The times dispatch. [volume], January 31, 1912, Image 3

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HERE IS
A barrel
bunch of laugh
of the jolly coon songs,
the bright minstrel jokes,
the humorous specialties,
and all the other varieties
of fun, on the Victor.
Come in today ind hear the Victor und
hava ? Ii? lautcbi. _
The?arleunoA
1 ""successors cable piano co. i)
213 East Broad
Virtor? J'.n lo 1!00
. Victor-VictroUl %\'- lo$:.'0^
Terms to suit
Victor^
SPEAKERS OPPOSE
PROHIBITION BILL
Ar. object lesson In regard to the
evil effects of forcing prohibition upon
cities whose people do not desire it
t. ils present! d to the House Commit?
tee on Privileges, and Elections yester?
day morning by Mr. llowlson, who has
lately come to Richmond from Mem?
phis, He told of the public sentiment
In Memphis igalusi the prohibitory
)a.w, of the 600 open saioon.-. there, of
the contempt for law which such con?
ditions breed. Actually, he said, t!ier>
was recent agitation agalnjt Increas?
ing the number of saloons?tn*i tneie
? re enough with 6yu In a prohibition
?Stale,
On tests of strength between '.he
Hd?s favoring rigid enforcement of
the law und that wishing liquor sold,
l.o said, the. results had bocn uniformly
with tbe latter.
All others who epoke before the
committee In opposition to the Jordan
enabling act arc Virginians who are
well known in th'lr communities. All
hald that the enactment of a law
which would allow the coming of pro
hlbltton would be a mistake In re
rpojjAe to tr.c plea of giving the people
the right lo vote, as a tenet of a
Democratic government, it was said
that tiic people of |y?e county hid nil
tight to dictate whether or not t m.-.n
In Prince William county shjulj :,c
permitted to sell liquor?that It was
the affair of trie community dlre-tly
a ffected.
II an Wer Speaks.
H. R. Booker, president of the Mot
ch?nl? Nntlonal Bank of Hampton,
f-rssented petition* from the Board of
r"ipervlsors of Kllzabcth City county
tnd the City Council of Hampton, ivlth
all signing iav<. one. protesting against
tha passage of the Jordan bill. Con?
ditions on the Virginia Peninsula, it
ku said, are Rood Indeed und;: t!)
Byrd bllll and the people do no: want
blind tigers to r jcreed the .-; ilo >r.r
U M. von Schilling, of Himpton,
? poke elong the atme llr.e
W. N. BufTIn, a real estate agent of
7>?nvtu*. s>ked for a continuance of
t;i? policy of local option, believing
it better for the State thfin a trial of
prohibition. Charles E. Plummer, po?
lice Justice of Pi tcrsburg, asked the
rommittee not to favorably consider
buch a bill. .1. Y Williams, from the
Chamber of Commerce of Alexandria,
brought a meiragr of protest
Phil Metz, president of the Ptate
1'e.dsratlon of Labor, could not un?
derstand a proposition to have Vir?
ginia take up prohibition when It is
discredited elsewhere. He toM of two
extra steamers going to r-avannah put
i">n by the operating company because
of the Increase In trie transportation
of liquor.
For the brewery workers. Mr. Mets
Kald many would be forced out of
work, at age.' in many car.vs which it
would be difficult to learn anything
else. Then the property of brewers
would be made vnluelesa and removed
from taxable position, while the pub?
lic would be forced to the consumption
of stronger liquors than beer.
Seiler? Ober Law.
Police Justice J. D. G. Brown, of
Newport News, said the saloonkeepers
In his ?ection are men of good char?
acter, the others having been forced
out. There nave been but one or two
' onvi.-tlons for violation* of the liquor
telling l?tra In several years.
Mr. Brown told of n trip lo Ban gor,
Mr.. and of the curiosity he had in
advance about the conditions in that
State. On his arrival he found liquor
eold as openly in the hotel as in any
Richmond hotel which ha? a bar. This
In a State which has been dry for
liulf a century, nnd where, according
to tho prohibition theory, tho people
should by this time- have lost their
tusto for liquor.
