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EACH I! NOW GET
('Continued from Flrst ragfc.)
ence. In tho by nnd by they, too, may
como to the front. but not yet.
AgrlriiH.irni Schools.
Thn most onllvonlng feature of tlie
dny's work ln thc- SeflAte WRH the ef?
fort of the Sonator from (.'arollno for
tho establlshment of ten ttgrlcutturn!
hlgh schools, C'ulte- nn ne-rltnlnlou
debutr* occurred botWOOll lilm ivnel tfl*
Benator from Rockingham ovor the
quostlon as to who wns tho fnrmer.-i'
friend. J'ventiially thero wai a truco
and both may now bo consldered ns
wearing the proud tltle-. Any.vay, the
fnrm*?rs got tho se*hoe>ls.
Both houses killed n number of bllls,
nmong them bolng- Senator M.inn's blll
provldlng thal Judges of local opllon
olectlons should be appolnted, ono upon
Iho rorommendatlon of tho flrst flve
slgners on Iho potltlo'n, 0110 upon thr
recommenelniloii of tho OXCCUtlvo tom
mlttoo of tho ','opposlng In'terest"
(Whatovor llii.t might bc) nnel tho
third by tiio c>I<-c*te,rnl board, wlthout
tho iK-cesslty of any rcco.mmenelatle.ti
Objectloti was mado thnt tho blll Im
plled u ellstruiit of the: regulnr elec?
tion JuelKes (Whlch tlie patron ells
clalmed), nnd that It smncked too
strongly of au tirl.ltratlve. proCeodlng
snd Iho measure was slnughter.-d with?
out mercy.
All Work nnd Nn Pnr.
Tho Sonato also "killed the proposl
tlon, ln the nature; of nn amendment,
oxomptlng natlonal bnnks from taxa?
tion on a portlon of thelr assets, gen?
erally known aa tho offset bank tax
bill. It was notlcoablo that thoso
Senators e.losely ussoclntod wlth bankfi
were pretty genernlly In favor of tlie
smendmont, and somo others ngreo.1
Wlth Otem. Thero wns a He vote. and
(ke Lle'utonant-Govornor saiel No.
The conforees upon tho approprlation
kllls will spend a couple of busy days
harmonlzlng tholr dlfforencos. It I
Brush Up.
You'll never again brush
against values so hcaping as
these.
A clcan "swecp" of all re
maining Wtnter garments is
thc reason.
All the $20 and $18 Suits
and Overcoats are $11.75.
All the $22.25 and $25
Suits and O'coats are $13.75.
All the $27.50 and $30
Suits and O'coats are $18.75.
Jacobs & Levy.
not likely that they wlli be able to
roport beforo Tuesday. In tho mean
tlmo thero ls -eotne demorall/.atlon evl?
dent. especlally ln tho House, and an
exodua uf members may occur to-nlght.
whlch will ItmpTll a r*uorum. All work
anel no pay wlli have a tondoncy to
mako dull "times at tbo Capltoi next
v>-*ck.
Sessions of the Two Houses
At tho openlng of the session of th'-'
House of Delegates yesterelay Mr, Jen?
nlngs, of Lvncliburg. lntroduced n reso?
lution provldlng that each momber be
prlvileged to call up ono in--st.suro e.ut
of Its ordor to-day. Aftor soctirlng tho
passage of thls resolution. Mr. .lenniti. *
got through a Jolnt resolution whlch
provldes that boRinning on Monday
mornlng the House shall give precedonce
to Senato bllls anel tho Senate to House
bllls. and which was concurred ln by
the Sennt->,
The House blll calling for tlie oxecu
tlon of folons at the Stato penltentlary
was roporteel from the Senate wlth an
nmendment. to provide f?r the return
of the body o? the man executod to hla
relatlves nt tholr expense. The blll,
ns amended, was adopted.
Mr. Jennlngs asked to bo r<*corded as
voting agalnst the teachers' retirement
fund bill. in place of Mr. Janney. whose
name anpeared In tho published llst ot
thoso opposed to tho measure.
Judgon Elected.
The- speclal order havlng been reach?
ed tho Houso went Into the election of
Judges and by unanlmous vote elected
ex-Sen'ator J. Lawrence Campbell. ol
Bedford. as Judg..- of the Thirtieth Judl?
clal Clrcult, and Hon. William M. Tur
t.ln as iustlce of tbe newly treated Clvil
Court of tlie city of RSchmond. ' Th"
Senate was notlfled by Mr. Lowry ot
the a**tlon of th<- Houso. nnel a few mo
nent.*. *.11.- r Senator Folkes reported te
the House the concurrent action of that
1 odv. Brief nomlnatlng speeches of a
.f.noliimi.l.ir'.' r.aurf were made it
siipport of both the new Judge-s Mr
Wlngo and Mr. Wost were appolntct
ot, the House delegation to count the
votes and reported that tlie Jolnt vote
for Campbell was 118 anel for Turplr
ti. nelther havlng opposltlon.
Manv members lett the iiouse dur?
lng the tedlous proceedings, which
necessltated several messages betwoer
tlio two* branches, and at tirues it was
eiuestionable whether a eiuorum wa.;
present, members belng called in fron
tho cloak-room and post-Ofttce to re?
cord thelr votes. No dlsposltlon war
apparent, however. to knlfe elther ot
tho candldates.
Qulte a number of House bills were
returned w-Itii minor amendments
which were in most cases sustalned,
The call of the calendar waa begui
at 11:30 o'clock, and a blll concernlnj
tho bureau of Insurance was passed al?
most unanlmously.
A blll to further regulate the worl
of thls bureau and to requlre a li?
cense fee of .2 for insurance agent;
wa.s discussed by Mr. Cox. Mr. Mon?
tague and Mr. Throckmorton.
Mr. Caton. of Alexandria, patron o:
tlie blll, opposed a motlon to recommlt
defendlng Its provislons In detail. Thc
measure was passed by temporarlly.
Stnte Normnl Scbool.
The speclal order, tho bill establlsh
Ing a State normal school at Harrlson
burg, amended by Mr. Goolrlck. o
Frederlcksburg, substltutlng the nam.
of his city, was called up at 12 o'clock
and preclpltatcd a livcly debate, ex
tendlng through the greater part o
tho day. Fredericksburg won ovor al
opponents in the House, but the Senat.
stuck to lts flrst cholce.
