Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 92, 9 February 1911 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1911.

REFERENDUM WAR III STATE SENATE Blood Flowed for Time, Then Combatants All Kissed and Made Up.

WAS TOUCHING SIGHT At Critical Moment, Dove of Peace Flew in with the Olive Branch. (PaMnrflum K pec hit) Indlanupolla. Feb. 9. Blood flowed In slrcama in the senate chamber on Wednesday afternoon around the banner of the referendum. When tt bad been all mopped up. the bandaged rombutanta put flowers In their hair, iiiologlzod, expressed the utmost confidence In the Integrity of the members of the senate, their ancestors and descendants, and cleared a corner in the chamber for a friendly game of rlns-around-the-rosy. It was a beautiful sight, both beforo and after. The road roller was dragged in by Senator Grube as "Kxhlblt A" to show Just what was reMtonslblo for the flatness of his measure. Senator Kane with masterful logic proved that he was not the lieutenant of Senator Wood. Senator Proctor pointed out to the senate that It was in the midst of a crisis and must decide then or never whether it should vote according to the dictates of ita alleged conscience or according to the newspapers. Senator Wood put on a dress suit of Ire when the road roller was mentioned and asked what was meant only to be rapped down by the lieutenant governor. Then tho old reliable dove of penco Riled In through the window with tho orthodox olive branch in Ita bill and Senator Grube, catching the hint, arose with un apology which said that If he had clone anything to hurt anybody's feelings be was aorry, and everybody In the senate was all right. Wood waa quite as gracious in reply, Buying there wasn't any occasion for apology, but If there were he'd grant It. and Kane followed Wood in saying he often lost his temper and he'd apologlze If be'd done anything. Hord Will Be Blamed. The recording angel will give Mr. llord more blame than anybody else, because debate on a certain claim of his against tho state lasted altogether too long. It was slated for 9:30 a. m. but tho scnute at that time was brushing Its teeth, and didn't get busy till 10. Then tho debate lasted till after . lunch, and tho referendum bill, which was slated for 10 o'clock looked like a selling plater in danger of being ruled out at the start, i Senator Proctor wanted immediate attention for his lusty child, the saloon restriction measure, which was set for special order nt 3. He said r.ijoon keepers were crowding news out of the pit per s with applications for licenses to get in before the rate -is raised, and the referendum might t as well wait. leutenunt Governor Hall refused . i rule on the priority of business, and Grube moved that-the order be suspended and the referendum bill be considered at once. "This bill has been run over by the road roller and flattened out," he declared. "There is no reason why it should not be considered now." "I am not running a road roller," nald Senator Proctor, "and I am not in the habit of pushing one. I think this bill ought to be printed and given due consideration. I am a friend of this bill, and no one can deny that 1 am. because the vote shows that I stood by It." Motion Was Carried. The vote on G rube's motion was carried 32 to 8, those voting "no" being Brady, Gavit. Hunt. Jenkcns, Kane Proctor, Strange and Wood. - Senator Real immediately offered an amendment which put section 1 of the bill back Into practically the same form It was before its being disfigured In the late amendatory tragedy, but changing the original percentage required to call an election on franchises to 25 per cent Instead of 15. This brought Senator Wood at once to his feet. "These amendments" he quoth with fervor, "were adopted with due con sideration and deliberation, and I object to this amendment which strikes out all the work of the previous consideration. 1 want the amendment so printed an that I know what it Is all mdmiI. The press of the city has been teeming with this matter and lias magnified its Import beyond my kn. If It Is as Important as the press holds why not give it the proper consideration r Scnator Proctor, again hearing the walU of hU lusty restrict ion bill, tnovjj that the referendum be made a pedal order for Friday at 10 and that tbo Deal amendment be printed. Senator Stotsenberg said he didn't ob ' Ject at all but. he had an amendment which Grube had agreed to and be wanted that printed. Senator Wood said he had one too, and he wanttd hi j printed, so Proctor changed his motion to have them all printed. Senator Grube immediately obtained recognition to speak against the motion. Time for Consideration. Tb.3 time to consider this referendum bill." he begun, "Is here and now. If the senators are conscientious tn desiring to discuss this bill they will not allow this motion to prevail. When It was up before Senator W)od and his lieutenant Senator Kane attempted to kill this bill by their action and their amendments and the road roller was used to flatten out this bill." Senator Wood was up like a sky rocket. "I rise to a yolut of personal privi