The committee decided to further
hoar tho opposition to prohibition to?
night at S o'clock, in the hall of the
House of Delegates. The court room
of tho State Corporation Commission,
where yesterday's hearing was had,
was packed with sympathizers of th*
Jordan hill.
DO?BLEC?iCIS
ON STATE'S ROADS
Legislature Likely lu Put i,.|<jo
.Men in Stripes on the
I lighways.
If diligent Inquiry made yesterday
among a large and representative
portion of the membership 01 the (Jen.
eral Assembly may be taken u3 re?
vealing tho probable outcome of the
convict labor contract proposition, a
reasonable prediction Is possible. It
Is that the number of convicts on the,
public roads of Virginia will be
doubled?Increased from 700 to ap?
proximately 1.401?. As to the remaind?
er, of 600 men and 100 women, they
will In all probability be employed at
the Stale Penitentiary on some con?
tract to be made by t'te dlieetors per?
haps under regulations laid down by
the Legislature.
Hardly u member approached was
opposed to largely increasing the road
force. Hardly ono desired to sue con?
tract labor abolished entirely at this
time, regarding such u step as the
eale of the Slate Penitentiary and tho
use of all prisoners on the roads or
other public work, as loo radical, con
sldcrlng finances and the magnitude
of the. proposal.
Favor Mann-WlMoo inn.
It appears that the bill drawn by
Governor Mann and Statt Highway
Commissioner Wilson is nigh in f*\or.
This provides that tht penitentiary
shall be continued, and that men con-j
j vlcted of f'iony shall be seht there.
I All prisoners shall be liable to labor
on the roads. Bui for :i>h men as
the superintendent think* unwise to
?nter roud forces, tho directors are to
? make provision, either by contract orj
j by some form of labor ii, the prison!
Jus will tend to make then self-sup?
porting.
In addition the Governor desires s
] trial of the honor system, which he
j has recommended in his message. He
merely wants it tried out In abou;
two camps for a period, to sec if it
will work. If It is successful, ha
would have It extended to all campa.
to lessen the numb-'r of guards snd
the consequent expense.
One main objection to ihe continu?
ance of contract labor In the peniten?
tiary has been the overcrowding there.
I'nder the Mann-Wilson plun. this
would be obviated, since the 500 men
. left there, could have one cell t at h.
with room to epart.
Would Pay It* Wnj.
Now. the llnancial end Oj in* pro?
position hai been worked out on this
wise: Olvc the Stnte Highway Com?
mission {150,000 for State money aid
for the appropriation year from Febru?
ary 1, 1912, to February 1, 1913, the
period while the Thaeher contract Is
.still in force. This is a sum similar
j to that enjoyed by this fund in l?0f>.
? In the following year. rtoublc ihe.
i number of convicts, making the cosi
I $200,000. Of this, no,0'><> a year is
1 now provldM under the ir.ttst develop
j ni'-nt of the Lassiter? Withers road
I law.
I Should the bid of the Hellar.ce
j Manufacturing Company be accepted
111 Is estimated, the penitentiary would
! turn out b. profit of J25.?00 a year.
I Hive this to the convict road force.
.' The automobile tax fund is steadily
growing. The first year it was 121.
000; last year. ,oS.T0n. Captain Wil?
son believes that within two years it
will make up the difference of $75.000
necessary to care for the additional
convicts. In this way the Stat-? would
not be hurt by the change.
As to the counties. It 's rlg'jred that
Slate money aid. for the first year. I
' taken from tho?c counties which elect
j to use the new convict camps, would
v. hen distributed among the others
about make things even among all
those which desire State aid in some
form.
