The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-06
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUT..
GOVERNOR DISCUSSED


sidercd yesterday by the General Assembly
Of Virginia. was the counting OF the No''
t,r Governor and Iieuienani-GoNerhor'
qbo constitution Of the state provides 'hat
the returns shall be- opened and the result
announced within week from the asemD-
Ing Of the Legislature, in the presence ol
,oint conference Of both branches oi the
General Assembly. This WIS held YESTERDAY
A,.o,ter Carivcll presided over the Join'
o,rxepttor. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MASSEY |
sitting on his lcii. and Clerk lfhdle'"n on |
fho len of Clerk Bigger. The tellcrs 10 coun'
,Le vote were Mcs-rs. Berry, oil me ,t"''o'
and Downing. Of the House; ana M,Ssis'
f"hn.on Of the senate. and Joync~. OF the
9to,,.o ,verc appointed 10 add the figures:
!, ,yas found that Alexandria clerk hau
t,iiod 10 attest the vote for Licutcnant-'oN,
.rnor ian that city. II was AT FIRST resolved
,nscnJ "A Joint committee to Alexandra Tor
~ ccrfidcafe. but II WAS afterwards de- !
t"rmino1 40 send the Pir~t Doof-keepeT.
rmr JOINT CONyENuoN.
,rho f,ii,re IF the clerk of scott county 20 |
transmit 40 the Secretary of the common
wealth the vote of that county. brought "u'
an animated discussion in ~ JOINT aescui-
Iiv MIR. Hay. Of Madison, offered the loi-
lowing resolution.
,vb,rcos the clerk Of the County Court %
SCOT county, has failed 10 certify the iesui,
nj the vote 81 scott county for Governor anu
l4rYtcnaUt-boytrru ~ r,,
p(,.i,eJ. ibat the presiding officer ol the
iolnt Assembly APP ONT q committee y, M ~
tom Inc Joint assembly 10 proceed 70 lhe
cnrntv of~cOtt, and require nom me c'rih %
said county q certified abstract h,i t,t.ins
~ ihc votes cast for governor An" iiSu'.n
urt-f,oVernoI CO. the election hcid on lhc "li
a.. a. NaVember 1859. and report thcf nc
tton 10 the Joint asscmh ihud .,..
Ue.oI,.d iurfhrr. liar Abe said colnmlltee
have power 10 seld for persons ana I"l''N'
4 number of members want 81 stronger
measures than this. They urged mat the
~.r.,eani-at-Arn. Dee sent to scott county
auI bring the clerk Of the county TO Rich
mlud. =.
MIR. Hay said that when hc offered hi-
resolution be- thought Doc WIS goin. Tar
.nourh There WAS nothing before lul7
ioint assembly bat the bare fact that there
were no returns from the county ~ scott
10 ua.- any resolution, iorcibly bringing
the clerk here would bee going TOO i'i' ana
procccding too much Ia q harsh way
Mr. !. Caticti Gibson opposed any ih'n-
IKE arbitrary measures. There might bc
.urh "a thing ~ fhe clcrh having "a eonh
re,.op for mot certifying t0 the returns. me
rerori of the Board of Commissioners may
Ln imurouor or Of such "a character ihAl th'
clerk cannot properly allow himself 10 GER
tifc. lie believed in allowing the clerk hiS
dan i'm court. he did not believe That any
clerk would defy the Law Of the state. II ~
wa. shown that any clerk did' he would
uiinish him as far ~ the General Assembly
has the power. Mr.. Hays resolution was
agrecd 90.
senator Uoai0n and others remarked that
a n,drr certified h the clerk Transmitting
me vote al scott county for Governor ana
Iioutcuani-G0scrnOr,h had been delivered 10
The -ecgetarY of The Commonwealth W edncs-
day after the General Assembly hhd organ
led Another senator stated thal lhl3
uaper had been handed the Secretary OF the
commonwealth W private hands. II had
moi been received as the law required.
through the mail. and had been returned.
senator lch0ls thcrcupon offered The follow
ing resolution. which was adopted;
.Where.s no retutu At the vote east in the
g., ,uty OF scott or Governor and liculehant-
Governor ias been trarsWltttd 10 inc
speaker Of the House of Delegates as re-
aIlred by lIW.
