Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-09
MEASURE ADOPTED
IN VIRGINIA SENATE
BY VOTE OF 50 TO 6
Question Will Be Submit.
ted to People at No
vember Election.
SMITHEY IS SPONSOR
OF BILL IN ASSEMBLY
Cannon Engineered 1t on
Floor of the Upper
Chamber.
EPES AND LEEDY OPPOSE ACTION
Former Says Suffrage. Guaranteeing
White Balance In "Black
ftet," In Danger.
SMITHEY IS SPONSOR
OF BILL IN ASSEMBLY
ErEs AND LEEDv OPPOSE ACTION
Former Says Suffrage. Guaranteeing
White balance In "BInck
Bcit," In Danger.

submission OF the question of
constitutional convention to the pco-
pie OF Virginia now rests with Cow
ernor l.. Lee Trinkle, the Smithey
hi'l, which passed the House of Dele
gates on Tuesday night. having been
adopted yesterday by the Senate. ONLY
six negative votes were cast in the
Senate, while the other BODY went on
record with only four opposing tho
calling OF the convention to reframe
the organic law OF the Commons
wealth.
senator James f. Cannon. of Rich.
mond, engineered the Smithey bill on
the ftoor OF the Senate. He first ma
neuvered to get the committee dis.
charged from consideration OF tho
measure and when this carried, he
moved to have the bill taken up out
OF Its order and succeeding In this he
worked In through successive steps
to It's passage by vote of 80 to 6.
La subn,itted to People.
The bill provides for submission OF
the question OF calling the conyen-
ton to vote of the people in the No
vember and fixes the election machin-
cry. The constitutional convention
call. In this way. come on the date
of the general election for United
States Senator, which. unless the Re-
pubiicans put up u candidate, would
otherwise have been perfunctory
matter.
senator Cannon spoke briefly for
the Smithey bill The present con-
stitution Is archaic he stated, and Its
revision is absolutely necessary to-
the advancement of the State. He
declared that the last constitutional
convention was held at a time when
the General Assembly had fallen nm
der suspicion and that without anv
foresight. the constitution had been
so drawn as to tic the hands OF tho
legislators. He pointed to the fact
that In twenty years a54 constttu-
ttonal amendments have been sub
mitted to the people at a cost OF ST.
900. .0OO
Senator Robert F.. Leely, of Page
declared that the General Assembly
was cmbarking on n dat s71us Jour
ney at the present tlt He wa,
echoed by Senator Loui 5. Epes. Of
Nottoway, who painted Il picture ~
ginia In event new Constitution
drawn II being his contention that
there would not be written into Tho
new document the suffrage provision
"hlch now preserve the white BAL
ahce OF power in the BLACK belt"
Senator Mnpp Yields.
Although he had been Leaten ear
Ter In the day to suspend the rules
on the movie censorship rules and
had an opportunity to gain an ad-
vantage by blocking the Smithey
OIL, Senator q. Walter Mapp, OF Ac-
comac, announced that he would NOT
stand in the way of Senator Can
mons project. believing as he does
hat constitutional convention In
{" necessity.
The vote for submitting the uues-
ton to the people was:
For-Beverley. Byrd, Cannon, Cooke.
CoTbitt, DickerSon, Dodson, Downing.
Early. Ferguson. Goode, Goolrick.
Gravatt. Gum. Hening. Hyatt, JEFF
freys, Layman. Mapp, Miller, Mills
Mitchell. Oliver, Parsons, Paul, Rob-
ertson. Russell. Sergent, Vaughan.
Woodson-30.
Agalnst--Andrews. Crockett. Epes,
Holt. 10th. Rison--6.
Smithey Author OF Dill.
Delegate Marvin Smithey, of
Brunswick. is author of the consti-
tutiona. convention bill and has
been working with that end In view
since the nrst day OF the session. He
was author OF the joint resolution
which resulted in a bipartisan In
vestigation with view to consoli-
dating State offices and abolisfiug
others found needless. This Inquiry
brought two reports, the majority
recommending changes that IL was
asserted would have Virginia sI,000,- 8
GOO a year. Twenty-three kills 10
carry out the recommendations were
drawn. but go; no consideration In
either house.
Senator Cannon has been a con-
ststent fghter for constitutional
convention ever since he entered the
General Assembly. sIiis work re-
suited fonr years insboth houses fa~72
yorinS tine convention. bu. Ssst ysars
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