Sentiment Is strongly 'n favor of
adding more convicts to the roadj
force. But from day to day the feel-j
ing has grown in lavor of some con?
tract labor for the long-term and j
desperate men. The Governor does,
does not oppose it: leaders tn Sematej
and House favor It: social workers!
agree to It.
Might Get Better Bid.
Major wood, it may be said. be.
lieves he can get more money for con?
vict labor than Is offered by the Re
i liance Manufacturing Company. If he
Is right, this would further take care
of the finances.
Chairman Harmhn, of the Senate
Committee on Roads, and Chairman
Th rock morion, of the Houpo commit
System Full of Uric Acid?the
Great Kidney Remedy Cured.
Two years ago I was very sick, anil
after being treated by several oi the best
physicians in Clinton I did not seem to
get any better. I was confined to my bed.
Seeing Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root adver?
tised, 1 resolved to give it a trial. After
using it lor three weeks 1 found I was
gaining nicely, so I continued until I had
taken a number of bottles. I am now
restored to health and have continued my
labors. My system was full of Uric Acid,
but Stvamp-Koot cured nie entirely. I
am Sixty years old
Yours verv truly,
W. C. COOK.
120.? Lighlh Ave., Clinton, Iowa.
Stale of Iowa, Clinton County??s.:
Un this Ulli oi July, A. D. I9G9; \V. C;
Cook, to me personally known, appeared
before me, and in my presence subscribed
and -wore to the above and foregoing
.-tali mcnt.
DALE II. SHEPPARD,
Notary Public,
In and for Clinton County.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You.
I Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Ringham-1
, ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will
[convince any one. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, telling'
1 all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing be sure and mention the Rich?
mond Daily TimcVDispai'ch. Regular i
I fifty-cent and one-dollar si/e bottles for
sale at all drug stores. i
tee. yesterday appointed their respoc- 1
live members of the subcommittee,
whose duly It is to take all the bills
6fi the subject and prepare a measure
solving the question. It was stipu?
lated in the Leaner motion that the
two chairmen rhould he members of
this subcommittee. It Is as follows:
Senators Arthur C ILarman, Richmond;
John A. Leaner, Norfolk; John iL Hart,
Huanok'; C. U. Oravatt, Caroline;
Messrs. C. W. Throckmorton. Itenrlco;
Thomas 12. Clarke. Dlnwlddie; J. P..
Kemper. Slaunton: John Orr Daniel,
Loudoun: Joseph Ktelbblna, Jr.. Hall
fax; Johl; W. t.'lialkley. Wise; William
Watts, Itoanoke.
Senator Leiher yesterday introduced
th< l.llj proposed Monday niKht by
former Senator Charles Trotter Las
sitcr, of Petersburg. It provide? that
the b'tute Penitentiary shall by located
on the .State i'ariu, lit Goouhland coun?
ty, that the penitentiary property In
Richmond shall be sold, and that mis?
demeanants as well as felons shall be
taken from the Jails and forced to
pay their way by improving highways.
Korevaatl I'tir \ Ircinlo und .\ortb I
Carolina?I'itlr WrrtntsdO} nnd Tbur?-|
day; not much ebantsr |n tempernture;,
lli;bi to niodrrntc went and northwest;
vtlnda.
Speelnl I.ocbI Hutu for V eater day.
12 noon temperature . 50
.'> P. M. temperature . 37
Maximum temperature up to S
P. m. .I. I
Minimum temperature up to S
1 p. m. ;
Mean t'tnprrnturr .
.Normal temperature . 3sI
i Deficiency in temperature .
Deficiency In temperature since
March 1 . 31\\
Accum, deficiency in temperature
stnr'- January 1 . 265!
Kulnfall last twenty-four hours.. .16
Deficiency in rainfall since March
i i . b.:3
Accum, deficiency in rainfall since
January 1 .??
Local ohncrvntlon ts i?. M. Veaterday.
Temperature . 35
Humidity . ?5
Wtnd?direction .K. li.
