in the auto
mobile license tar. making that levy
60 cents on the horsepower insetead
go into effect impsdiately. while the
other would be effective from next
January.
Familiar Faces to Pnss.
This probabl will be the policy of
the General Assembly, since at that
meeting of the associations leGisla-
tive committee were many influential
members of both houses OF the Legis-
plan seemed quite feasible for raising
the revenue needed to match the Fed
Th TTal APT, appropriations up TO July. 1922
lne ,bie task as, of draf5ing bills embodying
oGonor Goolrick. o. F. FrederieEs eTeIoh sburg 3:
This session will marke the passing
from the Legislative stage of many
the Virginia halls through long years
nampton. Speaker of the tSis, House Of Of
sion of 1916, will OF HIS own volition
have retired to private life when the
General Assembly again comes TO
Richmond. Nelson Groom. a banker,
VIII come as the speakers successor
From Farmville has come the news
that Or. Peter Winston. the Nestor of
Inc HOUSE; has met defeat at the
hands or e. T. Bondurant, of Rice,
and Will not represent Prince Edward
county when the Solons gather for
the biennial session in 1920 Like
wise: senator Aubrey Strode Sena tor
Il. {. Mathews and many others viii
come to Richmond tomorrow for the
iast iast time until they enter political
life afresh.