Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-06
Letter from Richmond.

lCorfesponddnco or tie Alexandria Gazette. ]
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, March 5, 1885,
Yesterday evening during tho s ssion of tie
tlolso Mr.. Lady, of Rock bridge, moved to tnke
up cut Of liz order and rut rroo It's passage
Scoa:c bill No. 10. to Incorporate the Baltimore,
CiIcinr al aud Western Railroad Company.
Mr.. Muatbach opposed tho motion. and tho
House refused hy volo Of sc uycs 10 81 noes
TO take up the bili-Dot tRo-tbrds voliag in
tho affirmative. To Day tho bill camo up in
regular order aud MIR. Mushbach moved to ds-
Miss ii. ard both DO and Mr.. Moffatt made
the molten. Mr.. Mushbsch characterized it as
measure, TIC eifact Of which would he 10 de-
sroy Vlrgioia city (Alexandlia) and rs an,
other chapter in that ruioous railroad policy
which made Virginia tributary to tho foreign
city of Baltimore. Mtssrs Fuzcr and others
advl cltcd tho BILL and tho motion to dismiss
wss Lust by tho following sOt,:
Agos BARBECUE, Chambrrlay na, Clayton. Cog.
hill, Dalton. Dnke, Ellie, Fnney. Gray, Green,
Gregory, Hall, Lov"nstein. Lyons, 4Mo1et,
Nlushbsch, Nchol, Page Pope, Rowe, II. H..
Smith, n ID. Smith, Stribbllng, Turner, Wat.
son. Wkinson-2G.
Noes-Adams. Akers. Bell, Bland. Bu7n,an,
Chapman. Gollms. LoNy. Cross, Dsndridge,
D'ch""son; ". G.. Dicks@on .Dmgee, Edmonds.
EranS. tinr. F,cklin. Fitzpatrick, Frazier,
GRAY, Hacicn. Hamilton Hanger. Harmon,
Head, Hopkins, Lady. Le,oi$, Linkenhokr,
1hy. Mcnefeo, Nlocrmau, Morpap, Nelson,
Norton, OweNS. RrkS. Payne. Pitts, River.
comb. SnyerS. Scott. Straltau, Stranger, WaH-
dill, Watkins. White. Wickham, Win, Witica,
IaMr, Mr.. Speaker-52
Names of Rsac juaters in ita'ios 1t will DO
noticed that tho motion 10 dismiss WAS tcaten
by the lead Ulster vote. Including every negro
10 tho liousu but two. Both Messrs. Mcff,tt
and Mushbach had stated in their speeches that
If the motion TO dismiss 9as ri looted they asked
to otter amendments to the bill, but as soon az
tho above vote was announced, Frazier. of
Rockbridgr, jumped to his leet and oalIod tho
pending question. tho # ,ct ot which would be
10 cut ell al amendments as we'll az all further
debate. This attempt to apply tho gag law sue
ooedcd, aDd the pending question was called by
vnto OF 4j ayrs to 81 noes
Mr. Mushbach moved TO reconsider tho vote
by which tho pending question WAS ordered
which motion WAS also lost by vote OF Is AYES
to IS noas. and tho bill WAS passed.. The corpo.
rslor:! had purposely put this bill in charge of
prominent read usters IN both houses, so that il
could ba carried through under the crack of tho
party whip. and they succeeded, rs will be soen
from the lact that OF the ~ VoLes cast sgainst
dismissal only II were debt payers.
To-day MIR. Mushbach's bill 10 protect tho
owners Ut trade marks wSs taken up under n
suspension OF the rules on his motion and order
ell to DO ongto;sod and read third time.
tie governors veto message is considered
ono of tho best ho ever wrote.
II IL animated pretty generally that the road
lusters propose rot TO pass any appropriation
blll, and will attempt to adjourn 10 morrow
Theft game is first to spite tho Governor, and
second to make him call an extra session in or
Cor that they can make the $3.50. Tho Governor
II IS hoped, will let them slide off, Ifthey want
TO play that gamo, lot tho responsibility fat on
their shOuldcrs. SrnoEaB6w.