Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-15
ABOUT THE OFFICES.
IN legislature Divided Is to Whsth,,
Nc Should Demand Them.
WEST VIRGINIA CERTIFICATES.
mr. wiekhsm's Resolution. Voted Down,
NO Free ras.es WIN Re Allowed
Question Of Mileage.


se'a'e early In the morning hour vss,sr-
way when the House amendments 20
Tue Dsnvilie reorganization bin were 70.
fo''ed they were disagreed TO without
e"sshon, until the one requiring the road
10 Keep certain specific Offices IN N.ir.
e"'" was reached. Then Mr.. ,ovens,ein
WON the floor and made a spirited sr.cch
:" FAVOR OF agreeing to il. Mr.. I.oyen.
zen said the provision In the original
pi" requiring the general offices TO be
kept In Richmond amounted 20 nothing
'"ese oniccs were he-e before. but they
Were moved 90 Washington. and then 10
a'ania, when legislation was wanted NJ
those points. The House amendment did
ho' ask that the oni<ss named h., ,<,ut
IN hieAmond, but that they be kept In Vir.
ginia. Tho road asked a great privileyc
from the State, and ought to be willing
10 ooncede that much to her. He was m.
formed by a member Of the Charnbe: OF
commerce that the road did moe iusi-
h' IN Richmond than In several north
e'll cites put together When the gcre.
RAJ offices were moved from lli,hmonl
some wears ago Il was promised that
they would be brought back This promise
had not been kept
MIR. HURTS POSITION.
NJ. Hurt. who had moved that the
houSe amendment he disagreed 10. said
ne dlI not wish 10 be misunderstood. lie
uli not oppose the Offices being Kept I'm
Virginia. bet wanted the whole matter
10 go TO Committee Of Conference. as
IL was evident such committee would
be necessary.
Mr.. HAY said the bin as introduced I'm
the senate ana passed required that the
principal Offices should he kept. and the
meetings OF the stockholders should be
IN Richmond. The Amendment proposed
by the House was that the Offices of GER
tain heads OF departments should be kept
III virginia. II the charter was a proper
one 70 be granted We should not put re-
strictions on the road that would embar-
rasS II IN doing business. 1t was either a
proper charter. or IL was not He hoped
mat In a spirit OF right and fairness the
senate would not concur In the amend
ment
Mr.. Lovenstein again urged the adoption
or the House amendment. iteratlng that
the mere provision for keeping the gene
RAJ offices here amounted 10 nothing, and
mat
the road asked It should concede the
amendment. The amendment was los, by
the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Arthur Barnes MANLY H.
huehanan. Hatcher Herbert. jackson.
Jennings. Jones LOycnstein. Miller. Sands,
Southal. 81. Clair. and Wells-l4.
Noes-Messrs Barnes Crhomas IL.
Berry, Echols Fairfax, Flood. Harms
berger. Harrison. Hay. Hurt, Jordan,
Little, Maynard. McIlwaine. Morris. Par
rish. Stubbs. Tredway. Washington. Wat
son, Wiekham. ana Williams-I
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
To authorize the city Of stanton 10
condemn the right OF way for a street
through the grounds of the Virginia Fe-
male Institute
To authorize the County School Boards
of the counties of James city. Charles
city. and New Kent To compensate school
trustees In their respective counties.
To simplify procedure in civil causes,
and 10 unite legal and equitable remedies
IN the same action, and TO amend the
Code and TO substitute the word com
plant for the words declaration or bill
in equity wherever they occur I'm the
Code of Virginia of 1881
For the relief of the sureties Of Louis
4. Arthur, late Treasurer of Bedford
county.
10 define the powers ana limitations OF
building and loan associations.
To ascertain and establish by mOnu-
ments or otherwise the bOundary-line be-
tween the State of Virginia and North
Carolina SO far as the said boundary line
divides the county Of Mechenburg Va,
from the counties Of Granville. Warren,
and Vance. IN North Carolina.
To amend the charter Of the city OF
Williamsburg.
70 protect Andrew James of Matthews
county. In the enjoyment Of his rights
ms assignee OF location for planting
and propaEating oysters.
To incorporate the Norfolk ana Berk-
ley Ferry Company.
CUT DOWN SALARIES
Mr.. Hurt offered the following resolu-
ton, when was referred to the Committee
on Finance.
Resolved. That the Committee on
Finance be requested to inquire into the
proprlety OF reducing the salaries of all
state officers and clerks, and report by
bill or otherwise
WEST VIRGINIA'S DEBT.
The hour OF o'clock having arrived,
the special and continuing order. the
Wickham West Virginia debt resolutions.
was called up and Mr. Harrison spoke
In opposition to the resolutions.
Mr. Harrison said he believed that the
legislation asked in the resolutions would
inyoIye disaster 10 the Commonwealth.
He saw nothing in the financial condition
OF the State 10 justify altering the policy
she had heretofore pursued In regard 10
this matter. The proposition was 10
carry the matter into the United States
Supreme Court. 1t was only within a re-
cent period that Virginia had gotten
from under the jurisdiction OF the SUI
prerne Court, and every senator on the
moor remembered that not long since the
Attorney General, through the operations
of the United States courts. had been
Mr.. Harrison claimed that there was
no guarantee that In suit a decree
would not be entered against Virginia
Tor more than she had set apart as West
ytrrinia's portion of the debt OF the I'M
divided State What was TO prevent the
United States Supreme Court from say
INK that this setting apart was not fair,
and entering a decree for $4,000 900
AGAINST Virginia. thus saying that West
Virrinia was only responsible for 81 100000
or me original debt Such a decree, he
coniended. would bring in its train untold
"o'' MIR. JoNEs's OPPOSITION.
Mr. Jones also opposed the resolutions.
We said they. Involved grave questions
affecting two States. The argument pre-
sented by Mr.. Wickham, that the State
world BE- absolutely safe In the legisla-
ZION proposed In the resolutions. was, TO
his mind fallacious. The assumption was
rerfif,cates held by the New York specu-
iators guaranteed the State. He took
e~sue with that proposition. Assuming
that the xio0OQ0o0 of certificates corralled
Nv the New York SPECTATORS were all
ess,ied under the funding act OF 1871. there
~rer,, still S.00o000 of that issue outstand-
ing In the hands OF other parties. AS TO
these. we would be at the mercy of p
court IN which we had had some sad
Sxperlence Mr.. Jones denied that there
was any public demand any moral de-
snapd. for this legislation: therefore. we
would simply be taking the step In the
fvferest OF lot OF New York spectators.
He denied that Virginia could be forced
20 legisiate in this matter. No power on
earth could force us 10 such "a course.
The resolutions started out with the as
sumption that the State of Virginia had
settled her debt As matter OF fact.
about 81. 10000 OF the debt was outstand-
ing and we were fightirg 20 hedge our
selves about. so as 10 keep out OF the
clutches OF the United States Court.
Mr.. Jones read a letter from the Cow
ernor OF West Virginia denying that that
State owes anything. either iri law or
equity. and proceed 10 discuss. In sup
port OF his position that the legislation
proposed In the resolutions could not be
forced. the constitutional bearings OF the
case
He claimed that no one could tell what
the accounting between the two States
would show was an equitable prppo-
sitIon." or II we went into the United
States Supreme Court where we would
come out
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