Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-04
HOT EXCHANGES
DURING DEBATE
Delegate Price Recalls West VirA
ginia Legislators Who Landed
in Pcnitentiary.
HAD SPONSORED SIMILAR BILL
At Conclusion of Hostilities
House Refused to Advance
Measure to Third Reading.
HAD SPONSORED SIMILAR BILL

@IIopes OF proponents OF House bill
27o. creating a State -admipist cred In.
surance fund, went a-gliinincring yes.
tcrday afternoon when the House, by
a vote of 40 to So, refused to advance
the measure TO It's third reading and
engrosament. This action on the part
Of the lower branch Is tantamount tc
defeat of the bill.
a motion made by Delegate Robert
tSe Ger5T t S5 hsnGastnr las snief patron
Slder was voted down, as was the move
10 reconsider.
Action of the House followed more
Than four hours OF spirited and, al
times heated. debate, n dual session be-
ns marked by several spills of tenn
per.
2 These verbal Utlts were bctwcen
,.,e Be,legatss t,9 y nDiilard. !,. Of franklin, and
npS::,tfd, ss: Gi NiGnInend len, city who led the
ris and Blair. of Pittsylvania.
The latter. with a show. of temper
! ,esy" of alr. Norris. IAN old member
SScrsed In legislative procedure TO a
inw nav gsmbsr. n Who admitted nj ,ha. he
This m fact, asserted the f'lttsyIvn MAN
castor TO speak siightingly OF and be
discourteous 10 u new member
Price Attacks Measure.
peissa.e Price rice. dSpiosGd the III feel,
defended his professional career. which
,nd ,ui been criticised by Delegate Dill
Five members ot the Yves. Virgins
Legislature that -enactcd into law a
slate Insurance bin, which proponents
OF. tho Norris measure were asking Vir-
Etnia to adopt, later were indicted, CON
yicted and sentenced TO the peniten-
s9iary for acts CONNECTED with their leg
KSlsine KIshmend aslsat from
s SsaRiss 81 aSssa saas 81 ifllsY ilhs NAB sss
= syashington Ohio Sa.,t, Nortf
.nnsota, i.,,as9 9,as States whish,baYe State ia,
ants OF the Norris bill as examples Ina.
IL would be we'll to follow.
God save Virginia from the example
ical machine of Ohio, the Non Partisan
League lea ~ tactics ct IS, OF North Dakota and
Delegate from Rsci1mond city erie cried. 'ff if
conclusion.
o,,,l Mr. pi,iaFd lar i, 9pcnea for the propon;
OF l1ouisia: Hunter. OF King George
NSt,nwsY. NSotEer,scn. s6a of Bristol city,; Hurt q
Northumbcrland ~
The opposition was represented by
bars naSe Of NdlfoT afo e1s f aYse
OF Patrick; Bosnian. OF Portsmouth;
iiinS Wilkins. Of Nswport News; Ramsey. oi
itenry, ard Jrico, OF Richmond city.
How House Lined UP.
The recorded vote WAS as follows:
Ayes--Andcrson, Bolton, Bondurant
, I;oSchen, Bowles. Buntin, Cummins
i;ndaT,, niiiard; EMeii. We'll Gilp!n. Gray. Green
Jesse. holland. Norris Noting ha m
Omps, Rev. Robertson. Sinclair, -
..ugh Smith. Horace l. Smith. Snidow
coz, Williams, Young-S5.
6; Brown. .caTpentsr, cSTter. nsH'zn' chase hays
lI.,r-
t;roome. iIaddon. L. x. Hicks. W w. +
tlicks. Horsley. Hundiey, Joyce. Lang.
badsett. Pits. Powers Price, Prince
lsamsey, Robinson, Rodgers. Ruebush
Snelton; So r. $ Shepherd. l. r. smith. Tay-
Watts, wilkins. wiliis. a'bre; nrewerMae a5ren
The Pill was set as a special and
so,itinuins order for the morning hour
Mr.. Price wanted the bill passed by
temporarily.
Mr.. Norris objected and appealed tc
friends #. of the bin to stand by him
pass it by" he warned them. :
Mr. Price, the delegate from Ian.
ssiafsrIe sas.er eaaarssd, aarss5 was seeking "a
PRICE of side stepping the issue" ant
challenged him to fight it out on its
merits.
The House refused to pass the meas.
uro by, 81 to 42. :.
Price .Justihes Position.
The delegate from Richmond cit,
sought to Justify his stand in oppos.
ing the. the bill l., by aIluding to Insurance
previously introduced, Of which. he
rad been the patron.
The delegate, from Richmond city
am afraid Of anything he offers in the
Dtliard said.
companies" Mr.. Price hotly retorted
but ! sell them my services and not
my senaye nayerGgnty Iii yss or nrdSa ~
org ani2ation. or admission and the re.
Sulation and taxation OF incorporated
mutual insurance compahles other
considered ahead of House biiIt 80
was characterized by the. delegate
from Franklin AN as "a ssubterfuge. sane:
company in Virginia, and intended te
distract our minds from the main is.
The lobby against the bill. he. as
Mr.. Dodson opposed the measure
because, ne said. 1t was monopolistic
Mayo c. Brown said the bill was
socialistic in tho wrong direction. He
does not believe in tho State ."goine
ernment ownership OF railroads and
war risk insurance as gInring exam.
ples OF misnianagement. The true func-
tion. ot n. government is l., sorcra. y.
/. inefiieiency. mismanagement and .
capitalization OF officers It was mono.
ponstlo he said. In that insurance
y ,{cofnpantcs would have to abandon the
tisIa f,sIa as of workmen's compensation IN.
Abiding to opponents of the bill. Ar
3 EIunter said that rthe. hand Is the
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