Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-02

| been sick for eevcral days. asked ths' no ""
'" The Lieu,onaot ! Governor, seeing that me
I hands Of the clock we're rapidly apPIo,,s "a
midnight and that the Holy sabbath ys,ired
/ ushered In within very Short WIZ, .,ons 20
from tho chair and requested MI
Hr Mile, who has conscientious scrnp,ds s
Z against extending the session into eun"as, ~, NJ
seversl efforts TO gain recognition. snna,or
Stubs refused 70 yield the floor. Ine ,',tner
from Wise yAntod 10 be excused from ia' w.
attendance, and the presiding eflcer 'o'a N'"'
lie could 20.
MANY POINTS RAISED.
/ When Mr.. Stubs had been speaking TOT
nearly en- hour with all toe vim and force az nis
/ command, Mr.. Jones arose 70 polnt OF -. 49,
! aud contended mat under kulo o. tn'o ,.ha
1 luton % limit debate or alter the ruies % a.
senate could not be discussed sIceenihs NV
J minutes on each side. ,...o,,n
Mr. Stubs argued against tho point Nv 49,
length. aDi the Chair ruled that no was eA'''''1
/ % the floor.
Here tho fun began.
oNE-sngD FIGHT.
Mr. s,ubbs was determined 10 TIRE gu. w., III
} othor members on the floor ana 70 p1eNehn IL
/ consideration o. the Oyster bll II any POI,
mentary usage could TO brought 70 III III
~ uphold Tim Ia tho undertaking. lie
had n few follower, VINO uAe -,
ser thought tho gentlemen from othor &c ~
J Of tho state we're having too much 70 60 WIN
this subject, which IN their juagHe"' D7''Ns'
peculiarly 80 tue 1Idewater region, .,,.,o,,1v
Mr. sfubi-'s supporters were not suihclenu5
active. however. 10 give him tho suenk,- 80 ~ .-J
+ cesafully combat with tho opposing Ior.ss gu
clog legislation entirely. though me stu1.o ,i
from tho vicinity Of the quie' oyster threw IIni
eeli into TIC bfcccl, and the "heo's ie'''''N
very slowly indeed. N-.ro
he Iei n forl9rn hope. but he made brave
nght and the beat possible use Was maze OF BIS
knowledge OF parliamentary prose 0 IihgA No ~
spiruous ia tho opposition we're Nr-srs' alVOi .
U,r-ison Homes WoOds ami Loyenstein.
gree, doal Of fire was thrown Into the ueosIo'
sud there wcrc some extremely sharp Gus anI
personal crucsmA
CALL or THE SENATE.
! About 1871 o'clock Mr. Jones Was called N the
chair. ald fow minutes later Mr.. Peters ralsel
a point similar 20 that formerly raised oI M.
Jones, ana tho latter, s,ter there MAJ peen q
+ spirited War Of words. ruled vi. stuoos uoHii;:
d The friends ~ the latter called t"r IecUiutL
vote. and this disclosed tho fact that there WAS
/ ThcD there we4 a call % the Senate the doors
/ wcro barred, DOOrkeepor hGines anu Jani"I
Wilson woro sworn IN "a special o1cers ana 10
I tailed 70 bring in the AbrenieeS.
Various persons occupied the chair IN ihe ~
torim, aud thsre was mnch merrment pehtlns
tie returns ~ the officers. All sorts OF motions
| wero made Many wOulf-be funny speeches.
, we're made, and the Eost sensible at 81 an was
that 81 Mr. NicRhAm, WHO thouPbuuily otuetet
| royeral boxes Of fried oysters for his Worn-ou'
! Associates.
THEY COME AND ExIIAiN.
The FIRST man TO arrive Was Mr. Arthur. whose
| excuse was that he Was observing the esbDsth
This was at 1910, and a few minutes lac, iSter
! Mcssrs HUBBARD, hcker Mills Gose, ana Lll'le
| were brought I'm anil Wild applause.
There WAS now quorum and at 2o'clock the
| Senate was again really for busIAe7S
srEECHEs LIMITED.
Tho Guesiion recurring on the appeal from INC
| decision Of tho char In ruling Mr. StuDOs on
| tho floor, tho decision q hr. Jones WAS SUE
/ tained, ana tho fgc-mnuto resolution was
| adopted after one or Two epeecAes.
TIE OYSTER BILL.
Tho oyster bill then came up, md after Mr..
| Stubs hal spoken twice IN opposition 70
the smoudmouts Of the House ana mo
| and Dye-minute speeches had been MADE
| 10y Mcssrs. Turner and Moore the pre-
! yious question was ordered. the amendments
| wero al 70 ected, resolution oHeteu ny
| Mr. Moore aDuOinting conference committee
| va nlopted under n suspension OF the rules,
! ana az $50 this morning tho senate ad!ourncl,
| after having been iu session for ton hours and
twenty minutes since itmet Al noon on saturday
The body meets al ~ o'clock tomorrow morn
House Of Delegates.
