The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-06
4itl,mond Qispatrh.
Thursday. DECEMBER 9. 1888.
The Governors Message,

dressed to the Ccncrai ASscmDi! Nv sHe
Governor OF the State, aud not at all the
partisan paper which some persons had
expected from him. We proceed to give a
seSa,sS OF he coutentss
The GoscrRor first refers to the reports
II the executive departments, asylums, NC
Next he calls attention to the public
debt. lie saws that not 9 per cent OF u
has been funded under the RrpptEsxR-
GER bill, and thai more than thirty-three
millions. principal and interest. are yet
outstanding. This will cause some OF the
members OF the Legislature to open Their
ewes. The coupons issued under the Nc
CUiIocH bill are omitted in the act OF
JANUARY, 1894 lie says that thousands
of dollars OF coupons have been proved to
he genuine because proper and sufficient
scrutiny was not made into their genu-
ineness; that judgments have been rem
.dered on insufficient evidence al persons
not experts; and consequently that fund
ing under the RIDDLE8ERGER bin has prac-
ticallv ceased. lie also speaks Of Judge
BoxD's recent decision a. threatening trou-
bic 10 the State.
The Governor then modestly recon-
monds, first. that the act Of January, 1882, be
amended so as TO require Commonwealth
attorneys TO defend these coupon suits ;
and, secondly. that law be passed de-
firing the manner and method OF verifying
coupons. He would have the witnesses to
be experts from the executive eepart-
ments. II the Legislature intends to ac-
,quiesce in the settlement Of the public debt
made by the RrpSlEBEEGER bill in the sense
In which the voters understood the Demo-
crats Of the Lypchburg Convention TO az
quiesce in that settlement, that body will
not hesitate to adopt Governor CAMERoN's
recommendatiopsi ust mentioned. So II will
in the next two recommendations, which
are, first, TO include the 1910 coupons
omitted in the act Of January, 1892, and.
second, TO provide by Law that no money
shall be paid out OF the Treasury except
upon bills of appropriation regularly made.
These recommendations look to funding
under the RrDDLEUEEGER bill rs deside-
ratum, and as policy to which both par
ties in Virginia are pledged, as there will
be two millions and half Of outstanding
coupons after the first day Of next month.
The Governor recommends such law as
will enable holders OF coupons 10 fund all
of them up to July i, 1883, in new rs, dol
lar for dollar. None dated after that TO be
fuDdable II detached.
mn. Of INT -
the last fiscal year, in one form and an
other.
The Governor says it is bad policy 10 Gre
ate banks OF deposit by law; these matters
ought TO be left to some executive depart
ment.
He says the Second Auditor is a DANCE
rous il not useless officer; that two clerks
could well lie substituted. We know moth
ing on this subject. The danger lies in the
fact that he has charge OF AL trust funds
and gives no adequate security. He dis
claims rejecting upon any Second Auditor.
The Governor writes ne well as Colonel
ARCHER ANDERSON on the subject OF that
monument OF the public wisdom, the
free Schools He forcefully states their
claims, and urges eloquently their indiS-
pensablity. Nor does he forget the higher
institutions OF learning. He recommends
all the aid that can be given to the Uni
versity Of Virginia, the Agricultural aud
Mechanical College, and the Virginia Mill
tary Institute. He also recommends relief
to Washington and Lee University in the
matter,of the lost PEABODY bonds.
The charitable institutions are all IN
good condition, saws the Governor.
The Maryland boundary line is about to
be settled.
The oyster interests and oyster war are
mentioned. but he adds that he Will send
in q special message on these subjects.
He saws that the state should redeem in
money every dollar OF the LEE-monumeDt
fund.
What says the Governor about the Dan
VILE riots Well, there is here a phrase
that we dislike. Ii Is true. as the Governor
SAYS. that several men were killed in Dan
vile recently, and nobody has been tried.
The reply is that nobody has been
tried for the homicides because it was
riot. Where are the Witnesses
There has. however. been judicial in
auisition into the riot, and under the
direction of a Coalition Judge at that. We
airs so we'll pleased, however, to find the
Governor discrediting MAHoSE's lurid rhe-
tore, and speaking OF his Acknowledgements
as law-abiiing people by reputation, that
we overlook what he SAYS but ought not to
have said about the Danyiile riot
The Governor recommends the passage
of such laws as will ensure the people
against discrimination aud ext0rtion on
the part OF railroad companies, whose
paramount obligation l. TO the Common
wealth. The California and Georgia rail-
road laws are referred 10 rs good examples.
We told two Of Virgins's most distin-
guished railroad magnates lately that they
ought to aid In framing such a law. And
they ought. The Governor, OF course,
would not recommend Objectionable con-
troll over railroads by State officials.
And thus endeth that chapter.
Falling into Line.
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