Captaln Thomas S. West. of Bedford
spoke ln favor of the Goolrlck amend
ment, namlng Frederlcksburg Insteai
of Harrlsonburg. Tho Stato could es
tablish but one sucli institution at thi
time. sald Captain West, and whlle li
did not love other cities less, ho fel
that Fredericksburg wus the place fo
thls school, a statement whlch brough
the flrst applause of tho session.
The State has not favored Fredor
Icksburg herotofore, ho declared. Onl
recently havo tho shacklos of railroa
monopoly been stricken fromVher fee
and her Industrlal dovelopmetjt, al
tor a half-century of stagnation. allow
ed to como Into lts own. The posltio
Of Frederlcksburg. half-way betwee
tho natlonal and Stato capitals, wit
*)1 its wealth of hlstorlc. associatloi
was clteel by Captaln West ln a glo*,*,
Ing speech us reason for the location e
the scl'.ool in the city on the 1-tappahai
pock. Ho was seconded by Mr. Stubb
of Gloucester, who vacated the cha
to advocate the claims of Fredorlcki
burg. Mr. Featherston. of Campbel
Bald the House had already declded thi
lt dld not want a,school at Fredorick:
burg or nnywhere olse, und he move
to dlsmiSH tho bill. Mr. Ooolrlck ai
Mr. Brewer argued that Mr. Feathe
Ston's motion was out of order, ai
were ovomiled by tlio chalr.
Favored HnrriMoiiliurg.
Mr. Churchman. of. Augusta, adv.
cated Harrlsonburg as a locatlon, sa:
Ing that all the reasons elociuently ai
vanced by Mr. Stubbs could apply wll
equal force to tho Rockingham city.
The good society, tho Intellectual ll
?nd the rlch merriorlea of the past woi
clalmed to be cehtrlng about Harr
sonburg. Mr. Churchman pald a hi.
tribute to tho cavalry leader, Turn.
Ashby, who fell just out of l-larrlsoi
burg. The fact that Harrlsonburg lu
now recovered from Iho dovastatton .
war wns polnted out hy Mv. Churcl
man, who said he offered a climai
TOR TORPID LIVER,
A torpld llver deranges the whol.
system, nnd produces
SICK HEADACHE,_
Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu
rjnatism, Sallow Skin and Piles
There Is no better remedy for thes
common dlseases than DR. TUTT'
UVER PILLS, ns a trlal will provt
lake No Substitute.
. aecond tn none; a pure mountaln wa?
ter Hupply and un unoxcelled slte- for
a ptiblh- Instltutlon.
Mr. Page, uf HanoVer, ably argueel
the cause of Frederlcksburg. Ills ad
drelra produced a profound Impreaslon
em tlie Holise. und was generally re
; garded as one of the most notable
plecea of mainrv of thln sesslon. Mr.
i Thrlft. of Madison, argueel in favor of
I tho establishrnent of another normal
! school for women, saying thnt the eon
dltlonn of educatlon In the State to-day
demanded another school. Argulng for
I normal educatlon aa a principle. Mr.
i Tlirlft made a thrust at tho.se who cm
I ploy men to curry thelr horses, but
I allow any ono "to traln thelr chil?
dren.
"I nm for Harrlsonburg." contlnued
Mr. Thrift. ''There is no spot in tlie
?State lhat does not eleserve- t-verythlnc
: ??? can elo for lt. We can only con
?J slder primary condltlons. l-'or pure
1 water anel fresh alr Harrlsonburg of
! fera advantages not to be excelled."
Mr. Caton. of Alexanelrla. sald he hael
? Ibut to present tlio practlcal slde of
ijthe propositlon. Princc William anel
? I Manassas helttg out of the questlon,
, )Mr. Caton salrl Iip was now an advocate
.lof Fredericksb-urg.
l| Mr. Johnson. of Montgomery. offereej
ijan amenelnient. strlklng out Ilarrlson
fjburg nml lnse-rtlng Radford.
Klni>H nt Kre/.rll.
Mr. M. M. Green. of Fuuquler. argu
!iir for Frederlcksburg, said that Char?
lottesville, Staunton and Lexingtor
;.r:el now Harrlsonburg wero clalmlnp
about four-tifths of the e?nttre approprl
1 ation of tho State for public Instltu
tlejns. The section whlch ralsed Gen?
eral Turner Ashby, contlnued Mr. Green
rt-ylying to Mr. Thrlft, has never re?
ceived 1 cent from the State for tht
purposes of establlshing a public In?
stltutlon. Contlnulng. Mr. Green de?
clared he was unalterably opposed t-.
allowlng the chairman of the Senate
Committee on Flnance to provldo foi
a normal school. and then havo It lo?
cated in hls home town. Harrlsonburg
This was a dlrect thrust at Senatoi
Keezell. of Rocklngham.
Mr. Montague, of Rlchmond. discuss?
ed the condltlons of educatlon in the
Stato. paying a hlgh trlbute to the ex
eollent work elone at the Furtnvllle
Normal. and vigorously advocating tlie
establishrnent of another school of. llke
tyne. He favored Freeierlcksburg.
Mr. Montague aleo attacked Senatoi
Keozell for advocating hls home towr
as the locatlon of the school and foi
thc attltude of the Flnance Commlttee
?ln flnding J50.000 for Harrisonbur
wlien It hnd not been able to flnd 1
f when other places were under consid?
eration.
Dr. Powell, of Brunswlck. opposee
the establishrnent of another school
saylng that the money should le
Bpread over the State ln the publl
schools. Dr. Powell declared that le
had yet to see the first educateel negf
in the cornfleld. and that tho eelucatei
whlte man there was no good. H
asked for an Engllsh educator for al
c asked for an Fngllsh educatlon fo
j all through ihe common schools.
Plea for Radford.
Mr. Charles A. Johnson, of Mont
I, gornery, spoke in advocacy of th
- clalms of Radford, but sald hls/firs
d interest was the welfare of the Com
monwealth as a whole. It was nu
bocause of historlc assoclations, li
stated, nor because of her speeln
merlt. that lie favored Radford, hu
to ask that the school be located 1
that sectlon where it ls greatest neeel
ed. Mr. Johnson sald he represente
a portlon of the State wlth 260,000 chl
elren ln thc publlc schools.
