Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-03
BUT ONE SENATOR
| RECORDS HIS VOTE
AGAINST MEASURE
Antitrust Act, Aeter
Stormy Debate, Scores
Decisive Victory.
COLD-STORAGE BILL IS
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
Seven-Cent General Property Tax
Likewise Carries Without
Opposition.
DECLINES TO INVITE PLUME
Mapp Resolution to Have Assemble
Alapp Resolution to Have Assembly
Hear Originator of New Rail.
road Plan Defeated.

Excluding the woman suffrage fight.
the chief features of the three sessions
OF the Senate yesterday were the pas-
sage OIL the antitrust and cold storage
oitis. The latter measure passed
unanimously and without debate.
when the votes on the antitrust
oill were counted up it was found tbat
the only member recorded as voting
AGAINST 1t was Senator j. E. Cannon.
81 hhlGhmond; hinnn although Senator ]. p.
nuchahhn announced pair with SEN
ator r. II. Drew'ry. If Senator Drewrv
voted ou oHen for tba preSgnt bi,1 he would have
anan against ii.
= "A AltIhough III the antitrust bill had
nsssars nssraS u;nnimous + support on its final
debate for hours and was not nut ny
passage until late last night. During
,nt rne DAY a. veritable shower OF amend.
came from the House. -
Many OF these amendments were, off,
re resfa iority Py senator Sc Cannon and the great
Senate Committee of Courts of.JIa..
ice. wee, senator Cannon's ,amendment
mittee mendm ents.T as n rule }War.
adopted Despite It's rough riding the
bili t, was not changed in material pro-
Mapp Leads Fight for Biu.
The fight for the bin was led NATL,
py senator g.. Walter Mapp, who en-.
!oyed the double role of speaking for
ments e and at and ths sommtse amend
fnsdn fhe floor % SO that Senator Robert r.
LeeoS &c could not get an opportunity
time for the consideration OF his ioinf
Fesolutlon rejecting the woman suf-
antf.,r ,rnfe am, amendment: ] In championing the
assisted a. principally by Senator George
Early in the day the bill increasing
meTcnAnfS'
on motion of Senator Buchanan. Senn-
tor Z. I. Jordan offered amendments to
strike i., out the increases. but these met
with defeat. The Augusta Senator de-
clared that every man. whether small
or great. should have the privilege Of
uaoing 10 business without paying tax
occupation taxes were regarded az
wrong in principle.
STROBE Agrees with Jordan, &
senator Aubrey +. Strobe declared
that tI he agreed with Senator Jordan.
not an opportune time to placetan ins
creased tax the small merchant.
especially as it would but add to the
high cost of living.
The Senate also during the d.y
passed bill repeating the section OF
me new Code which provides for the
rrffin,ornation rec, OF conditional sales. The
which provides for the recorda tion only
OF memorandum of the sale.
Gleemf lsemfTor ,,pp Mapp,s resolution inviting
sion Of the General Assembly was de-
teated decisively after considerable de-
1ade on the subject. Senator Goolrick
plans for the solution of the railross
prooiem. and that IL the author Of the
rlumb plan was to be invited TO deliver
.hrown 1n ~Idress onsr the me, doors ought to be
others be invited also. Senator Addj
son ana STROBE advocated extending the
invitation TO Mr. Plumb.
Adopts 7-Cent Property Tax.
Whttnout debate the Senate passed
me, sne oii, ievying a 7-cent general prop
brought the matter UP, stated that he
saturday; but found that he was mis-
taken There were no negative votes
cast or the proposition.
one or the main fights on the anti
trust bill came up on the commits.
amendment which was designed TO ex
empt labor organizations. Agricultural
tons. whether having capital stock or
NOT. or whether conducted for profit or
mot' from the terms and penalties or
senator Cannon .endeavored to have
o', one entire exemption. section stricken
vison vn, out ex,en,,M ihls was defeated The pro
those organizations. OF the clae.ee
nnnied' nnmed' fon having capital stock or con
e and this .oF seetion Was iba nbily defeated
as it came from shc House. 'et'
Says Opposition "Under Cover,
Senator Mapp charged that. wherea,
IN tne past the opposition to the anti
trust hili mad been open IL was nov
under cover. but lighting most skill.
iuliy In reply to questions from
senator Cannon and Senator Gum he
declared that he was not casting anv e
persona reflections on any Senator.
senator Cannon declared that Sena
tor Mapp was prone to think those
ot,hy
poor. henighted wanderers in the vii.
derness or else actuated by impropsr
motives" oPSt
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