The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-28
N THE LEGISLATURE
.vDlr WIN THB LATMAhhh''
..,d.. Fair Bn-The Direct 'H'
'"' ,,-...a the uouse-Thc Kent BIZ In
1imbo-The Session Extended

O.. ~ tied it being tho Heuse amendment
V-.'' ,,r,,rv bin proposing to cat the sal
'~a ,ho Adjutant-General down to SSOO' 1t
.,,.v 1900 ,n. .u..n,,,o,,. -.
..1 That the Adiutant-General's sal
80 ,,i cost tho State a cent. as 1t came
81 [.... r.itary fund. Senator Mushbach
e.' .4 tbe bIL Ho thought $500 was too
'.al.arse on the military fund.
...- rchols opposed the amendment on
..,,nd that $500 Is too little for the
.'....r oi the Office.
%. ts....- s.ubbs said that If the amendment
..l sso0 would be paid out Of the
81. treasury and that the Appropriation
-..lf make up the balance from the mill
81 ...8r Yarrell SAID he thought that the
......t the Office must have increased Won
e-.r, .s order 90 justify an increase OF
.-m 500 some years ago 20 sl.aV'.
...h t that the Adiutant-Gcneral ought
i.srafriotsm enough 10 work for less
per annum II the private sol
$500. work for SO.
...o- Mcdonald wanted 20 know u the
r... Auditor. the Second Auditor the req
- t.. secretary of the Commonwealth
...- State officers worked for patriotism.
STATE rs senator and q man thAt
.4f.tart-Geueral was ono ot the nardest
1cers of the Comm onwealtn. he
..rr.r. some figures and facts 20 sho" sne
WIS the Office is responsibilities. &c.
r..r. Iered the proposition 10 reduced the
a.a..rn.v outrageous.
'r. -.,.te refused % agree 10 the House
..,l...at. and Senator Echols was n
'...l t1 communicate the TACT 70 the
49,. r Berry. from the Committee on
r.-.r.. submitted the Appropriation bill.
.niroa or PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
v- resI less. from the committee appointed
'..,..r. the Office OF the Auditor OF Public
.rt reported that the Office was deslra-
f....a,ei anl that the books are being
eel all corr ly Kept
.- notion " Senator Berry the ApprOpria-
..-f-I Val, then taken up and considered.
-...t.r Marshall moved TO insert IN the bill
rar.a apHrapuating $500 20 pay COM
mission of expert physicians % examine and
...re lt the question whether or not any
rf.-art system of laws ought 10 be devised
l-.r..fad as t0 the admission of patients into
t..t.r. .r- a.y'ums of the State. and ascertain
rIat..r u uo. there are patients IN said
.....r. ul0 should not be 50 confined there
insane persons. and said commission shall
+. Amounted los the Governor Of the State
r.+t.n thirty days from the adjournment Of
~. session Of the General Assembly, and SAID
Commission shall report the conclusion Of
ils.r slars by bin or otherwise.
Senator Mushbach stated that he was IN
t.-..t-l bv knowledge OF the fact that the
r.rt.s Immediately adjacent TO the various
sst.m- had a very much larger proportion
f..rtos of the state. and that me beheVed
ttsrs are now many people there confined
VI. were simply no a state OF senile imbe-
cHty and properly belonged 70 the poor
uses. The resolution was appended 80 as
q make the amount $500 and was then
passed.
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Senator Harrison offered an amendment %
te Appropriation bill providing Tor an appro-
rrau0n of SJO.00l for the Worlds Fair
exhibit. lie supported his amendment by
eYrg that no other State was so rich I'D min
easI products and set so poor IN proper pre-
i.lat0n before tho world Senator Fairfax
l.y.. 90 amend by making the amount
and stated that he thought that the
Contributions made 10y the railroads and land
companies would. with this appropriation, be
u ci.li CD fully represent our State.
Senator .uun spoke in favor of the $500
appropriation aud enumerated the multiplied
c.nmoiites which Virginia could present.
Die spoke oi the fruits and wines Of Aibemarie
county alone and urged a liberal appropria-
ton.
Senator Wickham stated that he believed
tl4t tle State could afford to appropriate
$4,000 and If We attempted 70 appear at all
81 tas congress of nations that we should at
least appear in becoming nabiliments and not
a.. ID f "a a
resources and products OF Virginia and urged
t.-t they Ue DecOmlngly presented
senator Jones called the attention Of the
Senate % the very limited available cash
Assets of the State. and said that he was GER
tlF not in favor OF giving more than go
and was not certain that even that appro-
ral.u was best lie stated that the state
debt was not settled yet and he thought all
possible resources should be husbanded
Senator Mushbach. in referring TO the state
lalts of Senator Dunn. of Albemarlc
thought the pppins, slate pencils and wine
been sufficiently advertised. The min
lands OF the state, he SAID, we're now
ely owned. and at least thoroughly
81 wu. by foreigners. He thought that s25,
would be an extremely liberal cOntribu
ta and was of the opinion that nothing
0I.l Dee appropriated.
senator Marshall eloQuently depicted the
Slte and urged that the full appropriation be
Isle lie claimed that Virginia possessed
elt psolucts 10 make a splendid show
AIS stated that II was not for Chicago nor the
West t.H ho desired an exhibition. but that
m tle Ieat grand march. whose pagentry
w 4.l le for the admiring gaze of the entire
Na .e thought this great State should be
u. saLtsl.
nrsr CLOSE on SUNDAY.
Senator Hurt offered a resolution provi-
ding t.at uo money should be apprO-
} t'al ID tie Fair was kept open on Sunday.
I-s w.. at once voted down without sup
porting vote.
ee.l. Smbbs stated that it was matter
G. record that the House OF Delegates had
agreed 0l $4,000, and thought the Senate
s- i make tho amount conform with this.
vote WAS then taken on Senator HARRISON
slon 20 appropriate $4,000, and was
care. ay vote of is to n as follows.
Messrs. Arthur, Blackstone, Dunn
io-. l0Od GOse. Green. Hacker. harri-
con loYsnsiein. Marshall. Mcdonald. Sands
e-Ha. Walton. Watson, Wlckham and
-lre is
Ae Messrs. Barnes. Berry, Fairfax. Cor
coa Hausberger. Hatcher, Hurt. Jones
DORIAN tile. Mushbach. Parrish, Roberts
h.l etub3s. Tyler and Westinghouse.
-Messrs Lawless Peters, Pleas
ants. Turner and Wells
TIKI CAME LAWS.
Tile Senate agreed 70 have q committee o
Conference on Che game laws as presented u
t-s ol. which passed the Senate early IN tn
HeeA. Senator Little moved TO consider III
teo. Tax bin as amended by the House o
gates Ihe amendment provided tina
JOY distribution in the counties OF August
~. Leidoun the fee should be 3 per cent
''--i OF per cent. as allowed in the bill
s-A'of Nushbach claimed that this exemp
49, "ol.a place the remaining senators in