Wind?velocity . I
Weather .Cloudy
ltalnfall last twelve hours.Trace
CONTMTIONS IN IMPORT AXT CITIES.
lAt S P. M. Eaeiern t-tandard Tim--.)
Place. Ther. H. T. L. T. WeHther.
Ashevllle 2S 32 2S P. cloudy
Atlunta . 3S 41 30 CleBr
Atlantic City, g: :u no Cloudy
Huston . 26 CO 20 Cloudy
Buffalo . 24 24 21 Snow
Charleston .. <s '??> ts Cloudy
Chlcapo . 2s ?6 16 Cloudy
Denver . 4s 52 IR P. cloudv
Duluth . 3 6 20 6 Clear
Oalvcston ... 56 62 42 Clear
HatteruE _ 3S 42 88 Cloudy
Havre . 34 42 34 Cloudy
Jacksonville.. 50 62 :->0 P. cloudy
New Orleans. 54 5S 42 Clear
New York.... 32 32 30 Cloudy
Norfolk . 36 30 $ l Cloudy
Oklahoma ... 32 ;<*. 26 Clear
Plllfburcli ..22 2& 20 Snow
Raleigh . 3S 40 3S Cloudv
St. Louis _ 2S 30 22 P. cloudy
St. Paul . 12 22 2 Cicar
San Francisco 60 82 4S Clear
Savannah .?? 4? r.? 4S Clear
Spokane . 42 41". 35 Clear
Tampa . 66 62 56 P. cloudy
Washington.. 32 :<4 32 Cloudy
Winnipeg ... 12 lv -4 Cloudy
Wythevlue .. 26 :i4 36 Cloudy
HIMATIIRB ALMANAC.
January 31, 1912.
HIGH TIDE.
Sun rises.... i:16 Morning.... 1:16
Sun sets. 5:81 Evening- 2:ir
MAISON FRANCAISE
11414 North Eighth Street, Richmond, Va.
LOUIS CHEVALIER, Prop.
Late Chef Palace Hotel, San Francisco, and Chef Metropolitan
Club, Washington, D. C.
Catering and preparing for private dinners a specialty.
French Table d'Hote dinner daily, 5:30 to 9 P. M.,
75 cents.
Lunch, daily, 1 1:30 A. M. to 3 P. M, 50 cents.
Meals also served a laCarte.
For private dinners, etc. cooks will be furnished at
residences if desired.
Elegant rooms?newly furnished.
Phone Madison 1038
[KEEP UNCLE SAM
i OUT OF VIRGINIA
House Committee Reports Bill
Repealing Act Giving Rights
to Government.
I federal encroachment In Virginia,
without specific consent from this
I State. Is to bo stopped If a bill notv
before the llous.'. offered by HuKh A.
White, of HockbrldKi . becomes law.
The bill came up yesterday before the
Committee on federal delation,!, at a
special nvotlng calle.j by Chairman
: .1. F. Temploton, ami it was uuunl
I moiisly reported.
The government, it ?a.is recently
'said, had In dredging in" Potomac
I made some new ?round with the mud
'on the Virginia side. This -i| btch
fenced in. and the complaint arose ?I
I once from tho adjoining owners, who
claimed rlnnrlan right*.
The White bill TcpealF in" .ict for?
merly passed allowing the United
Statoa to come to Virginia and .??"?quire
land by purchase or condemnation, er
otherwise, and thon to take complete
Jurisdiction over It as to ^overnmenr.
Under the law as It stands, the Fed?
eral government came near establish?
ing a ;<enal .-olony, and it waq only
averted by tho protest of the Senators
and Representatives In Congress.
HOUSE BILLS
I (Continued from second page.)
1 It which Ft has failed to draw.
11} Mr. Bert: A bill for the .-tile.' of Cue
j town of ti^ndroa. Sur.-y county.
