Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-20
THE LEGJS STATURE.
A SEPARATE PARTY FOR READJuSIEhS
pROpOSED

A SEPARATE PARTY FOR READJusTEhS
PROPOSED.
A conference of Rpadjuster melnbers VI
the General Assembly was helu i'll tlie
House of Delegates Thursday night az
which, the "Whig' says, without giving
the numt u, til, attendance was qul'e
large. 1t was preside' over by Senator
Fuikerson and atter several spe-cle' Sen
ator Paul offered the following resolution
Reso,ed, That the executive committee be and Is
hereby directed TO prepa address t? the peopdie
OF virginia setting forth III Objects vi me neat tv
jlsteis i'll calling convention to be he'd in the Guy
of Richmond on the - ,.ay Of January, R78 10 o.
game the Readjust-rs OF tllt State as party ior
the purpose OF securing readluStment OF the S.ae
debt and maintaining the p. bic free school system
and in opposition to the par5, recently o. ganzeu ~
Ouy the he avuw.,l object Of ihcreasi
tnet xes on our already nm eve islied people; s;tid
Commute to rep III It's ac iHli unet this resoiutl4,
70 this conference to- it ratification at meetlhg w
be held on Monday night nett.
Messrs. HeEkel Ut Shenandoah and flct
lin of buckingham. thought this move
ment premature, and Mr. Massey, of Able
marie, advised ore deliberatiOn. Tn
last named gentleman said he had lttl
Il ,ps of settling the debt question at this
session and unless the creditors offered
., tier compromise than any received 81
FAR, the matter should be referred to the
people at the Novemb.r election. He
thought however, though favoring delay.
that they would have to come to Mr.. Paul's
resolution in the end. Speaker Allen said
ne never would consent to accept the cred
tors proposition as given in the Cover
nor's message, but lie was willing to try
! hem again and have another conference
with them. He did not favor a separate
organization and thought that the defeats
o. last winter when it was tried should be
warning 70 tao 'e who di favor it. Mr..
j. Fl. Robinson favored a constitutional
convention. AS a Conservative standing
10y the platform, he could not now vote for
an increase of taxation. The bDndholders
on the other hand, would noG come down
to the present taxation. Tie Governor
would not let them re- adjust the debt as
they desire |. and if he did, then they had
to fight the Supreme Court. The people
we're getting tired aid Disguised, and MIR.
1tUDluooI WAC INV GuIC oAt Ittu az luous w
get out of the mess. they we AID instruct
them to vote for increase of cation. Mr..
Fulkerson Thought all the Readjusters
needed was back bone and was sure all or
ganiZation of eadjusters or tie Barbour
bill could he formed and maintained. At
ter other speeches by Mes rs. bA"bour and
Harvie the meeting adjourned without ac
ton on MI. Paul's resolution, stnd subject
to the Call OF its chairman.
THE SENATE.
The Senate changed it's pos zion on the
status of the legislature Oh Thu lrsd.y and
adopted the resolution Of the iiouse, that
''the pres mt session is legal ala constitu
tional, and that it is inexptdie3,t to legis
late on he S bject.' 1t Was adopted by
20 to II. notwithstanding tbs opposition
of Messrs. Paul. FulkerSon tl1d Massey.
A resolution of Mr.. KoineI'. inquiring
into "whether there is such a diversion OF
the school funds as to require legislative
action.'' was adopted. Also one IF MIR.
Paul, calling for investigay en- into tn q
causes Of she mortality among the con-
victs hired By the James Rivei' Il kanawha
Canal Company. MIR. Lss Introduced a
Joint resolution for subIii 5giag to the
popular vote any measure adopted by the
legislature for t settlement OF the State
debt. Mr.. Paul introduced o. resolution
regarding repeal Of the provision Of the
constitution requiring tie prepayment of
eapitation tax before voting, which was
on motion of Mr.. Daniel. indefinitely post
poned. A communication was received
of the Board of Educ ton to raise money
for the payment of the school teachers
Mr.. Fulkerson introduced resolution i'll
quiring into whether the prepayment Of
capitation tax, required before voting, was
not in violation of the Federal constitu
ton. A motion to indefinitely postpone
it was opposed by Mr.. Paul and advocated
by Mr. Smith, OF Nelson, but the motion
was carried by 10 to Is.
HOUSE.
Mr.. TaiiaferrO introduced reSoluli ion
looking to holding the election for city,
county and state officers ON the same day
with cleo ions for memuers Ct the General
Assembly, and also another resolution
boxing to preventing county and city
Treasures from specializing in coupons
receivable for taxes. A bill was reported
authorizing the use of district school funds
to pay teachers and another permitting
persons who reside in the country to have
their children educated at the public
those cities. Mr.. Stevens introduced a
resolution to find out whether the rail-
rods are charging for way or through
freights more than the law allows and the
resolution was adopted IS to 26. Speaker
Allen offered resolution ipstructing our
representatives in congress to endeavor to
have the U. 5. banking laws so amended as
to make the penalty for charging more i'll
terest than is allowed by State, the same
penalty as prescribed by the State in which
tie bank is located. A bill Was passed to
relieve N. W. Williams of Grayson county
of SIS fine imposed on him fer giving
away drink of liquor on election day. A
bi ! reducing the pay of commissioners of
election from s. to 81 per day was ordered
to be e. crossed.
THE RECESS FOR HOLIDAYS
Both houses adopted resolution to ad-
iourn from December Goth. to January
18th for Christmas and Mes Year holidays
THE DEBT.
of hn
has reported a es tuition inviting the
state creditors to meet at Richmond Janu-
AIRY 18th, but fixing tie principles OF the
barbour bill as the ouly possible basis Of
negotiation. T. g report has not y.t been