The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-22


md rnng. the charges orr &c I'd q thousand
Hays-what more could dttor ask thanto
lave turned ever to- fiim oil there IS left
.fter supporting the schools, and retaining
but % cents on the S,d00.to preserve the HE
,i the State. Now they come IN and pro-
pose to support the Senate amendment,
taking $4,000 from the Moffett-register
dedif ,ated by them to the payment
Of interest. ard devote that sum to the ex-
penseS OF the. government, thus increasing
the approp. Ration for the latter purpose
and going back upon their plighted word.
That is rot all; for as late as Tuesday last
the rea Iaiussers and friends OF the BARBOUR
bill or this floor voted for and passed the
folio wing resolution
Jies0Iue6, That the Committee OF FINANCE
be instructed to report bill Tor the read
iustment Of the public debt embracing Tue
provisions OF House bill ho.E92 lBARBoUR
bill, setting aside 10 cents on the $1oo for
support Of public free SCHOOLS, 20 cents on
the 500 for support OF the government, ana
appropriating all The other revenues OF the
State In payment OF interest on the pupnc
debt without discrimination between credi-
tors. a,
So we have not only their speeches, but
their recorded votes pledging the balance
of the revenues to the payment OF interest.
Consistency, thou art indeed jewel"
Mr.. MusHBAcK asked them to explain how
and upon what ground they could now
Justify their opposition to the amendment
OF the gentleman from Richmond.
MIR. MoFFETT thought Messrs. HENRY and
MUsHBACK hypercritical, and considered
$4,000 very small margin for govern
mental expenses.
Mr.. FOWLER supported the amendment,
and charged that wherever the House put
the knife OF retrenchment they were OPP
posed by MIR. HENRY and friends. II ex-
pcnses were not reduced lower it was the
fault OF the gentleman from Richmond and
those who acted with him.
Mr.. FOWLER stated in his speech that the
Senate proposition to take away $4,000 OF
the Motfett-register proceeds from the cred
itors and apply it to increase the approprl-
alton for State governmental expenses came
from the opponents OF the BARBOUR bill
that is, from the funders.
Mr.. MUsHBACK interrupted him, and hay
ing procured the original amendment from
the clerk of the Senate, read it to show
that the proposition did not come from
those opposed to the bill, but from Senator
FULKERsoN, the prince OF and the most I'M
compromising Of the readiusters.
Mr.. HENRY insisted that the majority OF
the House had time and again pledged them
selves to reserve only twenty-five cents on
the 800 of property for governmental ex-
penses, and that would yield more than
$3.50, 900. which was the limit fixed. Mr..
HENRY said that he had not opposed re-
trcnchment; he had endearored to prevent
the preparation of cruelty upon some OF
the officials, where it seemed the majority
were actuated by motives other than those
of economy. H.,
The motion was rejected by the following
vote.
AYEs.-Messrs. Anderson. Ashton: Bocock, Boz
harmon, Burger Crutchfcld, Curlett, Davis. EchoS,
Fauntleroy, Finney, Graves, Gray. Green, Hall,
Kyle, Lowell, Luck, McCraw, Moncure. Norman,
Mushback, Nelson, Pace, PnlIiam, Ragand, Reese,
kysn W A.
G. Walker, ". NJ. Walker, Wallace, Warning, Wat
son. WhitaGre, and nr: speakerm49n ,,rd prown
Brrnhan, j. R. Carter; Chase, Goleman Crank
Dance, DickeTson Dickinson; Dyer Edm HloE
SON, Fulton. Goode, Grigsby, Hamilton. H: H. Har-
rison, Henkel. Hunter, r. D. James, ". T; James,
an as heGfy hadS oe
by, Parrish, Popham, Powell, r. G. Robinson, shu-
mate. E. II. smith, J. II Smith, spesSard, Stevens
walker. Walsh, S. ). r. White, r. N. White, Wit
mcr. WingGelv, Witlen, Wright, and Young-64.
THE BROOKE AMENDMENT.
The independent section to the BARBOUR
bill proposed by Senator BROOKE next came
up. and was read, as follows:
"5. Nothing contained in this act shall be
construed as interposing or intended to in
terpose any obstacle in the way OF the
creditors of the State in asserting any legal
rights they may possess, or to compel their
acceptance of any compromise OF such
rights, without their full concurrence and
consent-it being the intention Of this Gen.
eral Assembly by the provisions Of this act
to relieve the present financial embarrass-
ments of the Commonwealth, with full pur-
pose, if practicable, and with the consent
of the creditors, to secure an adjustment OF
the debt OF the State upon fair and honora-
BILE principles"
MIR. FOWLER offered the following substi-
tute for the above Senate amendment:
"Nothing in this act shall be construed as
compelling the creditors of the State to COM
promise their legal rights, it being the in
tention of the General Assembly by the
provisions of this act to relieve the present
financial embarrassments OF the State with
q purpose to secure an adjustment of the
public debt, with the consent OF the credit
ors, il practicable, and without discrimina-
ting between them, upon fair and equitable
principles"
The substitute was rejected.
Speaker ALLEN (A1r. BocoCK in the chair)
moved to reconsider. BE regarded the
amendment as inconsistent and dangerous.
He hadn't had time to analyZe the verbiage,
but suspected that there was some Cat in the
meal-tub. He favored the substitute.
The question was further discussed by
Messrs. MoFFETT, j. 81. ROBINSON, BER-
NARD, HARvIE, ALLEN, and PoPHAM, and
tue FOWLER vote was reconsidered.
The substitute Of Mr.. FOWLER, the House
amendment to Senate amendment, was then
agreed TO by the following vote:
AYEs.-Nfessrs. Adams, Akers Bland, Brown,
Dance, Dickerson, Dickinson, Dyer, Evans, Farr,
Fauntleroy, Ficklen, Fowler, Frazier, Fry. Fulker-
E HenSs Reasoa sFg aGSy + u
nell, &c Daniel, Mosett. Norton, oslesby, Pophaa
Smith, j. Howard Smith, Spessard Stevens, Sykes,
Andrew j. Taylor, William Taylor, Van Lear.
Joseph Walker, Walsh. Smith ]. X. White, Thomas
III. White, Wilmer, Wltten, Wright; Young, and
Mr.. Speaker-62.
NoEs.-Messrs. Anderson, Ashton, Bernard, Bo-
cock, Bohannon, Burger, Crutchfeld, Davis Echols,
johnson, Jordan, Kyle, Lowell, McCraw, Moncure,
Ragiand, Reese, j. Il. Robinson, Ryland. sandidge'
shannon, ShelOurne. :Shriver, Starke, William 3.
Wner T. Wstsr TrSnt W GsGTSe
Watson, Whitacrc and Wingfeld-52.
The amended amendment was agreed to.
So were all the other Senate amendments.
The bill goes back to the Senate on the
BROOKE amendment only.
Chair vacated. ...... ..r.