- H,soffed. inat the sccrctaryof the Com
monwoaifh hc requested 20 INFORM ihls JONI
assembly f ths cause of tie failure 81 the
transmission cd The = ala returns.
4 copy ofthe resolution was sent the Sec
Rotary u, once. who wrote the following
reply
ain rcrcusc 10 the FOREGOING resolution
have the nnnnr tn state thH' nav" received
D.. rctnIus from ihe equity oi scott for Gov
efnOr and Lieutenant MADE
this statement iu ms cOmuunlctuoh 70 me
Honorable speaker of the House q Delegates
ON the 4 % Inst. when delivered - nm ne
returns Tor Governor and LcutCnaut-pONe Ell
nor received hy mcanl delivered as required
ry law. Most respectfully, ,..........,.
secretary of the tOmmOnW caiih.
I'm Wow of this response, senator Jones
offered the following, which was adopted;
"gesol,.d. That the Sotgoaut-at-Aims Of
the House Of Dcle gates Dee. AMI he Is hereby
REQUIRED 90 proceed tO tie e. 'nit-h use OF ihc
county If scot, and CXecutc upon the clerk of
The County Court otsald county.uruic rtquii-
inu liu o. appear here on ihut Nd1N next, at
4 o'clock, Hnd show cause, 10 any zee can, why
lc shIll NOT Nc attached Tor his failure u
csttif, to the S. cfcttry ui the commonwealth
the vote cast at the election held on the OH
day of November. for Governor and tieutcn-
amt loVeruor of the tOmnsnWealth. The
.ald file shall he issued and attcsttd by thf
CLERK 81 the House of alc1tlcs.
senator Jones stated that here was "A clerk
who had not sent the return as required 10y
law II is our duty 90 send a process for
him and bring him here. lic will then have
his day in court and every opportunity 10
utr-e himself 10 Doe has good reasons for hl~
failure 90 act. As matters now stand. there
D. "a possibility of oue clerk pcrslsiently re-
fn.mg tO send the returns of county. and
thus changing the result of q state election.
senator lieatou moved that the vote an
a.certiincd. without scott county, for Coy
erpor and llrutcnani-ttoNoin or. and Alex
andria city for lIeutenaut-GoNemor, be- am
ununccd. lie wanted the vote as found Oui
TODAY 10 be- placed ON record. lie thought
Tint il would be- more regular.
senator Hurt mol only wanted this done.
bat good deal more. Standing in the cen
irp aisle, he moved that the vote De not
only announced. but that the parties
voted for who had received ma
i0r.tV of the vote, cast for the office
Tor which they ran bee declare elected. lie
said il was righ. and proper to announce
the vote and declare the proper persons
elected. II any one was aggriCNcd lac could
take the proper remedies as laid down i'm the
code. IF The deir icd candidate for HoNer-
nor thought that the declaration of the clcc-
lion OF his competitor was wrong because
of the absence of returns, the Code gave him
len days in which to give notice of contest.
and II. when the votes of the missing county
had been received. 10 was found that %
would change the result. then the contest
ant would be- declared elected.
senator lONcn-tein had no objection 10
announcing the vote before the returns from
scott county had been received, but was OPP
posed To declaring anyone elected. sup
pose, said fr. the result Nt tue titctfuu
hinged on that county. lie thought il
would Dc setting a very bad precedent.
senator ~inbhs read several sections nom
the Code. senator Wickham said II was
the duty of the Joint assembly 90 declare
to-day who was elected. Mr.. DdbneN en-
,ior.ed Senator " ickham. ltWas matter
of gravity. II wrong was done IL could be
remed.ed. senator Moore believed In TAX
iny a recess from day 10 day, 80 everything
would appear rs she proceedings M day,
until the scott county vote was obtained.
lie wanted t. keep within the law, and
asked, suppose ilty counties were IN the
position of Scott to-day. would YOU declare
who was elected right Oh from the vote Of
the other my counties.
Mr.. Hay was opposed 90 declaring any
one elected now. lie preferred 60 give time
10 get the returns. II they cannot be gotten
on account of an act of Providence or of
human impossibiity, then the parties
elected can be declared 80 without the vote
of that county. The debate was kept upon
ihe same line los Mes>rs. Hurt. Gibson, and
others. and at f:i5 T.. NJ the joint assembly
took recess until to-day at O'Clock.