Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-03-03

Having surrendered pretty much all our
editorial space to correspondents to-day,
we have barely room for brief comment
on passing events, the most impor-
tant of which has been the reorganization
of the Court of Appeals. The new judges
elected are T. T. Fauntleroy. of Frederick
{late Secretary of the Commonwealth;
Robt. A. Richardson, of Smythe 1.-THE Re-
adjHster who run against Gen. Jas. A.
Walker, for 1t. Governor when Holiday
was elected, Judge B. W. Lacy, of New
Kent, who was speaker of the House in
1879, and was beaten by Dezendorf for
Congress in 1880; Lunsford L. Lewis, of
Culpeper, half brother Of 1t. Gov. John
F. Lewis, and at present U. 5. District
Attorney, and Drury A. Hinton, of Pc
tersburg, The court is good one when
the meagre legal material in the Coalition
party :. is considered, but is not as strong
as it could have been made from it's own
ranks, Mr.. Hinton was elected to succeed
Judge Burks Whose term under decision
of the Court of Appeals does not expire
in 1887, and the Democratic members of
the legislature declined putting up can
didate against him, holding that there was
no vacancy to elect him to. They did not
vote at all.
The election of judges for Richmond and
Staunton has been postponed until to-day
at noon. Mr.. 81. A. Atkins (Rep.) is the
Readiuster nominee for the former city,
and Judge Smith is the nominee for re-
election for Staunton.
The Senate has refused to adopt joint
resolution tor extending the session thirty
days without pay.
The General Local Option bill passed the
House en- Tuesday, by the decisive vote of
SO to 23-over two to one. Col. Skinner
voted for it and Major Hanger voted
against it. The main features Of the bill
are that local option election may be
ordered on the petition of one-ffth of the
registered voters of county OF town; that
it shall not take place on the same day
with any county, city or State election;
that after twice submitted with the same
result it shall not be again submitted un-
less one half the registered voters ask for
it, nor shall there be more than one cleo
ton on local option in any one twelve
months; that if city or county vote gen.
orally against local option and yet the vote
in one of the wards or districts be for it,
it shall prevail in such ward or district.
The bill has yet to 60 before the Senate.
The bill introduced in the House by Col.
Skinner for the collection of the poll tax
has been reported from the Finance Com
mittse. 1t provides. in brief, that an en-
ployer shall be responsible for the poll tax
of the man he employs (unless it has al
ready been been paid) if he be in his en-
ploy sixty dayssof that year. The employ
er to deduct it from his wages. Where no
employer is found the law officer is to pro-
coed against the property of the delinquent
himself.
Mr.. Elliott has introduced in the Sen
ate, the bill which has been agreed up
on by the ReadJuster caucus. for reappor-
tioning the representation in Congress.
The Seventh district is composed of the
following counties-we attach to them the
majorities they gave at the last election,
Readjuster and Democratic: Rockbridge,
d. SO: Shenandoah, R. 3s9; Page, R. 257;
Madison, R. 451; Greene, R. 50; Augusta,
D. $50; Highland, R. 1850; Bath, R. 40;
Rockingham, R. 497; Stanton. d. 1868.
\ The clear Readjuster majority in the coun-
Nties named, for Cameron, was 1855.
When the joint resolution to reorganze
the D., D. & B. Institution at Staunton
came up in the Senate, Mr.. Koiner made
an earnest appeal against it but without
avail. Mr.. Baily (R.) being reported as
replying that ''his party ought to have the
spoils and the officers were to be turned
out because they were not Readjusters. I"
The resolution passed.
The resolution vacatss the Offices OF
Visitors to the Institution on April LIST.