The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-19

10 conduct the canvass on different lines
from those Malone laid down
lt is daily becoming more apparent
~ i,'at mere VIII be no material changes
IN inc election laws. The session js
ABOUT half gone and nothing has been
done. 1t is said that all efforts To rrt
4 caucus of the Democrats to consider
the bills introduced have failed. Next
euilcs1aS IN" Senate committee will
hshln take up the Hay bill. The House
appears to be waiting To see what tho
senate VIII do. The best the fair clec
tlohists can hope for is to have tho
constable feature abolished and to have
~ inc tickets uniform. There are more
IMAM dozen bills pending in the two
houses. AS | have all along stated The
advocates Of n new law appear to be I'm
the majority, but there Is no prospect
OF agreement upon any bill.
The advocates of horse rocin. ana
pool selling in Virginia gained a tenn
porary victory to-day In having the
Maupin nnti-Gambiing bill rccomnittcd
II should be stated. however. that some
OF the warmest friends of the measure
consented to rccommittal when urged
To 90 SO on the ground that many Vir-
Slnia hoisemcn desired an opportunity
OF being heard. The bill Will be ut once
taken up by the committee 1t leaked
out to-day that certain horsemen had
i''Pi'tN anu WDuiu nave .DITrreU
measure prohibiting races between No
vembcr and May and only for fifteen
consecutive days in the summer The
hill will make no reference to pool-sel-
ing.
There was very interesting discus
sion in the House to-day over the bill
giving aid To the University OF Virginia.
Messrs. Cooke. Vale. Stovan, Miller.
Lecch ana Lee favored IT in eloquent
addresses and Keesee and Baptist, two
of the Populist members. opposed II
The bill was passed with less than a doz.
en- dissenting votes. Mr.. Rice. of Char
lotte. was the only Democrat who voted
against It.
1t Is not unlikely that the Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind
Will receive some attention from the
present Legislature along with the Den-
itentiary. Chairman Hathaway, of the
House Committee on Prisons and Asy-
lumS. stated a. the meeting this morn
Ing that he had received several letters
begging him to lay before his commit
tee the fact that things were not ms
they ought to be at the Institution
aforesaid. One letter on the subject.
which MIR. Hathaway had just received.
he read to the committee. It was from
man named Randolph in Norfolk who
stated that he had been student at the
institution. His wife had also receiv-
Cd her education there. Mr. Randolph's
letter. In substance. states that the
writer Is aware of cases where the send
Ing Of girls to the institution has meant
their ruin. He made very serious
charges but none specifically. against
teachers in the institution. alleging that
uhc chastity of female pupils was i'm
perillcd when they We're placed there.
Mr. Randolph further said that he was
prepared To give testimony as to the
shocking state of affairs which he al
legged existed ut the Stanton institu-
ton, and could produce other witnesses
in proof. In concluding his letter. Mr..
Randolph beEs Mr.. Hathaway to use
every effort to have such action taken
as will protect the chastity of female
pupils. DIR. w. w. Parker, who was
present While the letter WAS hnin. read