The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-26

ate Officers are Readl lusters.
Colonel Thomas ;. Flournoy was on Tn
ioor o. the Senate yesterday with his frien,
Senator Edmunds.
Mr. Massey was for time in the Senat.
chamber Yesterday, and heard good ant
bad things said about himself.
There was no Readiuster caucus Ia
night, but 1.-THE upper ten of the party
were no doubt In consultation. The Sifu
alton is certainly aggrayaiing is not serious
According to Mr. Lybrook the mountain
people don't exactly understand what th'
caucus l., but they know that "old maj
Massey" Is "the best Auditor the stat
ever had" and it will grieye them to hea
II authorltatiyely announced that GoyernO
Cameron means TO remove him soon ate
the Legislature adiourns.
The two speeches from the Democratic
side yeSterdly-by Messrs. Hurt and Thur
man-were all that the occasion demanded
and cOnclusively presented the Parliament
AIRY view that has long obtained in the Nir
ginia Legislature.
THF SUSPECT.
"Who i the Senate officer charged wild
attempting 10 bribe somebody" well W,
may suspect. but don't knOr. Mr.. Riddle
| Nti -Tl was ffilfAAl ttUi W filt nSiUtNs nv
said that to do so might be 10 do the party il
+ question great injury should he prove TO b'
| innocent. The committee will probably b'
appointed to-day.
~ TIE HOUSE.
/ At O'Clock the Speaker announced thai
the hour had arrived for the further con-
. sidcrati0n Of the joint order. which had
for IT, object the election OF certain officers
Mr.. Hanger said he didn't know that
there was any joint ordef in existence
The one to which the Speaker alluded wa,
broken on Tuesday by the action OF the
Senate.
The Speaker said that it was i continu-
ing order by the wording OF the resolution,
and not having been completed on Tues
day. it was IN order 20 proceed with il
then.
Mr.. Hanger said that he hoped the House
would not disregard the universal practice
OF parliamentary law 10y attempting to pro-
cccd further with this matter. He Thought
il would De- unfortunate 10 thus break in
on the settled custom Of the Legislature
He suggested that It would be the better
plln 10 make another Joint order.
The Speaker said that the House had had
no official communication from the Senate
since O'Clock on Tuesday. and therefore
could not tell what that body had done
lie ruled that the joint order could not be-
abrogatcd by the action Of one house. bat
must be done by the concurrent vote of the
two bodies.
Mr.. Nicol. in discussing the question,
said that since the organization oi the Gen,
eral Assembly in it, present form but one
construction had prevailed on this point a.
% Joint orders. Whenever one house ad-
iourncd without the concurrence Of tho
other. @, to pos,poning the Joint order, H.
the Joint order. was iySO t0ct0 broken. II
this i not o correct view ~ the question
why /, il the custom for the senate and
House 10 universally concur 10 postpone
the further execution q a joint order:
Here the Speaker interrupted by saying
that thi, concurrence 90 postpone the fur
thcr execution of q joint order was q mere
courtesy.
Mr.. Nicol rejoined that Il the whole >y>
TEN in regard 10 joint orders had been bml
mp merely on the idea of courtesy, th,
speaker i'm hi> ruling was right. but other
wise necessarily wrong.
Mr.. Nic0l argued further to show the ab
Surdity OF such q construction rs the two
houses agreeing 10 postpone the further eX
ecution OF joint orders as a mere courtesy
The Speaker adhered 70 his ruling. aud
reQnested Mr.. Dickinson. OF Russell, q
inform The Senate that the House was ready
10 proceed. FOT two long. weary hour
the House waited u hear from the senate
Manv oi the members went over 10 the
senate chamber % watch the proceeding
Of that body; others went over towards
Ford, IlOteltO get something to-eat. The
few who remained in the hail re~orted "a
various eXpedicntS u Kill time.
The Speaker becoming tired, vacated III,
chair. and prominent Democrat took hi
place. \ mock session was quietly con-
Quoted which was participated in almost
exclusively 10y the Democrats. The Read
iusters being Too deeply Interested in what
was taking place i'm the other end of the
building TO indulge in any leyity. one OF
the members inquired Of the Chair IL the
,tatut, of limitations could not be rc>orted
% in order 10 bring the session 10 "a close.
lie was referred 10 the Committee on Pro
position, and Grievances. several motions
were made. all oi which were promptly
ruled out OF order by the acting Speaker.
About 3 O'Clock. the senate having all
journed. most Of the members returned 10
their seais. Speaker Fowler resumed the
chair. and Mr.. Witten. of Tazewell, making
a motion 10 adjourn. it was put and unoni-
mOusly carried.