Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-08
UP ON CAPITOL HILL.
ATALK WITH THE EXECUTIVE ON THE
'ReFoRMAToRY QUESTION.
Tho Dispatch Stimulates Interest in q Pub
lie Library -Requisition-To Test the
Charter Tax-PersonaI.

Major Robert Stiles, president Oh the
Prison Association of Virginia, visited the
Governor Yesterday in behalf of boy who
was recently convicted in one of the State
eourts of larceny and sentenced to the
penitentiary. and which sentence he de-
sired 10 have committed to retention in
the Industrial School and Reformatoy.
The case is a peculiar one, showing that
the lad yielded to sudden temptation and
that the offence was his first, and was
Great surprise TO the community in which
n was committed. The Governor decided
10 take steps looking to such an exercise
of executive clemency provided the con-
sent of the prisoner and his parents to the
communication should be obtained.
In speaking of the reformatory the Gov
ernor said to q Dispatch reporter that he
WIS deeply interested in IL. He had the
most unbounded confidence in the gentle
man who was at the head of the movement
hero. and he hoped that the reformatory
would mark the beginning of great era
of reform in Virginia. He thought, he adj
ded. that the institution should be brought
10 the attention of the judges.
When the Dispatch reporter entered the
Governors office he was examining the
statute which bears upon the powers of
iudves to send youths to the reformatory,
and pronounced it very incomplete. 1t is
his intention to bring the defects in the
statutes to the consideration of the Gene
raj Assembly.
THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING.
The article in the Dispatch relative to the
necessity for new State Library building
has stimulated interest in the general sub
iect of library facilities for Richmond.
Yesterday DR.. Thomas Nelson Page, who
is chairman of the Chamber of Commerce
COMMITTEES on Public Library and presi-
dent of the Rosemary Library, and Mr.
Wyndham Il. Meredith. secretary OF the
Rosemary Library, called upon the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth and had an in
Formal conference with him regarding the
matter. The idea of DR. Page and MIR.
Meredith is to secure cooperation between
the State and the city. One suggestion
thrown out was that the State build and
make the city the custodian of its library.
n Is not proposed that the State shall part
with its property. but give the city such
authority over the library as will enlarge
its regulations and extend it's benefits to
the community at large. While, as noted,
the conference was informal, was indeed
more in the nature of friendly chat than
ANYTHING else, it is hoped that it will lead
10 practical results, and it is probable that
n meeting of those who have shown an in
terest in securing the establishment of a
public library in the city will soon be
called.
NOTICE SERVED on SECRETARY FLoURNoY.
The Combined Saw and Planer Com
many of Alexandria have petltioned the
Court of Appeals to grant mandamus to
compel Secretary of-Commonwealth ii. W.
Flournoy to record the charter of that
company. This notice was served on the
Secretary Yesterday afternoon. 1t sets
forth that this company obtained char
ter from the Corporation Court of Alex
andria on or about January 3, 1881.
Their capital stock is fixed at 81, 600, 900,
the tax upon which is 5000.
Before the Secretary can record this
charter the law requires that the corpora
tors or some one acting for them shall pro-
duce the Auditors certificate that the tax
has been paid into his Office. This the
petitioners refused TO do, alleging that the
law imposing ii is unconstitutional. il the
case is CARRIED to the court the whole
merits of the legal questions involved will
be discussed.
REoUIsITIoN FOR AN ALLEGED MURDERER.
Governor Mckinney has made requisl-
ton upon the Governor of Kentucky for
William Baisden. who is under indictment
for the murder of X. l.. Irons. of Buch-
anan. and is now in jail at Prestonsburg,
XIV. After the murder Balsden and his
brother, who was an accomplice, fed to
West Virginia, whence they were brought
| back to Virginia on requisition, nut VIII
| liam Baisden managed to escape from the
officers who had them in charge and reach
ed the bluegrass State. He is held in
Prestonsburg on a charge of misdemeanor.
PERSONAL.
Senator r. Walton Moore, of Fairfax,
and Delegates John f. Ryan, of Loudoun,
and James Hay, OF Madison, have been at
the CAPITOL attending TO their duties as
members of special legislative commit
tee appointed to examine INTO the matter
of criminal charges with view to recon-
mending legislation at the next session
that will reduce this great tax on the
States Treasury.
The Governor continues to have the oys-
ter problem brought to his attention
almost daily. and he is giving it most care
ful study.