"Wlth elghteen countles lylng hac
of us, wlth Radford as tlie only oui
let, It is tlie central polnt for oih
third of Ihe peoplo of this Commor
wealth," he declared.
"We offer you a locatlon which l
unsurpassed, ln the centre of a grow
ing and prosperous young clty. wlt
all necessary convenlences and in
provomenis, including easy access b:
through and dlrect rallrontl Une
When loyalty to tho Commonwealth
a test tho cltizens of tho Southwes
will not ho founel wnntlng. 1 ask tlu
II. this school bo located where it wl
tt reach the greatest number aud do tl
3; most good."
>(1 Judge Martln Williams. of Giles, di
i<x fendoti Sonator Keezell, saylng he ha
workod honestly antl properly for tl
?Jocatlon of tlie school at hls hon*
town. .luelgo Williams, however, eil
fered wlth tho Itockingham Senator i
to the advantages offered, telling i
tho wonderful development of tl
1- Southwest and the number o? peop
th to ho accommodated by the town i
Badiord.
Mr. Curlett. of Lancaster, ndvocatc
Frodericksburg oh account ot" its loci
_ tlon and hoiiltlifulness, and becauso tl
'h sectlon hus never heen recognlzed i
tho past,
Clalms of Mannssns,
.,. Mr. Janney, of Prlnco Wllllnm com
ty, snld tliat no argument luid bee
,e presented whlch did not wlth evc
groator forco apply to Manassas. M
.luntiey declared that in all the wor
thero ls but one Manassas, and tlu
could the papers aunounco that tl
State woulel establish on the slte i
that great battleflnlel a great State li
stitution, tho whole world woulel tnl
notlce. Hls people, he contlnued, ha'
got. together and offered to glvo $ut
000 and bulld a normal school, lf tl
Stato wlll sustaln lt.
"Wo actually offer you a school fr
of charge," lie exclnlmed, "and all i
ask Is that you wlll tako lt and su:
port It."
Mr, Goolrlck, of Frodcrlclcsburg. w
has strugglcd lneessuntly day ln a
day out for tlio locullon of tlie aclui
iii hls tr.ivn. suld ho did not take e
CCPtloil to tho actlon of Sonator Kc
?.toll ln pluclng the Harrlsonburg pro
osltlon ln tlui uppiopiiatlon blll, i
tliough that measuro hud not , bo
passed on by tho House. Thls Coi
monwealth haa never glvon to the Fli
-1 Congresslonal Distrlct, lie sald, o
slngle, solltary ponnv fof tho establlHli
nutit or SUpport eif a Stato Institution.
Iloplvlng to Dr. POWoll, Mr. Coolrle k
snld the. tlmn hnd uot ccuno. nnd SllOUUI
novor oeiiiio, whon tlio Loglslnttire Ol
Vlrginla eionici noi tako Into conslder
ittloii tho hlslorlfl .lgrflflCttnCO of thu
l-attlos of tho Confederacy, ahd tlio
elnikor days of rnln nnel destructlon
Whlch went ln the* w.iko of war.
"Wo are noi horo hecausa wo nre*
poor." ho deolared. "Wc ask no char?
ity. We can tuko raro of ourselves.
nnel will contlnue. to elo so. Tho clly Ik
to-iinv ona of thc me.st prosperous lt.
thfi Stnte. of Vlrglnln. W.j nsk tlie 10
c-titlon eif thls institution as nn act
of Justlce."
I'rpiIorlckNt.iirg Wln*,
Mr. Hood, of Hockiiightun, closod tho
dlsCUSSlOh, Htipporllng Ihe* Sonato rn
i orrtmendatlon of Harrlsonburg as tho
spot which woui.i furnlsh tho gr-irtlesi
good to Iho groat.st iiiiml.e-i-. Thc pro
vlous iiucRilon bolng called, Mr. StUbb*,
Who wns acting Speiik?r, stnt-el ll ??
order e.r the- amondments, aftor whlch
thi* vote wus taken on each ln turn.
''ii tlie iimoiidmcnt lo substlt uto Man;. ?
?As tho voto Htood?-iivou 21; noes, IB.
i Radford lost, notWl. hstandlng a solld
j HopUblrcill vote?ayes. 35: noes, 41,
i'i. ,|..||. kshiirg won over tho commit?
tee report, r.7 te, ,17, ou whlch n record -
? '.1 \"t- was asked. Tbe roll belng
| called, Fredorlcksbiirf. secured ..* vut.
to 30 for Harrlsonburg,
Mr, Wlthers, of Nanseinr.nil, addfress
ed thc Hou-te e,n hls motlon 10 dls
Miiss tho blll, argulng against tho -.?*
tabllshini-nt of ti?: scnbo] stt any polnt.
declarlng lt .in unnecessary und con
! tlniiing expense, whlch wouid cost the
] State .100,000 to .?? itabllsh and |60.000
I u yenr to mulntaln. Mr. Wlthers w.-ni
Into e..\|e..,.|, ,| ,;?;_,_.?? ?,; .,. ....
brought lo a round turn by Mr. Page's
objectlon to tho spoaker's statement
that thoso who advocated the varlou*.
locatlons "Imel tholr own nosos in Ilo
lrough." ln tho mldst of tno explann
tlons and apologles whloli folldwcd
tho chalr was vacated until 1 o'clock
Afternoon Sesnion.
Al tlio afte-rnoon session Mr. Wltheri
e.-ontlnued hls argument agalnst thc
establlshment of any further State ln
stltutlons, maklng hls plea chlefly <>'.
flnancial grounds. Tho polley of thc
State In consolldatlng schools anu
brlnglng tho scr-Olars to the schoo
was elwolt on, ahd tho proposal wa.
descrtbed aa a babylsh reversal ol
polley.
Mr, Pago replled to Mr Wlthers
Htailng that the Governor had recom?
mended the mosisuro and ihe. Superln*
tc-ndent of Publlc Instructlon had In?
dorsed It.
Mr. Pago continued a tnost vlgorou1
I anel positive argumont for tho ... uil.
! Hshmont e.f the school, saylng that the
State; of Vlrginla wns rlch and .oul.
