Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-12-05
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| Mr. I.SbroOks got the floor and and
I called UP the following Joint reso
luton Which, he . offered last week!
Rrsb1vsB byd The Senate (tbs
Hoase Of OflDelogates beoncuRring)s
thatiaII cnupoDai or bonds held9r
I claimed against the state n Of Vlr:
| giBia, not presented and funded ~
accordance wipR' the provisions OF
the att Of FebHary. fourteenth,
eighteen huIidredland eightg.two,
| Known 40 the uRddIebergor bill, or
acts amapdatQrX thereof before the
! first. day Of January, eighteen
hundred' and' 'eighty-sfx, shall be
! barred, and that9po prorislonj shall
lever be made for payment of either.
I principal OrinteEess thereon, or the
holders thereof ever be entitled to
! any Of TIE privileges afforded by
the said acts; nor shall any action
! growing out GOf9 such default be
maintained jim any COURT OF this
Commonwealth, ,rlod .zr..,L lgd
This resolution shall be in force
from its passage, :,
Il was taken up by consent, and
Mr.. BybroOk spoke to the question.
His speech lasted an hour, and he
said there was a combination al
ready formed iD this city to force
commons 10 be taken for taxes. He
read an advertisement in the Die.
patcR ofRridsy morning that cer--
tain persons would engage TO force
Virginia to accept coupons for tax
es. lie made the point that the out
standing coupons now and here az :
ter to become due and bearing 6per
cent. interest, according to Judge
Hughes decision, amounted TO
1913, 100000, while the State debt
as per the Riddleberger settlement,
amounted to only 2L900, 900. The
passage Of hIsresolution, he said,
would quiet the question for twelve
months. =, lie was not in favor Of
retreating, as Mr.. Rutiin, the
Second Auditor, seemed TO be, but
was for maintaining the settlement
according to the terms of the bill
of February H. 1882. lomltI iQ3no
Mr.. Wingfeld followed Mr., Ly..
brook. He said the settlement OF
the debt was now a matter Of bust.
ness only, and could never be made
| a political question. Both parties
! had agreednotIto lusebcoupons ifoH O.
the payment Of taxes. He produced
a statement from the Auditors
Office showing that for the fiscal
year ending last September, sl72,H
997 had been paid to'the Treasafer'
in coupons. This amount eameh
from Richmond, Lypshbpgg and and
Loudogn coqptN He SAID TINS ms
question was not one 10 be con-
| sidered at all mi iewas a question
| it was a new oheI and oneIO on which
party leaders, could not take pon
sition IN adyanGs9 9fthe, great BODY.
MI. iiedtohG,l Of EoddoGn, de"
fepdedlls people FOR paying taxes
| in coupons sHhore vere.some rich .
persalsl who, Paid taxes dn the }
county oyho LIVED outside d9f sfhe
= Mr.. 'Bail9o BOT The hioor and Said
| the nuestidh haato be settled, and
! that nOwlwns tie 4inIey Heasaid ne
had been over fOHEtesln c9anties9t
the great Southwest and had toqnidil
Ithe neople greatly agitated on this
| matter, and 'BG Knew they detlarI|
! ded its settlement He said it
would dO9n0, harm toopass this
resolution Nov is, the hour to-
finish forever with this debt. .modD b
Mr.. Powell SAID he would vote.
| for the resolution, because, it would
throw the EbondhoIderS from the
position of supposed, security Its
massage would be anotlien 0bstrpcrl
ton in their way. "a too st.se,t.I
Mr.. Ne&betry said he wanted 1t
| to 90 out 0the world that his peo-
ple intended to ABIDE by the hid d
dlebergcru illnpsa wosldiBay no
more. -.,,t. naei.Iyi,. sag9m ji
Mr.. Mccormick said there was
no necessity for the passage Of the
resolution. He, thought itObnoxI
ious tothe- Constitutions Ofnboth1
the State and Federal Govern
ments, The want Of conhdence
| on the part Of the bondholders as
| to what tile State intended to do
in reference to this matter was the
reason 80 little funding had been
| done. "a L.g-uo.u IIgi. iu'
Mr.. Wickham said all the legisla.
ton necessary, he thought, to carry
ont the provisions of the Riddleocr.
ger bill had been passed. That
bill no would defend % against ali
opposislon from every sourcc. .sluo
Mr.. Causey said if he wanted to
make a stump speech, now was the
time. for it. He went over tho
history of Readjustment, and said
that the Democrats party was, to-
day the Resdjuster party, lie
said that personal abuse had driven
| him and thousands OF other origi.
nal Democrats into tile Repnbli-
can party, and all who had a sense
of manhood about them, wopld
forever fight Bourbonism. He was
! in favor OF The resolution, but said
he thohght more time should be
| given the bondholders. ''iSi'o"''"
Mr.. Koiner said that there was
unnecessary excitement onoiithls
subject. There was no power on
earth, he said IS unsettle the debt
since both porties were pledged to
III lIuiNgu sE0 hlu1i ni 'hI
! MIR. Powell moved sto mako the
resolution read January lst 1885,
and spoke to it, ,,s,.,b .,v.l..,r r
Mr.. Christian moved to lay on
the table, saying it was a matses
for the people to agitate and not
one for the amateur members OF
this General Assembly to discuss.
There would be time enough next
year, when we have a new Legisla-
ture.
Mr. Towns had the floor when
Mr.. Christians motion to lay on
the table was voted down-ayes,
, II; noes, 10. e,..at..5mbo,.
} Mr.. Loyenstein moved to make
it the special order for tomorrow
at o'clock, which motion prevail
ed-ayes, 10; noes, IL nul syoi
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