Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-21
THE WEEK AT RICHMOND.

The week opened at Richmond with
have been proclaimed to be of vital impor,
lance to the success of his political purpo-
! ses-ope. the Congressional Reappofti'''i-
ment, and the other the Commissioner 81
| Sales bill. The first is necessary in order
! to send six more CoDgressmen to Wash
| ington to support a itbur S inistratlor
In return for tie support it has given Ma.
| hone; and the ;.ther is to make some fat
| offices for. Malone men and suhsidise some
newspapers in that cause The Senators
#ho defeated both measures were Lybrook
of Pittsyvania, Hale of Grayson, anG
NeWberry of Wyts:e, Democrats, and Viii
liams of Nottoway, and Wingfeld of Han
| ever, Republicans. Gen. Malone still re-
manned on the ground and the main pres
sure Of his friends was brought to bear On
Senator Hale. The confirmation of a
nephew of that Senatr as County School
Superintendent, and the same compliment
extended to warm personal friend OF
Senator Williams, were viewed with keen
SCI utluy ny Uii6 DtUlifGFatS.
LOWERING THE RATE OF TAXATION.
The new tax bill in which the rate of tax
alton is reduced from 50 cents on the 500
worth of real estate to As ceots, has been
ordered to it's enercssment in the House
by vote of 81 to Is. Among those who
voted against the engrossment Of the bill
with the reduction amendment were Read
iusters and Democrats. such prominent
Readjusters as Farr. Lakewood, Norton,
Sayers and others, and such prominent
Democrats as Hanger. Skinner, Davis and
others. Before ordering the bill to Its en-
grossment it was further amended so as to
make license tax payable only in United
States money.
When the tax bill came up in the Senate
an amendment offered by Mr.. Riddleber-
ger reducing tie tax to 40 cents on the
800 was adopted. This reduction will
cut down the revenue of the State by the
sum of $233 COO.
THE HITCH IN THE COMMISSIONERS OF
SALES BILL.
The Senate Oh Saturday insisted on it's
amendment to this bill providing that the
people shall elect the Commissioners OF
Sales instead of the Governor appointing
them. This necessitates committee of
conference of the two houses, unless the
House should recede from the action by
which it rejected the Senate amendment.
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Ill ht.uo hoan
I pointed and confirmed as the Board OF
Visitors to the University of Virginia
Senator Wyatt NJ. Elliott, of Appomat-
tox; Hon. John Paul, of Rockingham;
Judge of the Court of Appeals elect, Thos.
T. Fauntleroy, of Frederick; DR.. W. K.
Vaughan, Principal of a Female Semina-
ny of Orange; Attorney General Frank s..
Blair, of Wythe; Il. W. Hansborough, of
Roanoke; E. S. Ruggles, of King George;
W. Roane Rufin, of Chesterfield, and Col.
VIM. Lamb. Mayor of Norfolk.
THE RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE.
A bill came up in the Senate vacating
the offices of the Board of Visitors of the
Richmond Medical College and also the
Offices of the Professors therein. The In
tsrest the Stare has in this institution is
81 500 year. which it appropriates to keep
the property in order. MIR. Koiner opposed
interference with the professors, but the
opposition from the Democratic Senators
to the removal of the Board of Visitors
was not very marked, it seeming to be
tacitly conceded that the college has not
been managed with sufficient enterprise to
kaep it abreast of the spirit of the times,
The bill was passed making clean sweep
of visitors and professors.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t is stated that J. T. Stovall, Of Pitt