'? well affortl a forward stop whlch wai
so unanlmously approved: Mr. Page
j said lie advocated Fredericksburg. bu
; wus wllllng te. havo the* scnool i-stab
I lishod anywhere the House might de
cleio. Hls argument was for tlie cs
: tablish of another normal school.
Mr. Good, of Rockingham, sald lu
! bad worked as earnestly and zealousl*
for hls town of Harrlsonburg as hi
I knew how, and had lost. and wa:
. ready to take lils medicine and sup
| port the Fredericksburg propositlon
1 He declared that he "dldn't proposo t.
1 play the dog in tlie mang.-r." The Stat>
i needed the school, and lf hls town eoul.
not get lt, he wotilel assist other
to get It for the good of the Com
j monwealth at large. This statemen
i brought forth general applause.
Mr. Sutherland. of Dlcklnson, arguei
j at length agalnst the blll. saylng tha
lmproper statemen ta had been mad
by persons asking hls vote for Fred
erickshurg. suggestlng ti.at the Dele
1 gates grant the location, and then kil
the bill.
Delibernte t'ntruth.
Contlnulng his remarks, Mr, Suther
j land was asked lf he alluded to Mi
j Goolrlck. and on hls replylng in th
; afiirmatlve, the delegate from Freder
! icksburg. who was on the opposlt
slde of the House, jumped to hls fee
and exclaimed that Mr. Sutherlan
j had made a statement that was
dellberato untruth In so far as I
j applled to hlmself.
Mr. Sutherland dlsclaimed any inten
. tlon of reflectlng on Mr. Goolrlck, an
,\ the matter was later adjusted by apol
; ogles from both sldes, the gentleme
shaking hands amid applause.
A long drawn argument betwee:
| many members followed for an hou
or two wlth much effort to rldlcule th
whole proposltion.
Mr. Featherston said he thought i
tlme to draw a halt. Primary* school
had received an Increase necessltatln
an increase for grammar schools, whlc
needed more teachers. who later ha
to be pensioned, making an endlef
chain of money running from th
treasury,
Mr. Featherston sald that what li
really favored was to establlsh a "h
normal" school at Hellbent. Campbo
county, where the alr was as pure, th
Ilquor as good as anywhere else, an
whero there was a elistlllery on ever
hillslde.
Mr. Edwards, of King 'William, mad
an earnest plea for serlous conslders
tlon of the blll, argulng by all mean
for the establlshlng of tlie normj
school as an absolute necessity for th
young women of the State. Tho loct
tion had been declded. and to refuse 1
go further would he selflsh and agaln;
the best interests of the State, con
tended tho speaker.
Vlctory for Goolrlck.
The motion to dismiss the blll ws;
lost. Ayes. 35; noes, 41.
A. recorded vote on the propositio
was demandel, and resulted: Ayes, 3
noes. 55. The bill was then put o
its passage. and was passed: Aye
U3: noes, 28.
The delegate from Fredericksbui
was surrounded by members of tl
House. who congratulated him on tl
slgnal vlctory he had won In securlr.
the passage of the amendment.
Later in the afternoon, Senator Kc
zell informed the Houso that the Sei
ate refused to concur ln tho Houi
amendment, and asked a eommitteo
conference. On tho flnal count Fre.
erlcksburg had 5S votes ln Houso ai
11 ln the Senate. whlle Harrlsonbtu
mustered 30 votes in the House ai
20 in the Senate. The vote, tnerefor
as taken by the two houses stood
for Frederlcksburg, agalnst 50 for Ha
rlsonburg.
Nlght ScN.ilon.
Mr. M. T. Cooke. of Norfolk, called 1
out of its order Senate bill 295, provi
ing for nn amendment to the charter
tlie city of Norfolk. and had it put .
lts third readlng. The amendment pr
vides for the abolition of tho ofilee
City Collector, thus unlfylng city ofHc
under tho Board of Control anel plu
Ing the dutles of the ofllcer ln t
hands of tho comptroller.
The bill was opposed by Mr. Cook'
colloague from Norfolk. Mr. XV. W. O
who sald that the City Council of 1
city opposed tho amendment bv a vc
of 29 to 9. Ilo nskc.l for tho right
local self-government. The papers
Norfolk, Mr. Old saiel, ure opposed
the blll. Mr, Old's argumont was tt
tlio pooplo's representatives ln the C
Council shoulcl bo heoded. rather th
tho petitlon of llfty or moro mlllle
alre tax-payers. Mr. Cooke declai
'that tho Senator of Norfolk slded *"*:
hlm, aml that Iho Council dld not re
rosent the city In tho Leglslature.
told of factlonal rlghts ln that Coun.
and of various ohjections which h
heen ralseil, but said that ho belie\
ihe peoplo of hls city wanted 1
amendment in the interests of oconor
The blll was put on its passage, a
was passed 61 to 12.
Mr. Featherston reported for a Jo
conference committee on certaln Son;
amendments to tho State Constltut:
looklng to slmpllfylng the proceodii
of tho Leglslature aiul cut.tlng out 1
nocossary roll calls, and tho II01
adopted tho conference roport.
mll Ih Rejected.
Tho blll regulatlng tlie Bureau
Insurance was illsciisseci at length
Mr. Moses Green, Mr. Pulllam and :
Caton.
Amendments wero offered by
GlQnn. of Richmond, provldlng for .
peal to tho Corporatlon Commlssl
and were. adopted, and by Mi\ Thro
morton. of Henrico, reduclng tho
oeuse fen on llfe Insuranco sollclt
from .1 to 25 conts, anel were rejec.l
After several other nmendments w
voted down the blll wns put on
passage und was lost, tho voto sta
**lng?fiycs, 35; noes, 35.
A nmlli.n to reconslder was tn
nnd passed by.
Sonator Keezell reported that
Senate.. liacl rejected Houso blll 286 1
had prepared a subatltuto blll api
en
! prlntlno thi' rnvenucH of Slate f<n- two
' years From M?r<'h I"1- , ,
Mr riowmttfi clialrman nr ti- itouso
Plnanco Commlttee, m"-'.i lu rejeet
>. the Senate aunstltute. The motlon
, prcvalletl utittnlmouelyj am'. n confer
, enci Wti* ndopted. Tlie lb.-i . con
fei.-..( nfo Messrs. Bowman, llaker
. and Owen.
