The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-13


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,,,a,nston az tha bill (feported HON tue
Committee on Retrenchr iient ana helorn'
OF which Mr.. EDMNDs 70 en ua, ao..a =, 4,,n
.nosir,g to reduce salaries Of omcers Oh Ihe
government and of members auas oInc t. ".
The General Assembly 20 aOoue tue a.es ~.
1880. 81. Il
aTte pending question was an
soifersd by Mr, FAuSTLER0Y 10 strlks o o,l.
,fhe provision allowing the secretary, o., tue
Commonwealth first assistant c!erk eDT.
RagbY(. The vote resulted on. dlVlsion--
ayes, 81; noes, SO. 4, I,
Arecorded vote was demanded VIII Tue
following result: 81 s
Ayra..-Ne..ry. 4 xrrs, Brown, John 2. Carter,
Chase, Crank, Davidson
Dyer Evans, FAR, Eaua6, r,ss};y Hamilton, r. NJ,
m,heT Hory,s Henkei James: Kelly
Kyie, Lacy, Lady, Lee Mcconnell Mspanisi, r ne
Mlllan, Moorman shannon, II.
cIai;h sSn,hm,r sneasar Starke, Stevens w. B.
Taaferro, A. J. Taylor, William nay,or' ur tyn
Var Lear; wallace, Z. e. ni.e' J" -
NoEs,--Messrs. Anderson. Attkisson, Boeo s,s,
Burger j. Carter COZ, rs Finmar raves
Ga ace Eeno a11 Hanger. Hsrdesty r. d Harris
son, Heaiy, Henry. johnson, Johnston, Jordan,
Keyser Lowell Luck Mc Rnhin,san RViand. San
d'dsa, shahnrn sSriycr Sykes,W T. Taliaferro,
George Walker, Williams III Walker, Walsh, Waring,
Watson, Whitacre, 8. ). d. w. W nue. i "nu
So the amendment OF Dir. FAUNTLERoY
was adopted.
]. Mr.. STARKg in the chair, Mr. w. b. TAL-
IAFERRo moved to reconsider. He argued
that this would be false economy; that the
first clerk is librarian, and q necessary and
important officer. The. House yesterday.
went far beyond the report OF the Retrencn-
ment Committee in reducing the expenses
of the Executive Department. They had
cut off the Governors clerk. The gene
raj idea was only to 60 back to the rate OF
1850. Mr.. TALIAFERRO contended that the
office of Secretary OF the Commonwealth is
now conducted more cheaply than in 1860
that the twenty per cent. reduction there,
ne nroposed by the committee, is sufficient.
Farther. he informed the House that the
commissioners now preparing q plan for
tbereyision of the official corps of the State
government were OF opinion that no re-
duction if clerical force ought to be made
in the office of the Secretary OF the Com
| monwealtb.
Sneaker ALLEN thought this officer could
he disnensed with. Those on his side of
tho house had been denounced as repudia-
tore hv Gentlemen ON this floor. and bv none
more Earnestly than by the gentleman from
Gloucester. Yet they were endeavoring to
show to the creditors Of the State that they
were in favor Of cutting down all superflu-
ous offices and expenses with the view Of
nov;no interest. RIO nav three or four per
cont f will bc necessary TO reduce $3.50, 900
~ rovernment EXPENSES. Under ordinary
circumstances he would be in favor of fos-
tarinr . State library. It is luxury-a
..;.t, ~ ~ ,,rosnnt con d,,oted
oe1 mhSs aaIar ,yos in favor ~ retrencbinn
- tha ,,tmnst limit Ailnding to the MIC
800, ~. =, tho r;hrorv ha eaid iocularIv. that
Iu. uS, =. sn or,a - tIa aantiemen lie tbe
p pesraye in the mSchooI for Scandal"
...n1,1J 10 ,,,;,i;nn 70 cell tho nictI,res Of
t.o;, o,oostors tn nav tho debt
NJ W.Irrn ~ WestmoroIond. does the
,.o1,tIo,,o1, L now that II 10 nronosed to nut
g F. the library the nortraits Of the members
~ ,ho ,,resenf Genarol Assemble GT,ouch-
~ 49, pAe'o'
UNI nh cnp,vrn. have M donht thew would
coll For rarv large omoIInt.
ser;onsly sneakinr. however. the sneaker
oontanded that the library. as now conduct
ed is q luxury. Itcould be dispensed with
in it's present STYLE and somebody put there
merely TO deliver books to the members and
officers. He stated THAI be had voted for
ereru conceivable revenue scheme ever pro-
noecd here, and vet he had heard men who
bod voted aooinst every single such scheme
danonnce hin, os \ ..repudiator." Mr., AL
Ten uraed gentlemen of both parties to vote
for this measure if they were really willing
to stand by their professions.
Mr.. HARvIE said the memory Of the dead
and sympathy with the living appealed to
him in this matter. But he would let no.
thing interfere with him in the discharge Of
his representative duty. There is no use
for this officer, particularly since the library
had ceased to become a library, and had be-
come sbow-shop where ladic@and boys
are carried. Laughter
Ihere are tneIe, saiu WI. HAh'iE, Tue
PORTRAITS OF men tlial ueiisn'e4 W holoi
there afc men tIere tnat Scotheu'
one poftralG MI. dAKIlh Particulally op'
|lected 70. lie CONSIDERED tue walls desc
Grated by us presence, auo saiu Tue hiah
had never any Ieal .itle 10 clIlzensnip ncle,
ana nc Chankeo Gou InaC nc was aoout W
ieaVe virginia. WI. HAh' IL hiaue s.lonS
appear ZOE ECONOMY iGl euGtlIs ooMn ah
necessar! expenses. nc caiieu upon gen
tlemen OF DOM slaes 10 suppors MN. nc
called upon the deDt-payers VINO encouf-
aged him IN the beginning OF tne session,
and apphuded nun "hen ne saia tna5 ne
Wouid nave the GontnonWeaith strlppGu "
the SKID, 10 stalu ny liih NV Mnen .tsie
was an opportunlty 1e.ly W thee. ,a sa ;1i;s
MI honlNou , vi y, .I .;r tho stata -
W ~ W LnI shiii IN s,t prnG Wy $500
pay ner ueDt' puI Woui ,a nuv ,a uai t -