Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-07

Governor CImeTOn'S Inaugural message 10 the
legislature OF Virginia IS rather an able state
paper, dealing cO1ci5e!y and frankly with the
questions OF most Importance To Virginia. The
st1te-deDt question is naturally the one which
first receives the governors attention. After
referring u the confusion created In the public
mind with regard TO the debt, he says: - AS
undersan and the views aa1 VIII of the people of this
state, they do rot intend 70 repudidte any Just
obligation. but to assume and 10 pay that pro-
portion % the principal which Is properly charge
able TO t present state Of Virginia, and To restore
all classes Of the ere litor5 to plane OF equality"
lie ur-eS speedy, equitable and final settlement
OF all controversy concerning the stIte debt, and
recommends the RijIIeberger bill as = the basis
for such settlement. GOV Cameron does not give
any estimate in figures OF tine total amount or the
debt but. starting With the proposition that there
Is no difficulty in ascert1ining the proportion OF
the ante bpin debt that the state should assume,
he asserts that the proper amount can be mathe-
maticdly determined by the following rules:
First BY computing run interest to the date OF
the settlement from the period when Virginia loSt
control OF and ceased II draw revenue from the
territory embraced IL West Virginia.
Second BY crediting ag Inst the sum tpta OF
principal and interest so obtained the ac3.nOw-
lodged payments on both accounts mode by VIZ
GINA since the PARTITION OF her territory.
He opposes any increase in the rate OF taxation,
and regards per cent per annum as the maxi
mum interest that should be allowed upon the
debt under the proposed settlement He thinks
considerable improvement may be made in the
public schools; insists that the portion of the
revenues dedicated ny the constitution to the
public schools shin be applied, and that the
school fund shall be preserved from future tnya-
sion With the proper application OF the school
moneys he believes that not only can the number
OF schools BE- Increased and the terms heightened,
but that provision may be made for the higher ed
ucatio1 o! all classes. He fvorS liberal education
of the co.ored people, hut opposes mixed schools,
saying: NO cl1S5 OF cit ms desires them" He
recOmmen Is the establishment of a state lnStitu-
ton for the "brolder training OF such colorcd
pupils as acquire proficiency IN the common
schools, and expresses the hope that at no distant
day the .tiOn1l Government Will extend helping
hand " the public schools. On the question OF
suffrage, the governor ,Onmen1S first, the repeal
OF the c2yitttiOn Tux law. He also recommends u
careful revision OF the registration and election
laws in the interest o. free vote and fair count,
and advises tE}t the JUICES OF election be chosen
from oppOS. ng political pJrti75.
He recommends the passage OF laws to regulate
railway administration and prevent uBju dis
ordinations, ami thinks those that have been in
fore in California and Georgia have stood the test
OF experiment and tn examination OF the courts
In cOncu,Sp he cOlSr3tulats5 the state upon It's
peaceful ana happy relations with the federal gov
eminent