Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-21
LEGISLATIVE.


In the State Senate yesterday bill to
provide for additional voting precincts in
Norfolk, and for registering the voters was
discussed and, after discussion, passed-ayes
49, noes 7.
The resolution authorizing the President
pro tenn. of the Senate TO issue wr!ts of cleo
ton to fill certain vacancies in the body
was taken up and passed.
A resolution was adopted enquiring into
the expediency of providing for the election
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth by
the people and fixing his tenure of office at
four years.
A resolution was introduced and adopted
setting forth the status of the debt question
and the trouble growing ont of the use of
coupons in payment of taxes, and closing
with the following:
Resolred, That the Committee On Finance
and Banks be, and is hereby, instructed to
INQUIRE as to the expediency of fixing a GER
tain rate of taxation and schedule of tax
on licenses and income, providing that the
taxpayer shall receive an acquittance in
full of the amount assessed upon payment
of percentage thereof (say one half in
gold, silver, or other lawful money.
H. AS to the expediency and proprety OF
providing for the prompt payment of the in
terest on the Riddleberger bonds.
III. AS to the expediency and propriety
of providing q sinking fund for the redemp-
ton of the Riddleberger bonds at their par
value.
A bill to compensate E. p. cambridge
in the sum of 81 900 for services under au-
thority of law in the United States courts in
defending certain county Judges prosecuted
| for not putting negroes on lurics was taken
up and passed-ayes, 81; noes, p
In the House of Delegates the Rocking
ham contested election cases came up, and
the report of the Committee on Elections
seating Messrs. Grafton and Soule, demo-
Gratis, was adopted by vote Of 81 to 9.
All Of the coaltionists except Mr.. Halle
| wood, of Henrico, refused to vote. Harris
| (colored,) who voted in favor of seating the
democrats before the committee, did not
vote upon the report, and Messrs. McLnn
and white, the other Mahoneite members on
the committee, were absent.
Mr. Grattan, from Rockingham, appeared
and was sworn in.
Mr. Hazlewood, republican, Of Henrico,
upon question of privilege, called atten-
| ton to the fact that when the report seating
the member from Isle Of Wight was sub.
mitted, one Of the newspapers ungenerously
referred to his action us the turn around
Now, in this Rockingham case, the refusal
of the minority TO vote appeared TO him as
an impeachment of his action in sus-
tanning the report of the committee. He
| therefore asked to be excused from further
service on the Committee Of Privileges and
| Elections as representative OF the minority
| party, as he proposed in the discharge OF
| his Legislative duties to be governed alone
by what he thought was right, aud was un-
| willing TO act as a mere PARTISAN
| In response TO question from Mr.. Green
Of Stafford, Mr.. Hazlewood said that he
was q republican, but would not endorse
the SANDERS against the people Of Virginia
which had been SO freely distributed over
the country. Mr.. Lakewood read the fol-
lowing extracts from the Wing of yesterday:
| "All free government is overturned in Fir-
ginia. There is no liberty here. No man
has any rights which the Bourbon funders
respect. Life has no protection; and MUIR
der has full impunity" = 1T took
war to free the colored people of the
South 1t may take another to fully free
the Southern white people. If need be let
it come. We repeat it, let it come. Give
US liberty, or give us DEATH"
| Mr.. Lakewood declared his opposition to
policy which proposes to precipitate war
among our people, and said that if his future
political advancement depended on his sane
| tioning the ISLANDERS on his own State and
race, he would prefer to be remanded back
| to the obscuritv of private life. Mr.. Halle
wood said that he was opposed to the demo-
cratic party on the question of a protective
tariff, but thought that as the democratic
members of the Legislature had voted for q
known republican, he might also afford to
stand by the party which represented his
national principles.
Mr.. Pollard: IF what the gentleman
from Henrico has said does not bring
the blush of shame to the cheek Of the base
slanderers of Virginia, nothing will.
A resolution couferring upon the Commit
tee on Courts of Justice authority to send
for persons and papers, in order to investi-
gate the official conduct Of Judge Shumate,
Of Fauquier county, was adopted.
Mr.. Barton offered the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted: "That leave be
given the Committee for Courts of Justice,
through subcommittee, to go to Norfolk
during any recess that the House may take
ana 10 near evidence upon tne charges
against D. ]. Goodwin, taking care to give
notice of the time and place to the accused"
The bill providing for new precincts in
Norfolk and for registering the voters COM
ing in from the Senate was taken up and
passed.
Both Houses adjourned until January 3D.
SIR HENRY HERBERT.
Sir Henry Herbert, NJ. P, the owner Of
the most valuable estate in Ireland. on which