The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-14
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Iayes and noes, and they were ordered, ant
the vote resulted-ayes, o. noes, 20.
So the Senate refused to adjourn.
The PnEsrprsr recognized Mr.. MoEFET1
Mr.. MoFFETT on taking the t1oor ueciaie'
| that he spoke not to assail any one, but Z
defend himself. When he heard that VET
message read he felt as if he had received
oevpre bIow. Ithad gone forth to the Wori'
from the lips of the Governor tnat tnls IT,. f.a
lature had violated the first principles VI i ~,
| government, and proposed 10 lou ~
LATED for Petersburg for the reason tina
there wore n majority of negroes there
when the bill was considered by him be nat
meyer asked if the whites or the negsoe
| were in the majority. His purpose was TO sY
petersburga good government, and tina. wa n,
thn whole scope. object, and 4$lre OF 10
snnnorters of the bill. He maintained tina
,hr civ of Petersburg was the creature o
tho I,coislat,1re that its charter could o
ert;rnly withdrawn from 1t at any momeh'
and that it was the duty Of the LeglsiatuI
| n Give the people of that city good gov
ernmcnt The Legislature had exercised
shis latter right in the case OF to
citv of Portsmouth, and transferred 10
hoard If commissioners full control over TN
noIice and Fire Department. ana gwen
4 ntbnr ;mnortant powers. The fetetspuis
ohartor was modelled after the cnait eIs
por,smor,,b and Richmond, against eitne
of which no objections had ever ye' oee'
heard. -.,o,aod for q motto,
The vote resulted-ayes, 10; noes, IL
I - ~, c,noto rpfIIsei TO aQ1OuTu.
Ar MorrETT resuming, contended tna
.horo ,cas nrecedent upon precedent for tut
action of the Legislature in respect TO Uni:
cI,orter. and that the Supreme Court OF Ne"
York of Maryland, and OF other States, nae
nronornccd them constitutional.
Mir. KIRKPATRICK, with the consent of Mr.
NoFrETT. read from "Dillon on Municipal
CORPORATIONS" "The Legislature may, IN
less specially restricted in the Constitution
take from municipal corporation its char
ter powers respecting the police and their
appointment, and by statute itself, directly
provide for permanent police for the corpo
ration under the control of board of police,
not appointed or elected by the corporate
authorities" &C., Sc. To sustain this view
he cited: People Us. Mahaney, Is Michigan
People us Draper, Is New York, 632, 1857
L
Diamond Us. Cain, 81 Louisiana, An. 800,
1869; State Us. LeOvy, 3D., 538.
Mr. MoFFETT reviewed all the legal ques.
tons involved, and declared that be believed
that the bill was constitutional, morally
right, just, eSpedient, and everything else
that it ought TO be. He had not been making
war upon the Governor, and had never
been placed in position more embarrassing,
yet in opposing this veto he felt that he had
only discharged his duty. He rejected not
upon the Governor, but he did reflect upon
his judgment, and did denounce this act as
inexpedient, wrong, uDjus!iliab!e, and WITH
out precedent. -, >,
AT Ais (Mr. MoFPErT having concluded
Mr.. PR1DEMoRB called the pending question,
and the same was ordered-ayes, u; noes,
II.
The pending question was put by the
PRESIDENT: "ShaH the bill pass not'c'h-
standing the objections Of The Goosrnor e"
The vote resulted upon the call OF the
roll: "i
ney, Hollaaay, Hundley, kirktatrtck, Lawson,
Mccm, Moffett, Patterson, Smith OF Nelson, ana
NoEs.EMessrs. allan, Clark, Cochran, Conually.
Da,pson, Eubank, BUans, Grctn,n. I Isfe;.
GrImsley, Berndon. Lackland, LGthrop, -iaddoc,
Mss H. smth ef susss sseas
inoNi'''' SHO F." A'N- Ayes. Noes.
Conservatives. ........................13 16
Republicans .................-...."'Ou
The PRESIDENT announced that the bill
had tailed.
Mr.. CLARK said he desired to explain bis
vote. When the bill was upon its passage
be voted AYE" having been satisfied that it
was constitutional. Now, after all the in
formation he had upon the subject, and the
speeches that had been made, though be was
not altogether certain upon the constitu-
tional points, was satisfied 1t was ineNpedl-
ent, and for that reason be voted "no."
HOUR OF MEETING.
On motion of MIR. NowLIS, resolved after
Monday next to meet at II O'Clock.
On motion Of Mr.. HOLIDAY, at 4:25 z. n.
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
House met at II A. M.-Speaker HANGER
in the chair. Prayer by Rev. DR.. John E..
Edwards, of the Methodist Church.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. hale: Bill to require the pat
entees of certain lands to have the same sur
yeyed.
By Mr.. MAGRUDRR: Resolution in regard
to amending the law in relation to conserya-
tors of the peace in certain places. -
By MIR. WITHEns: Petition of John a.
Mahr in relation to hireliDgs.
Mr.. CRITz offered resolution that on and
after Monday next the chair be vacated at
2:3O O'Clock p. NJ. and resumed at 1880 z.
NJ, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
tor the consideration of bills of private or
local character.
IN MEMORY OF CHARLES SUMNER.
Mr.. SyPHAx pronounced brief eulogy
and offered q series Of resolutions in refer
ence to the death Of Hon. Charles Sumner,
and asked that the resolutions be spread
upon the Journal Of the House.
Mr.. HUNTER moved to lay the resolutions
on the table. Lost.
Mr.. PAGE (colored) obtained the floor, and
made five minutes speech in commentator
of Mr.. Sumner.
Mr.. BAGwELL moved to reconsider the vote
by which the House refused to lay on the
table. Agreed to.
MIR. JACK CARTER called for the reading of
the resolutions by the Clerk; which was done,
and they were LAID on the table.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. BAGwELL rose 10 a personal eXplana.
ton, and said that as there was an erroneous
impression about the matter he desired to
state that the committee to investigate the
Coleman defalcation had not asked to be re-
leved from the question at first referred to
them, but from further consideration of a
special subject relating to the exchange of
bonds under the funding act.
The Coleman committee is still engaged
p examining the affairs of the office OF the
sinking funu commissioners, anu d spec;S'
committee viii be appointed to pursue the
special inquiries to which he bad referred.