Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-13
RICHMOND LETTER.


RICHMOND, Va. March IT,
The Legislature adjourned promptly
after the expiration OF NASTY days IN,
constitatisnal term If they had worked
half so hard aud with anything like the
same earnest z,al during the fest half of
the seseion as they DID DARN the last
half, they would have accomplished
something. bat as it was. they did bat
very little aud left SONS of the most i'm
portant business un6nishsd and killed by
nonactlon. or course some OF the pu5llc
officers whose salaries stood IN danger Of
being some what reduced aud were about
to have thar o1l,sJ and offioiAl acts In
vestigated, feel greatly relieved now that
they have or believe they have two years
moro to run things. Bat some OF the
Legislators will be back and certainly
then again take up the thread they bad
to drop Just nav. | have this from
authority. The Governors appointments
of the members Of she new Bo ard Of the
Deaf & Dumb and Blind Institution are
not Altogether satisfactory in as mnch a.
he reappouted one of the old members
OF the Board an did not ro-lposint DR..
Winston who really was the only mem
Der of the cid b bard who had sho Sn any
disposition to put 4 STOP % the way
things were going there. Other the
apnolntme D. is seem to gTJ perfect salts
faction. Oar old soldiers at the Home
are safe once more, thanks to the vigorous
protest of tbs ladies. THANKS to the ring
log appeal of the Governor. BIt for all
that. the sting has left some OF the poison
behind, Gen. Les's birthday and this old
soldiers appropriation will be renenber-
cd to this Legislators, and not to their
credit.
The Shcriffs bill fail by nonaction
of the lIo1se after it | al passed The
Semitic They may tba ok tho penlIentlary
Superintendent for some Of it and no
doubt the Sheriffs will remember him at
the next election. repeat 1t will prove
TO be another one OF those Penny wise"
measures that in the end will save moth
ing. The Sheriff. under their new bill
charged the State one dollar and halt
per day, anil r. K. fare of course. The
Guards cost tie same per day, their R.
R. fare will be The same, sut the convict
will remain ia tue county Jail from one
day to a week longer and thus add to the
expense. Oar city pfitics are right
smartly mixed ju,t nav, among republi-
cans az w.ll as d. n)jrI.4. tls repu5N-
can city chairman G-n Allen has been de
posed By CT. Lamt the present chairman
of the republican party and it has raised
a howl anoag the dusky republican
patriots. THIS hswever wont last lorg,
as little Of the pap scattered here aud
there, soon recOnciles aud brings them 10.
The democrats are MT By any IN ;sls a
a harnonlo1s brJtherhjod and unlos,
cool and conservative heads take the leai
there is no tel ing what our man cipal
election nov about two months of may
bring forth For ii this frict ion within
the party now, continues there viii be a
split surely and should the one portion OF
the party combine with tho republicans
as was the ease some years ago when the
90 called reform party swept the city.
there .no falling VIM the result would
be.
The death Of oHc Of friend Major
I.aac Has, was sad ne IS to US. He was
one Of tho feS remaining citSens who
had well known this wtiter Ia the early
days of his youth when lie lived an ong
your people. Another good man gone to
his reward March is u on Us Ia full
force with high winds and clouds OF
du.t MoRESExT.