I Hy Mr. Seephenson, of James City: A bill
to submit to the quallmicl Voters of the city
[of tVlllUiniBburg, at u special election to be
i livid therefor, the question o.' the eatab
i lishmeni in the said city of Willlamaburg
; of j dispensary for the silc of Intozlcatlni
I liquors therein.
i By Mr. Moore: A bill to amend section
' MOS of tho Code of Virginia, to prescribe
J trie time .'or catching bses. ?o s? to exclude
trotn the operation thereof New Itlvcr, in
, VVythe county, and to prevent the catching
ol fish with setaos in Certain waters o: said
! co i n ty.
I By .Mr. Parker: A bill to amen* the
charier of the city of Portsmouth.
By -Mr. Uta: A bill to amend <u aci to
provide .'or the working aril keeping in or
: der the public roads of Ihe counties ol
' ijrfftui ar.d Madison.
j By Mr. White, of Rockhrid se : A bill to
I provide for the removal of Ihe remains ol
General Henry Lee from the state or
ileotgla and to rcliuer the same at some
appropriate place In Virginia, and to up
proprlate funds for the pun?n?.
To Committee ml CIlcMpeilke and II? Tribil
. tnrles.
By Mr. Stoncure: A btll lo require a II
leenie of nonresidents to fish lu tho waters
coder the Jurisdiction o' the State of Vir?
ginia.
To Committee on rinaru-e.
By Mr. Moore: A bill to Increase the pen?
sions of Confederate veterans and their
widows, and defining who shall be entitled
th-reto.
By Mr. Byrd: A Mil fixing thr salaries of
Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia, whose terms of office commence
[on or after the 1st day of February, 191J.
j By Mr. Bowman: A bill 10 npproprl.vt?
the public revenue for the -.n o tlscai years.
<r.dtng, respectively, th" l*th day of Keo
ruary, 1911, and the Mtta day of February,
lilt
To Committee an General i.nwi.
By Mr. Banks: A bill to amend an act
to promote the public health, fonvenlence
and welfare by l4veo:nr. ditching :ind drain?
ing the wet, swamp and overflowed lands
of the State.
SENATE BILLS
Ii-. Mr. Paul: A bin to amend an jc: to
authorize, the sole of lots purchased by the
Commonwealth for delinquent taxes and
redeemed within four years or more.' Re?
ferred to the Commute' on Finance.
I By Mr. tjsylc: A bill lo repeal an act pf
I the Ocneral Assembly of Virginia. entlt'.?d
] "An act io establish A dispensary for the
j ? i i of intoxicating liquors t:i Leagh Mug
;;?:<-rl?l t'lstr.et, at Meherrln. Prince Kdnard
j county, Vs., to prohibit ail persons, firm,
( corporations to se.:." Referred :o the Joint
Committee or. Special, Private and Local
i Legislation.
By Mr Paul: A bill to provide how
I further proceedings arc to be had on the
Judgment cf a justice of the peace or the
.Mayor of a corporation, from which an up
peu. r.ai been allowed when the appeal :?
dismissed. Referred to the Committee for
Court- of Justice.
By Mr. West: A bill to authorize, tht
Auditor of Public Accounts lo pay to the
Confederate Memorial Association at Court
land. Va., certain sums of money appro?
priated it which it has failed to draw. Re?
ferred to the Joint Committee on Special,
Private and Loral Legislation.
By Mr. Blanks: A till to amend aid re
enact section lie) of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, which was taken up
and referred to the Committee for Courts of
Justice.
By Mr, Hart: A bill to amend an act to
Incorporate tho town of Blacksburg, Va..
*r.d to provide n r.e-*' charter for same, Re?
il rred to tlx- Jolr.t Committee un Special,
Private Local Legislation.
By Mr. Saundcrs; A bill to provide how
persons who hm' been placed on the "Re?
tired Teachers' Use'' may re-tire or be re?
moved therefrom under certain circum?
stances, and may cease to receive- the pen?
sion provided for In the aots providing a
retirement fund for pubUQ school tcach
era. P.eferrcd lo the Committee on Public
Institutions and HJucatlon.
