The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-31


BY Mr.. Gibson: Petition Of citizens OF
Culpeper TO repeal It's present road law.
by MIR. S. p. Mustard To authorize the
sale OF certain school prorrty IN the town
OF Marion, Smyth county.
BY Mr.. Pollard (by requesD: To ap.
lportton the State for congressional dis
tricts. 1frf
| BY Mr.. Fitzpatrick (by request To in.
corporate the Albemarle and Nelson Rail.
road Company. tly5
by Mr.. Gibson (by request): To amend
an act approved january 30. 1877, amend
ing the Code, fixing the pay OF Adlutant.
General, and repeating the 18th chapter Of
the Code OF 1873.
by Mr.. Evans, Of Richmond: Bill Ia
amend the act OF incorporation OF the Odd.
Fellows Building Association Of Norfolk;
also, bill to amend the charter OF Lafayette
Lodge. No. o, independent Order OF odd
Fellows also. bin to incorporate the
Trustees OF Washington Lodge, No. 2, 1.
10. o. +.
THE POISONED PE0PLn
The committee appointed to investigate
the recent poisoning at the Western Luna.
tic Asylum presented their report through
Mr.. Opie, chairman, In which they stated
substantially that whether the poisoning
was done by parties inside or outside OF
the asylrlm, by accident or design, the
management was to be blamed.
The report also says that there exists,
however, not the slightest scintilla OF evil
dence to show that the poisoning was done
by parties outside OF the asylum.
As to the Pinkerton detective, the COM
mittee Is OF the opinion that he IL cheat
and q fraud, whose purpose was to eXtort
money from the Superintendent, who testi-
fed that he had paid him $1,000 and still
considered him in his pay at 50 per diem.
| The said detective declined to give any
information either to the attorney for the
Commonwealth or to your committee.
| Your committee found the asylum in
good condition as far rs cleanliness, COM
fort, and order could make it; but your
committee regret the partisan spirit which
pcrvaded the entire management, and
which seemed In many instances to over
step The plain mandates OF duty as applied
to faithful service. Your committee found
that the old. tried. and efficient officers and
attendants were summarily removed for
no other cause than that they were Demo
Gratis. and their places were filled by I'M
tried and inexperienced COalitionists, who
were called upon by the coalition county
chairman to contribute OF their pay sums
of money TO be used for election purposes.
II was in evidence that these assessments
were literally responded to by the officers
and attendants, from the Superintendent
down to the humblest emplOyG, with one
or two exceptions.
| Your committee considers that too much
1 e.,I in, ion Oft In IL
policy. The public charities OF the State
should lie conducted upon a higher plane
than party politics, and honesty and
| fidelity in the discharge of duty should
characterize their management through all
the vicissitudos OF party.
The report OF the committee was adopted
OLD POINT COMFORT.
Mr.. Smith introduced the following
resolution, which was referred to the Com
mittee for Courts of Justice:
| Whereas a deed bearing date and admitted tC
record December IL, 1888, duly executed by Da.
yid Campbell, of the state of Virginia, did trans
fer assign, and make over unto the United state:
the right of property and title. rs well rs all uris
dictlon which the state possessed In the lands ol
| shoals at Old Point Comfort and the Rip-Raps
with the provision that If the United States should
ut any time abandon the said lands and shoals, oi
| appropriate them to any other purpose save thar
|
the said lands and shoals shall revert to and revert
| In the said ommonwealth; and whereas II
| Is represented that the United States have
! appropriated said property TO purposes Other
| than that specified In the said deed by allow
ing persons TO erect buildings there and use the
! SAME for their individual use and advantage: anC
| whereas the said property of said persons Is OF
great value-to wit, o; the value of one million o1
dollars; and whereas the state of Virginia receive,
no "a xes from said persons upon said property
Resoired That the Committee for Courts of Jus
tlce be. ana IL Is hereby. Instructed 10 inquire into
the said alleged facts and report the right of Nir'
| gnia In the premises, with the power hereby con.
ferrcd. 10 send for persons and papers If required
for the investigation.
NORFOLK CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
The Clerk read the report OF the Com
mlttee on Privileges and Elections in the
contested-election case OF Martin and Dal-
ton Us. Banks aud Parker, sitting COali-
ton members. The report remands the
election to the people.
| A minority report. signed by Messrs.
| White. Lakewood, and Harris, differed
| IN toto with the report OF the committee,
and declared in favor OF seating Messrs.
Banks and Parker.
Mr.. Banks said II he were to consult his
own feeling he would preserve the same
silence that had characterized his behavior
since the report Of the committee was first
read in the House. He knew the sword
50 long suspended over his head was about
to fall. He alluded to the charge made by
Mr.. Green that whenever he attempted Ia
speak he was greeted with gibes and
sneers. Nevertheless he declared that whe-
ther Scalawags or mean white men, he
considered his people the peer Of any
member OF the majority. Contrary to his
interests and personal wishes, he had
been returned by a majority OF more
than three hundred votes. As to the fact
that there were four yoting.places and
eight registrars. he SAID that, approach
the question as YOU might. it was en-
tirely q Norfolk affair, and there had been
full and fair fight, and he had been
| elected. Ii was not a question OF what
number Of votes he received, but whether
a large majority OF the people OF Norfolk
the greatest city in 4 commercial point OF
view in the State) should have their wishes
respected. Abiding to the testimony OF a
witness, he said ne was reminded OF the
old couplet:
| when 6rst on earth fair truth was born,
she crcpt into a hunttng-horn
| The hunter came, the horn he blew,
! But where truth went he never knew"
Abiding to the fact that ii would be
some time before an election could be held,
he said that before the hour struck for his
end he would call attention to Norfolk, "
| ing battered and bruised at the feet OF the
Legislature, mutely appealing for Justice.
- As for me-" said Mr.. Banks. personal
| ", 1t Is a matter of indifference | am equal
to either end OF fortune
Mr.. Trigg said free election had not
heen accorded the suffragans Of Norfolk,
The committee might well have afforded
TO have seated the contestants. lie read
the deposition Of Mr.. Frederick Il: Mayo
to show that in the Coalition ward In Nor
folk men voted regardless OF having been
challenged. 'Here 1t was," SAID Mr.
Trigg, "that the judges OF election. your