Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-29
General Assembly.

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Mr.. Lybrook introduced ga bill to estab-
fish home for disabled soldiers of the
Southern States which was referred.
Mr.. Koiner introduced a bill to prevent
frightening of animals, injuring and killing
of persons, and spreading of fire by careless
moving of engines with steam on the turn
pike and county roads of the State.
COUPON CASES.
;o,nt resolution was received from the
House instructing Commonwealth attorneys
to appeal coupon cases, DC.
Mr.. Wickham moved to susepnd the rules
recurring the reference of the resolution to
committee. Agreed to.
| Subsequently he called up bill on the
same subject reported from the Senate
Finance Committee) with the view of pro-
nosino it as substitute for the Houre res
olution, The amendments recomm ended
by the committee were agreed to. One
suggested to Dir. Wickham by the chairman
of the Finance Committee of the House
makes it a misdemeanor for Commonwealth
attorneys falling to carry out the provisions
of the act was pending when Mr.. Koiner
said that he hoped the bill would not be
passed to-day; that he could not take it all
in at once; that he had been in favor of
scotching the snake, but really this bill
seemed little too radical.
Mr.. Wickham said the bill had been we'll
! l.
Assembly has been in session eight weeks
and nothing has been done in the coupon
cases yet,
Mr. Koiner said that he observed from
the reading of the bill that an appeal was
to be taken in every case; from every State
court and from the United States courts
He was afraid that the costs in these ap-
peals would be more than the cost of re-
ceiving the coupons. He wanted day to
: examine the bill; perhaps he would vote for
it then.
Mr.. Meredith said there were no costs
taxed against the Commonwealth.
Mr.. Koiner said: "What! Not in the
United states Supreme Court %
Mr.. Meredith said there might be there,
but not in the State courts.
Mr.. Koiner thought the costs there Gin
the United States Supreme Court) would
be very heavy. No doubt, too, the Attor-
ney-General would want some additional
i fees for services there.
Mr.. Wickham pressed the Senate to al
once pass the senate bill as a substitute for
the House resolution, but he could only get
"a votes to suspend the rules, 81 were need.
ed.
COLLATERAL INHERITANCE.
Mr.. Wickham, from the Committee on
Finance and Banks, presented the report
t of the committee as to special collectors OF
+ collateral-inheritance tax, which, on his
4 motion, was ordered to be printed and re-
fsrred to the Committee for Courts of JUS
tice for investigation of legal questions.
CAPITOL POLICE BILL PASSED OVER COVER
NoR's VETO.
Dir. Lovenstein asked that this bill be
taken up.
.rI lHo qucn1toH "aS ptt, cuhi tuc Dii
pass, notwithstanding the objections of the
: Governor" agd the vote resulted-ayes
20; noes, Z.
Mr.. Lovensrein was oruered to inform
! the House.
: lloUsE.-The bill appropriating $40, 600
{ to the Central Lunatic Asylum was pass
t ed.
BOILING (CoLoRED) AND REYNOLDS.
e The contested election case of Boiling
f and Reynolds from the district of Cumber-
land and Buckingha m was called.
:. The minority report in favor of P. S.
j Boiling, Coalitionist, was read. Its main
r strength consisted in rebutting the state
ment that Boiling was an actual resident
= of the district Notwithstanding the state
e ment made by majority that Boiling lived
in Prince Edward county. The minority
: reportexplained that Boiling lived in Prince
Edward temporarily for the purpose OF
carrying on his trade as mechanic. 1t
was signed by Messrs. Harris. White and
Hazlewood.
R Mr.. Opie offered substitute to both the
majority and minority reports in the shape
of resolution declaring Mr.. Reynolds,
= Democrat, entitled to the seat in the House
, due the district of Buckingham and Cumber-
land counties.
The Chair decided that this was not the
proper time to offer this resolution and Mr..
0nia uitbbald If for a uh;lo
The question of the adoption of the mi
nority report was discussed by Messrs. Har-
ris, Dodson, and Hazlewood in favor, and
Messrs. Trigg, Evans of Middlesex, and
Keen against. The last named, in refuting
, slur made upon Danville by Mr.. Halle
wood in the expression 'that for less Of
fence blood would have flowed in Danville, -
took occasion to indicate his town from
the ISLANDERS made in Mahone's circular and
Hazlewoods remarks. He said Lakewood
was praised by the Democrats short time
since for saying that he was ready to cut
loose from any party that sla ldered the
State of Virginia, but since then he suppos-
ed the Coalition leaders had cotton hold of
him, stiffened his backbone, and caused him
to come back to the fold of those who work
ed the slander-machine. He proceeded to
make thorough vindication of the course
OF the whites in the matter of the Danyille
riot. He denounced Mahone's circular as
false and slanderous, and said that it mis-
represented the black people as we'll as the
whites,a both of whom he represented.
There were good, enterprising. and thrifty
colored men in Danville. He went into a
detailed account of the circumstances con-
nected with the riot. He was frequently
interrupted, and in each case re Piled cut
tingly and with effect Once he said, in
in reply to remark from Mr.. Lakewood,
that he meant every word he said, and was
responsible for them, both on the floor of
the House and elsewhere.
This caused the House and galleries to
break into vociferous applause.
The Speaker warned the gallaries that if