By Mr. Mapp: A bill is abolish county
and city poor houses; to authorise the sale
and conveyance of all roal and personal
property belonttlng to the several cities and
counties for the care and maintenance of
the poor, and requiring the authorities of
said counties and cities to purchase tarin
of sultabii size, fertility and location In
each congressional district of ihe State to
erect suitable building to be called districts
homes, to which nil of the counties ami
cities In the tald .Itstrici must send Its poor
and care tor thi same. Referred to the
Committee on County, City and Town Org?
anizations.
Dy Mr. Lesner: A bill to prohibit new
contracts lor the hiring of Suite prisoners
on private work: to make it unlawful upon
the expiration of ? \lsilug contracts to em?
ploy state prisoners, except upon public
?oik authorized by law; to provide for Hie
erection of new prison, to bo known the
penitentiary, upon the state Prison Karin
In UoochUnd county; for the e.ilc and dis?
posal of the buildings and grounds In the
city of Richmond; now occupied by the pen?
itentiary. Referred to the Committee on
Bonds and Internal NaVjgatlon,
By Mr. Lesner: A bill to amend an SCI
entitled an act to creuic the State convict
road force; to authorize the working of
certain prison"., on Mi- public road-, of
this State: providing for ihr guarding trans?
portation, lodging, feedlns, clothing and
medical attention of the State convict road
force. Kefi rred to tho Committee on I toads
an,l Internal Nn-vU.nlon.
By Mr. Leaner: A bill to amend an act
entitled "An act to authorize the courts in
which they nr. tr.ed lo sentence certain
prisoners to hard labor on ihe puinlr roads
Instead of confinement m the penliontlsr)
tor the c?mnil?*lon of "felony'." Referred to
the Committee for Court.- et JumIco.
By Mr. Lesner: A bill to amend an act
entitled "An art to create the State convict
road force; to authorize the working of
certain prisoners on the public roads ot this
Suit"; providing for guarding, transporta?
tion; lodging, feeding, clothing um| medical
attention to the state convict road forcu;
providing for an Increased of the penitentiary
guards, not to exceed forty-live menl pro?
viding for ho"' ? count v may have tho kn??
llet of the labor of ihe Stale convict lunrl
force; appropriating money from the punile
treasury to cany the provisions of tiny net j
into effect." Referred to the Committee on
Heads und Internal Navigation.
By Mr. tlirly A hit) to suit)(id an art en?
titled "Ap uct to amend Ihe Code of Vir?
ginia relating to public free schools of coun?
ties and to the literary'.fund." Referred lo
the Committee on Public Institutions and
I Education
j By Mr. Moncure: A btll to submit to the
qualified voter* of the. city'of Fredericks
burp. Va.. at i Ipe.cl.il election to lie held
therefor, the question of the establishment
In iho Hiil<] clij of a dispensary for the sale
of Intoxicating liquors therein. Referred to
the .lednt Committee on fpeelal. Private and
taOCal Leglsliitlon.
By Mr. fJrilvatt: Senate joint resolution
No. ". proposing nhiuiidmcm to section 1!T
of Article, VIII. of the Constitution of Vir?
ginia. Referred iu the Committee for Courts
of Justlca,
OF NEW YORK
Record of 1911
The close of the 69th year of the oldest company in America shows an increased
amount of insurance in force, $1,504,974,662?a gain of $40,950,266?and an increased
amount of new insurance pald-for during the year, $141,014,371, Including restorations,
increases and dividend additions?a gain of $20,281,205. Other notable features of the
year's record are ?
Admitted Assets $587,130,263.05
Policy Reserves 473,282,808.00
Total Income 84,913,851.25
Total Disbursements 68,388,137.13
Payments to policyholders, $57,353,726.13, include dividends paid to the amount of
$13,631,857.73; while the sum of $15,146,685.72 has been apportioned for dividends pay?
able in 1912?an increase over the amount paid in 1911 of $1,514,827.99, and a larger
sum than has ever been apportioned for dividends in a single year by any other company
in the world.
