Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-26


| oldest member OF the Senate ,.o,,,,-
- MIR President my friend In order 20 sus-
tain this resolution ASKS tnis i n"us tn i1Tn
| hearing one particle of evidence 20 .,i n
| nuI OF Office a gentleman who was plsceu Il
that position few months ago. , ssy suu"
| a resolution, In my huInpic luusinn,1t
never emanated from any memptI " t,o
| body IN the history OF the Common"ee'"
" How is il that he grayely gets up mere
and asks senators 10 vote fvr tesp,u1t,,
removing from Office gentleman 1850
whom not one shadow OF evidence hs'
! been adduced: against whom NOT one PM
tIcle OF testimony has been OHeIen hsainss
whom as far as my knowledge suts ~ |
one word OF complaint has come up I'gJIl
| any section Ct This Commonwealth le
| asks the passage or this Restitution Wttliput
! introducing any testimony, anu aTr,.d
| his reVOrt last report OF the halrptu
| Commissioner Rs the only evidence up,n
| which he ba.es his charges. snd AXIS tnls
| body TO pass upon II and turn thls young
| man out OF Office
In the name Of justice, in the name
of fair-dealirg, and in the name oil
humanity. the speaker appealed to the
Senate not TO proceed in the way ad-
vocated by the Senator from Albemarle.
lie referred to the fact that not one
word Of complaint against Mr.. Moflett
had fallen from the lips Of any Of the
railroad officials when they were before
the committee and when the railroaf-
commissioners bill was being con-
sidered.
| MIR President the Senator comes from
! tie county OF Alternate. aud right mere
permit ne 10 produce a Testimonial rom
! gentleman OF that county. who ! am IN
| foImed. Is as well respected as any man III
| the county. desire To call the attention
L. Inns h.aAn gulH m
| public press by gentleman hom the Sena-
| Tors own county. aud will appeal TO the
! Senp tor hi msef TO know II this gentleman
| does not stand AS well a. any citizen In the
| county Of Albemarle"'
lie here commenced to read a COM
munication in the Charlottesville JEFF
fersonida, and was interrupted by Mr..
Wipgfeld, who asked that a letter
from General Wickham be read. The
letter was read, and in commenting
upon it Mr.. Meredith said
"Now. Mr.. President. this letter shows
that as soon az his (Nir. Mofreit's) attention |
| was called to this fact he ddall in his power |
| under the charter which guided hlm-the |
| bin providing for the election OF a railroad |
| comm issiOntr. ! say that he could have |
| done 10 more and | say that the re ord |
will show that wherever there has been
| conf paint 10y citizens Of this Common !
| wealth.. II. u .IOutIl lit iktllIbhl pul-
missioner. has been as prompt In the dis
| charge OF his duties az was possible to bene- |
TT the people by getting reduction of the |
| rates
The hour of 1890 o'clock having
arrived, this matter went over to give !
place to the appropriation bill.
ELECTION OF JUDGE GRIMsLEY.
A message was received from the |
House of Delegates by Mr.. Hay, who |
informed the Senate that the House had |
adopted resolution naming O'Clock |
as the hour for electing Judge of the |
Sixth judicial circuit.
The resolution was taken up, agreed |
10, and the fact communicated to the |
House by Mr.. Twyman.
When the appointed ho"r arrived. |
after the usual interchange OF messages |
with the House, the Senate proceeded |
to the execution Of the joint order.
Mr.. Twyman placed in nomination
the name of Daniel a. Grimsley, Of the
county q Culpeper.
Mr. koiner. in seconding the nom- |
nation Of Judge Grimsley, said that. |
in hi opinion. he was one Of the first |
men OF the State, and would ill the |
office with honor.
Mr.. Wingfeld said !:
MI President l arise to say that Judge |
| GTimsley IS a gentlemen OF high aud pure |
character, and will worthily grace the Judi
| cial erIBinc OF the sixth circuit. Al the |
| same time affirm that TN my opinion 10 X !
! a principle Of sound public policy that no !
! member OF the General Assembly s1ond |
! he elected TO an Office to be filed by the !
| General Assembly. hut | am not aware !
that this principle il embodied in any party !
| platform. aud therefore bow to the will Of |
| my associates and shall cast my vote for /
| Judge GTimsley that tue record may he |
| written up.
Judge Grimsley received the en-
tire vote cast, and was declared elected |
for the term prescribed by law COM
menciDg the LIST day Of January, 1887.
SPECIAL COURT OF APPEALS.
A message was received from the
House of Delegates by Mr.. Stuart, who
informed the Senate that the House had
passed bill providing special court
of appeals.
FROM THE AUDITOR.
The Chair laid before the Senate a
| communication from the Auditor of
Public Accounts in response to a reso-
luton of the Senate requesting state
ment showing the balance on State
taxes of all kinds against each city and
county treasurer of the State of Vir-
ginia as Of September 80, 1885, inclu-
ding all years since 1870, the amount
of delinquent taxes Of all kinds returned
and allowed from each county and city
in the Commonwealth for the fiscal
years ending September 80, 1854, and
1855, respectively; and what sold
claims " standing on the books of the
Auditors office have been settled and
adjusted by Auditor Morton Marye,
&c. Laid on the table and ordered to
be printed. The amount given under
the first resolution is Sjl2.l36.Sl
second sl37, S07.l4; the third gives a
long history of the several cases adj
justed.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
At 1890 O'Clock the appropriation
bill was taken up, and nearly two hours
were spent in its consideration. There
was an amount Of discussion over the
salary Of circuit judges, various and
sundry amendments were proposed,
discussed at length, and voted down, and
finally one was proposed by Mr.. Loven-
stein appropriating $685. 400 for the pay
Of circuit judges-said amount to be APP
portioned according to present laws or
those amendatory thereto. The bill
will probably get through the Senate
to-day.
M0FFETT RESOLUTION, AGAIN.
At 2:30 o'clock Mr.. Twyman moved
to pass by the appropriation bill for
thirty minutes, SO that the resolution
concerning the removal of Mr.. Moffett
might be considered at once. He
thought that when a man was so ar
raigned no time should be lost in vim
dicating the charges. There was oppo.
sition, but the motion prevailed.
Mr.. Causey moved to dismiss the
resolution, and on this the pending
question was called but not ordered.