The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-23


faker twi:ted me about being one Of the
!. Funders. j have been fighting Funders 50
long that could not stand that. Iprobably
got excited and said some things that I
} ought not to have said. told him ! was
) sorry for it, and apologized three times !;
but he said l could not speak as a gentle
man, could not act as gentleman. said !:
You can 20 to the devil, them"
Mr.. Frazier, continuing, said that
he made some remark to Mr.. Honaker
which that gentleman answered by calling
him odd liar" He then struck Mr..
Honaker. al am sorry,v be said, "this
thing occurred. These kind Of things un-
nerve me. am willing to apologize to
him now"
Mr.. Conrad, at this point, said he had
not heard that portion Of Mr. Frazier's
statement ~ 10 what Mr. Honaker had
said TO Mr.. Frazier.
Mr.. Frazier, continuing, said: "He
said / could not make an apology as n
white mnn, and that was q liar.
81 could not stand that. say now l
am willing to take his hand and say hope
it will be- the last time anything Of the kind
will occur. do dislike this thing Of quar-
reling with my felIow-members. am
very excitable, and have said things when
| was excited to my fellow-members that
have been ashamed Of afterwards"
Mr.. Honaker next rose and said he ac-
cepted the statement Of Mr.. Frazier rs to
this matter. He said al did not think he
offered his apology az gentleman ought
to have done. I am sorry the matter oc-
cured"
The two combatants then shook hands
and apologized to the House.
Mr.. Taylor OF Montgomery moved that
the apology OF both Of these gentlemen be
accepted and both be discharged from Gus
tody.
Mr.. Giddings said he had heard the con-
troyersy. There WAS an attempt al recon-
ciliation after very rough and ungentle-
manly words on both sides-words which
ought not TO have been used out in an open
forest. let alone in the House.
Mr.. Hanger said he had never seen such
breach of decorum before. He thought
the House ought TO adopt the motion to
discharge the two gentlemen from custody,
but with the expression OF the opinion OF
the House that they are deserving Ct its
censure for this high breach OF decorum.
Mr. Stuart said: "I cannot say that | an
willing to eensure the gentlemen from
Rockbridge. 1 do not propose to vote to
do il. He has acted exactly az any man
would have acted. When man Is called
a ID liar | think he ought 10 strike, no
matter where the place. | am willing to
preserve the dignity OF this Housc, but
think man ought to preserve bis ow n dig
nifty"
Mr.. Nicol agreed with what had been
said by Mr.. stuart, but at the same time he
thought the gentlemen ought to he Gen.
I e., ;Aln hn
rum Of the body.
Mr.. Duff Green said these men have had
. difficulty. and have come forward like
manly men and apOlogized TO each other
and to the House. He thought it was
wrong 10 censure them. They have done
all that they could do. Why should thi'
House want to place further stigma upon
them?
Mr.. Tayor's motion was ihen put and
/, carried. and the House resumed it, regulai
: business.
NIGHT SESSION.
The House met at u o'eloek-Speake
= Fowler in the chair.
House bill No. 2, "to create the Office o
4 general commissioner OF sales for the seve
! raj counties and cities Of the Common
0 wealth, and to prescribe his duties and ii,
n his compensation" came up on its secon'
+ reading.
e After the bill had been read by the Clerk
: Nj. Hanger said that as il was evident tina
: il was different in many respects from tn
: one which was introduced at the regila
c session. he would move that it be post
= poned until o'clock this morning.
e Mr.. J. &. Taylor offered III o substitut
r that the hill be recommitted 10 the Com
o mittee for Courts OF Justice.
i The substitute was agreed to-aycs, 10
noes, 80.
: Mr.. Dickinson Of Russell moved to +,
4 consider the vote by which the substitut
was agreed Ia.
Mr.. MAYO here addressed the Chair, an
: stated that he was responsible for the flrs
three bills which went on the calendar
!, this being one Of them. He handed IA
y bill 10 the chairman Of the Committee 70
q Courts Of Justice without reading il, I'm
o der the impression that il was the same bill
: which had been acted upon during tn
o regular session. The printed bill whicl
4 had been laid before the House was diller
Y ent from the old bill, and was one which h
: could not support.
o. SENSATION.
i Mr.. Gidding-, of Chesterfield, next al
n dressed the Chair in opposition 10 the mo
Il ton TO reconsider lie boldly and em
r phatically charged that the bill was fraud
;, and characterized il as one Of the creates
n outrage that had ever been perpetrate'
d upon the confidence Of any committee
II He recognized in il the hand OF man VIII
IS had had entirely too much 10 do with th
o passage Of bills and the making OF appoint
u ment- under the present Administration L
h suit him. lie had heard that certain ma
Y expected to get the appointment for Rich
e mond-an office worth 81, ,0Q0-which eA
e planned the matter.
c Mr.. Lyons Name your man.
Il Mr.. Giddipgs said that he would call II
e names now, but il the man TO whom he r,
II ierred dared deny what he had said h
n would name him. He appealed to ever
il ReadiuSter and every Republican III th
c House 10 vote down the motion, and let th
y committee report bull which would !
d creditable 10 them. He said he woul
le stand here until the last day Of the sessio
1. and fight this outrageous bill.
r The motion 10 reconsider was defeated
and shortly after the House adjourned.
+ The remarks Of Mr.. Giddings produce
quite a sensation, and the opinion va
freely expressed by members on both side
> OF the House that the matter ought TO 4
m investigated.
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