The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-06


Your oDedient servants.
ARTHUR OCOSNOk, NJ. L.
DoSAL SULLIVAN, n, T.:
HENRY CAMPBELL NJ. J..
To ne President Of ne Snofe Of piFgsnsa
This is the resolution:
"Resoired. = hat We offer our hearty thanks
10 the senate OF the state Of Nirginia fof lho
7. ccution rendered by them To our coiicaguc,
Sir mo rs Esmonde: and that We relolce ~
this evidence Of the kindly feelingo Oh ,he p'o ~.
pie whom they represent to"stu '"o '"
aud people OF Ireland,
On motion Of Mr. Echols the paper was
ordered TO he spread on the journal OF 'ne
senate. a.
There was noticeable big fight in the
ranks about the Superintendent Of Public
Instruction tor the Commonwealth. Mr.; T..
4. Glass, candidate for this position, mas
Or. buchanan behind him, and The DOCTOR
comes out nat footed for him and he wieias
a wcighty influence. Then Hon. John T..
Massey. now Lieutcnant-GOvernor, In an
applicant also for the same place. Mr.
MASSEY has way, peculiarly his own.
when he sets forward 10 accomplish any
thing. lie and his friends are active, ana
they are met at every turn by Glass ana
Buchasan men, and this makes this one OF
the preiiiest fights that come up Tor ACTON
and determination before the caucus next
Monday night.
There viii be- some proposed change tit the
urcsaut election law. Mr.. Arnold has a bill
That ne will introduce, which viii be per
ieried system, aficr the manner Of The AUS
traiian plan. There is "A great diversity 81
opinion among members rs TO the propriety
III making change at all, and close can
ya,s disclOses the fact that Mr.. John :.
BarbOur's expression. that he was sati>iie@l
with the present method, seems TO be large
IN that Of the present Assembly. THIS j.
certainly the case in the House of Dele
gates, but in the senate the opinion is not
80 pronounced.
The Senate Routine.
The senate met promptly at noon-Lieu.
fonant-GOYcrnOr Massey in the chair
PRAYER was offered by Rev. Or. George
Cooper. of the Baptist Church. The follow
inv bills were presented and referred:
By Mr.. johnson: To incorporate the Rad
ford steel and Iron Company; 10 enable
certain mining and manufacturing corpora
lions Of other states or countries 10 conduct
operations i'm this state: TO incorporate the
Radford Trust Company. by Mr.. tawicss
10 authorize The Norfolk and North
Carolina Canal Company, rs success
ors TO the Dismal swamp Company, to
increase its capital stock and issue bonds.
Bs Mr. sands: 70 incorporate the Virginia
state Dental Association. By Mr. FOwlkes
To authorize a loan Of muskets 10 the IT.
enia /Ouayes. Of I.ynchburg. BY Mr..
Moore: TO incorporate the Washington,
Alexandria and Fairfax Railroad Company
By Mr.. L1wless: To amend the Code 50 a.
10 give. County, Corporation or Hastings
courts power 10 remove county, city ef
district officers for malfeasance, incOmpe-
tcncy or gross neglect OfofliciaI duty. BY Mr..
Turner: 10 amend an act to incorporate
the Norfolk City Railroad, approved July :,
iSS0.
THE LATE SENATOR HOUSTON.
Mr. Mcdonald offered the following.
which was made the special order for TO-
day at 1890 O'Clock:
ResoItsd. by NE Seaaf> That Il learns with
profound regret of the death of Hon. j.. +.
Houston. Of Roanoke. a former member Of
this bOdv who was stricken down I'm the
prime Of his usefu 1nesS 10 his adopted state.
and we nearby extend our deep ymiaihy
and coincidence to those Of his surviving ret
atiVcs.
Resoipcd. further, That this resolution be
SPREAD ON the Journal Of the Senate ana "A
copy thereof sent 20 the relatives OF Hon. d.
=. Houston.
PAGES APPOINTED.
On motion Of Mr.. Hurt, Charles Pace.
