Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-19
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
RICHMOND, Va. Jan. is, 1894.

TWO amendments, one 10 SCrlk6 OUT tle
provision that judges who received
passes should not be paid mileage.
This was agreed 10. His other amend
meut was TO strike out the provision
that members of the Legislature who
were furnished with passes should not
receive mileage. This was defeated.
For the bill as amended Mr.. Neti offered
his substitute, which in substance pro-
vided that nothing in the existing law
should be so construed as to prevent
railroad companies from furnishing free
passes to members of the Legislature,
State officers and other persons.
Mr.. Gibson took the floor and made
one of his characteristic speeches on
the general subject of free passes. He
first discussed the matter from moral
standpoint, contending that the history
of Virginia legislators proves that they
are not men to be bribed. Incidentally
Mr.. Gibson lectured the parties in oppo-
sition to the democrats for charging the
democrats with improper use OF money
in elections, and was especially humor-
Gus in his references to the late cam
paign of the prohibitionists in Augusta.
Mr.. Gibson had the floor when the
hour for the election Of certain judges
arrived, and he had to suspend MS re-
marks.
For Judge of the 18th circuit, Mr..
Willard nominated Charles 2. Nicol,
ard the nomination Was seconded by
Messrs. HARDWOOD and Biniord.
For Judge of the Corporation Court
of Alexandria Mr.. Bendheim nominal
ed the incumbent, Judge James Keith
Marshall Norton.
Mr.. Koiner nominated Lyman Chalk
ley for Judge of the County Court OF
Augusta and Mr.. Crump seconded the
nomination. These gentlemen received
all the votes cast In the Senate they
were also nominated and elected by
that body.
MIR. Mushbach nominated Mr.. Nicol
and Mr.. Fairfax seconded the nomina-
ton.
Mr.. Mushbach nominated Judge
Norton.
After the judges had been chosen,
Mr.. Gibson continued his speech for a
short time, and when he concluded,
Mr.. Diggs offered an amendment to the
substitute providing that it should take
effect December !, 1895. This was
voted down.
The vote was taken on the Nef sub
stitute and it was defeated.
Mr.. Cabell then offered an amend
nent to the original bill, providing
that State officers should not be in
Guided. The was lost.
The original measure offered by Mr.
Campbell then came up and it was de-
feated by vote of 80 to 23. The effect
of this is to leave this law as it is.
The Senate committee for courts o.
Justice this morning asked to be re-
lieved from further consideration of the
bills to establish new courts in Rich
mond and Norfolk, and that these meas
ures be committed to the finance com.
mittee. The action recommended was
taken.
The Legislature adjourned to-day
until Monday next, and number O.
the members left to spend few day:
at home.
The body Of the late Captain A. G
Babcock was brought from his country
seat this afternoon and taken to st. Al
bans Hall, where at midnight, in &C
cordance with the ancient ritual, the
Kadosh obsequies will be held. Rev
DR.. Hartley Carmichael, commander Of
the Council of Kadosh will officiate
The public funeral will take place TO-
morrow afternoon at o'clock from the
Masonic Temple and it will be one o.
the largest ever held in this city.
There will meeting in this city Sat
urday for the purpose of organizing q
State baseball league. There will be
delegates from Petersburg, Norfolk
Stanton, Roanoke, Lynchburg and
Richmond. Mr.. Ted Sullivan, Of
Washington, is expected to be present
and preside over the session. 1t is
said if the league is organized that the
ball park on Mayo's Island will be en-
larged and frst-class grounds made,
Richmond is very fond of ball, but
among some the opinion obtains that q
State league will not be financial sue
cess.
The clerks of Virginia courts met in
convention at the Chamber of Com
MERGE this morning. The clerks have
found it an utter impossibility to col
lect even 80 per cent. of the fees to
which they are entitled by law, and
which are entered upon their books
under the present conditions. They
want to have their fees secured to them,
and to this end the convention move
ment was started. The meeting was
called to order by Col. S. S. Brooke,
clerk of the corporation and circuit
courts of the city of Roanoke. About
thirty delegates from county, circuit,
corporation and chancery courts in va
rious sections of the State answered the
roll call. The first days work consist
ed of the election OF officers, the ap-
pointing of a committee of five to ar
range the business to be brought before
the convention, and an exchanging OF
views in reference to the proposed re-
vision of the act of the legislature bear
ing on the fees of clerks. The revised
bill will be submitted TO the present as
sembly some time before its adjourn
ment. The permanent officers Of the
new organization are Chairman, John
2. Bonde, Of the Rockbridge circuit
court; secretary, c. L. Turner, of the
circuit and county courts Of Greens
vile: treasurer, Chas. W. Goddin, OF
the chancery court of Richmond.
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