Sneaker CariweIl called the House to order at
mo resolution offered by Mr. Wickham and
| passed by the Senate proV!dng Ior coWmls,
sion 10 receive propositions Tor me settlement OF
| the state debt under tho RiddleOerger bhl, Was
! Mr. Ietrher m 1vcd 10 rofsr 10 the Finance
Committee, 80 that the paper might Do mhtnreiy
considered
! Mr. cochran was opposed to this and stated
TINT tho resolution hal en- considered by the
! House Committee on Finance while II was before
the Senate committee.
II WAS IMPORTANT.
Mr.. Cardwcn (Mr. Ryan in the chair urged
tho adoption of tho paper. Re'erence would de-
| foAt the resolution. he State would lose nc
| thing by the adoption Of this resolution and
might gain a great deal. An extra session OF the
| ..,f.f lrtI. fv no avDfda1
| MI lyierurgcd that the paper DO referred. IL
| wa, objectionable in the shape which It passed
| tho senate tie had amendments 10 ouer which
could be discussed in tne Finance Committee to-
| morrow morning and report be made TO the
House Immediately
SNAKE n THE GRASS.
Mr. Byrd, the humorous member from Beth,
| informed the House that no had been creiitAbly
informed that the resolution was snake IN the
| grass. Ii vas going 60 hitc Five million doilars
! would be about the extent OF the bite
| Mr Cochran hooied tho idea tha' there was
| ANYTHING in the resolution which tho race OF the
| uore- did not show. II was favored by nearly
an the newspapers IN the state, and was mea-
sure winch might bring good results. certainly
not evil ones.
LOOKED SUSPICIOUS.
| Mr. Tyler would not say that tnero we're any
| tarilcs in this scheme, bat IL loOked suspicious
| maj very few peOole knew anything about this
| resolution until II was published IN the DispdfcH
| a. having passed tho senate. lie would not
| commit himself 20 vote Tor tue resolution even
| n bis amendments were added. but he wanted
tho matter % be carefully considered by the RI
nance Committee or IN the caucus.
THE GOVERNORS OPINION.
Mr.. Letchcr vigorously opposed the resolution
| nui advocate It's req rcnce. II had been before
I the Finance COMMITTEE but was there IN the an
! tl,.natO-i that tns Govern r VA, In favor OF the
| resolution. lie hal since learned hat the Gov
ernor was opposed 10 The resolution IL iis present
| shape ,.,, a,
yulce the opinions OF the Governor on the loor
ne yyas pre -cut with Nr. Letcher when he calloi
on the Governor, ami BE- ,Nr. Downing leit WIN
the imprr ssiOn that the Governor was IN FAVOR OF
mo resolution. or at least was not opposed 10 H.
| Mr. Letcher Hoped he had not violated any
| rarlameutarv usage II he hal no was willing
t. apologize 10 the House. Tie thought II right
! % let the House know what the Governor th'ught
Of this important matter. Mr. Letcher con-
trued 10 ABLY oppose tho adoption Of the reso-
luton. one very important omission Dy the
gentleman who drafted tho paper was the acts
! amendal0ry Of the Riddleborsor Dill
The House refused 70 rcfer-ayes, ~; noes,
''vr Hay called the pending question, and on
this Mr. Saunders called for tho ayes anu
"noes," which rosulted-ayes, 81; noes, ~
AMENDMENTS.
NJ lenos p-opo.ed an amendment, to include
| fhe eneualnents 20 the Riidleberger bill.
! Mr.. Cardwell hoped tho House would not adopt
| any such Amendment TIE enect OF Whlch would
| Ip to embrace touppho OAtiNhpN ~ N"' WIN
ham amendment
MIR = f. Coleman failed 20 appreciate tho po-
eition taken by the gentleman from Hanover.
lie WAS In favor OF the amendment The res0-
| luton provided that the commission might en-
| terrain "A propo-itiOn TO settle the debt based
upoa the RiddleDerger bill The eject OF tho
amendments as he understood It. allowed the
commission TO exclude tho coupons excluded by
| the Mickham amendment
Mr. Coleman said If the state debt IS settled
Il must be by obstructive legislation lie be-
uevei in holding a stih upper lip. IL We are
frightened we must not LEI the enemy know ~
Mr. Cochran took issue with Mr.. Coleman. Inc
amendment. no declared, was more favorable 10
tho creditors than The original resolution
Mr. Saunders offered this az substitute Tor
Mir. Jame8's amendment, which the laiter ac-
ceptoi, provided that no proposal shal % enter.
tanned looking 20 tho funding OF any portion OF
the public debt which has been outlaWed or eH-
cIudei ~ legislation subsequent to the Riddle
berger bill. ,, -.
This anoniment was advocated by Mr.. james
and opposed by Mr.. Caldwell.
Mr. Tyler vigorously advocated the amend
menL
FILIBUsTERING.
Tho amendment was pu. and the Chair de-
clarcd II lost $500,
Sir. TYLER called for the "ayes ~ and NOES"