Barney Bowman, Randolph Williams. and
William Garnett were appointed pages Of
the Senate.
ASSISTANT CLERKS.
Dr. Pendleton appointed the following is
sistants. First assistant, :. l.. Bioomberg,
of Richmond; reading clerk, Mr.. Miller, of
Gloucester; committee clerks, Hudson Mar
tin, Of Nelson county; George {. >herSierd,
of Clarke; Arthur Sheetz, OF loudoun: sam.
4. Smythe, of Clarke; and j. Foote john
son, Of Bedford.
PETITIONS Presented.
Mr.. Harrison presented two petitions.
one from X. T.. Irenary. sergeant Of the city
of Winchester, asked the payment Of Slll
for service of summOnses, Nc. The other
was from Richard l.. Gray, clerk of the Cor
poration Court of Winchester, claimed
S,5l 40 for clerks fees. The bills, il seems.
had their origin in this way: In the City
Court of Winchester numerous suits were
brought under the coupon crushor act.
Judgment after Judgment was recovered AT
successive terms. and a great deal of work
WAS imposed upon the officers of the court.
and much expense was incurred by them.
Recently the Court of Appeals decided that
the court had no jurisdiction and the judg-
heuts were void.
The Committees.
The Democratic members Of the Senate
held a conference I'm their chamber III the
afternoon, when the committee appointed
10 select the standing committees for the
session made their report, which was
adopted. The following is list Of the com.
mitteos:
P,1rIcgcs ami Elections. - Messrs
Jones. Harrison, Arthur. Little, Gordon
Easley. Woods, Lawless, Mills. and Nance
courts Of Justice. Mcsrs. Blackstone
Jones. Moore, Harrison, Little, Sands
Johnson, Peters, HUBBARD, Cornet an,
Nance.
GcHcr0f Ldrs.-Mcssr. Stubbs, Berry
Ilcaton, Harrison. Echols, Easley, sands
larrcll, Lawless. HUBBARD and Lloyd.
H0ddS amt Internal N0Of0UffOH.-
Mcssrs. 1leatOn. Barnes, Moore, LOyenstein
Blackstone, Echols. Wickham. Peters. Tur
uer, Jordan, Roberts, Mcdonald and Mills
Finance ant BdnkS- Messrs. Berry
Loyensten. Smoot, Barnes, Arthur Moore
Gordon. Wickham. Dunn, Woods, Jordan
Acker and GOse.
Pubitc Institutions and EdHcGhon.-
Messrs. Lovenstein, >tubbs. Jones, >moot
Gordon. EchOls, Dunn, Roberts, johnson
iuiutl. ltdNdhlS, MNDOHdiu anu nav
lngs.
county, CifV amt Torn Org0RizdfiOH.-
Messrs. SmOot, F0lkes, Dudley, Harrison
sands. Lawlcss, Woods, Narrell, Corneti
and Acker.
agriculture, Mining and MGnufoc-
hfTeS.-Alessrs. Arthur, Dudley. Barnes
Gordon, Roberts, Dunn, Jordan, Gose and
Griggs.
Fish and Gdmc.- Messrs. Barnes. Stubs.
Blackstone, Little, Peasants, Turner, Eas-
ley. Mcdonald, Nance and Rawlings.
EHrOUcd Bus. Messrs. FOlkcs, Rob
erts. lawless. laTell. Johnson, Woods.
Rawlings. GOse and Mills.
Examine clerks OWcc.-Me ssrs. Dunn,
SmOOt and Griggs.
on KufcS.-President of senate, President
pro tenn. aud Chairman OF the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
EScc0ffre ErpcHditures.- Mcssrs. Lit
tie. Easley and Lloyd.
Library Messrs. sands, Stubs and
Corncit
Examine Office 4 udtor Of PuJiic 4 IT,
cOHHts.-Me.srs. Moore, Roberts and Raw
lings.
Examine Second 4 uditOi'S 4 ccOuHfS.-
MeSsr- Dudlpy Peasants and Cosp