lege," ho demanded of the chair. "I do not know whether the senator meant what he said and I give this time to withdraw his remarks." . Senator Grube did a proficient job of non-withdrawal. "I challenge you if It was not at your solicitation that I introduced an amendment which made sense out of nonsense. That was tho only amendment I Introduced." "I didn't, say it was by amendments," replied Senator Grube. "I said it was by your actions and your vote on every amendment offered." "I will read you my amendment." said Wood. And he read the amendment be had offered, again reiterating

it was the only amendment he bad attached to the bill. Would Bear Scrutiny. "I do not know what all the amendments were that were considered at that time," he continued. "I see no reason why we should blandly accept the word of any one man as to the merits of this bill. We should act with deliberation. The measure certainly will bear scrutiny. Why should we act with undue haste? I believe this body should move with decency and decorum, so that it. may give its Judgment Intelligently." Then Senator Kane obtained the floor to deny the charge thathe was Wood's lieutenant. "Ordinarily." he said with much heat, "I do not pay any attention to the things said In temper and excitement, because the man who says them calms drnvn and generally is sorry. Hut I deny that I am the lieutenant of anybody." lie launched into a splendid peroration about how he was nobody's man but his own. and how he had his own judgment and was willing to be be responsible for his own acts. "This bill." he declared, is verging perilously close to dangerous ground and I am opiK;erl to it on principle. I voted to amend it because I thought the amendments ought to be in the bill. I make no atioloKles. No fifty men can agree on any subject such as this. I don't believe I ought to be criticized because I don't agree with some one else. I resent being criticised by innuendo." Oratorical Things. Then he said a lot more oratorical things about standing by the courage of his convictions, and taking the blame for what he did. One thing, however, he didn't explain, and that was why he was opposed to having the bill considered then, when in open senate the day be fore he had promised Grube he would agree to have it considered Wednes day If Grube did not urge its consider ation Tuesday. Then Senator Proctor made his lit tle speech which will undoubtedly go down in history as one of speeches which saved the senate in the -stress of terrible crisis. After explaining he was a friend of the bill, he declared he didn't want to bo hurried, rte re fused to bo hurried. "Down our way," he said, "we make up our own minds. I resent any im putation cast on any member of this senate by any person or any news paper. We fifty have to stand togeth er. Kach member has taken his oath to do his duty. "I believe this senate today is fac ing a crisis. I'know what's in every' body's mind this minute. Kach one is thinking what .the newspapers will say about our actions on this bill. No newspaper can dictate how we shall vote. We can make up our own minds." And having saved the senate he sat down to fasten a tiny blue shoe on the little foot of his restriction measure. Senator Grube again sought the floor. "I have tried to be fair," he said, "and I intend to be fair. If I am to be given a fair hearing Friday, all right, but I don't want to be run over by the road roller " Senator Wood jumped to his feet. "What do you mean by that?" he shouted. "I mean whatever I see fit," Grube shouted back. Senator Wood was rolling up his oratorical sleeves when the lieutenant governor Kundcd the gavel through the top of his desk, and stilled the storm. Proctor Wins Point. The Proctor motion was carried by vlve-voce vote. Senator Proctor began at once to bring out his restriction measure, but Senator Durre and Senator Shively each interposed. Durre's bill making it a crime not to vote was due for action after the referendum and Shively'a recall Immediately following. Senator Fleming got into this tangle and "straightened it all out by setting the Durre bill for 10 a. m. and the Shively bill for 2 p m action Thursday, In a motion which was adopted. It was during this interim that the touching reconciliation seen was