.Mr. Bowman then called up Henatfl
| hlll 600 out of lt** order. Tl ? i.iii i?
. ii< vicin-ii lo authorlsid ihe- [Jnlteei Htute.M
?rovornment t" itcflulro tlth iej nnd
jurlsdlction over cerlnlu lands ll ited
nt Hewoira l'olnt, in Tnniiei Creek
Distrlct "f Norfolk counl ludlng
the ??lie of tlu' .famestown l-.xponttion,
Mr. Bowman f-nlel he l>'"l been Informod
? thal there woulel hn n hearlnr* nn thli
matter ln WnshlnKi"" ln tl i iiinrnins
anel tiifii actlon hy i1'" Leglsinturo was
Impernllve, Tho blll wns passed?ayes,
58* noes, n.
Repeated niolloiin in adjnurn wero
Voted iiown, only 1" '?0 ofTer >l ngnln
tt? often us the chalr wouhl reogtilze
members, Mr. Montfigue, of III ni nd,
i-harai-t.-rlz. el the actlorts nf the I
as "chlld's plny," The t|.,,, , llarousl
cuntlnueel t.i negrlecl buslm - ror a
half liour or niorc. und flnally nnn of
ilm many motlons lo adjourn [ircvalled.
' Sennte Blll* Pnsscil.
To provldo for tbe establlshmenl of
D Stalo normal BOnOOl for women nt
Harrlsonburg. Rocklnghai.? ?.nny;
amended lo rnnel. Frederlcksburg, Va.
To aniend nnd re-enacl Hcctlon 2 of
chapter f*,. nml sectlon ns ..r chaptor
3 ol an act entltled an acl concern*
ing tho bureau of lhsurnnce, nnd In
urancc, BOarantce, trusts. Indemnlty,
;i<l<l11\-. securlty and fraternal benefit
companles, assoclations, socleties anel
orders, nnd Imposlng pOnnltles for Its
vlolatlon, approved March '<. 1906.
To amend and i-f-enu-! sectlons 21.
31, 30, li 15, 16 and ;; ot an act
of tlie General Assembly ..r Virginia,
approved March H, 1306. entltled "An
act to nmend and r8-,enac( nn acl of
the (Jeneral Astfe'mbly <>f virsinia, ln
forco Jaritiarv 2R 18SI. e-ntitie-d 'An act
. provldlng a charter for the elty of Nor
; folk, and rcpeallng the exlstlng char
1 tor." "
HoiiKr UIU l'ns*nl.
To establish tlie sufficlency of cer
' taln evldence as proof uf the oxistence
', of a publlc road.
Thr Senato wns called p> ordor
'l promptly at 10 o'clock, and wlth the
excepllon of ono or two other matters
devoted thn entire mornlng to tho cori
- slderatlon of tiic appropriation blll. A
l e. mmunlcatlon from Judge- J. \V. O.
I Blaekstonn wns read, stating lliat tho
? soigeunt-at-arms of both houses had
t served papers upon fclm. glvlng notlce
? that the General Assembly wlll pro
-' cccd to tako actlon against him for rc
- ; rnoval. Tlie letter further said:
"I nni sl< I. ln my room nt the hotel.
?> nnd nm under (lu.re- ?t u doelor, nnd
,- tvlille I do nol wish (t? plnce elther of
. (lirhe gentlemen ln un iii.pleaxnnt poal
i tlon, I elnlm (lin( the proceedlngs nre
. lnie-onitltiiMonnl, nnd I wlll take them
j (o (hr blRbent trlliunnl."
-A Sergeant-at-Arrns Watklns presented
? a sworn statement, settlng forth that
i he had served tho notlce on Judge
L'lackstone.
Arlslng to a polnt of personal privl
j I lege. Senator Gravatt stated that in
| The Tlmos-Dlspatch report of the vote
, em the amendment he offered to the
fi appropriation bill. provldlng for agri
I cultural experlmental stutlon. he no
tie-eel tliat Senator Walker's name had
been left out of the rocorded vote, and
he wanted to know whether thls was
tbe case wlth the journal of the House.
Ho was informed that Mr. Walker's
name was not on the journal. Sonator
Walker then aroso and stated that he
had voted. and Senator Gravatt moved
at once to reconslder the vote on the
amendment. whlch motlon was defeat?
ed. Had Senator Walker's vote been
rocorded Senator Gravatt's amendnSent
5! would heve been adopted, as the vote
I was a tle. Though it was thought that
*lnot more than an liour would be de
Hmandod for tbe tlnal work on the ap?
proprlatlon blll, lt was nearly 2 o'clock
Zi before consideration of the measurt
was coneluded.
Senator Folkes offered an amendment
setting aside $8,000 for improvements
upon the Capitol. Under thls amend?
ment the House chamber will be re
palnted and furnlshed and the lobbie;
and tho rotunda palnted and otherwlsc
Improved. Thls amendment wa;
aeiopted. ? " ' .,??'-.
Senator King got a substantlal in?
crease for tlie summer normal schools
The amount approprlated ln the blll
was $5,000. Senator Kings amendment
which was adopted. calls for $15,000
Sonator Gravatt would not give ui
on the agrlcultural eiuestlon and of?
fered an amendment calling for a sun
not to oxceed $'10,000 for the suppor
of an agrlcultural high school in eacl
congressional distrlct of the State. He
briefly addressed the Senate on tlu
morlts of the amendment, and tho bene
fit whlch would ho derived were these
schools 'established.
Senator Keezell was opposed to tin
plan, and hoped the Senate would vot.
thn amendment down.
Senator Gravatt sald tho Senato
from Rocklngham had overy right ti
opposo the schools, but he did not 11k.
to see tliat gentleman object to every
thing offered tliat would ln any wa;
benefit the agrlculturista of thls State
Ho then drew a word skotch of th?
Sonate as it wns drawn to him. H>
plcturetl a crowd of Senators, one elect
ed by the gas companles, one by th.
rallroads, another hy tho power com
panies and flnally one poor fel^
elected by the farmers. who found h
could accomplish nothing, and though
ho had better go home.
This brought forth the wrath of th
Rocklngham Senator, wno was quickl
on hls feet.
"I deny the imputatlon that the mem
bers of this Senate were sent here b
corporations," he declare?
