Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-15
HOUSE GIVES SPEAKER
A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
Presiding Officer Takes Ex-
ception to Statements of
Page and Ewell.
CREATES SENSATION
Norfolk nnd Princess Anne Reprcsen-
tntircs Declare They Have No
Apologies to Oner.

Characterized as "a direct reflection
upon the honesty and integrity OF the
Speaker of the House and the gen
tlemen composing the Committee on
Currency and Commerce." Speaker
Richard L. Brewer. Jr.. OF Nanscmond,
yesterday morning called the attcn-
Ton of members OF the House to GER
tain interviews in Norfolk papers
given by Delegate Ivor 4. Page. or
Norfolk, and Delegate \. T.. Ewell, OF
Princess Ann County. relative To
the committees report on pIlotage
Speaker brewers address was care
fully prepared and closed with the
statement:
In conclusion. l hope have said
nothing that will wound the feelings
OF the gentlemen In question. Such
has not been my purpose. desire to
throw around them the mantle OF
charity and to express the hope that
their incorporate utternnces were the
result of-their bias and not of their
sober Judgment, and the further hope
that their consciences may be as clear
as that Of the Speaker of this House"
No Apology to oHer.
Speaker Brewer Immediately LETT
rhe stand after delivering the adj
dress. and Delegate lvor a. Page
arose and said: II merely said that.
In m" opinion, the committee was
packed. The statement was made on
mature delibcration. and ] have no
apology to offer"
Delegate Ewell was re cognizcd. and
said: The statement made by me is
borne out by House and Senate jour-
nails for the session OF 1920" He
then told of how the Ewcll bill failed
to be taken UP out of It's order in
1920. and said that the gentlemen
who voted against it were put on the
Hampton Roads Commission The
records OF the last General Assembly
bear me out. If have offended any
one am sorry, but have no apology
TO make" he added.
Delegate Charles II. Warren, OF
Pittsylvania. then offered the follow
ing resolution:
Given Vote of Confidence.
THAT we give 4 rising vote OF con-
fidence in the Speaker of the House
and in his sincerity In appointing
the members OF the Committee on
Currency and Commerce and the mem
bers of the Hampton Roads Commits
sion. and our confidence in his per-
| sonal integrity"
Speaking to the resolution. Floor
Leader Willis paid a high tribute to
| the members OF the Currency and
Commerce Committee and to the per-
sonnel of The Hampton Roads Com
mission. and declared they were all
| above any suggestion or breath OF
bias" Members OF the HAMPTON
Roads Commission. he said. had given
| of their time to developing the great :
est asset Virginia and the South has
the HAMPTON Roads port. II" added
that. Nothing in my mind tends more
to prevent men Of ability going into
nnblic life than slurs and slIngs
| thrown at them. I resent the impu-
tat'on decniy and I hone the House
Will nass the resolution"
| The resolution was passed by al
| most unanimous vote.
S""akr" Brewers address follows.
MY attention has been called to
the following which appeared In the
| VirEinian-Pilot of Norfolk. Va. In It's
issue OF February II, 1922:
COMMITTEE Packed" Is Charge oI
Page.
Richmond. Feb. IO.-Tn my opin-
ION. the Committee on Currency and
Commerce was packed" against the
| pilot bills. That was the statemen,
made today by Ivor A. Page, dele
gate from Norfolk. in an interview
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