gone through without a hitch in the ! generally affects soft felt bats black histrionics. j ia color. Senator Grube felt I he pangs of re-i Colonel Robert A. Thompson, now morse first. He rose to a ioint of eighty-three years old, is the only surspecial personal privilege and began j vlvor o! the distinguished citizens of his aiology. i South Carolina who sigued the state "We all know," he declared, "that ; ordinance of secession. In the heat of anger we say some' A- vacancy In the Order of the Garthings for w hich we lat. r feel regret I ter. caused by the death of Earl Spenand which cut w the quick. If I have! ". ws died when King George conoffended any members of the senate! erred knighthood on Lord Miuto. who by Insinuation or remark. I bee their! recently returned to England after

pardon. I have the utmost confidence i In the members of this senate. I re gard them all as honorable men. I would not by word or act impugn the motives or their deeds. I am not re sponsible for what the press has done or may do In the future. I am only responsible for myself, and even here I sometimes fall short." No Apology4 Needed. Senator Wood followed with his recitative In the oratorio of "Pax obiscunx" and said he didn't believe there was any occasionn for an apology. "My only desire," he said, "was to find out what the gentleman meant. I didn't feel that he meant what his remarks implied. I have no personal feeling against him. and if there be any occasion for apology, 1 grant pardon without stint." Senator Kane opened up the vox celeste stop oa the upper manual of

the harmony organ, and played his lovely little melody. He went a step further than Senator Wood by offering to apologize if he had done anything that be shouldn't. With this done and over, AndrewCarnegie was notified, a special message sent to the Hague, and the senate proceeded to the Proctor restriction measure. The amendment drawn by Senator Stotsenberg adds the initiative feature to the bill. It provides that if 20 per cent of the freeholders desire to take up any franchise, council must do one of two things: First, pass the ordinance without alteration within 20 days after the city clerk has notified it

of the petition being filed in good form; or call a special election unless a general municipal election is fixed within 90 days, and the action thus expressed cannot be changed without ! another election. Two amendments by Senator Wood will be offered. One provides that nothing in the act shall apply to any modification or amendment of any existing franchise which may be agreed to by the proper officials unless such modification extends the term or "time limit of such franchises or changes the price or rate fixed in any existing franchise. The other resembles the. initiative feature in that it allows an election in case of the refusal of coun cils or boards of safety to grant a franchise desired. Fish fry, Friday Blue Gills at the Waldorf. ASSAILS HEADS OF LARGEJAILROADS Barber, yead of Match Trust Questions Integrity of Congress. Akron, O., Feb. 9. In a letter addressed to members of congress, railroad officials and chambers of commerce throughout the country, Ohio Barbqr, multimillionaire organizer of the match trusts, asks "what is wrong with congress? Isn't it chiefly that congress no longer represents the people; that It is the servant of Wall street and dances only when the system pulls the string?" Barber also says that the burden imposed on the American people by the American railways is ten times greater than that imposed by the tariff. Raps Railroad Presidents. Continuing, he says: "The railroads, not content, want 10 per cent increase in freight rates, which will Increase their earnings to about $10 more to a family. The railroad presidents are working overtime writing for the magazines in an effort to Justify this demand. They are trying to convince the people that they ought to pay a little more than $147 a family toward railroad maintainance and dividends and that $7,614,275 a day isn't enough satisfactorily to meet running expenses. "They don't say a word about their watered stocks and bonds, estimated at half the present capitilization of about $18,000,000,000. They don't explain how much it adds to your cost of living to pay dividends upon that $9,000,000,000, of water. If congress. is really in earnest in a desire to relieve the plain people let it create a companion board to the interstate commerce commission to represent the consumer as well as the shipper. Let it be the prosecutor, as the commission is the judge. The average shipper's complaint before the commission is purely selfish, relating simply to his own business. Force Fight tor People. "Give this commission the added power to make a physical valuation of the railroads, preliminary to forcing the fight for the people and lower freight rates. Then you will be doing the country a real service. "The tariff taxes only the imports, the railroad not only tax these, but every article produced at home. So 1 maintain the railroad question is the problem today. What are you going to do about it?" Heinemann, Feb. 15 50c. SIRES AND SONS. Lord Decies, who will marry Miss Gould, won a medal in the campaign against the Mad Mullah in Somaliland. Henry Clny Trick, the steel millionaire, began life as a clerk for bis grandfather, who was a merchant and distiller. Chief Justice White is modest in his dress. He always wears a close fitting 1 cutaway coat and striped trousers. He five year as viceroy of India. J. P. Morgan has had another honor thrust upon him. A gem has been named morganite by the New York Academy of Science iu appreciation of the services-rendered to science and i the academy by the financier. Morganite Is n pecios of beryl. Harvey W. Wiley. M. D.. Th. D.. I.Ij. 1.. chemist of the department of agriculture, will be presented with one of the Elliott Cresson gold medals by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia for work "in the fields of agricultural and physiologicrl chemistry." George W. Jackson, who is enginesring a huge Chicago to New York tunnel project. Is'one of the most prominent engineers in the United States. He was bora in Chicago end received his education there end at Oxford. He built, among other important works, the Strlckler tunnel through Pike's peak. - r--