Senator Gravatt interrupted Senato
Keezell, saying thnt lie was only re
peatlng a story, whlch had been tol
to him.
"Well. this ls not a good placo t
repeat that story." said Senator Kee
zell. "I am a farmer anel represet
farmers; not the klnd that Slt ln tnui
offlces and flgure out what ought t
happen. but men who get results."
Senator Gravatt wanted to knoi
what results they got, but the Rock
lngham farmer was unable to quoi
any ligure.s.
At thls point the discusslon wi
checked by tlie arrival of the hour s<
for the electlon of a judge for tl
Thlrtieth Judlclal Clrcult anel a civ
justlce for the city of Rlchmoiid.
Senator Tucker placed In nomlnutie
J. Lawrence Campbell, of Radford, i
judge of the Thlrtieth Clrcult. Tl
nomlnatlon was seconded by Senatoi
Echols und Halsey.
Senator Folkes offered tho name <
Hon. W. M. Turpin i'or the posltlon e
civll justlce of Hlchmond; whlch non
inatlon was seconded by Senntor Noc
Both gentlemen received all tho voti
east, und after the report of the Cui
vasslng Commlttee, they wero declart
elected.
Houso hlll No. 310. tho board e
health measure, set ns a special ordi
tor 11 o'clock wns passed without .1.
bate, all opposition havlng heen wltl
drawn. The blll carrles $-10,000 u|
proprlatloh.
When tho approprlatlon blll w<
agaln taken up tlie discusslon betwee
Senators Gravatt anel Keezell wus n.
renowed, but a substltute was eitferi
by Senator Mann for Sonator Gravatt
amendment. provldlng thnt tho tot
appropriation fnr hlgh schools and pr
mary schools shall bo $60,000, nnel thi
a Hiini not to exceed $20,000 sluill 1
taken Irom the two funds for the su
port of tlie agrloultural hlgh schoo!
The substltute was adopted by a unai
lnious vote.
An aiiiendiuent offered by Senato
Chnso and Parsons, provldlng th
$150,000 be approprlated for supplyli
tho pupils of tlio publlc schools of tl
State witli freo school books, w.
voteel down by a strictly party vot.>.
Benator Saunders wantod tho $S(j
-iehi.il the blll provides for threo clerl
ln the AUdltor'S . offlco dlstrlbut.
eeniiiliv among the wholo corps .
clerks' and offered an amendment
tliat offect. It wus adopted, after
lengtliv dlacusslou,
Knnator Wlckham presented i
iimendment, whlch glves ^l^.ooo, tl
okhVull" ut ""Jiiuieutown io t'Uia clty. "t
m
tho purpose of making It permanent,
Sonator Lasslter offered an amend?
ment, whlch was adopted, changlng the
road approprlation so as to glvo .75,
000 tc. tho convlct force. wlthout In?
creasing the general approprlation for
roads.
Many othor amendments e.f puroly a
consoententlnl nature woro offered nnel
iiloptod, and shortly before 2 o'clock
the blll wus passed.
Senator Mann prosontoel a resolution
provldlng that 1.000 coples of tho Byrd
llejuor law bo prlnted. The resolution
was agreed to. anel at 2 o'clock the
i Senato adjourned.
Afternoon Sc**ilon.
! Tho slght whlch greetod the eyes of
! the Sonators on thelr return aftor tho
j recess hour was Indeeo surprlslng.
' Thoro were flowers everyWhere. On
j oach Senator's desk was a large car
natlon, Lloutenant-Govornor Ellyson,
Senator Keezell and Senator King bo
I ing favored wlth a big bunch. Clerk
: Bookor, hls assistants. the committee
clorks, puges and even tho newspaper
! men came ln for thelr share.
The flowers were an expresslon of
appreclntion from tlio teachers of Rlch
| mond, who have worked so falthfully
I for tho teachers' retirement fuml blll
recently pnsseel. To each carnatlon or
bunch was attached a card upon whlch
was written. "Our Last \vord."
Apart from tliis the resslon wns cx
tremely unintoresting. Houso blll No.
73 caused a slight. spirltless debate,
but was flnally passed.
The House sent tho normal school bll]
over. with Fredericksburg inserted ir
place of Harrisonburg. For thb
amendment the Senate refused by r
voto of 23 to 12 to concur.
Worklng under a speciul resolutlot
the remalnder of the afternoon wai
consumed In nassing loca! bllls. an.
in discusslng tho mode of procedure ti
be adopted at the night session. Ne
less than an hour was lost ln considor
atlon of this matter. At 0:30 o'ciocl
tho chalr was vacated.
Nlght Session,
At the nlght session. after tho Sonati
had passed a few bllls not of grea
importance. a communlcatlon was re
celved statlng that the Houso had re
fused to accept tho substitute fo:
House bill No. 2SC. the approprlatioi
blll.
Senator Keezell moved that the Sen
ate adhere to its amendments. Thi:
was agreod to. aml a committee of con
forence was nppolntoel, consistlng o
Senators Keezell. Early nnel Harmou
The blll provldlng for cornpulsor;
attendance upon the public school:
of tho State caused some debate. Sen
ntor King explained the provislons o
the measure. and made an earnest ap
peal for its passage.
Senator Hart offeroel an nmendinen
provldlng that fomale chlldren slioul.
be exempt from oorporal punishment
Senator King dld not object to th
pilnclple of tho amendment. but sah
wero lt adopted thc* blll would be klll
ed, as, at thls lato dav and In vle*.
of tho rush of bills. it would novo
get through tho House. Tho nmend
ment was rejected and the bill wa
passed.
Senato bill No. 302, relatlve to iudgo
of election. aftor a prolonged eilseus
sion. was defeated by a vote of 21 t
6. Senator Hobbs in his enthuslasm vot
inc: twice.
Tho blll In rolation to State do
posltorles wa.s passed after an argn
ment of somo length, and wlth man
amendments.
AVn-i ?'.-lNsod By.
