Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-01-25
The Legislature.

The Legislature.
Mr.. Mushbach on saturday offered sud-
stitu.e for the bill introduced by him few
days ago to punish betting, gambling, and
the making, writing or selling OF books or
pools, 60. The substitute provides lEa'
nothing In the aot chall prevent pool max
Ing, book. making or bstting on borse races
on the grounds of any agricultural asaocia-
| ton In this State driving the Gays on when
| t le fairs Ct such association shail actually be
held, or upoa eny race-oourae or drlVlog'
park in this st.te while such races are being
actually held thereon.
MIR. Stubbs, from tea committee for public
init t, tons, reported adversely House Dill
providing for the eppoiI tment OF assistant
| female physicians for t1e lunstio asy i1ms,
1 The bill wa5 passed by and will probably
| come up this evening.
| TIA following Senate bills were pesst :
To amend the code, in relation 10 personal
service Of protest. This amendment makes
/ the seuding through the malls OF notice OF
protest from d bank In any city or town to
4 e psrson whose post.office Is 10 said city or
town the equivalent OF personR! service oil
| the notice Also, to incorporate the Rooert
M, T. Hunter Assoc,t an. Tho otjsc oil
the assocs ton Ia to erect monument to the
memory OF Mr.. Hunter.
MIR. Combs introduced q bill iG the House
to prevent bribery in elections. The bill
sprescribes that beiore the next general
election In this State there shall be regis.
ration of all OF the vtc3rs, wnion shell be
done BY the order OF the local electoral
ooarde. Before any person shall be 30 regis-
tered he shall subscribe to an oath that hebas
not siucs the passage Of the Law imposing 1t,
accepted or offered bribs to any person to
liz q lenoe him In casting his vote, nor to en-
q ,ureped or cauneeied or yone to corrupt y
money In elections.
The House coucurred In the resolution
passed by the Sanste ra.ifylng the plan
agreed upon for the debt settlement. The
result was not reached until the subject had
bsen very thoroughly discussed, Measrs
Muuiord, Cardwell and Gibson spoke In
support Of the resolution. It was oppose
by Messrs. Saunders and Luther. They
thought the mat er should be considered
e Is. 10 committee and all the State officers
should give their We've, especially as to
whether or not Virginia will be abeto meet
tho intesest when IL becomes due. After
all the delegates Rbo desired to speak On
this snbjsct had bsen given 40 opportunity
to do 80 the question YVES put to tbs House.
Mr.. Cooke, OF Norfolk, wanted recorded
vote but as there was some opposition 10
this he did not press tho mater. The res.
olutIon passed, only Mr.. Wray, OF Henry,
voting against 1t. he did 80, az he exploin-
sd after wards, because be did not want t,
vote hastily op the subjso The sub-com-
mittss OF the finance committee will now
formulate q till to carry ont the provisions
OF tho plan Of set iement just rat fed.
In concluding his speech Mr.. Gibaon
loosely said "Ihs settlement OF the State
debt will greatly decrease the expenses oil
lunatio asylums. There are many men who
have gone crEzJ 90 the debt question, and
orc at many more that will have to be sent
II asyluns IL the consideration OF the debt
Is much further prolonged. If we under
take to find out all these de.sils In day or
tgo nearly all of US will go insane, and
there will have to be established a separate
asylum for members Of the Legislature"
Speaker Cardwell referred to the fact
that he had read 10 the Richmond Times
lengthy article written by the Second Aud
itor Colonel Ffsnk g. Rnfin) In reference
TO the State debt. II wish t, speak In ref
erence to this article" continued Mr.. Card
veil, Hsnd to cay that after this man has
promised NOT 10 lntetl6IS with tue uoDi
question, and after he said 10 me within
few weeks past that this bill involved bet.
ter settlement for the State than tie Bid
debereer bill, snch man can't make much
of an impression upon the members OF the
| General Assembly. A man who aaka men
to organize with him to prevent settle
ment, such an opinion as hiss hou'd be OF
very lite weight. Sitting here Is an hon
orable gentleman, who presides over an ed
Vocational iut titution, who was invited to a
council of this gentleman. and asked 10
form league to prevent the settlement OF
tae public debt. end, be Ii SAID toh!s credit,
his reply TO this proposition wss: BE ther
than Interfere with the settlement Of the
virginia debt I would ask my Initiation to
taks thu bon5a Of Virginia and throw them
into the Gre.' Sir, Hhen man decaiea bis
designs and tries to Defeat the settlement,
after basiHg made the ststemns nas IL
was infinitely be|tsr than the Biddleberger
biz, cay, be needs no more mention at my
hands, When two members OF the commits
sion gent to him for advice, why, sir, be
solemnly promised that be would not an
tagonizs It."