Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-15
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER iOTH, 1876.

nal Law, revised by r. G. Scott Esq.
Mr. BRAXTON moved an amendment, D
which each Judge of the Court OF Appeals and .
The General Law Court, should be prov'ued VIII
n copy of the Revised Code. Carried;
Upon motion OF Mir. McMULLEN, the RUE
was SUSPENDED that required The detention of {
hin Two DAYS before il was returned 10 The Hoese
Upon motion 0. MIR GARRETT, The resolution
and amendment were oreeiod 10 be re, urned forth
with
At the request OF MIR. VOOLFOLK, The pre-
vious votes were reconsidered; when he offered
this further amendmen,-Tha, each and every
Prosecuting Attorney in The Superior Courts
should be furnished with copy.
The Senate having concurred IN me amenH'
ment. Mr.. GARRETT was appointed bearer o.
the resolutions and amendments To The House.
Upon motion OF Mr. VOOLFOLK, The Sc
male adjourned I'LL IL o'clock tomorrow.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The SPEAKER submitted a communication
from the clerk oi The House, enclosing an ab-
s,ract from the reports Of the clerks OF The Cour
Of Appeals and oil the Circuit Superior Courts o.
Law and Chancery, exhibiting the actual state
OF suits Instituted within their respective Courts
and The number of days the Courts were in SEES
sion. during The year ending on Both August
1886. Laid ON the table and ordered 10 be printed
Mr.. BOCOCK. from The Commitlee OF Chair
men OF The differen, Com miltees, stated that they
did no, consider ii expedient, al this time, 10 re-
luce the number OF clerks 10 the different Com.
muees.
The SPEAKER laid before The House COM
nunicalion from Waller Gwynn, Esq, President
ID, James River and kanawha Company, trans
m,ins various reports OF said Company. Lai
on the table.
MIR. MCPHERSON offered the following:
ReSolpfd. That selec, committee be appointed
with instructions 10 report Bill N, % OF The SEES
sion OF 1874 IS, which had Tor its object The ques-
lion Of taking the sense OF the people upon the pre-
pre,y of calling Convention 10 amend the Con
stilulion OF the State.
MIR. SCOTT had hoped that we should have
been spared This Convention question this Win
rer-more especially had ne hoped so after The
resolution adopted at the Staunlon Convention
composed OF the friends OF State Convention.
That resolution was 10 postpone this question I'M
Ill The next census should be taken.
MIR. DORMAN had been in hopes that the
friends Of Convention, OF which number he was
one, would have lei this matter alone. In add.
lion 10 what the gentleman from Fauquier had
said 10 regard 10 the resolution OF The Sannon
Convention, he would stale that the friends OF 4
Convention had agreed 10 meet in this city this
Winter. Mr. D. moved 10 lay The resolution on
the table.
Mr.. MCPHERSON thought that il would be
impossible now 10 carry resolution involving
The basis of representation. His only object was
TO take The sense of the people upon it. This is
the course that was pursued in 1897. Gentlemen
talk about The Staunton Convention: he did not
think that it could have represented The views q
the West, as there were very lew in attendance.
He knew no better place TO ascertain The sense
Of It's friends than here. He knew that a large
majority OF The Legislature last Winter (and il
nigh, be so now were in favor Of submitting the
question 10 The people II those who are in la
vor of one change, and those who are in favor OF
another, do not compromise, all will lose what
they all desire. He thought that we should have
compromises and concessions
MIR. JONES OF G. could see no reason why
bill should be submitted 10 a committee merely
Tor the purpose Of reporting il 10 the House. He
thought that as little could have been asked Tor
would be 10 consult as TO what should be done
The resolution should have been one of enquiry
at least, and not an order for peremplory act
Mr.. STEPHENSON, although friend OF a
convention. would vote TO lay The resolution on
he liable. de did not think that there was a men,
Der in The House who had any doubt that large
majority Of The people were in favor of some re
FORM lie was now prepared 10 60 into the fu
discussion Of The question at ihis Tune; The true
question is that OF representation. lie concur
red with The resolution OF the Slaunton convention;
he thought this matter ought 10 b. postponed III.
convention now, ii would be with our eyes closed
A. 10 population lie had no doubt that the neXl
census would show an excess OF nearly 100000
Tree whites in Western Virginia. Ii this should
he So he could not for one moment think that our
Eastern brethren could then refuse our request.