Dr. Grnvatt was again on hand. an
called up liis blll for the establlhs
ment of an argriculturl hlgh schoc
In oach congressional district. Thi
Is practlcally the samo mensuro whlc
was Incorporated In tho apprnprlatlo
blll ln tho morning. Thoro were moi
than three objections to this blll. an
under thc worklng rulo It was passe
by. The House refused to agree t
the Senate amendment to tho blll ohnng
Ing bank stock. Tho amendment 1
question makes no deductlon fron
hnnk stock on account of debt. ns i
allowed in bonds. notes. otc. Senate
Halsey asked thnt tho amendments 1:
iiosclnded, hut nfter somo clebnte tl:
Senate refused to do thls by a vol
of 16 to 15, and tho vote of tbo rhali
man was requlred to declde the ma1
ter. as at flrst It wns n tle.
Senator Sale reported that the Cor
ferenco Oommlttoo on the Resolutlo
whlch changes certaln soctions of tl
Constitution had reached an ngreemen
The resolution reters to tho number i
times a blll shall bo road. Tbo Senai
iJ| amendment, whlch provlded for roadln
the tltle on three soparnte days nnd tl
bill onco wus agreed to.
At 10:50 o'clock tho Senate at
journod.
Senate ZIIHm I'ussccl.
Conferriiig upon courts of equltyi i
)f|certaln cases. power to entet'taln suh
'rjauainst offlcers of chal'ltablo or bene\
ii- olent Institutions havlng chargo <
i- thelr funds. to enforee lawful inves
3- icent nnd management thoroof nnd pe:
sonnl llablilty upon said offlcers or an
ls of them for unlawfiil investment <
ih management of such funds, and to ri
ot'| move such ofllcors or uny of thom ai
substitute others.
To amend an act ontitloel "An n
incorporatlng tho town of Bartc
Heights. in Henrico county." apprnvc
January 30, ISOfi, by nddlng tlioroto c
inelepoiulent article relatlng to llen i
and collectlon nf town taxes. otc,
To provide Ibe commlsslons thi
[:
shnll be allowed county troasurers up<
funds hnii.lle.l by thom, that are ralsi
hy tho issuanco stnd salo of coun
bonds.
To atuond aml re-ennct an nct ent
tled "An act to nmemd nnel re-ona
.sectlon 3057 ofi tho Code of Vlrglnln
nnnvoved December 26. 1903. and .
further amended and re-enacted by i
ncl improved March 9. 1906.
?i-n amond und ro-enagt sectlon 103 nt t
c-mie of VIralula. as amendnel nnd ro-onact
i.y nn aot approved Maroh ir.. n>o*. entm
nn acl to amend und re-enaot sectlon 7
of the Code "f Virginia, ln relatlon to Sln
eici eiKlt.irl.'H. im amt-ielod aml r.-ohaatod
,'?., annrovod Matoh io, lftou. ontltlad
aot to amend and ro-eitaei sectlon 7.*,;]
th. end.. nf VliKlnln, as amended anel r
onneted by ?H aot approved March IB, 101
eii'.llile.l ;in net lo .imc*nd nnd re-enaot se
tlon 7.*>:i nf tha i'i.de of Vhslala, in redntl
te> Klutc denoiitarles.
Tr nnienil ellld ve-oiiaet sectlntl Ul'J e.f t
wJcoUo of Viruinlu ua horolotoro umendud,
i-elntlon to achool offlcers ar.d teachers not.
liavlng any perunlnry Intercal ln school
b. oko, appllances, furniture, or 'supplles;
exceptlons; neither fehooi nor corporation
ofllcers to diicount warrnnla.
To authorlsa nnd emnpwcr ihe Board of
Supervlsors of Warren county. Va., ln thelr
illncretlon, to expend nnel contrlbuto an?
nually out of tho Ronernl levy of snld county
a mm of money to alel In the maintcnanco
nml efficlency of Company D, Soventy-soo
oiiii Reglment, Infantry, Virginia vplunteers.
To amend nnd re-ennct an act entltled nn
act to provlde for au^horixItVK county and
clty school boards to sell or exchange publlc
school properly, approveei May 21, lSSTj ? .
tt-iiillng thn mme provisions to dlitrict
Hciiool boarels.
To nmend *nd re-chact sectlons 1119, I4S.",
1 n l l. 1618 and I7,tc ot tho Code of Vlrglnln,
ni heretofore nmended, In relation to publlc
Vree schools for countles nnd the llterary
rond,
House Bllls I'lis-.-d.
To amend anel re-enact clauses and sec
tlctiH 1, ", 3 aml 4 of an act entltled un act
provldlng for the appointment of a State
Board of Health and local boards of health,
elchnlng the dutles anel powers and com?
pensatlon thereof; and of thelr members,
Officers aml iir-ents In connectlon wlth thc
preservatlon ui public health, and prescrlb
Ini,- pennltle? agalnst wltnesses falling to
oboy subpoenas issued to a sald State Board
of Health, or ar.y authorlzed member
thereof, for rofudng to testir-.- dr otherwlse
ae-ung In coni.mipt ot snld board, or its duly
authorlzed mombers, approved Alurch 7. 1900
(sectlon l'lld Coda of 1D0I); to reponl sec?
tions 1711, 171'.. 17HI, 1717 ani 1718 of tlie
Code of Virginia. 13S7. und otlier acts and
parts of acts in conl'llct hcrowlth; to provldo
for tho appointment of a Health Commls?
sloner and hls asslstants, and to provlde
for thelr compensatlon.
To am'iiil unil re-enact sectlons 1 and S
of nn aot entltled ?n act to establish n
. : poratlon court for the elty cf Brlstol, Ir
Washlngton county, approved february 12
| To provlde a new charter for the city o
BiMtol, and *o repei.1 all other acts or part:
lof acts In confllct tlierewith.
To iirovlde for submtttlng ihe question o
tlie removal of the courtlioi.se of any countj
to lho eiuallled voters eif auch countv, une
ln the event mc)i removal ls voted, to au
tluTlzo the board of supervlsors to aequlri
necessary land and erect bulldings.
Tc amonel L-nd re-onact sectlons 2, 3, nne
G of nn act of the General Assembly of Vir?
ginia, entltled an act to provlde a nov\
charter for tlie town of Pulaskl, approve
february :. 1898.
To provldo eln certnln cases) for the com
pulbOry attt'ii-laece of cblldren between tht
ages of olght and twelvo years upon tlu
publlc sclioois ot Virginia. ar.d provldln-i
peiiially for fallure, nnd designatlng the
manner of collecttng such penaities.
