National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-23
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC GENERAL AS
sEMBLY Is DOING.
The Proceedings of the Early Part of
the Week Briefly sketohed for Old
Dominion Readers-An Interesting
summary of tho Leading Topics.

the attention Of the various chalrmcn OF
committees for the examination Of the pub.
lie officers accounts, their Official bonds &C.,
to the fact that they had made no report,
and that the public interests might suffer there.
by. The senate committee on finance reported
a bill which will take slS5OOO from the treasury
to complete and equip the Southwestern lunalic
asylum at Marion, Smythe county; A bill was
introduced in the senate to provide for work.
ing conyicts on roads belonging to municipal
corporations.
In the house yesterday the finance commit.
tee reported adversely on the bill for the relief
of G. W. Hollis, of Manchester, and against the
payment of the claim OF John Wren for deteo-
tive service in the Cluvorlns case.
a bill for the relief of J, X. Richardson, treas.
urer of Caroline, and a bill to allow the county
of Mathews 10 levy n tax to build wharf on
Gwyn's island to tho mainland, were intro.
RicItwoNp, VA, Jan, 1s,-The excitement In
the state over the probable sale of delinquent
lands Is so intense that the assembly VIII probd
bly, do nothing to enforce these sales. In the
ferrcd to provide for the sale of lands delin.
quent after 1881, and every year thereafter in
the August following the year In which they
are declared delinquent.
CANDIDATES ron CONGRESSIONAL HoSoRs
in the sixth, tenth, and third districts of this
state are already feeling the popular pulse. It
is generally said here that Hon, g. ID. Wise
Will close his congressional career with the
iorty.ninth Congress. There are five OF more
gentlemen of John W. Daniels aud j. Ran.
fuckers districts who nr0 willing to succeed
them.
UNITED STATES SENATOR BLAIR THANKED.
The bourbons of the house to-day voted sol.
idly for Judge Waddills resolutions, thanking
United States Senator Blair for his efforts to
relieve manned ex.confederate soldiers and
asking Virginia representatives to use their
efforts to have law for this purpose passed.
THE TREASURY NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.
The report of the senate committee to in
yeSligate the office of state treasurer shows
that thousands of dollars on various accounts
have been oyerdrawn, and that many im.
provemenis should be made.
DisPLEAsED WITH THE REPORT.
The friends OF the many candidates for the
position of school superintendent In the Coun.
lies where there are vacancies to be filed next
Wednesday are displeased with the re-
port of the senate committee on courts
Of justice, who decided that the terms of all
Offices of this character expire on the LIST OF
July next. The report of the committee was,
however, adopted by the senate to-day.
IN THE SENATE
the following bills were presented and referred:
10 change the name Of the Manchester street
railway TO the Richmond and Manchester rail.
road; to increase tho salary Of the judge OF
Greenville county, and to amend the law in
reference to the collateral INHERITANCE tax.
for working the roads of Warren county, aud to
incorporate the Loudoun Telephone Company.
A bill to exempt from levy and sale for debt
the boat and equipage OF hshermen and oyster;
men Of tho state to the amount OF 500 will
pass both houses.
RICHMOND Jan. Ex-senator Gaines, Repub-
licHp, offered resolutio ion calling upon the
auditor of the state for a detailed statement OF
the cost of tho general assembly OF lSS].'Si,
during which there were five regular aud spe-
clal sessions. The senate voted down the res
olutiun only four Democrats voting for II, II
was during these sessions that so many costly In.
yestigations which resulted in nothing were
had. 1t was an unusual sight tosee Virginians
voting against permitting the fullest exposition
OF all they have done. The same resolution
will be offered in the house tomorrow.
DEBT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE STATE.
Mr.. Rhea. chairman of the special Joint com.
mitteo on the debt question, reported a bill,
which has for its object the protection of the
state against the payment of fraudulent cou-
Tons by requiring that, in every suit brought
Tor the purpose of testing tho genuineness of
coupons, the plaintiff shall produce in evidence
the bond from which the coupon In question
was cut and produce proofthat the coupon was
actually cut lrom such bond.
BOURBON osTRACIsM TOO MUCH FOR HIN.
