The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30
Discussion on Their Bills in Both
Houses Yesterday.
A LICK AT THE LOBBY.
Meeting Of the Democratic Caucus
Last Night.
THE REGISTRATION BILLS
senate.

was House bill In regard TO the appoint
ment Of directors OF lunatic asylums.
REGISTRARS or ELECTION.
Mr.. Atkinson, from the Committee for
Courts Of Justice, reported Senate bill (235)
providing that registrars and judges OF elec-
ton shall be appointed by the circuit
Judges, except in the city Of Richmond.
where they shall be appointed by the Board
OF Public Interests.
Al the proper time Mr.. Mccormick will
offer as substitute for this bill to pro-
vide that the General Assembly or Senate
shall elect for each county and city regis
tration board; said board TO appoint all
registrars and their clerks and judges OF
elections and their clerks; also the county
or city commissioners Of election. Ii Is
understood that the circuit judges gene
rally would prefer not to have anything
whatever to do with politics.
CHARTERS.
Mr.. Mccormick, from the special Joint
committee appointed to consider the disa-
greeing votes Of the two houses on House
bill No. 56, submitted a report: in effect
harmonizing the Senate amendments with
the House bill.
The report was agreed TO.
The bill allows the circuit and corpora
| ton courts TO grant charters to railroads,
&C., under certain conditions.
RAILROAD EQUIPMENTS.
Mr.. Trout introduced ga bill TO amend
and re-enact the first section OF an act en-
titled an act to declare valid certain con-
tracts concerning railroad equipments and
rolling stock and other personal property
to be used in and about the operation OF
anv railroad" approved January Is, 1884.
! Mr.. Trout explained that this bill re-
Gently passed the General Assembly and
became law, but that that law was rem
dered nugatOry by the word "vender' ap-
pcaring where yendee should have been.
The bill was passed under suspension
of the rules.
Personal.
Mr.. Barham stated that had he been pre-
sent when the Senate had under considera-
tion the preamble and joint resolutions in
regard to General William Malone, senator
from Virginia, he would have voted in the
negative.
DEALINGS IN COUPONS.
On motion Of Mr.. Wickham the bills by
him reported from the Committee on Ri
nance in relation to dealings in coupons
were made the special order for Thursday
at O'Clock.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr. Gaines: Bill to amend section
10 OF the general read law as applicable to
Brunswick county.
BY MIR. Diggs: The petition OF \. ;.
Grisby, collector and assistant treasurer OF
Campbell county. praying leave to return
tax tickets delinquent.
BY Mr. Meredith: The petition OF
eigbty-seyen citizens OF Stafford praying
that the amendment to the Stafford Free
bridge act be passed. Also, letters from
citizens to the same effect.
By Mr.. Lovenstein: Bill to amend and
re-enact sections and II OF the Code OF
1873, aS amended by an act approved March
II, 1878, in regard to registration OF voters.
fills many loop-holes in the laws.l
BY Mr.. Mccormick: Bill to confirm the
organization of the Washington, OHIO and
Western Railroad Company, and declaring
such company vested with all the powers
and franchises possessed by the Washing
ton and Ohio Railroad Company.
BY same: Bill to authorize the Washing
ton, Ohio and Western Railroad Company
to make contracts OF lease a1d consolida
ton with certain other railroad companies
and to connect, cross, and unite with GER
tam other railroads.
BY same: Bill to amend and re.enact N
act entitled an act TO incorporate the Nir
ginia and West Virginia Railroad Compa
ny, approved February 81. 1882.
BY same: Bill for the relief OF j. Vance
Bell, late treasurer OF Frederick county.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN.
| in IA.
consideration Of the bill to incorporate thu
Norfolk and Western Extension Com
pany.
Mr.. Berry offered an amendment that i
shall he lawful for said company 10 acquire
by subscription, purchase, or otherwise, OF
guarantee. any bonds or capital stock o
"any corporations OF this State or else
where, whether now or hereafter created
and any such company or corporations ma.
acquire by subscription, purchase. ol
otherwise, or guarantee. any portion Of tn
bonds or capital stock OF the said Norfoll
and Western Extension Company"
Amendment is in "quotation " marks.l
This amendment was intended TO perfec
the substitute heretofore offered by Mr
| Berry.
II was favored by Messrs. Berry, Koiner
and Trout, who argued that there wa
nothing at all dangerous In the proposition
, that II was clearly provided in the bill tha
: the company should not acquire competing
, or parallel lines; that it only gave the cor
porators power to do what they could dt
in their individual capacity, and that th'
true interests OF the Commonweath-look
ing to the development OF her mines, &c.
would be advanced by the measure pro
posed.
Messrs. Wickham, Bailey, and Newberr!
took the opposite view. They were willinl
10 give the company ample power 10 con
str,ict feeders and branches, but though
that the amendment proposed was tot
broad They declared that no one coult
be more zealously desirous OF promoting
! the development OF the Southwest thar
tbey. but that really the company wer'
asking too much.
Mr. Newberry, in the course OF speecl
, explaining his position, said; " have beer
driven away from my seat by the lobby. .
have got tired OF II. Senator'S can hardl,
slay IN their seats. The lobby is seen al
. around buttonholing senators. pro
pose to put my foot down on it."
After a long debate the vote resulted:
AYEs.-Messrs. Atkinson, Berry. Brown, Crum
| pier, Edmonds, Heat0n, hoiner' r'Lo'ensteln' Mere
, tith, Thurman, and trout. ,,
Nops'-Meesrs. Barham. Barnes, Bliss, Coltrane
risnsry. Gaines, Keezell. Mccormick, Newberry
Norton, Rogers, Warwick, Wickham' and Wing
, Aeld--14.
The amendment having been rejected,
Mr.. Trout (the patron Of the bin moved
that the bin be indefinitely postponed
After some remarks by other senators ht
Withdrew that motion and moved to pass
hv which was agreed 10.
| Before the bill was passed by severa
amendments were proposed by Mr.. McCor
mick and adopted, all Of them circum.