Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-24


House on the committee TO investigate
the affairs OF The Hampton Normal
/ School.
! INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Peters Bill to provide for a
subscription by the county Of Henry to
works Of internal improvement.
BY Mr.. Starke; Bill to incorporate
the Virginia Safe Vault and Trust Com
pany Of Richmond.
BY Mr.. Terry Petition Of disabled
and MANNED soldiers for Communication
TO the General Assembly Of Virgizia.
BY Mr.. Peters: To amend the lAw
in reference TO what shall be deemed
holidays in the acceptance and pay
ment of bills Of exchange, bank-checks,
and promissory notes.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
Mr.. Loving, chairman OF the commit
tee appointed to report what vacancies
exist in the boards OF school commits
sioners in the several counties. made a
report, accompanied by the following
resolution
! Rcsolrfd m The Housc al DclCgdtcs the
/ ~eunte conc Irring). That Thomas ! Pear
! son and W y. surface. OF the county Of
| Giles: Robert j.. Haskins. Of Brunswick
J.. r. Ford. Of Charlotte; 7. ii. Drum inond.
Of Amherst; John \. Green, OF Halifax; c
J.. Goodwin. % Louisa J. ID. EggestOn. Of
Prince Edward; Iohn r. Armstrong and 4
J.. Moir. 81 Henry; K J. Anderson. Of Pitt
sylvanIa; Edward Davis. OF King william
j. !. Coleman. OF Nelson: h. 7. Jones OF
| Hanover: aud Jesse = Williams OF North
an pton he. aud are berehv. appointed
membtls Of The Board Of school Com mis-
siOucrs for their respective count es 10 fill
vacancies existing IN said counties.
The resolution was agreed to.
LOCAL OPTION.
The local-option bill, as reported
from the Senate, was, upon motion OF
Mr.. Pollard, ordered to be printed and
made the special order for to-day at
ll.4j A. NJ.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Echols
providing for an appropriation and the
erection Of a State normal school at
Staunton was, on motion Of Mr..
Echols, made the special order for TO-
day at / o'clock.
SCRIP BILL.
Mr.. A. Fulkerson's bill, introduced
on Monday, authorizing the Auditor Of
Public Accounts to borrow morey. &C.,
was made the special order for to-day
at u o clock.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Pollard moved to suspend the
rules and make the appropriation bill,
apprOpriatiDg money fOrpublc expenses
for the next fiscal year, the special
order for to-day at 1890 o'clock.
Agreed 10.
PUBLIC DEBT.
Mr.. A. Fulkerson said that few
days since he asked that the committee
appointed to report some legislation on
the debt question, Of which be was
chairman, be discharged that the
House refused to do. lie now asked that
be personally be discharged from said
committee.
Mr.. Wise MAY ask why the
gentleman wants to be discharged-he
is an advocate Of the committee, | be-
lieye? ! would like to know what
change has come over the spirit Of his
dreams "
Mr.. Fulkerson said he did not feel
called upon to explain why he wished
TO be discharged ; but he now consider.
ed the committee OF no use, as the Gov
ernor, without consultation with the
committee, has sent in a special mes
sage calling for the appointment of
commission to meet the creditors be-
sides, he wished to be personally free
TO act in the matter regardless Of what
the Governor, or the Lieutenant-Goy-
ernOr, or the Legislature, or anybody
else might think. Further, Mr.. Fulker-
son said, the reason be asked that he be
discharged from further attendance upon
that committee was because the joint
committee had the question Of the debt
under consideration, and also plan
which they thought would be effective
If adopted. But in the midst of their
consideration of the question the Gov
ernor had thought proper to inaugurate,
without any consultation with the com
mittee or Legislature, as far as. he knew,
a scheme which looked to the appoint
ment Of commission clothed with no
power to settle with the creditors, but
simply 10 inform them as to the condi-
tion Of the State and sentiment of the |
people; that about the same time the |
Lieutenant-Governor, representing an
other branch Of the Legislature, has
introduced into the Senate bill to ere
ate commission. &C, by which he saw
the Governor and went one better by |
providing for the reopening Of the queS.
ton Of the payment Of estVirginia
certificates.
The scheme Of the Governor and |
Lieutenant Governor is antsgoniStic to |
that under consideration by the CON-
mittee. The committee never for a
moment entertained the idea of surren-
dering the question or yielding one
inch in the fight, believing as they did |
that the State had power to regulate
its own finances in its own way with
out let or hindrance from any court or
government.
He further said that the scheme Of the
Governor and Lieutenant -Governor-Ap-
commissioners one which
had never amounted to anything but
delay, and that il was surrendering the
question for the present. 81 had
learned" he continued, that when the
white flag was raised and flag Of truce
sent in that it was in violation of the
rules Of war for another gun to be fired
pending the truce. If this commission
is appointed nothing could be done to-
wards forcing a settlement until the re-
suits Of that commission are known"
He desired to be placed upon the
floor untrammelled by any committee,
20 that he could take position on this
question that would suit himself and
carry out the wishes Of the people and
pledges of the party as be understood
hem that the bondholders were bet
ter informed on the debt question than
he Governor, and that they understood |