Hon. L. X. Stewart, of Richmond county,
formerly member OF the Virginia legislature,
has determined TO dispose OF his property and
make his home elsewhere. Bourbon ostra.
cism was too strong for him.
INTERESTING LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate passed the following bills:
For the relief Of Giles Crowds and Sidney
Gresham, Of King, and Queen Mrs X. W.
Davidson, Floyd; Lewis Jones, treasurer of
MiddleseX, and c. w. Walker, late treasurer of
Giles; to incorporate the Wythe aud Spalding
lion Manufacturing Company; to change char
ter of BcrTyville Clark county, so us to allow q
treasurer, sergeant, &C.; to incorporate the
sisters of charity OF st. Joseph's Society Of Rich.
mond, and the Little Sisters of the POus; to
ali oystermen and fishermen their boat aud
for u road law for Allegheny, Balh and High
lgnd countless appropriating sl35,O0O TO com.
plete The southwestern !unatic asylum, and to
amend the charter OF Roanoke City.
The following bills were presented and re-
feTcd: 10 empower clerks of courts to have
printed certain parts Of the record in suits; to
amend charter of the Richmond Fire Relief
Association; to prevent the employment OF con.
Wet labor whore 1t comes in contact with
honest labor, and for the selief of John w.
Goss, late clerk of Albermarle county court.
In the house to-day most OF the session was
spent IN the discussion of the bill which al.
lows suits TO be entered against receivers of
property without the consent Of tho court
which appointed the receiver.
The following bills were presented and re-
ierred to allow the treasurers ofthe following
sseogntiss to pay clerks Of courts not to exceed
Powhatan, Goochland, Amherst, Pittsylvania,
Bedford, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway,
Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Halifax, Charlotte,
ERom,PSe EdHGgneT tuNamgIa A9SS@ST
ton Of special Judge in certain cases
SPECIAL ELECTION
for delegate from Pittsylyanla,in place of l.. w.
Keen, deceased, is ordered for Feb. 4.
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION
Tho committee on roads of the house OF dele
gates met tonight in the hail of tue house,
where over l25 gentlemen from the various Cit
les of the state were present. The object Of the
meeting was the consideration of the bill be-
fore the assembly for the establishment of q
state railroad commission. The speeches indl-
Gated that the visitors before the committee
u.I
sion arbitrary powers over roads, but the senate
and house are determined, 1t seems, TO give the
commission large powers.
Among the speakers were w. N. Smoot, oil
Alexandria, and Jack Slaughter, of I.ynchburg,
John NJ Robinson president SeaDoarl and Roa-
noke; Vice President Eddy, NJ u W. railroad;
General Manager Myers, T., f. ri, General
president OF X. ~ d, system, were ut the meet
ing.
BoURBoNs RAISE THE COLOR LINE.
The bourtons have raised tho color line
again In connection with free school books and
the submission of the question OF furnishing
them by taxation to the voters of the counties
They take 1t for granted that the negroes will
vote Golidly for free books and that Is good
enough cause for bourbon opposition to It,
| Just alter the adjournment of the last Demo-
| cratic state convention John Daniels friend,
| boosted that he had put this "free,bOOk'
| plank IN their platform after the other part oil
| The instTumt nj had been adopted. Mr.. Daniel
| Will not get amy further thanks for this little
| stroke OF policy.
RICmNoND, Jan, 2O-In tho-senate to-day the
| following were presented and referred: For the
| relief OF the treasureTs OF Madison and Able
| marie and the late treasurer OF Allegheny; e
| require the auditor Of public accounts TO force
county and city tTeasurors TO settle with the
| state every year or render himself liable fol
| any loss from failure to do so; To make dogs IL
| Richmond property In criminal process to al
| low Judges to accept ildeltty ana trust clmpl
| mes TO become sureties on oiliciGl bonds: fO
| the relief of the suTeties of Augustus Watkins
| of Fairfax; to classify bulding.fund Gssocla
| tons aud Incorporate the same, and 70 change
| the charter Of West Rockingham Insurance
| Company.
The bill giving maimed confederate soldier
| and marines $4,000 was passed by the senate
and the bill 10 YaCate the directories of all TN
lnnN!ic nsylums April J., 1851 was engrossed