Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-10
Q Letter from Richmond.

tOl"~"i correspondence Ol The Alex. Gazette |
RICHMOND, April THE appearance of
Senator Malone in the city this morning
has given rise to many rumors, the one most
frequently heard being to the effect that
Senators Wingfcld and Williams had been
compelled to back down from their indie
pendent position. thereby breaking the bar
rlers which had been erected to prevent the
passage of the judiciary bill iniquity. Those
however who have obsryed the workings of
the Mahoneites do not swallow these rllmors
but trust to later developments. They have
been before started on the eve of similar
struggles for the purpose of bulling dull
market and thereby disheartening the op-
ponents of Boss-rulc. 1--WE wait for further
developments"
Senator Lybrook expresses his detcrmina-
ton to force the Legislature to meet the
question of letting the people determine
whether or not they will have constitu-
tl0nal convention. He considers this one
OF the coming questions which must be
grappled with by the public men, Senator
Lybrook says he wants the Senate abolished
as he does not believe in having two sepa-
rate bodies-they ought all to meet in one
great gathering. 1t is said that Massey is
alto staunCh advocate of the amendment
Of the constitution also.
To-day, for the first time in the history of
the Senate, colOred man presided, the oc-
cupant of the chair being Senator Norton of
York county.
Ex-Auditor Massey is still in the CITY an
attentive lOoker-on nj the Legislature. II
is well understood that he intends mt an
early day to take the stump with the battle
cry OF down with Bossism and up with lib
crty.' He contends that one of the very
principles for which the rcadjuster party
contcndcd was liberty. Malone he sums
up rs n man Of inordnatc vanity: imlini-
tesimal gratitude who never lorgets an enc
my and never remembers service"
The bill to provide for the adjustment
of the right Of the city of Alexandria and
the county Of Alexandria, &c, was to-day
reported from the Senate Committee
Senator Smiths speech to-day against the
Richmond and Danville Railroad bill is very
highly spoken of in legislative circles. The
bill however was passed in its original
shape-that is the amendment providing
that the company should reliuquish its eN-
emption from taxation, was defeated by the
Senate, and SO the bill now goes back to the
House 1t is safe to assert that it will be
passed i'll its original shape.
Mr. Bailey's resolution for the election of
the Judge OF Alexandria next Tuesday took
the Senate by surprise. The Rcadjusters
had overlooked this matter, for according to
their theory Judge NIcadc's term will cX-
pire at the end of the year So if their view
had obtained and they had adjourned with
ont eecting Il Judge for the full term Judge
Meade would have been out of office at the
end ofthe year. When the resolution was
introduced Senator Smith said This Judge
(Nleade) who WAS elected ut the regular
session Of the Legislature was elected for
six years, and elected under the constitu-
ton and laws of the State. | cannot see
the necessity or propriely of electing another
Judge Mr.. Bailey replied, II am aware
that that is the Funder construction of the
law but that is not the Beadiuster construc-
ton. The Readjustels think that construc-
ton is wrong. They say that when man
is elected for a term and he dies the man
that is put in his place goes in for the unex-
pired, term. If their theory is good Mr.
Meade would be elected for six years We
contend that he must go out of his office al
the end of the year."
Inc manOnlleS, now tnal the WnOle cOun-
try is praising Prof Price, of the University
of Virginia, are willing to do away with the
idea that they have had any intention of in
tertering with the colleges. 1t is but the
beginning of the disruption of the States
educational institutions. Professor Price
stands so high rs n scholar that the loss OF
the influence of his name will be q loss to
the University, but the party which could
pick up partizans who had not read through
Blackstone and make judges of them will
have no trouble in taking cornfeld hand
and declaring him Professor of Greek in the
University of Virginia. If the Boss COM
mands it, will he not be obeyed? The Ma,
honite is not only the salt of the earth but
he can be the salt, Of all languages and all
professions. STRoNGBow.
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