Balance Sheet, December 31st, 1911
ASSETS
Real Estate .
Mort?u&e Loans.
Loans on Policies.
Honds, amortized value.,
Stocks, market value.
Interest and rents, due and accrued.
Premiums in course of collection... .
Cash ($2,189,409.62 at interest).
Deposited to pay policy claims.
$23,657,
139,649,
76,048,
395,725
38.833
6,162,
4.124,
2.530
397
975.90
737.05
489.89
485.65
442.00
660.68
314.02
,846.12
,311.74
Total admitted assets.$587,130,263.05
LIABILITIES
Net Policy Reserves.1473,282,808.00
Other Policy Liabilities. 8,294,145.14
Premiums. Interest and Rents paid in
advance. 1,875,885.44
Miscellaneous Liabilities. 4SI,124.71
Estimated Taxes, Licenses, etc., pnv
ablc In 1912 . 1,164,125.63
Dividends payable in 1912. 15,146,685.72
Reserve for future Deferred Dividends 75,601,868.03
Reserve for Contingencies. 11,310,620.38
Total Liabilities.$587,130,263.05
SAMUEL B. LOVE, Manager
MUTUAL BUILDING, Richmond, Virginia.
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF NEW YORK
Home Office, 34 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y.
Here and There
in the Legislature
The House Finance Committee ex?
pects to be able to report the gen
eral appropriation bill by February
-'0. While this win not be so early an
the date at which the Senate lias re?
quested a report from its committee, it
is at least two weeks ahead of any?
thing heretofore accomplished in this
line. It has been the rulu that the
bill be reported about the (beginning
of the last week, printed, and taken up
or. the day before adjournment. It
then kocs to conference and la passed
within the lust few minutes of the. ses?
sion.
There has boon great complaint of
this practice, on the ground that the
bodies do not know what Is In the
bill when It comes from the confer?
ence committee and when they vole on
the final passage, ami sole power is
thus given to file conferees.
Colone] A. M. Bowman, chairman of
tile House Finance Committee, pre?
sented the appropriation bill yesterday
and had It referred. Il l.s merely a
tentative draft, containing the essen?
tial salaries and former annuities, and
eliminating Improvements an<j better?
ment? at Institutions. He hopes to
have th.- measure reported in time
to let the people know what is In it
before the litial vote comes.
As prepared, the bill has no appro?
priation for the expenses of the Vir?
ginia Education Commission.
Before reporting the anti-gambling
bill yesterday morning. the House
Committee on General Uwu cut down
the penally for violation from twelvo
months' Imprisonment to sixty days,
reduced the fine from h maximum of
$1,000 to one of $500. and eliminated
the words "bot or wager." This would
make it apparently cover only games
played for money, (but would apply!
to them to the value of 1 cent. There
Will be another light when the meas?
ure comes up again.
An attempt to abolish a Honor dis
poiiBury by legislative enactment is
being made by .Mr. Adams, of Char?
lotte, and Mr. Love, of Lunenburg, al?
though ii Ih not located In either
county. The Institution in question In
the Leigh District Dispensary, lo?
cated at Moherrln, Prince I'd ward
county. 'The Adams and Lbve bill
would repeal the act under which tlie
dispcusnry was established.
At'. II. lowing, the House member
from Prince led ward, will oppose the
bill, and hardly knows what to think
of (ho proposal coming from members
from other counties, lie sal?l yester?
day to ii reporter for The Tlinos-Dls
pntch:
"I believe in the principles of tem?
perance, and do nut use liquor in any
form, hut I am opposed to bills dealing
with local dispensaries which have
fheeh established by the majority voto
of the people in the locality affected.
A petition to abolish a dispensary
should come from the voters where it
i-; located, and not from other counties.