Mr.. DANIEL hoped thai The resolution would
not be laid on The table. He was sorry that il
should have been brought up al this time. He
asked all those who were opposed 10 conven-
lion 10 vote against laying the resolution on The
table. He read substitute, which he said ne
would offer, 10 make les, question, il the House
refused 10 lay The resolution OF The gentleman
from Page on the able
Mr. MCPHERSON said that bis was the same
proposition that met with the warm support oil inc
gentleman tom Tyler previously, and ne was
surprised that thai n.embcr should have changed
his ground. II the proposition OF the gentleman
from Prince George be adopted, we should have,
as we had heretofore, conniclnS views on me
basis OF representation. His resolution was
simply to gel The vote upon the call OF Conven-
sion. Mr. p thought lhls was the pace 10 test The
question, when they would have IL plank up TO
the ayes and noes II is useless 10 rely upon eau.
cuses-we iried ,h.t last Winner and We loud
that many ui the friends oi Convention prefer
going TO feass Ia attending meetings.
Mr.. ) rEPHENSON said ihn, the thirg he
mo,, dreaded now was being i"ced in" Con-
ventlon BY The Eastern men. They Moud 90
fnr renewing Inc minor evils, ana i-ave the great
Western question, thar oi representation. M
touched Were an Easern man, now, whilsi
we are weak, would be The very time that
should desire Convention. lie would ask Inc
gentleman from Chesterfield IT his objection 10
Convention is not on the tree suffrage question:
Is no, that the objection OF all the Eastern mems
They are all in favor OF some reform; they are
in favor OF the extension OF the right oil SUI
irage. So am |, said Mr.. 5. They are IN favor
OF changing the County Court system. SO am
These are minor points. The question OF
representation is The great queslion--lt aosoros
ayery thing else. Should we have Convention
now how long would il be before we could get
another no one could divine. We, OF The West,
wonld then only have one resort, and that would
be Dorrism, which he hoped he should never
come to- He, hoped the gentleman from Prince
George would not press his resolution as tes'.
lie thought that we should postpone any action
uni, after The census OF 1850; we would then
nave population OF near Ioouoo IN .ne WIS., .s
and nav nearly the same amount oi taxes as the
E.ast. Those who claim 10 be Republicans,
would then be forced 10 give us fair representa-
lion.
Mr.. SHEFFY only desired 10 correct mis-.
take into which the gentleman from Fauquier
had fallen. The resolution Of The Staunton Con-
yeulion 10 which he had referred was passed, and
on the next day 1t was reconsidereo, ana .ne mat
Ter was lei, 10 the friends OF Convention IN Inc
Legislature.
Nr. SCOTT received his information from
the public papers. OF course The gentleman from
Augusta was better acquainted with The proceed
ines of the Convention than he was: Although
he differed in opinion on The Convention question
with The gentleman from Wood yet he should
vote 10 lay on the table, as ii appears that this
subi.c, was brought up upon the individual re-
spon.iblily of the gentleman from Page, and was
not concerted measure OF the frienos Oh Con-
yention. r.,
MIR LEE was sorry that the gentleman from
Page should place The friends OF Convention 20
This situation lie did not think that this was the
time 10 open the subject.
Mr. MCPHERSON had no objection 10 The re-
solution being laid on the table, but with the un
Outstanding tina, ii be taken up at some future
time. ,,, J.,
no mistake on this subject II II be LAID on me
INC h. boned II woud sleep there for the ba