The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-31
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 81, 1879. 8
would exclude members Of the General AS

would exclude members Of the General AS
sembly.
Mr. Smith answered mo; they have al
ready been inyited.'' Mr. Smith further
said that he would favor the admission OF
reporters at the proper time.
I THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. Il
At this point Senator Bradley johnson
stated that he was authorized to offer to the.
committee the use Of the Council chamber.
for their meetings.
| This was good news to the members.
The motion to 60 to the Ballard House
was 'reeonsidered, and it was resolved to
meet 1T the Council chamber at O'Clock p.
M. + i5.> =. -. = ..t3t.1 .tH@' ;st 1c
REPORTERS AND sTEEoGRAPHERs.
Mr.. Fowler insisted on having the ste
which they could appeal.n His idea was
that the preliminaries should be private
| the conference afterwards public. 49, s.
Senator Hurt, Of Pittsy ylvania, wished to
know, il q reporter presented himself as the
holder OF bond how he could be Kept out.
Mr.iFowIer, being the editor and publish
| er Of q paper, and knowing very we'll that
reporters are high toned gentlemen, replied,
l"WeIl, let them come; ] take It for grant
ed that II they come IN that way they will
mot abuse the privilege" ~
r. Mr.. Hurt declared his belief that they
couldn't exclude an ybody. s'.'. -: .
Mr.! Fowler very sagaciously remarked
that if "we invite members we had better
invite reporters too - the reporters would
interview the members after they came ont
and get the proceedings. ..s,:'' I.
...... zi...~,. ...,. DAYLIGHT WANTED. ,,., !,
Senator Bradley johnson gave notice that
he didn't intend to observeSany secrecy In
Ilthe matler He Rislsed rssterenee-bo
I be hefdfn the light of open day, and every
thing to be reported and sent to the world.
For one, he didn't desire any private con-
ference. .I ,ss- .E
| Senator Smith said that his sole desire
was to keep off crowd, which would in
terfere with proceedings. fI4.,
ACT; OF ASSEMBLY AMENDED BY coMMITTEE.
The resolution of Senator Smith was
4 adopted, as follows: -; -f :
| ReSotved, That the meetings OF the joint
committee shall be held privately, excluding g
, all persons not specially inUated from time
to time to attend the same.
| Now, read this resolution and compare IL
with the following, under which the COM
mittee was appointed:
RESOLVED by the General Assembly, That
the Governor be authorized to request the
presiding officer Of the Council Of Foreign
Bondholders of London, England, Messrs.
[, Barring Brothers g. Co., Messrs. L. G.. u r.
! C. Ward, Messrs. De Rothschild, Mr.. Au.
gust Belmont, Messrs. Brown Brothers &
Co., Messrs. Richard Irwin d Co., Mr.
Charles NJ. Fry, and Mr.. Hugh McCulloch,
or the authorized representatives OF said
persons, and such other creditors of tht
Commonwealth or their representatives as
MAY desire to be present, to meet this General
Assembly in the city of Richmond on the
22d dag of January, 1879, for the purpose Of
J conferring upon the subject Of an adjust
ment of the public debt. - -. ~:
After adopting Mr.. Smiths resolution
i the committee rose to meet in the Counci
chamber at P. NJ. t.-'' -
i e CONFERENCE CUT SHORT.
The members Of the committee and mum
bers OF other Legislators met in the Councl
chambcryesterday evening, that room hav
ing been placed at the nse of the committed
by order of the presiding officers Of th'
| Board OF Aldermen and Common Council.
J. The reporters were promptly on hand ant
took seats around the clerks table,
\ Half an hour was spent in waiting To-
4 those representatives of the bondholder
who have come here from other States. Ir
the mean time q lively conversation wen
on in the various groups. 1t was sald tina
1.-The visiting ffnanciers did not like this plar
4 of conference. In their behalf it was ad
vauced that they were quiet businessmen
A come here to, settle this debt II possible, ant
that not being experienced public speaker!
they preferred to have something like pri
: yate meeting with the committee. This wa!
{bo Of NJ
it may be we'll suspected that another-pos
sibIy the true-reason for their not desiring
q conference to which the 175 members o
the General Assembly were to be admitted
was that they had q horror OF the speeches
that they rightfully imagined would be in
flicted upon them. ,-.
,# A SUBCOMMITTEE. .
Nearer 5 than o'clock number OF rep
resentatiYes of bondholders having arrived
+ Senator Grimsley hammeredthe meeting tt
: order; each stroke sent dreadful shivel
: through the reportorial frames these
. wretched creatures supposing that now
:. their time was come, and ont they woult
have to go. But not word was said tx
them. They caught some glances which
:. were.by no means friendly that was all
l The committee proceeded to business. I,
a Mr.. Barbour, chairman Of the House
:. Finance Committee, stated that it was no
agreeable to the visiting financierS to have
a conference with the Representative OF The
General Assembly this way. He proposed
that the committee appoint Subcommittee
of five on the part of the House and three
. on the part of the Senate to confer with then
and report. r"
Mr.. Bocock seconded the motion. He hat
never heard of plenipotentiaries meeting ir
this way. It was unusual, and would no
advance the business. 1t was not the way
OF the world when debt was. to be set
tied; nor was it the fashion OF diplomats
he had had talk with one Of the gentle
men [Mr. Fry1, a Virginian, who declined
!; to come here to this conference. but would
meet subcommittee. So he thought the
wishes of the financiers should be respected
i POINT.
Mr.. Harrison OF Sussex also supported tht
proposition Of Mr. Barbour.
Senator FulkerSon inquired By what au
thority this committee, to whom the Gene
raj Assembly had referred the matter, could
send it to subcommittee.
Senator Grimsley thought that the com
mittee had the same right to refer this mat
ter to q subcommittee that it had in othel
cases.
MFR. Barbour's motion was adopted with
out dissenting voice.
It was then resolved that the chairman o.
each committee be added to the snb-conf
mittee. Agreed to.
The committee then rose.
The Senate committee appointed the fol
lowing subcommittee: Messrs. Brooke
| =. ond EnIIorsnp Mr Grinclov is