Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-03-09
RNuheND, March 9, 1876.


Of some interest to you aud your read
ers, particularly at this time when all
eyes ale turned this way to see and hear
what the representatives. OF the people
| in the Legislature assembled are doing
Well, very little that is. credhabie to
them or encouraging for the people can
be said; that, not cue important act has
been passed and full three months of
the session are gone, FILTERED away AND
| spent in useless talking and debates is
probably not news to you, but l doubt
| whether yon are fully aware OF and &C :
quainted with the grave and serious con
dition Of the financial affairs Of our
State. A clear deficit Of more than
| $800,000t. SO says the report OF the aud~
itor! How this deficit could have az
| cumulated in a few years and only now
made public is mystery to all and Ger
family should be looked into closely. As
Of this, S4O0,000-belongs OF should
| belong to the school fund What are
you going to propose, what is to be
done was asked OF one OF the old and
honored members Of the House yester~
day; l know not what to propose, was
F; his answer. Another able member in
d. bs e, esteriay remarked, the question
TO day is, not how to pay the interest on
our debt, but hoW shall we raise money
toscalry on our government, and a seri-
Gus question it is.--You now reap the
fruits Of the funding bill,the make work
Of those once trusted by the people of
Virginia, they brought in this monster
| chat with its fangs and claws firmly i'm
bedded, will yet drag the old State
down and down. Remember then. Il
is hard, Messrs. Editors, TO tell what
may happen, the outlook is certainly
dark and gloomy and unless your peo-
pie, our people are willing to be taxed
to their utmost, what the end must be,
can easily be foreseen. The new tax
bill proposes to raise the tax On some
things and has brought out new objects
for taxalior, such as church property,
public squares. also a stamp tax is I'M
der consideration, but doubt whether,
sven if it should pass in its present form,
would make any material increase.
The constitutional am endmcn;s as you
have seen have passed ond will be sub
,nitted as q sohole to the people for rat
ifcation. The wisdom Of this, | doubt
very much, as one or the other Of the
amendments must and will find oppo-
nents, which if submitted as separate
amendments could be ratified by strik-
ing out the Objectionable ens and vo-
ting for the others, but as it is now,you
concentrate al the opposition against
all the amendments. One cannot well
understand the reason for this.
Appropriations have bsen made for
the enlargement of the Lunatic Asylaxls
and also for the University, but where
| the money is to come from is anoth n
matter. Your FISH bill has become law
some time ago aud it is only 10 be re
GREETED that the county above you had
not a similar enc enacted fer your as
we'll as their own benefit.
Your representatives, will do them
the simple justice, are ever at their posts
of duty and always awake to the inter
ests of their constituents Yesterday
the House passed the bill for the exten-
sion Of the James River aud K .nawha
Canal, half conal, aud the other half dis
tancess to C,itioa Forge is to be iailroad
This is considered a sort OF com promise
bill between the all water and all rail-
men, The finest and greatest results
are promised when finished, and we all
| hope SO. Another and more import ant
| Ito some inslders) scheme is up before
the Senate now, nothing more or less
than tie endorsement of 81 Southern Pa
clfc r. r., some people hsre say If the
State treasury was entirely empty and
no chance for loan, perhaps our repre-
sentatives would look to matters a little
nearer home and expedite the proper
business
Mr. Stevens, the sportingju'ige is still
before the House and also now before
the Senate, no telling when it will end
or what will come of it, The Nicol
case is also still before the COMMITTEES
and no telling when a descision will be
f acLed. Blu, more anon fr' M yours,
RICHMOND.
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