The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-26
House Passes the
Appropriation Bill
With Little Debate
Practically the Only Discussion
Was on Funds for Travellers
Aid.

Pruned down BY $s4.s7o from the Ag-
grcgatc amount carried in the measure
as it came from tho committee the APP
preparations bill setting aside $71 412.-
4So.70 to meet state expenses for the en-
suing biennial period. was passed yes
terday by the house Of delegates by a
vote of "A to IL.
The thirteen against the measure
were Delegates Anderson Dickerson.
Fulton, Gordon, Hall. Hyatt holland,
Ozlin, Robinson. Ruebush. Snidow, STU
art and Templcton.
The house added to the bin twice
and subtracted from It the Same num-
ger of times. 'Dick" Blankenship.
veteran elevator conductor at the cap
itai. was given a raise Of Sse a year
aud the sum Of $3.50 was set aside to
pay the salary of tho Judge of the
Thirty-sccond judicial circuit tNorA
foikI for the month of February. Tho
snbtractions consist of $4,000 a year
for the department of prohibition and
$500 a year for the police justice OF
the city Of Norfolk.
The bill went through in record time
and with remarkably little confusion.
An amendment offered by Delegate
Norris. giving the commissioner of
prohibition authority to use SO much
of $4,000 for the ftcond year. in event
MS office ID abolished during 1921. as
would bear the proper proportion to
tho sum set aside for the entire year.
was adopted. Another sponsored by
Delegate Gilpin. cutting down the ap
preparation for the second year to
$4,000 was defeated by q vote OF so
In ~.
The. real fight OF the day developed
when Delegate Mayo c. Brown offered
an amendment striking out from the
bill appropriations. aEgregaung $4,000.
To the Travellers Aid societies, OF
DanvilIe. Newport News, Norfolk. Pc
sersbarg. Richmond ana Roanoke. He
declared that the war 10 over and 1t Is
nc longer necessary for the state to
assist these societies which should Sc
cure funds through private subscrip-
tons
II am surprised ut the chairman
OF the moral and social welfare COM
mittee." Floor Leader willis declared.
vhen he had taken the floor in evil
Cent excitement This Is not a war
measure and never was. These socie-
les are intended primarily to look after
tiae- welfare OF strangers In cities.
especially young women. who. without
advice ar to proper lodging places,
might be easily induced to go to places
they should never enter. would rather
See 1000 men wallowing in tho gutter
of intoSicgtion than one girl gone
wrong through neglect Of this sort. This
~ much more important than cutting
CT little moonxh1ne liquor. Tho
gentleman fran Lynchhurw must take
bis stand through ignorance Of the
situation. -Fssssss - ~ )
Delegats Brown ratorted sAA& hs
6idn't need = lecture on morals BY the
gentleman from Roanoke.
Delegate Deans spoke on behalf Of
the appropriations and Delegates Ozt.n
against them As class legislation and.
therefore, unconstitutional.
The Brown amendment was defeated
by vote of Is to ~.
Whom the vote had been taken there
was almost a riot among members
sending In amendments. including their
cities and towns in the bin for special
appropriations for the travellers Aid
secletien
The towns and cities included Fred
or .cksburR. Portsmouth. Alexandria,
Winchester. Stauntcn. Charlottesville,
Pulaski. I.eesburg and Taxeweu- Mr..
Norris said most Of his people went
to Baltimore. Accordingly. he asked in
an amendment that $500 be appro-
rriated to the use OF the society in
that city.
There was no debate on the second
years appropriations. BY motion of
Delegate Henley. the amendments for
the first year were made to apply to
the second also.