The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-14
LOCAL d MATTERS.
The pubIfs-Debt Question.

| 4 LOCAL d MATTERS. T =
'@r The PubIfS-Debt Question. -
A CALL FOR A MEETING OF ALL CONSERVATIVES
To-NIGHT-THE MEETING AT THE CAPITOL
LAST NLaHT-wH1r THE READJUsTERs ARE
DOING AND WHAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO.
The following paper was circulated In
the two houses yesterday: - I'll. Il s,si.I ,sr
"The members Of the General Assembly
VINO have been elected as nominees OF the
Conservative party. and those who have been
elected as Conservatives by Conservative
voters in counties and cities where there
were no nominations by the Conservative
party, are requested Ito assemble in the hall
OF the House OF Delegates on Friday the
14th instant, at 1880 P. H., to confer To-
gether and act on such matters as may be
considered necessary for the Interests OF
the State and the preservation OF the organ
izatlon OF the party; John q; Gayle, John
W. Daniel, j. II. Robinson, j. L. Lowell,
p. Hairston, L. K. ChiIes, Fl. W. Murray,
K. r. Griffin, John Z. Hurt, J. W. Mar
shall, W. E. Tanner, c.. T. Smith, a. Koi-
ner, W. II. F. Lee, B. F. Bland, B. T. john
son, II. II. Hurt, C. E. WORKMAN, G. g.
Walston, E. 3. Goode, &. r. Pace, w. II.
Graves, WI. Shelburn. W. b. TaliaferTo,
j. r. Anderson, 8. H. Pulliam, John Ech-
OILS, T. S. Bocock. B. G. Gray, George
Walker, C.. Pitts, L. r. Edwards, G. H.
Jordan, Fl. M. L. Goode, NJ. Hanger, G. T.
Clarke, r. A. .Coghill, G: A. ,Bohannon, w.
J. Dance, George X. Crutchfeld, r. 81. Cox;
w. T. Taliaferro." 1'..a
THE CAPITOL MEETING. Ills.
The members or the General Assembly
who held meeting in the hall of the House
| lac Gof11 iohf ho1 Sod
| ing at the same place lust t3night-SenatorI e.
T.. Smith chairman, and Senator Hairston
secretary. There were at one time eighty
two members present, by count Of the chair
man. SO .-....-. &;
General Hurt offered the following: 4:
ReSoiUed, That no action of this confer
ence shall be considered as binding any
member thereof, it being intended purely
as conference for the interchange OF views.
1 Adopted. ."
Resolutions were offered by Mr.. Ed
munds urging the Finance Committees to
take the public-debt question into early con-
sideration; by Mr., Walker, Of Norfhum-
berland, suggesting the appointment OF
holders; by Mr. Mushback, suggesting
Joint committee on adjustment-all of
which were laid ON the table, after being
discussed by Messrs. Edmunds. Koiner,
Phlegar, Hurt OF Plttsylvania, Clarke of
Surry, Wallace, Mushback, Watson, Brooke,
Echols, Griffin, Shumate, and Bocock. go
Mr.. Bocock made splendid speech in
favor of the maintenance of the public
honor, and offered the following:
Resolved, 1. That the members Of this
conference are sincerely anxious to adjust
with our creditors the debt OF the State on
terms Just to them and honorable to our
venerated State. -
9. That the Committees OF Finance in the
two houses will entitle themselves to our
sincere thanks by an early and earnest ef-
fort to devise and report some plan to carry
out the desire above stated.
8. That they be requested at once to open
q correspondence with the hondholders or
their agents with view to secure their CO.
operation in carrying out the said adjust
ment. 80
General Echols offered the following:
Whereas this meeting earnestly depre-
Gates the division which seems to exist
amongst the friends Of readiustment in the
General Assembly, and is willing to do all
in its power to remove any disseusIon which
may exist, and thus secure unity OF action !;
/ therefore ..,.-----r-r 4.
Resolyed, That the friends OF readiust-
ment,. now sitting at the Ballard House, be
and are respectfully requested to meet with
us for the purpose OF ascertaining whether
any good reason exists why there should
not be a union OF counsel and action be-
tween them and those who are meeting in
the hall of the House OF Delegates,
- ResolUed, That this resolution be commu-
nicated to the Chairman OF the meeting at
the Ballard House by committee OF three
appointed by the Chair. -. +:
MIR. Bocock withdrew his resolutions to
permit General Echols's to be voted upon. :
Mr.. Henkel made an earnest effort In sup
port OF General Echols's resolutions, and
they were adopted, and the meeting nd
journed to reassemble at the call Of the
chairman. !..Ni e
The following committee was appointed
1 under General Echols's resolution: Dele
gates Echols and Bocock, and Senator
Brooke. ..,-s.5 II =
In addition to the resolutions above re-
ferred to as having been offered and laid OIL
the table was one from Senator Bland,
proposing a Joint committee to devise @
scheme for the satisfactory adjustment OF
the debt. .... ;. -
CAUCUS OF THE S. r. RS 49,
An adjourned caucus Of the Simon-pure
readjusters, as :, they call themselves, was
held in the biIliard-half at the Ballard House
last night, Senator Fulkerson in the chair.
A resolution was offered declaring that the
S. P. RS will not cooperate with the Capt.
tol caucus proposed for Tonight, or any
other body or association OF gentlemen
/ which excludes Independents. - ,s,-,--
| Speeches were made by Messrs. Barbour,
Fulkerson, Tyler, Haryie, and others in
advocacy Of the resolution, and, it is said.
rthe public must know that reporters sare
not admittedl was adopted. 2r ii
- Much OF the time of the caucus was spent
in talk. about State officers. There Yasi no
vote taken, but the tenor OF the speeches
Indicated purpose Of members to vote only
for such persons as aretin sympathy with
them. They are not ready to take fnal
action = First, because they WISH TO near
the report on the double-funding and re-
ceiYe other information about the basement
officers; and, secondly, when the test is
made on any officer they wish to be: sure
they can win. Several gentlemen said last
night that they came here to settle the public
debt, but had heard more about the officers
since, they came than about the debt =; =
! The S. P. Is adjourned before receiving
information of the passage by the! Capitol
meeting Of General Echols's conciliatory
meet tonight to consider that proposition.
PERsoNAL.-,Captain Oliver j. Schoolcrait
was not considered as well yesterday as in
the earlier part of the week. p.
| Among the visitors to. the Tobacco Ex-
change yesterday were L. Roper and W. L..
Venable, Of Petersburg; William Ayres
and W. F. Clark, Of Danville; W. 8. Chris
tian John r. Tug and III, Stockbridee, OF