To regulato the sale of clder and other ln
toxlcants ln Arvonln vlllage, Hucklnghtin
county, Va.
To amenel nnel ro-enact nn uct. entltled ar
aet lo amend sectlon 3 of an act ameneliiif
the cbarier of the. town of Xorton, ln WIs,
ccunty. (Acts of 1903-3-4), approved Mav 'i
1003.
HEAVY limiK
E
As the sporting writer woulel ex
press it, Judge Wltt went to the ba
threo times ln the Hustlngs Cour
yesterday and lined out a couple o
iwo-buggers. lle got on to the deliv
ory of tho men ln the box, falling ti
be sent from the bench?lnstead of ti
tho bench?by puzzllng ctirves.
RIchard Kldd. charged wlth mall
cious wounding, tossed the bulls uv;
tho plate in tho openlng round. Ther
was nothing dolng, and ho got hls ro
lease.
Benjamln Mayo, u southpaw, shot !i
a few hot ones, using the splt-bal
whlch was calculated to tlazzle ti*.
butter. On a slow drop, however, h
was touched up for a ilouble, and fo
hls poor work he got a couplo of year
Iri the pen. Incidentally, he wa
charged wlth somethlng more serldu
thnn tiic steullng of bases.
When .lolin Tunstall spat on hl
hands and gave tho court a stralgl
l.all wlth a world of speed behlnd .
he failed to mako anybody fan tli
breeze, the leather being burled '
f left-fleld for a two-bagger. The fnr
left the room. whlle Tunstall wus le
to tlie pen for two yoars. lio did n;
cut bases. hut cut another fellow.
MACHEN IS FREE AGAIN
WHEELING, W, VA., March 6.?Al
srustu'a W, Machen. former ofticlal i
the Po'st-Oftiije Department, at Wasl
!f; Ington, D. C., who has served n ter
t-;of several years ln the West virgtn
r> I pen at Moundsville, was roleased i
iv mldnlght, ntul left on nn early trnln f.
i'r hla home ln Washlngton. He sueceei
j. I ed tn evaeling newspaper men . fro
nl I Washlngton. who hnd bcen at Mouiul
vlllo two elays awaitlng hls release.
ct During hls tenn, Machen wns chl
mlnccountant of the prlson and wi
?rl givop untisual prlvlleges; Fle frequen
ui ly came to Wheellng theatres ai
Of I parks, but usually maintained nn li
| cognlto.
at
IP IM THI
Dctcriiiinecl Not to Let Lcgts
lators Get T''.ir Alicatl iu Con
sideration of Bills.
"I am well up wlth my work ol
readlng anel slgnlng bllls passed by
the leglslature," said Governor Swan?
son when seen ln hls oflice yesterday,
"anel though thls requlres a groat deal
of additional time at my desk. I want m
press the matter, so that when tlu* luw
makers get through next week I will
not be far behlnd them."
Thus far the Governor has not
vetocd a slngle blll, nor has ho allow?
ed one to become law without hls sig?
nature. On yesterday he sent a mes?
sage oC condolenco aiul sympathy,
through Governor A. L. Harris, e.f Ohlo,
to the stricken . parents whose chll?
dren were burh'Cd to death in tho h%r
rlble school flre In a suburb of Cleve?
land.
Viin.x to Llbrary.
Immedlately aftor the adjournment
of Uie Leglslature neSt week thc Gov?
ernor Will namo a Jolnt commlssion *o
take charge of the construction of the
new annex to tlie State Llbrary. An ef?
fort will be made. ho says, to complete
tho work in one year.
The wlng Is to be on the southern
sldo of the building, and will be th-3
oxnet size anel shape of that on the
north slde. Tho sum appropriated for
tho addition is SS5.000, and bids on
plans and specificatlons will be asked
for wlthln a short tlme.
lt is purposed to Install tho Vlrginla
mlneral und timber exhlblt on the flrst
floor of tho new portlon of the bulld?
lng. This oxhibit was presented to tho
Stato by tlie company through Gover?
nor Swanson, anel was accepted by tho
Leglslature. It is now housod intact on
tlio Jamestown Expositlon grounds.
Contractor R. Leo Peters has exhlbited
in tho rotunda of the Capltoi plcturer*
showlng designs for decorattng and
furnishing tho interlor of tho bulldlng.
nnel especlally the rotunda and tho two
li glslatlve halls. L'p to thls limo no
approprlation has beon mado for tliis
purpose*. b'ut such an item may yet ba
lusorte-d ln the general revenue act.
Conventlon Debiites.
To tho gra'tlflcatton of all who are
entltled to coples, the second volume of
thc dobates of the recent Constltutlonal
Convention have been received by Sec?
retary of the Commonwealth D. Q. Eg
gloston, and wllt bo dlstributed by him
at onco. Tho debates were odited and
?complled by Hon. .1. H. Lindsay, of
Charlottesville, a momber of the con?
ventlon. and. the socond volume has
beon under preparatlon for nearly fivo
year?.
Judgo William F. Rhea, the new State
Corporatlon Commisslotier, dld not ro
turn from his homo (n Brlstol yester
, day, and wltl probably not como be
I foro Monday.
No cases aro sc
body. until Marcl
always plenty of
1 commlssioners.
Old Uoofc
A volume. e
Poetus," tlikei
in Aprll.. 1S6
for hearlng by the
17th, but there ls
. jutlne work tor the
,c.k Comes Hack.
f "Crabbe's Posthumoiia
from the stnte Llbrary
hns heen returned. It
came In by mail to Librarian Mellwnln.'
yesterday.
On the fly loaT of the book appeac
thoso words. wrltten In penctl:
"Elphonso Youngs tu Owen R. Wlxam.
"Stolen (taken is marked out nnd th<
wo.-.l stolon suhstltiii.e.ii from tho Rebol
Capltoi Llbrary after the fall of Rlch?
mond, Aprll ". 1805."
nn h card ln tlie book wi
th
"Rbti
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et, Washlngton, D C, March, lO^SJ
Annual I'urlm Btill;
Well nnd glves best results lf you uso tho right klnd of fuel. Wa sell.
that klnd, und always keep a largo stock ln our yards to supply your
needs. XVo wlll flll your order .
TO-DAY
Call us up-?Phone 177.
Samuel H. Cottrell & Son,
1103-1117 W. Marshall Street.