Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-02-10
The Week at the Capitol.

three miles of Auburn High School in
Montgomery county, being up in the SEN
ate, Friday, Mr.. Riddleberger said he was !
opposed to these local bills, and if this
matter was left 80 the Committee on FL |
nance. they would report bill to prohibit |
the manufacture, not only of whiskey, but
'of apple brandy. in the still. If all the
local option bills called for, passed, it
would decrease the revenue of the State
5000, 600.
Mr.. Newberry advocated the bill. He
silid he lived liz local option county, and
you couldn't get drink there. He was
not legslating here for dollars, but for the
m erals of the people.
Mr.. Koiner, of Augusta, favored the bill.
Nc. Riddleberger replied to Mr. Koiner
tn; It the county of Augusta makes more
drunkards than any ten counties, and man
ufactures two million dollars worth of Ii
quor. He asked the gentleman if he would
vote for bill that will prohibit the peo
pie OF Augusta from manufacturing that
liquor. He was ready to meet the local
option people and bring in a tax DILL which
Will absolutely prohibit the Manufacture
of liquor in Virginia. He challenged the
Senator from Augusta to come up and toe
the mark and vote for a bill to stop the
| manufacture of liquor in Augusta. You
4 have, he said, inaugurated the Moffett ball
punch-you that tell US Of high morality
and good religion, come up and confess
that you tried to raise that revenue by an
unhoiy proceeding, by legislation that you
confess your conscience did not justify and
/ your religion repudiated. | am not will
| ling that the people of Augusta shall make
| whlskey and that the people Of Shenando
| ah shall not in all cases drink it or sell it.
Mr.. Koiner, in reply, observed the peo-
| pie Of Augusta make, am Gold. a very
| 20 ID article of whiskey. l have no doubt
| that the Senator from Shenandoah can tes-
| ify to that fact. We need good whiskey
inl the country. 1t is a good thing in its
place. AS to the Moffett Register, Mr..
| DINER said he did not make the law. He
| came here and found 1t In operation. He
looked upon it as joke and a burlesque
but was willing to give it fair trial. Mr..
Koiner favored local option in the vicinity
| of sc hools.
Mr.. Thurman also favored the bill. AS
to Augusta whiskey. he could give his
humble testimony that it is good. He,
however, did not want to stamp out this
industry in Virginia. AS to the young
men at the school named in the bill, he did
not want to have tipping place right at
their do ors.
| DO YOU WANT PROHIBITION?
| Mr.. RIddleberger offered the following
to test the Senate's sentiment:
That this and all other local-option bills
| be referred to the Committee on Finance,
with recommendation to report bill pro-
hlbiting the manufacture, importation, ex-
| portation, or sale, by wholesale or retail,
| Ijnn0rQ nd
prescribing proper penalties therefor.
The first part of Mr.. Riddleberger's
amendment (referring this and all other
local-optIon bills to the Fina nee Commit
tee) was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes.--Messrs. Berry. Bliss, Christian
Diggs, Edmunds, Elliott, Fletcher, Heat.
on, Hurt, James, Jones, Lovenstein. Ly-
brook, Norton Smith, Thurman, Twyman
Walker, Wilcox, and Wingfeld of Hano-
ver-2.
| Noes.-Messrs. Atkinson, Bailey, Barnes
Eskridge, Glasgow, Hale, Koiner, Lowell
Martin, Newberry, Webb. Williams, Wing
field of Albemarle, and Wood-14.
On the second part of The questioned
recting the committee to report genera.
prohibition bill, &c-the vote resulted:
Ayes.--Messrs. Christian, Powell, Webb
Williams, and Wood.
Noes.-Messrs. Atkinson, Barnes, Ber
ry, Bliss, Diggs, Edmunds, Elliott, Esk
ridge, Fletcher, Glasgow, Heaton, Hurt
James, Jones, Koiner. Lowell, Lovenstein
Lybrook, Martin, NewberrY, Norton
Smith. Thurman, TWyman. Walker, Will
cox, Wingfeld of Hanover, and Wingfelo
OF Albemarle.
| TO REGULATE THE HOURS OF LABOR.
Mr.. Giddings introduced bill to limit
the time of days labor for mechanics
and all employees and apprentices in facto
RES and mechanical pursuits to ten hours
unless fixed otherwise by special agree
ment It prohibits the employment Of
minors under the age of sixteen in facto
rieS for over ten hours day. under The
penalty Of fine Of from SIS to $50; fixes
time of labor Of employees of railroad
companies to ten hours for each days.
work. and prohibits the working of con
ductors, engineers, brakemen, switchmen
flagmen. watchmen, or any other employee
responsible fer the starting, running
switching. or stopping of trains, for more
than twelve hours consecutively or to put
them again on duty without a lapse of al
least ten hours for rest and sleep, under q
penalty of from 800 to $500. The object
Of the latter section of the bill is to pro
tect the travelling public from the danger
resulting from loss of sleep and overwork
ing employees responsible for the running
of trains on railroads.
THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
The Senate Committee for Courts Of
Justice, has reported Mr.. Bailey's bill fol
redistrieting the State into judicial Cir
cults. In that bill the following is The
Augusta circuit:
3. The counties of Roanoke, Craig, Bot
etourt, Allegheny, Rockbridge, Bath, Au
gusta and Highland shall constitute the
Third circuit.
LOCAL OPTION FOR ROANOKE.
A bill granting local option for Roanoke
county, Tor any magisterial district there
OFF, was taken up in the Senate. An
amendment prohibiting the manufacture of
brandy Or whiskey wherever the bill went
into effect, was defeated. Another amend.
ment requiring that local option shall re-
ceive majority of the registered voters of
the localities was adopted. The bill was
then passed, Messrs. Bliss, Christian. Eli
OFT, Hurt and Lovenstein vo ting in the
negative.
BLACKsBURG COLLEGE.
The new Board of Directors of Blacks
burg College has elected Prof. Grim, of
the Valley, Professor of English; Prof.
Christian, of the Southside, Professor of
Mathematics and Physics; Prof Scott, of
Northside, Professor of Agriculture and
Chemistry; Prof. Hitchcock, of yarmouth.
Lecturer on Geology and Natural History;
A United States Army officer, Professor
of Tactics and Drawing; Prof. Sheppard,
of Richmond, Professor of Latin and Ele-
mentary English. The Office of Superin-
tendent Of Farm was abolished.