Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-02-15

sideralion and passage of legislation, wheth-
! er private or public in its character lie
said be believed and charged that this Or
gauizzd effort 10 obstruct all legislation was
| The result of q midnight caucus in which
| that "malign influence" William Malone
was present and dictated this policy. lie
said the whole of the proceedings to day had
| been consumed in endeavorng to prevent
| the passage Of resolution directing the
Auditor to proceed against 5. Brown Allen,
late Auditor, to recover money which it Is
charged that he improperly paid his brother
in-law, John E. Hamilton.
! Mr. A1unford's charge that Malone was
at The caucus and dictated their policy
was not denied by any Of the Mahoneites.
Dodson, the negro Mahoneite from Meek
| enburg, charged or nsnuated that the
| democrats had threatened to turn out
| all the Mahoneile members upon the fin
! siest prelext, and said his information came
from the gentleman from Culpeper Mr.
! Gibson).
Mr. Gibson, in reply to question, arose
and said if the charges emanating from such
source were worthy of an answer, will
say mo-"
Dir. Ross again insisted that the resolu
ton was not properly understood, aud moved
that it be passed by aud printed.
The resolution was dismissed for the rea-
son stated by Mr.. Smith, and Immediately
after the vote was taken the hour for the
consideration Of the special orders arrived
and the Mahoncites again renewed their
! fiipusiering.
The following bill was passed over the
! Governors veto:
House bill removing from the Governor
the power Of appointing officers of the lu-
NAF.. go h.,
Board of Public Works. The ayes and
noes were called and the vote stood 50 to %
The message accompanying this bill read :
"Throuyh all political changes for more
than centuary the power of appointment
has been lodged in the Governor. The
transfer Ct that authority to the Board OF
Public Works as movement against parii-
san administration Of the asylums, does not
strike me favorably. The results would be
dependent upon the political formation Of
the Board TO remove these institutions
from the arena Of political strife, would be
an end 10 which my sympathy and approval
would be given but do not think it necess-
AIRY to that end that all precedents should
be disturbed anil the long established power
Of the Executive transferred TO another
branch Of the government"
House bill vacating the Offices of the pres
enL directors, &C., of the lunatic asylums
was also passed over the Governors veto.
The Governor, in his message, said:
MY signature is withheld because | know
of no reason why the present administration
Of the institutions should be changed. In
vestigations have been in progress, but moth
ing has come to me officially as to the result
Of these investigations fixing blame upon the
existing management When anything has
been proved l will be prompt to cooperate
with the Legislative department to expose
Lit, to condemn, to punish it, and remove all
offenders. Until then sense of justice con-
strains me to disapprove any bill which con-
veys sentence before conviction"
The vote stood ayes. So noes, "a.
The House also passed the Senate bill rclu :
tive TO registration over the Governors
veto
Mr.. Stuart Mr.. Barton in the chair rose
to q question of personal privilege He read
an article published in the Spirit of the Ful-
ley. which said: "They went further, as an
evidence of the determination of the Bour-
bons to throw out as many representatives
rs necessary to enable them to execute their
foul purposes. The Speaker of House act
ualy appointed J. w. Lawson, of Isle Of
Wight, chairman of the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections, when he did not even
Il
The Speaker said the statement was
malicious and deliberate falsehood; that
DR.. Lawson was never placed on the
committee and is not now on the commit
| tee.
Mr.. Harris (Mahoneite) said that the edi-
tor or author of the article had unwttingly
erred, and that the article was doing an in
Justice to the Speaker of this House.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick offered the following,
which was referred:
Whereas it is the judgment of this Gener-
al Assembly that men Of education, good
habits, and Of high character, having the
respect and confidence Of the communities
in which they live, and none others, should
be appointed to the Office of county supern-
tendent of schools; and whereas it is the
| plain duty of the Board of Education, under
the Constitution, to nominate for conlirma-
ton by the Senate suitable and proper per-
sons to fill all vacancies now existing in
said offices in order that the public school
| system shall be efficient and answer the
just expectations of the people therefore
be it
Resolved By the General AssembtY, let,
That the Board Of Education be requested
TO forthwith nominate to the Senate for con-
hrmation suitable person as set out in the
preamble 10 lneBe resolutions 10 I'LL the Oh
flee of county superintendent of schools in
each county where vacancy now exits
for want Of a nomination and confirmation
according to law.
I'd. That the said Board of Education be
empowered that if it shall refuse or fail for
five days after the passage of these resolu-
tons to comply with the request herein
contained and perform plain duty impos-
ed upon it by the Constitution, then the
General Assembly will proceed to take such
steps as will protect the schools and carry
out the mandate of the Constitution.
3D. That the clerk of the House of Dele.
gates cause copy Of this preamble aud
these resolutions to be served on each
member Of the Board of Education as soon
as the same shall have passed both houses
of the General Assembly, and preserve on
file in his Office the evidence of such SER
vice
House bill to lessen the danger of travel
ling on railroads aud to require them to
erect suitable depots and fence in their road