The abolition of 11 dispensary does not i
abolish whiskey- it merely takes the |
trade in Honor from one place und con?
centrates it In large eilies or encour?
ages the jug trade and blind tigers."
Another dispensary proposition
comes from Williamsburg. Dr. 11. U.i
Rtephenson Introduced in the House'
yesterday h bill allowing a v ote of the
people ?->n the question, a dispensary I
to follow if the vote I* favorable, a i
similar bill was before the last Legis-I
latlire, but failed because of strong |
opposlt Ion.
Still another measure contemplates!
n dispensary in PrcdorlckshurK', the |
Oily Council having approved It. The
bill ?.!.?: Introduced yesterday by Sen-j
a tor Moni ni e.
Carrying out iqo recommendations I
of Dr. George H Denny recently
chairman of ihe si ne Board of Charl-!
ties and Corrections. W, S. Ivcy yes-;
torday offered a t til in the nous.-;
abolishing county poorltouses and '
matting one In each magisterial dls- '?
trlct. economy and reform are the j
alms. I
A bill reported yesterday morning by |
the House Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns, with Aubrey (!. 1
Weaver as its pa l roil, would rCQUlrO j
llliST SKRVIOK TO CAM 1*4 INIA.
Standard or Tourist, batter personally con
eueted without change; Ilertii yj. Wnali
Bunact Route, W; B, .Mala 8l>
supervisors to ascertain tho cost of
proposod roads before culling elections
on bond Issues. Mr. Weaver thinks
elections have hoen lost because tho
People were uncrtatn as to tho cost
of the proposed highways.
It has been determined between
Chairmen Holt nn<j Williams that the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections shall hear the argument as
to the rearrangement of senatorial
districts, and the House committee as
to House districts. Later the two com?
mittees will get together and formu?
late a hill covering the entire propo?
sition.
The Buchanan county '.and situation
was before the House Committee for
Courts of .fustic yesterday on the
Chalkley bill, allowing the statute of
llmltat iom> to run airain.it the Com?
monwealth on delinquent lands, where
the claimant noi in possession is de?
linquent. The Idea is to not penallr.o
the mnn who pays lite taxes In such
cases. J. 1. .Teffrlen. of Norfolk, rep?
resenting the holders of a large Buch?
anan county title, said he did not
object if the btll were not made retro?
active. But the committee felt that
the present statue prncteaUy covers
the point, and some other legislation
must be worked out to cure the situa?
tion.
SpeUker Byrd proposed a bill in the
House yesterday Increasing the salaries
of tho judges of the Supreme Court
of Appeuls from sj.?oo the yeur to
$.1.000. nnd that of tho president of the
cnurl fr.im $4.700 to $.V-00. Such a
course has often boon advocated, but
the objection is that the Governor
should draw the highest salary, his
compensation belli k J6.000.
Colonel W. O. Moore, of AVythe.
himself il Confederate veteran, would
limply provide for all veterans and
their widows by paying them flat
sums of $fi0 per year each. He offered
11 bill to this effect yesterday.
B. A. Banks, of Norfolk, introduced
a bill In the House making amend?
ments to the law of the lifst session
covering tho drainage of swamp lands.
Hugh A. White proposes to hrlns the
body of General Honry Lee?"Light
Horse Harry l>ee"?father of General
Robert E. T.ee. from Cumherlsnd
Islands, near Savannah. Ga., to the I.ee
Chapel at Washington and I.ce Uni?
versity, or anywhere else in the Stnte
the family may select. The Stuto
ngreed to do tills in 1861, but waft pre?
vented Iby the eomine, on of the War
Between tho States.
Children Cry
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plaiforni has i?ng since reached Richmdhd. s.nd only
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?Kill
Mr Wilson'.-- superior lntellcetu.il'capacity is it
tested by his term iis president t?f Prih? eton Uni?
versity, while his career as Oo.'ornor of Ni>w Jersey
has conclusively rtemonstruiod his ability lit. a states?
man ami executive.
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