The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-12
r,,a AUTHORIZATION BIN.

ssnasor RlppLEpEk9ER got tue n'o' a'o''
~ c,slosk on the last night Of The session
moon an appeal from the decision Of the
chair on point Of order raised oy senator
FuLKERsox, for the porpose OF iakine ee"a,
tor WALKER from the door, wnicn NC IA"
been occupying for some nours WIN y.
s,vo 70 preyeut the passage OF resolution
offered BY Senator Henry. Senator k'ppIs.
pgpcER took The floor evidently to occupy "
onti, the hour Of II, when. by joint reso'u'
s,on. the Assembly was TO adjourn sine d'e.
HIS rurpose was soon developed, aud proven
TO be to attsrk the Debt-Paying psr'y aau
70 give no one an opportunity to reply
Using the liberty usually granted spcsAers
IN the closing hours Of the session, he wan
sered entirely from the question bdo'e 'hc
SENATE and attempted general srra'gn-
mon. 81 his opponents, aud IN such
mapuer as would only have been done
nv ore who meant TO allow no reply
oue charge be made which II Is proper 20
a,,use 10 now, while the nattcr is fresn 10
the memory Of ala. and the record OF whal
barpened shouia he made up and preserved.
lie informed the Debt-Psyers that he meant
10 hold them responsible before the people
far the adjournment OF the Assembly with
out passing the general appropriation DILL
snd that he would particularly bold the
Senator from Richmond or. HE,Ry) re-
sponsib.e for IL, because, as chairman OF the
Senate Finance Committee, he ought to have
had II taken up and passed, and that this
could have been done in q few hours at the
close OF the session. He said that those
who were encouraging Sanator WALKER 10
hold The foor till the hour OF adjournment
would have to bear the blame. These, he
claimed. were the Debt PAYERS Of the senate.
In reply to Mr.. RIDDLEBE~GER, Senator
WALKER said be had been as much obsiruct-
ed in his efforts to hold the floor by the
Debt-PaFers as by the Readiusters. senator
HENRY arose to correct the Senator from
shenandoah, and stated that il had not been
intimated thst the R,&aiusters desired the
passage Of the appropriation bill before;
that there was time enough left to do it
then. and he would pledge his party to aid
in It's passage at once if the Senator from
Shenandoah would pledge his party to give
their aid. Mr. RIDDLEBERGER declined TO
do so. Mr. henry, further correcting him,
said that after the appropriation bill was re-
ported from the Finance Committee, he bad
moved that it should be made the spe-
cal order for some day; that his mo-
ton was opposed by the Senator
from Shenandoah. who stated on the
floor that his party were not ready TO say
whether they would pass the bill or not,
and minated that il the Governor vetoed
the RIDDLEBERGER bill they might not wish
to pass the appropriation bill at all. The
Senate, by recorded party vote Of Re-
adiusters, refused TO make the bill special
order. Afterwards, and after the veto Of
the Governor bad been received and the Re-
adiusters had consulted, Mr. HENRY asked
Senator RIDDLEBERGER what was their de-
they would not permit The appropriation
bill to pass. f'hereupon Mr.. HENRY SAID
he again moved to take it up. stating he
wished to clear himself Of responsibility in
the matter; and the Eeadiusters again, by
recorded vote, refused TO consider it. This
was only few days before the day
fixed for adjournment, and Dir. HENRY did
not deem it his duty to move in The matter
lgan. The same day Senator KolNER also
arose, and said he had held conversation
on the matter with the Senator from Shenan-
doah short while before, and learned from
him that bis party would not permit the APP
bill TO pass. Senator RIDDLE
BERGER did not deny the statement OF either
Senator HENRY or Senator KoINER.
After this exposure let the Readi
make no effort to shift the responsibility
from their own shoulders in this matter. We
do not say that it was absolutely necessary
to pass any Appropriation bill; but we do
say that II. new one was needed the Re-
adjusters have only themselves to blame for
its failure to pass.