Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-17


He hoped the members of the House
would bear this in mind when they vote
on the motion to reconsider.
Mr.. Buchanan did not want to inn
pesc any burden on the railroad COM
pany that he thought unjust. He did not
want the State to employ and pay three
commissioners il one was sufficient, and
further, he wanted the State, and not the
railroads, to support the commission
ers. he spoke strongly in favor Of the
pending bill.
Mr.. Munford called the pending ques-
tion, which was to reconsider. The
House refused to reconsider as fol-
lows:
AYEs.-Messrs. Arnold, Black. Brown.
Buchanan. Burks, Carter, Crismond. Dab
ney, Darst, Dickenson, Downing. Dunlop.
Dupuy. Fentress, Figgat, Grimsley, Hay,
Hoge, Bolladay. c. +. Jordan. Lawson.
Ieftwitch, Lightner, Loving. Noes, Miller.
Munford. Payne, Peters. Pollard, Powell.
field, striblng Terry, Van Doran, West
| colt, wilkins, and Mr.. Speaker-i3.
NoIs.-Messrs. Acker. Addington. Bandy,
| BobannaD. Bolen, Borum, Cardwell. Chal-
InffN NnllQTttk, OOTTttls EbutOus
| Franklin, ADram Fulkerson, ellis. Harris,
Hurt, Hylton. johnson. w: III. Jordan, VIII
! lam |. Jordan, Mallory, McCapdlish. Nc
| Cintic, Martin, Mathews, Msuck. Mayo,
| Nance, Noblin. Oglesby,. Patton. Porter,
| RYAN, Shields. Southworth, Starke. Talia.
| ferro Tavenner. Thorne, Tillar, Turner.
| Waddil, Webb, and Wise-45.
! AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING,
AND MINING DEPARTMENT..
The next special order-the bill to
provide for the improvement Of the De-
partment of Agriculture, Mining, and
Manufactures-csme up on its passage.
Mr.. Powell said that this appropria-
tion and the passage of this bill had
been asked by the Farmers Assembly
of Virginia. The amount asked was
only 10000, and that, he thought, a
very small sum to put the resources of
the State on exhibition at some stated
convenient place, that capital could see
what Virginia has. lie earnestly advo-
Gated the passage of the bill.
Mr.. A. Fulkerson moved to pass by.
Mr.. Powell said to pass by would be
to kill the bill. lie hoped the House
would not pass by.
Mr.. Saunders said he would vote to
pass the bill by if the House would
consider it tomorrow to-day.
Mr.. Stsike thought it simply farce
to try to get up a proper immigration
buIeau-one of the purposes Of this
bill. Fifty thousand dollars would be
barely adequate. lie indicated his
preference for the bill proposing to ap-
propriate $4,000 to the Mechanics In
stitute, with the view of having in it a
hall for the exhibition of the agricultu-
raj and mineral resources Of the State.
Mr.. Lghtner hoped the House would
pass the bill, which he thought proper
one, and the amount asked for very
small.
Mr.. Curlett also favored the bill.
Mr.. Franklin claimed that no one
was more of a friend Of the farmer
than he, and if any one could show
him any good in it he would willingly
vote for it, but at present he believed
it humbug.
Mr.. Munford said he had been asked
to present this bill. lie had read it,
approved Of its provisions, and there
fore introduced it. lie believed the bill
a right move in the right direction, and
if even the amount is inadequate, yet
the people, our constituents, ask for it,
and he believed we ought to give them
what they want.
Mr.. Saunders hoped the House would
pass the bill.
Mr.. A. Fulkerson was heartily in
favor Of making the appropriation if it
would accomplish the purposes contem-
plated. lie favored the principle, but
objected to the bill.
The motion to pass by was lost.
The bill was then rejected for want
of constitutional majOrity-ayes, A.
noes, "A.
Mr.. Cardwell moved to reconsider.
Mr.. Munford moved to pass by the
motion to reconsider. Agreed to.
CONVICT LABOR.
The next special order-House bill to
provide for working convict labor on
country roads and other internal i'm
proyements-came up on its engrOss-
ment.
Mr.. Fulkerson resumed the floor, and
again urged the adoption Of his amend
ment providing that convictS hired and
worked on local railroads shall be paid
for in lawful money of the United States
instead Of in county bonds. He reviewed
the several heavy drafts that are being
made upon the Treasury the loss of the
revenue derived from the sale of liquor,
which the lOcal-option bill will abolish;
the several high schools and colleges
Of the State which she helps to sup
port and now the proposition is to do
away with the revenue derived from the
penitentiary, which is now selfsup-
porting. lie believed, unless his amend
ment was adopted, that there would be
a deficiency in the Treasury. lie be-
lieved the convicts ought to be looked
after, provided for, and protected; and
if at fair price the counties don't want
them, and the railroads don't want
them, they ought to be provided for and
worked in the penltentiary.
Mr.. Saunders hoped the amendment
Of Mr.. Fulkerson would be adopted.
Mr.. Van Doran said pne of the OBJ
jects Of the bill was to furnish labor,
which is now a burden to the State, to
counties which could not build railroads
by other methods at a cheap rate, so as
to enable those counties that had no
other way at their command to build
railroads. He thought this fact was
not clearly understood by the members
of the House.
Mr.. Tillar also hoped the amendment
would be adopted.
Mr.. Echols claimed that the object
of the bill is to so employ convict la
Dor as to not come into competition
with honest labor. He favored the
bill, in the main, as it came from the
committee.
Mr.. Carter said that the bill was be-
ing discussed in a very unfair way.
" Instead of taking it up section by
section you are discussing the whole
bill in an aimless way, which tends to
accomplish nothing" He hoped the
amendment of Mr.. Fulkerson would
,.t ha aAontaJ