RECTOR'S CHICAGO SCEIIE OFJOLD UP A Stylish Dressed Stranger Gets $3,300 from Cashier and Escapes. Chicago, Feb. 9. Rector's restaurant, located in the very heart of tho down town business district of Chicago, was robbed in true "Wild West" fashion. A bandit, unmasked, walked calmly into the restaurant, held revolvers

to the heads of the cashier and assistant head waiter, pushed the latter up against a wall and compelled the cashier to hand over the contents of the cash drawer and safe, lie thf;n escaped with $3,300. The robber took the time when tho restaurant would have the fewest persons present and the largest sum of money -on hand at any time during the week, and for this reason he is believed to have been some one familiar with the customs of the place. The cashier, John P. Arams, who was forced to hand over the money, believes him to have been a former employe. - The restaurant has a large patronage of after-theatre diners. On Sunday morning the combined Saturday afternoon and night receipts are kept in the safe. The robbery took place eoon after 9 o'clock, when only the cashier and bead waiter were in the main dining room. A well-dressed man entered and inquired for a man whom he said was a former employe. Before Cashier Adams could answer the robber drew two revolvers from his pocket and ordered both to hold up their hands. After handing tho robber several packages of bills Adams said that was all he had, but was forced to .open the safe and take out other money. The robber then backed out of the place, still keeping both men covered with the revolvers. More than $1,000 in currency in a drawer in the cashier's desk was overlooked. A scrubwoman, who entered the main room during the robbery, and saw the revolvers pointed at the men, fainted. The police, who at once began a search for the bandit, believe the robbery was the work of a professional crook who had planned it for some time. During the long, dreary winter months mothers become tired, worn out, can't eat, sleep or work. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is the greatest blessing for mothers. Makes them happy, healthy and strong. Conkey Drug Co. When Net to Smoke. By exhausting the salivary seeretiou smoking before meals prevents the physiological action of the naliva on starchy foods. Smoking just before going to bed is often followed by ia somnia. because the stomach contains a quantity of unneutralized juice, which IrritatC3 the mucosa mid gives rise to n sensation of hunger. This distressing consequence may be averted by takin? either some light food or o littl.i bicarbonate of soda before retiring to rest in order to neutralize the secretion London Lancet. His Stumbling Block; Have you ever seeu the Canadian Sockies?" "No." "Then there is a glorious treat in otore for you." "Don't you believe it. If I ever get money enough to go to the Canadian Rockies my house will need painting. It always does whenever I begin to think 1 can see daylight ahead." Chicago IleoonV-Herald. Children thrive on it. "Ralston" Is the purest, most wholesome food m chi'd can eat. A eood.Bolid.commonsen.se health food of natural wheat color, with, all the nutriment of the whole wheat left in. Easily riieested. Children never tire of it. 50eancera to e a e h ir package, when cooked. Parma Wok Wkeat FW makes delirious, nourishing bread, muffins, folis, etc. Try it too. 0 0 Q Oar "Made to Order" Glasses Satisfy every customer because they are made to suit the individual need and are Not made to conform to any general requirements. Any style of lens ycu wish will be made up for you and the glasses prepared in Eye Glass, Spectacle or Clerical form. For Special Work come to C. M. Sweilzer OPTOMETRIST 927!, i Main St.

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