Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-11
LEGISLATIVE.

the bill had become I law but it was found
never to have reached the Governor. II dis
poses ofthc $500.000 paid the State by the
purchasers Of the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad-gives 100000 for the cstab-
lishment Of colored normal school. and
turns 100000 into the public school fund on
certain conditions.
y motion to suspend the rules and place
the bill on the calendar wasagreed to.
As stated i'll yesterdays Gazette, Mr..
Humans resolution that the General As
sembly adjourn ut 10 p. m. on the 18th, was
passed, ayes 16. noes II.
Mr.. Diggs' motion proposing an inquiry
us 10 whether H. H. Rildleberger, Com
monwealth' S attorney for Shenandoah coun-
ty. is cligable To Il scat came up but was
passed by.
The resolution that the Board of Public
Works be authorized to sell certain public
property, and the States stock in the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad, payable in Riddlebcrgcr bonds,
was discussed until the morning hour OK
PRED.
The House bill to rcdistrict the State for
| county judges-to give to counties shown to
have over 5000 population Il separate Judge
WAS taken up, the question being upon the
motion Of Mr.. Riddchcrger to reconsider
the vote by which the bill WAS passed, and
also the vote by which the bill WAS read Il
third time. both of which were agreed to-
Stevens lcolOrcd) moved TO amend the bill
so lis to leave GrecnSrillc and Sussex form
ing the NENlIl district. Us they now do.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Wood advocated the claims OF Wise
county for 4 separate Judge.
Mr.. Riddlcbcrger did not press his object
ion heretofore made and Wise remains in
the bill.
The only amendment put on was Ste
venss and The bill WAS then again passed.
Pulaski and Wise each get 4 separate
judge.
Mr.. Mayo tried to separate King William
| and King and Queen but Mr.. Christian OPP
posed the move.
When Mr. Mayo offered his amendment
Mr.. Smith made the point that it had once
been voted down, which point was sustained
! by the Chair.
Mr.. Smiths bill amending the act author
iZing the consolidation and merger of the
| Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad
Company and the Alexandria and Washing
ton Railroad Company was taken from the
table and passed. Ut corects clerical error
only.)
The Senate then proceeded to the con-
| slderation Of the resolution proposing to
permit the voters of Virgins, to say whether
or no there shall be convention to revise
the Constitution
Mr.LybrOok said he stood solitary and
alone here. He wore no mans collar; he
| had no following except the noble mountain
people whom he represented.
AT this point there was great noise near
the door, and Mr.. LybrooE called attention
TO it, and declared it looked very like an at
tempt TO muzze him. He asked that the
Sergeantat-Arns keep order, which that
officer tried to do.
Mr.. l.ybrook in the course Of his rcmairs
said that Mr.. Wingiieid of Hanover had cast
many good votes, but that one ofthe noblest
men i'll the Senate is that true, honest gen
tleman-ihe Haspoken .fo"rh element Of the
Big Four-Mr. Williams, ofNottoway" Mr..
Lybrook alluded to the fact that Mr.. Will
liams had never spoken on the floor He
honored him As a man Of courage" He is
Pennsylvania man, he tells me, and he has
not been in this State more than five or six
years said Mr.. Lybrook: but he has
grasped the situation, and | wish to com
plment his manhood -
Mr.. Lybrook was yet speaking when the
same old disorder arose the door.
Mr.. Lybrook: The SerScant-a Arms will
please keep order. Stop that noise near the
door,
The Sergeant WAS walking toward Mr.
Lybrook, when Mr.. Lybrook said: Don't
come here; go there towards the door
The Sergeant at Arms went to the door
and restored order
Mr.. Eskridgc: | rise to = question Of or
der.
Mr.. I.ybrook Or disorder. Which is
it?
Mr.. Eskridgc made his point that no mem
Der had the right to order the Sergcant-at-
Arms around in that way. He must do it
through the Chair
The Chair said hc did not think il was
practical point
Mr.. Lybrook said that the only practical
point was to allow him to go on with his
speech.
Mr.. Eskridgc contcnded that he was
right, but did not push his point
Mr.. Lyhrook, denounced in most severe
terms the people who made this Constitution.
the Constitution itself, and the way il was
twisted and turned by political parties He
believed the publc-debt question would
never be satisfactorily settled without
convention. He referred to Mr. Royals
present attempts to carry the debt question
into the courts, and said that it mi ht be
kept there for four or five years. He de-
mandcd that the people be allowed to vote
on the question He was not complimentary
to the party in power. and asserted that it
was not carrying out its pledges to the pco-
pie.
He could see no way out of the
evilswhch 50 sorely bcset us but corstitu-
tional convention. He passed over
very briefly the remarks that have been
made sneeringly. it would seem-about his
recent accident; said that he was still unwel
and wanted to go home, and thought the
General Assembly had better go too
Mr.. Walker replied to Mr.. Lybrook, re-
preaching him for his denuncatiGn of the
Convention which framed this Constitution,
and claiming that tits very good Constitu-
ton and that Convention is not now
needed. He moved that the resolution be
indefinitely postponed, which motion was
agreed to.
Mr.. Newbery moved to reconsider the
vote By which the resolution was indefinitely
postponed. He for one was never afraid to