Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-21
ATTEMPT TO LOP OFF
RICHMOND MAN FAILS
Hcning. of Powha,an, Leads
Move for Splitting City. bu,
Cannon Objects.
pGLrGATEs CONSIDER CHANGE:
Campbell Lender Of Faction OpposInS
Creation of New Subdi-
Visions by House.

Tidewatcr Virginia lost one repre-
scuiativ" yesterday when the senate
passed tn" rc,istricting bin. - to (,
"itct creating a Gistric, composed OF
N'lson and Amherst Counties. at the
expense OF Portsmouth and Norfoll;
Gnty. y iuti!o attampt to lop
"H On" Senator from the city OF Rich
mona met with defeat as being con-
,rary to tho Constitutions, In that. Il
'""sh, TO make srly within n polli-
Iral subdivision.
Eoth houses launched into the re-
dIstrictIng battle Yesterday. with the
c"utcst IN tho lower body dcvaIop-
.ns int" an attrmr, 20 rc-cnact the
present law. thereby .vadirg ,h,.
Institutional requirement tina, the
state be rcappor,ioncd every ten
cars This substitute Will bc the
pending question as special and con :
nnuI"g order at noon today.
Nelson Senator Win. Point.
IN the Senate the rcdistricting fgh,
at the outset centcrcd around the Re
publican stronghuldS Of Rochinrhau,
and shenandoah. When the commit
zee amendments were adopted after
substitutes were rejected III. os-
SduIt on Tidcwater was resumed. com
'"S up on a motion to reconsider the
N"tc by which an amendment loppinr
OH a senator for Portsmouth and Nor.
i"lk County was defeated on Fri.
day.
Hy new alignment. Senator 7
belmont Woodson, OF Nelson NO,
succeeded in getting a reconsidSr,
f,.i,
70" ana Amherst. with population
"f $1,000 receive one Son.,nr
portsmouth and Norfolk Comfy u.i,i,
1li.ooo population. are Gu, from ,wn
TO one Senator.
Mitchell Amendment Fails.
'he afternoon session. Senator 7
''"siaS Mitchell. Of King and Once,
"''einpted new alignment. which
would nave thrown York into ,,a
newport News district. md VOL,
rave given King William TO h,s a..
u''ct HIS amendment also ,hra,.
'u'ahna into the Caroline dis,ri.,
was hnally voted down.
'"iS point. Senator Thomas G
"'hs' or Powhatan, made an in
e'"ai attempt 10 create new d,.-
ct 10 include Powhatan, Gooch-
anu Chesterheld and that mart ~
h'chmond on the south side ot o..
lanes River. TO secure this cor,,
nc proposed to cut the represonta,ion
OF the northern section Of Richronna
TO TWO Senator'S. Senator James r
cannon raised point OF ordar ,,
such split in political subdiv;s,on
WAS Illegal and was sustained
Bniiot Stands c2 TO IL.
The vote looping Off the Norfo,r
2 County Senator was:
Aycs-Beverley, Booker. Coc,,o
Crockett. Downing. Early Enos
Ferguson. Hening. Jcffreys. L,anrm,n
i.cedS' 10th. Miller. Mitchell, oliver.
PARSONS, Paul. Robertson, Russcl
"ersent, Woodson--o2.
Noes-Andrews, Byrd. Cannon CO.,
"e". Dickerson, Dodson, Garrett.
uoo"e' Hooirick. Gravatt. Gum.
iiassihser' Holt. Hyatt, Mapp, Mills.
..ison, Vanghan-1S.
The vote on the same proposition
Friday was:
Ayes-Cocke. Downing. Enes
Ferguson. Hcning. Jeffreys. Law
man. Leedy, 10th. Miller. Oliver par.
sons. Paul. Robertson. Russell Uood !
son-lG.
Noes--Andrews. Rocker, Byrd, Can
non. Corbitt. Dickerson, Dodson,
Early, Goode. Goolrick, Grovatt
Gum. Hassingcr, Holt. Hyatt. Mills
Mitchell, Rison, Sergcnt. Vaughan
20.
Four Vote Against Measure.
The four voting against tho hin
as whole were Senators Heninp.
J.eedy. Parsons and Paul.
= dDelegate Clarence j. Campbell. OF
Amherst. In the House. offered as a
substitute for House bill No. a0a the
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