Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-06
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M mt TO tho Senate bill ratifyirg aud confirming
tho States 'oterest 10 tbs A.. NJ. & D. r. r.
TO-, was crd:red to be eDgrossed. The amend
men's were TO fill bank, dates and cureot
clerical errors.
The House bill. With tubsiiu:a proposing
that tie boards of directors ct tho Central,
Eastern AID Western Luaasic Asyuus shall
consist OF eleven Members esca, aud tho term
nt cthce bs Tor three yesre, commencing on the
lst Day OF March, 1882 and vacatlng the Of
hosa OF present directors the same date, was
made the special order for Tuesday.
The bill TO provide commu,atiou to such
msIntd soldiers. sailors sud marines, 10 lieu OF
sttli Na! limbs or eyes, as may not heretofore
have received the same under the provisions of
former ao:s." Vas passed.
Tho Auditor Was requested to furnish the
Seoste with s!atcment of the States interest
10 the Richmond, Fredericksburg aud Potomac
Railroad. and what amount. if a5y. the State
dsIlVcs annually from suoh interest in said road.
MIR. Lowell Introduced bill authorizing the
Steusndoah Valley Railroad Company to issue
preferred capital stock
|, tho House of Delegates tho Riidcber-
ger debt bill was sgain taken up, tho question
beirg on tho passage Of The bill.
Mr.. StriblDg. of Fauq1icr, said no did not
speak with any hopo or expectation that ary
words he might utter would in auy way efrou.
tho passage of the bill. He recogulz ID it to be
lac! that the Rotdiuster party hsd WOO tie
power to pass through the General Assembly
aoy bill they chose. 10 iustic, to bimsef and
his patty. who opposed the passage of the Rio
d.eberger bsl tWo years ego, hs wished to point
out some OF the radical charges that had been
made 10 it-ohsng 8 that went TO the touLd.-
tion CT Tho bll-chsnges that msdo the rresel!
DILL fraud upon the people, who sent Read
lus!ers to the General Assembly pledged 10
pass tho Riddleberger bill ct Two years ago.
lie showed. by reference TO The bill cf TWO
yeGls ago, tina! it Was based upon the assertion
that tho people of Virginia 20ouM never COT
sept to poy any part of war and reconstruction
interest. and that the amount Of about $50,
100000. IS the dedt they would pey, WAS ar
rived at by eliminating war and recon .truc!ion
interest from the rtcogniz ID debt of Virginia.
The new bill eliminates no war or reconstruction
interest, but PROCESSES to pay Vlrgiria's euuil-
able share of the whole deb, including var
and reconstruction interest. Why the charge
OF base? l. WAS not made 10 Difference to the
views ct the 'Fuudars" it vas not msds 10
delererc, 10 tho opinions Of tie people who
sent them here to pass tho RddIebtrger debt
bill, aId with Wacm the elimination of war and
reconstruction interest vas mes. popular; but
it wss done 10 Difference to the opinioo of the
Republican patty OF he North snd in oppos-
tlou 10 The will of The Reaoas,er people Of
Virginia. He said Two years ago it was under.
stood that the bill WAS 10 be submitted 10 the
people for ratification. and su,h preamble was
put to it as chimed in with the feelings and
views OF the people of Virgioa. This bill is
not to b, ratified by the people. but is to be
passed upon b5 tho stGlTbr. wing OF the Rapub-
Ilcan party, and is framed 80 80 not TO b, often
slvs to them. He suggcsedto the Readjusters
that they bad better strike out the whole pre-
snb!s Of tho present bl-tben they could take
one posl'i>n before the people OF Virginia and
another With their friends 10 Wsshir G .oD, ard
that htr,atter. in mskieg c)sliioUs. they
would not ba embarrassed es Trey had been in
this ciss. He said that the name of RssGju
ter was beiOg rapidly merged into that CT
Liberal. and that liberal meant surreuderi, g
everything that was Vireiulau, everything
"sou;bern." aud adopting Tho views AID
opinions Of northern Republicans, sreug:hitg
their hands snd assisting 10 aking their power
perpetual. How very liberal
At the conclusion of Mr.. Stribine's rana,ks
Tho further consideration OF The bill. was On
motion OF Mr.. Fnzier. postponed until Tuesday.
A petition WAS presented from ciliz ,1s OF
TszeRell praying the Legislature 10 make the
carrying Of pistol about the person felony,
and also to AXE it felony for any III ,rch ant In
said county to buy or sell pistols or csrtridz yes
ALEC petition of c:tizens of Clarke. Warren,
Loudoun, Fauquisr and Frederick for fer
ncro:s the Shenandoah river. abou. eco yards
,boVe the present ferry known as Bsrry's ferry,
in the county of Clarke
The Senate joint resolution inttruotiDg the
Attorney General 10 institute such pr ocet dinqa
or pursue such methods as may BIO proper q;
necessary to ascertain and recover all the iniel
est Of the State of Virq mia in the Roanoke Nav.
Carolina, was taken up and pas;ed with IN
amendment.