Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-01

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A. THE SPEAKERS ACKNOWLEDGE
% MENT.
m Mr.. Ryan. in accepting the office. said
Is Gentlemen OF the Conference-I an
y profoundly grateful for the honor which
t. you have conferred in selecting me a.
J. your Speaker. The office for which yot
Is have selected me carries with ii both
e honor and responsibility, for the duty
Is which deyolves upon the Speaker is that
- Of selecting the committees. That is at
all times a delicate position And in this
? House IL will be more difficult than here
Z tofore-iirst. for the reason that there
2 are so many Democrats to provide for,
} and second, which is a compliment to
you. because there are so many strong
men i'm this body. In the discharge Of
that duty. it will be my aim, as nearly as
possible, to do equal justice to all, and
IL 1 fail 1t will be because of my in
ability to perform an impossibllty.
trust that our relations may be alike
agreeable to ourselves and profitable to
our constituents. 1 again thank you"
MAY CUT DOWN SALARIES.
Mr.. j. c. Featherstone, OF Campbell,
offered the following resolution:
| Whereas. Ii is the sense of this eau
Gus that the expense of administering
the State Government should be reduced
in every possible way that is consistent
with the proper conduct of public af-
fairs: therefore, be it
Resolved, That in nominating such Of
ficers as are necessary for the organiza-
ton of the House of Delegates in ac-
| cordance with law, the members of this
| caucus I'm no way commit themselves as
! being in favor OF the salaries now paid.
| should IL hereafter appear that such
salaries, or any Of them, should be re-
| duced."
| Mr.. Snead made the point that its in
| PRODUCTION in a caucus was out of order
He thought the question as to the sala-
ries Of officials should come up in the
regular session.
The author Of the resolution said he
thought, in fairness to the candidates
for the offices, II should be adopted be- |
fore they were elected. Mr. Newberne |
moved that the resolution be laid over |
until the next meeting Of the caucus. |
His motion was lost.
Mr.. Parker said that ne thought the |
adoption Of the resolution could do no
harm, and that 1t was but fair to the
candidates.
Mr. Pitcher thought Virginia did not
pay her servants eXtravagant wages. He
said the reform and retrenchment move
was starting at the wrong end. This lat
ter remark, however, was evidently made
in testing manner. He said the reso-
luton would only benefit its author
whose constituents would get together
and talk about what their representa-
tive was doing for 'retrenchment and re-
form"
When Mr.. Diggs asked the Dele
gate from Fauquier what the latters |
constituents would say about him, he re-
piled that they would say just what they
had for the last eight or ten years.
Mr. T.. w Saunders, of Franklin, arose
at this juncture and said that the reso- Z
luton should be treated seriously, and S
that there could be no more proper oCca- Z
sion for introducing it than ut the pres 4
ent. He thought they should say TO the {
State that they come to the Legislature
for certain purpose and were going 10 s
carry that purpose out. b
Mr.. Snead again reiterated his state d
nent that the present was not the proper 4
line for the introduction of the resolu- /
ion. s
The question then came up upon the a
dopton of the resolution, and it was h
.arried by a very decided vote. Z,
COLONEL BIGGER CLERK AGAIN. In
The nomination for the position or T
Jerk was then declared to be i'm order ii
nd Mr. Saunders presented the name or p'
'OlOnel J. Bell Bigger and moved that al
g be elected by reclamation, which was
one. Messrs. Saunders, Smith, and W
arker were appointed a committee 10 So
otlfy Colonel Bigger Of his election. du
'hen they entered few minutes later, bu
by the veteran Clerk, the On
.tter was given almost an ovation. Mr.. al
coke introduced the Clerk who began no
is brief, though witty. speech by saying: an
Gentlemen, this is entirely unexpected I'm.
me l expect you gentlemen nave ma
,und out" he said that there are nj,
NHaVsra 10
,hn Daniel John Ryan and John Big mr..
r. And | might add demi-John,' ne ~
id, "and expect that you would also is
gree with me-" ris
JOHNSTON BEATS THE FIELD. tbf
for the position Of Ser will
were declared i'm order nui
ID Mr.. WinbOrne placed before the cha
dy the name OF Mr. J. VI. Johnston, OF mo
lckbridge Mr.. Newberne seconded the f
animation. Mr.. BUrly, from Greene ste
unity, named Mr. Ruebcn Smith Thom- cor
, from his county for the position Mr.. is
try, from King George, placed in nomi- Du
ton Mr. Thomas Drinkard OF ms dis
unity All of the delegates, in speaking tina
favor OF their respective candidates, ste
'elt at length upon the war records or obt
3 veterans who wished 10 serve the gro
use and spoke of the scars they bore the.
on their bodies as a result of the great call
uggle. Mr.. PCnllelOn, or Louisa, nOlHl- M
ted his countyman, Mr. Edward n. and
ristian. Though the latter could boast fine
no wounds, "he had four horses shot also
Ter him" No other names being pre- a Ia
ted, the nominations were declared Bet
sed and a recorded vote was taken. Ain
Is resulted as follows Johnston, 81; Ana
ristian, 6; Thomas. 3; Drinkard, 5. As And
vas evident that Mr.. Johnston had re- ~
yed a majority, the vote was not an ton
lnced and ne was, upon motion OF Mr. the
cher, declared unanimously elected. moo
Johnston was notified by a commit tiop
OF his election, and when he APP var,
red he was given a cordial welcome. I'm ii
stated that he would endeayor 70 Tam
hfully perform his duties. Arie
SULLIVAN FOR DOORKEEPEk Cetu
lie nomination for the position or of 50
Il Doorkeeper being in order, Mr.. q. brea
Wharton presented the name of Mr. mari
hur o. Sullivan, OF Montgomery, VINO two
elected by reclamation. When the or NJ
legged veteran entered the hall he magl
literally applauded, and in accepting and
position he signihed his intention or star
lfully dscharging his duties. what
r. Il. Lipscomb, of King and queen, pha.
named by MIR. Bland, Of Middlesex, and
Second DOOrkeeper, and his nOmlna- Or;
was seconded by Mr.. Parks. Mr. Beta
comb was also elected by acclama- parts
and in accepting asserted that he vision
Id use every effort to satisfactorily rema