The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-28
MeckIenburG's senator-Prelfminnr
Examination before the Committee
ON Privileges and EIectfOns-Thear

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Report. 49,. 4.
The Committee on Privileges and Elet
lions OF the Senate assembled yesterda
morning to consider the case of A. P. L.
tnfoP, VINO now claims to represent th
people OF Meckienburg In the Senate. ]
Will pc remembered that his case wa
brought before the committee by petitio
presented by Dr. Harris, Of Halifax, fror
number OF citizens of Mecklenburg.
Messrs. Stith Boiling and Geo. W. Young
of the House Of Delegates, had been sum
moned to appear before the committee, bu
Mr.. Boiling being absent, Mr.. Young onl
was examined. Mr.. John E. Penn, th
chairman Of the committee, commenced til
examination as follows: i
@. How long have you known Mr.. La
throp? (
A. About two years.
Q. What time did he leave Richmondf .
A. do not know but he came to Neck
lenburg about the 1st of August last. y
q. Do you know in what capacity b.
came to the county?
A. only know of what he told me. Ht
said he came there to remain.
Q. Did he obtain position in the Reye,
nue. Department?
A. He acted as clerk, think but he had
no appointment when he came.
By DR.. Harris: How long have you been
a resident of Halifax?
A. 4 year and half.
Q. How long has Mr.. Lathrop beensgge.
sident of the county? %s,-
4. Ks said before; since August last.
Q. Do you know whether he registered 2
A. believe he did; and / think no OBJ
lection was raised to his registration
BY MIR. Fitzpatrick What investments
has he made in the county,?
A. do not know.
q. Is he q man of family?
A. think not.
BY Mr.. Penn: In what part of the county
does he residep =
a. In Boydton.
q. With whom does he board?
A. With Mr.. j. B. Stegall.
By MIR. Fitzpatrick: What was his busi-
ness in Richmond?
A. l understood he was United States
storekeeper.
BY Mr.. Penn When did he register?
A. saw him register at Boydton on one
Of the regular days Of registration previous
to the regular election held in November
last.
Mr.. Lathrop said, at the conclusion of
the testimony, that he hoped if the COM
mittee were satisfied that there were no
grounds for the charges made in the petit
tion that they would give him dismissal
at once, and without any further investiga-
ton.
After some discussion the following re-
port was decided to be made to the Senate,
and the matter adjourned until next Tues
day week, the 7th, of February:
1.-The committee to whom was referred
the petition of Thos. f. Goode and others,
asking that the right of a. P. Lathrop to q
seat on this floor be investigated, beg leave
to report that they have the matter under
consideration, but in the absence OF evil
dence on the part Of the petitioners, they
are unable to make satisfactory investiga-
tion, and ask that the authority be granted
them to send for persons and papers"
In the Senate the matter created only a
little talk, and In the course of the conver.
sational debate which followed, Col. Pen.
dleton remarked that he did not wish to
waste load of buck-shot at sparrow"
Col. Penn introduced a resolution all.
thorizing the committee to send for books
and papers and the report and resolution
having been adopted, the matter stands
thus at present.