Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-03-03

Generai Laws, reported, With recommend
alton that it do not pass. Senate bill Great
ing a bureau of labor and industrial statis-
tics. and defining the duties ard powers of
the same and fixing the salary of the commits
sioner thereof
Senator Wingfeld, of Albemarle, intro
duced joint resolution to remove Rail-
road Commissioner Moffett for incom-
petency. Under the rules the resolution
lies over one day.
LOCAL OPTION.
When the Local Option bill came up in
the House this morning as the special Or
der Mr.. Abram Fulkerson moved to pass
by the special order He said that there
were important measures that should be
considered before the Local Oosion bill-the
Appropriation bill. for instance
Mr.. Pollard hoped that the special order
would not be passed by. He thought the
matter should be considered now. As to
consuming two days of the session, he
sald there wonld be no use in consuHinNu
this much timeH He said the salient points,
of the bill could be considered in half an
hour.
Mr.. Downing offered a resolution limit
ing the speeches On the Local Option bill to
five minutes.
Mr.. Fulkerson moved to pass this resolu-
tion by, but the House refused to pass by,
and the clerk was directed to read the
Local option bill as agreed to by the SEN
ate.
Mr.. Martin (Republicanl moved to amend
the fifth section by striking out the words
and said majority includes majority Of
the number of votes cast at the next preced-
ing general election" Agreed to.
Mr.. Pollard moved to strike out the :.
same words in the fourth section 10 mako
it conform to rest of tbs blll. Agreed to.
MIR. Pollsa d moved to strike out the
words cor wines" in the 9th section. Re-
jected-ayes, %; noes, As.
MI Stuart moved to add at the end Of
9Th section the words
provided that nothing IN this act shau
apply to towns and cities of five thousl
Inhabitants or over''
Rejected, and the House refused
consider.
The bill was then ordered to
ment and third reading by tn
vote
Ayes SO; noes IS.
Echols and Lightner "
The next question wa
the bill.
!. The bill passed.
Vta hill now g1
cnncurrenc5-a ~
1 by the House.
| The effect of the amendments ado
by the Houseais simply to allow ma
OF the voters voting at tva special
Sssssss 1issssss. TO decide OR r against
IN THE SENATE.
| The Senate was informed of the
proceedings in the House by speci
sepger (Mr Darst) from that bi
subsequently, the bill, on notion
Stubbs, was taken up.
Mr. Lovenstein hoped the bill woulI ~.
be considered at that time.
Mr.. Rhea called the pending question =
1t was ordered, and the first amendment
agreed to by the following vote
Ayes.-Messrs Blackstone, Bliss, Ely
son, Gaines, Gillespie, Hodges, Jones
Keezell. Norton, Read, Rhea, Stubbs,
Trout Warwick, and Williams-15
i Noes.-Messrs Coltrsne, Grim, Heaton,
Koiner, Lovenstein, Mcdonald, Staples,
and Twyman--S.
Tho other mendments being consequent
tial, the Clerk was orc cred to enter them as
agreed to.
FEMALE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Shortly before adjournment Mr.. Echo'sa
had called up the bull to appropriate So,
coo to establish female normal school q
Staunton. Mr.. Munford thought that
the school was to establ blshed no bett
place for it could be found ,theu in
beautiful and lovely DaNn
favored old iDSr1a1
an, the fer
Hhann