The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-01
The GENERAL ASSEM- BLY,
GETTING READY FOR THE COM
ING SESSION.

Both Houses Co be Formally Opened Next
,ycdresday-- Candidates for the Various
omccs 20 he fnted-seass OF the Mem
bers.
The General Assembly 81 Virginia will
ne called tu order next Wednesday ~ IL NJ.
The senate hy the Lieutsnan:-Governor,
Massey. the House by Clerk John Bell Big
gef.
IN THE HOUSE
The first business IN order will be the calling
of che roll. II being found that a quorum
Is present. the next business VIII be the
election OF "A Speaker The clerk nrcsides
otertbis election. when the vote is annOunc-
ed declaring The name Of the successful can
diditc. be takes the Speakers chair and
prcsides as such the rniaindcr Of the ses-
sion.
Tuesday night there viii he caucus Of
IN. Democrats Of both branches IN their re-
spsciiye halls. The House caucus VIII
nominate o speaker, clerk, sergeant-at-
arms and two dVof-kcepcrs. The Senate
will nominate the same Oihcers and
president mo tenn. 20 preside in the absence
Of the Lieutenant Governor.
THE srEASERsmP.
For Speaker II the House the former
Speaker. Hon. Richard II. Cardwell, will
have no opposition. The same u 10 be said
of Clerk John Bell Bigger. who knows his
business thoroughly. For seargeant-at-
arms the former incumbent. Mr.. !. j. Mar
tin. Of Craig. and Mr.. ". 4. Robins, form
crly Of GLOUCESTER county. but now Of Rich
mOnd, are candidates.
DOORKEEPEEs.
Mcssrs. 4. o. Sullivan. Of Mont gomerv,and
i. I. kendr.ck, Of AppomaitoN, former
do0r-k0,,pcrs. are candidates for reelection.
AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
The candidates for the Auditor " Public
Accounts are Morton Marye. the incumbent,
and Jane Marshall. Of Craig.
SECOND AUDITOR,
The incumbent, Colonel frank g.. Rufin.
will have no opposition 10 his reelection,
although MIR. Fps, ef No;toway, was an
n0unced for the Office Of Second Auditor
nearly two weeks ago.
TREASURER.
There Seems TO be no opposition 10 Treas
urcr g.. W. Hartman serving another term.
SECRETARY on THE COMMONWEALTH.
For this position there are three candi-
dates aHnOunced--JUd,e II. W. FlOunoy,
the incumbent; W. W. Scott. one ofthe sec
Murray. editor Of the Norfolk L0Rdm0rh.
TION.
There are three candidates, Dr. }. W.
Soulhaii. of Amelia county; X. kcmper. OF
Alexandria, and Hon. John L. Massey.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
For this position five persons have an
nounced themselves. They are ): II.
O'BannOn, the Incumbent; A. II. MicOu,
formerly Of TappahannOck. but now OF
Richmond, who preceded Mr.. O'Bannon in
Office Rush L. Dcrr. Of Roanoke. who pre-
ecded Mr.. Micou in this pos tion; X. Il.
Merchant, Of Fredericksburg, and MI.
Slaughter. Of Petersburg.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PENITENrTARy.
Four candidates are in the 1eld-W. W.
Moses. incumbent; B. :. Cosby. OF llenricO;
Il. W. Scott. Of Charlotte, and Mr.. Miller
OF Matthews.
REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE.
There are two candidates for this posi-
toB-Mr. W K. Gaines, the incumbent, and
W iiiam H. MO,elcv. OF Richmond city.
There are 40 members Of the General
Assembiy-i0O in the House, i0 in the SEN
aie. There are II Republicans in the House
and 10 In the senate. There are 5negroes-
4 in the House and | in Senate. The session
will he three months. and the pay Of each
member is S3Gl. Three-tiths of each House
can extend the session for thirty days, but
no extra pay is allowed for those thirty
days.
THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
viii, in All probability. be opened with
prayer hy DR.. NJ. u. lloge, who has per-
formed that service for many years.
Very f.w Of the members Of either House
have arrived in the city. but tomorrow and
Tuesday will sec them coming in on every |
train.
Already all the Democrats have selected |
their seats. IN the front row. beginning ri |
the middle aisle. to the right Of the Speaker. |
will sit in regular order Mr.. K. ii. Down |
ing, Of Warren. and James Hay. of Madi- |
son. Then John T. RYAN. Of LoudOun. and |
Robert II. Tyler. Of Prince. William. Then |
come D. W. Bolen. OF Carroll. and ID. X. |
Boston, Of Fhvanna. and next TO them II.
ID Flood, Of Appomatt0N. and j. ID. Shep- /
person. Of Charlotte.
ON the Speakers left. beginning with the |
middle aisle. sits the warhOrse Samuel +. |
Coleman, of Cumberland, with John Il. |
Coleman. Of Wilson. ~ DESIGNATE. Next |
comes Levin JONES. Of Richmond city. and |
X. {. Kent. OF WNthc. Next comes W. II |
Boaz, Of Albemafle. and then three mem
bers from Pittsylyania, sitting side by side |
b 'verley Davis, Il. a. James, and Il. 1. |
Anderson.
? Different from the Pittsylvanians. the /
for de gates from Richmond are scattered. |
Levin JOynes sits in the front row on the |
left three seats from the centre. Thomas |
Byrnes sits with 4. Il. ligbtner several |
seats removed from Levin JONES. The |
other two m 'mbers are on the opposite side |
OF the han, John \. Curtis sitting behind |
X. III. Downing in the centre aisle, and /
Walter T. h 10Th sits with W. Il. Dupuy. oi
Prince Edward, two seats behind Mr.. ID. II. !
Boston, who sits in the front row.
PREPARATIONS FOR TnE LEGISLATURE.
The legislative halls and offices attached |
have all been renovated. New desks were
ordered for the Senate. but having TO be |
made TO order they will not be here for some
time. 40 the Senate will begin the session |
with tho oil In.Ia