Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-02
Letter from Richmond
Correspondents of the Alexandria Gazette.

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 1, 1892
The Senate committee on public iDsl.t1
lions will take up the matter 10 relt OF t.
alleged bad management Of the Virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical College tt
B aokesurg next Wednesday. L; is 10. ez.
peoted that the committee will proceed with
tasir investigation on that Gag. but me
will doubtless be fixed for this work to be
commenced.
The eub @: mmi.tee on tie debt question
are hard ct work on bill which will take
the place Of all other debt legislation that
has heretofore been passed. TIE knotty
poil for the committee is tle 6Ge million
dollars of bonds that we're outside OF the
Oloc tt pool, and tle pending coupon con-
sroyersies In the courts. These are the LWo
things that are receiving the conoeutra.,
wisdom OF the debt O. mmittee, or rather OF
the Joint finance committee. The Ocott
commissioners will be paid nice little Gum
when the debt question Ia aettled. They
will receive three and quarter per cent. OF
the amount funded uoder the new settle.
ment. To make it palmer, II all the bonds
In the Oicott pool are fuGdetl, and there does
not seem to be anything 10 the way OF their
Being funded, the O.cott commissioners will
get 10 round pum bers STAT GOO The Virgin
la debt commissioners viii not receive aDv
pay but t,eg will no doubt ask that ex-Sen-
ator War wick, OF Chesterfield, be paid some
tbirg for his services as clerk.
The Ssnst, com mittee en- tasnce Is con-
sderIng 10 direct taz bill. The trouble
with the direct tax money which the United
States government has sent down here to be
distributed In Virginia is how and by whom
shall it be distributed. TIE distributing OF
this money will give employment to Ger
tain number OF persons.
II Is very evident that the leeiss t Ire will
have to Increase the accommodations at the
colored lunstjo aeylum rear Petersburg, or
else quite number Of oelore1 luustics will
have t, remaia 10 jail for sometime to come.
10 P sylvania equity alone, thers are fur
laus Ito, who have been here for MOI tbs on
account OF the lack Ct aocomm ,dation al the
Gen trail Asylum.
Senator Mushbach has been i1f,rE,ed OF
the fact tbss big lobby from New York
and Washing on will be here t1is week t.
oppose bis biz t, prevent and punish gam
biog. A Nav York Lawyer will tt9 his
hand before the House committee, and will
endeavor to get the House t. change the
nlII 30 6S 10 CDEl u u W piCooub Jaw III
Nav York. Tnis anti-Reming bill, as It Ia
called hss excited considerable inserett at
The Gap III aud Sporting mea here have
bean lobby ing aeains', but wit lout any sue.
cess apparently tlus far. The bill has gone
tn the House end will come uD before the
House commit 80 sometime this week. AS
t1s bill is primarily aimed st the "A'exan.
dria Ooun Monaco" will give it In full ::
/. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of
Vreiril, That it shall re unlawful for any per-
IN or persons, or association uf persona, to bet.
gamble, OF make, write or sell pool or mutuals on
the result or aoy trottirg rae running race of
horses, or race Of any kind, or any b:s,bsll
match or any election, or CONTEXT of any kind tr
to establish, keep. Leave, rent or use. or Knowing
~ suffer to be used cccu led any house, building
or ptrtion OF building, vesel or place on land or
water for the dur pose Of mahi ug wiring or sail
ing therein any book or pool, or mutual, or of
otherwise BETH 1g gsDb'ing, or Of pei N. ttiog
gambling or betting therein or thereon upon the
| result OF any trotting race. or running race Of
horses, or race Of sny kidd or any baseball match,
or on any election or contt st on any klod.
2. That any person or association of per- o1s
violating the provisions OF this act hall be fined
not less than two hundred dol,ars nor more than
ve hundred dollars one.fourth OF which shall be
paid to the inf rmer, and be imprisoned rot less
than thirty days nor more than ninety days.
8. This act shsll bs in force from it, passage.
Senator Mashbach Is confident of the
passage OF the bill and saya be Is quite cure
the lePi, atare will not pot it:ef on record
again. auch measure.