The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-20
ORDER or BUSINESS.

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called as usual, bur that no count OF votes
should've made until the two horses had
gone through the list
JUDGE cRITcKER.
MILWAUKEE, Of Westmoreland presented
q nun,ber of memorials uskiug the election
OF Hen. Judge Critcher as Judge. LAID on
the table. ,l q 81 t,ss: i. ,.itsf,i
THE AUDITORS REPORT. Il
On motion OF Mr.. BARBOUR, it was
Resoiued, That the Committee on Print
inginquire why the report OF the Audltor
has not been printed. #
coLuRED BAPTIST CHURCH OF LIBERTY.
h The Committee on Enrolled Bills P. III.
MCCAuLL chairman) reported that the Gov
ernor had this day approved :" an act 10
authorize the Colored Baptist church OF
Liberty, Va. to borrow money, ana to Sc.
cure the payment OF same by deed OF trust
on the church property"
ELECTION OF JUDGES. - 49,. :. +
Tenth circuit: Mr.. POWELL nominated
for reelection Judge w. S. Barton.- Mr..
WRIGHT placed in nomination eX.Judge
Critcher. Mr.. POPHAM seconded the noml-
nation Of Judge Barton. Mr.. McCABE sec
onded the nomination OF eX-Judge Critcher.
Mr.. MoScuRE endorsed Judge Barton.
The vote was as follows:
For Esyudge grttehs5Messr SIS. Akers Burr BIZ
son. Dickinson. Evans. Fowler, Frazier, Hamilton,
Kelly, Lady, Lee, MeCabs, Mcdonnell: NGFtoi,' r
Taylor, J. Walker, $. j. H. White Wilmer Wltten'
and Wrght-29. , A.,
ton, Admission, Barbour. Bernard, Bland, Bocock,
Bohauan, Burger. CoghIl. Cox, Crutchneld, Dance.
Fanntleroy, Fickien, Fry. Fulton, Goode, Graves,
Gray. Green, Grirsby; Hall, Hanger. Il: II. Harri-
ter, johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Lowell, Luck,
McCraw, Mcdaniel, MCMILLAN. MotIett: Moneure,
P ssssd Reese
j. II. Robinson, Rylapd. sandicge, shannon, Shell
burne, sbrivGr, Shumale. r. IL. Smiih, william IS.
Iaijaferro, Warner T. Taliaferro. William Taylor.
Trout. Van Lear, George Walker: william NJ: Wal
krr. Wallace. Walsh. N'aring, Watson. Whitacre,
Thomas n. White, Wilkinson, and Wingheid-s2.
Eleventh circuit: Mr.. GREEN nominated
for reelection Judge James Keith. Mr.. Hun
TER seconded the nomination. So did Dir.
PoPuAM and Dir. FAIR.
Twelfth circuit: Mr.. LOWELL placed IN
nomination Judge Turner. Seconded by
Dir. FAUNTLERoY. ..t -. s'f~
WAR ON JUDGE M'LAUGHL1N. e"
Thirteenth circuit: Mr.. HANGER placed
in nomination for reelection Judge William
Mclaughlin. Mr.. HANGER said that Judge
Mclaughlin was the unanimous choice OF
every bar in the circuit, and was Warmly
endorsed in petitions for his reelection by
$500 citizens Of Augusta, 1000 citizens OF
Rockbridgc, and many citizens OF other
counties Of the circuit. --...<
Mr.. HANGER said that during the past
eight years Judge Mclaughlin lad, accord
ing to the record, decided ten thousand
cases; that there had been but fiity-nine APP
peals; that Of these he was reversed in
At, tn, y,,rtnt, cix
Mr.. HANGER read the following charges,
printed COPY OF Which he had found upon
his desk: $780,
-............ 49,. "RIcHMoND, VA.,)
"HOUsE OF DELEGATES,
"Deceluber II, 1878.
"Io the Honorable Members of the Senate
and House Of Delegates: -.-
GeutIemep,-Judgc McLaughlin. who
will sbe presented to this House for recIec-
ton from the Thirteenth circuit, has repeat
eddy been under The influence OF whlskey
whilst in the public discharge Of his duties.
and in some instances too much so to trans
act business. These same charges | made
last year before my people as Il candidate
for their surfaces, and up to this time no
official or public denial has come from either
him OF his friends. now renew the charges
to your honorable body as representative
from his own county. # -
......-.. "JAMES A. FRAZIER,
~, Representative from Rockbridge."
Mr.. HANGER, speaking from personal OBJ
servation Of eight years. said rs cmphati-
caliy as possible that he bad never known
Judge Mclaughlin to be under the influence
OF liquor on the bench. He, however, would
admit that, like most other men, Judge Nc
LaugiIlln had at other times been under IFS
influence. He would despse himself if lie
could support man clothed with such i'm
portant trusts who was OF such character as
described in Mr.. FGAzTER's circular.
Mr.. FRAzIER's SPEECH AGAINST TUE JUDGE.
Mr. FRAZIER, of Rockbridge, said that he
would now ask the gentleman from Augusta
mir. HAsaER) to withdraw the nomination,
else lie would be compelled, in obedience 10
the voice of his people expressed in 500 ma
jority given him as 4 candidate for this
House. to make some very unpleasant ex-
posures. Mr. FRAZIER paused for reply.
Mr.. HANGER gave him none. ..
Thcrcupon Mr. FRAZIER read lengthy
speech charging that Judge Mclaughlin had
been drunk on the Fundamentally so at
Staunton on a date given; that at various
times off the bench, while under the influ-
ence of liquor, he gave hints OF what his
decisions would be; that while on the
Special Court OF Appeals he had entered
the hall OF the House intoxicated, and had
been drunk on the streets of Richmond;
and that the petitions referred to by Mr..
HANGER were gotten up by the personal
exertions OF Judge McLaughlin's clerks Of
courts, and do not properly represent pub
lie sentiment. Mr.. FRAZIER admitted that
Judge McLaughin's confscation" OF his
(FRAzIER's) property had stimulated him in
his warfare upon the Judge. Mr.. FRAZIER
appealed to temperance men, and to Chris
tians especially to vote against Judge Nc
Lauglln. "a, ..s-.,,," .,I..-.,r..- ): .,..t5
!. Mr.. FRAZIER nominated against Judge
Mclaughlin Major j. B. DOrman, who,
he said, had signed the petition for Judge
Mclaughlin, but under great pressure, &c.
~ jaa1 1.-THE OTHER SIDE. h.a...&.;
MIR. SPEssARD, OF Craig, said that he had a
petition from two out OF the five hundred
voters OF his county, asking the reelection
OF Judge Mclaughlin. The gentleman from
Augusta was mistaken in saying that Judge |
Mclaughlin was endorsed by every member |
of tile bar in the: circuit. There was one in |
Allegheny who had not signed the petition, |
because of a personal Misunderstanding he
had had with Judge Mclaughlin, and yet
that gentleman expected and desired the |
Judges reelection. Mr.. SPEssARD also had
q petition from citizens of Corington ana
other citizens OF Allegheny county endors-
ing Judge Mclaughlin. He indicated his
belief that all this fuss was raised by people !
who were not satisfied with some OF The
Judges decisions. [Applause.1
PROPOSED INVESTIGATION.
AIR Hunter offered the following: