The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-27
Id FOR THREE WEEKS
lite Present Legislature saams to Have About
Broken All Previous Records.
lie ~ Opposed to Giving so she Repus.
itcans he Power to Say Who AFRO
Popu,ists-sew convicts Arrive
The Cold Wave Question orTakl Ing
Away firemen's Extra Money.

Raielsh, y. G., Jan. 26-(Special0-Thc
sLesisiaiure has been in session now for
Y three weeks, and 1t Is quite safe TO say
X that never IN that time was so little blu 3! :
ness done. The Senatorial fight and the
resulting split of the Populist forces ara
the causes. The Republicans have tried
ana a:e trying heroic methods to bring
y the Populists together. Some of the lat
ter resent any interference with them
3 selves. When Senator Butler was told
at midnight last night that the Republi-
can conference committee. had decided
not to recognize either Populist faction
he fairly shriyslled with indignation.
B Recognizes" cried he, ''Recogn!zc,.
Who asked anybody 10 recognize What
powe. have the Republicans to say who
THE POPULIST CAUCUS.
4 Quite, lot OF Popullsts have arrived
here during the past day or two. The
statement was made this morning by eX-
y Chairman Aver that the PoDulist caucus
would not recede an inch from the firm
I position It took when II expelled the bot
! ers. is leaned that three OF the latter
Pagan, and Harris. of Hyde
8-were present in the majority caucus
when the resolutions of expulsion were
read They at once left, before q vote
was reached.
The boilers have from day to day talk
4 cd of is:uing an address to the Popll!sts.
but have not yet done so.
s8 Nine convicts arrived at the peniten-
ttary to-day from Cumberland. among
them Charles Johnson. notorious eX-
4 convict. Three conviecs came in yes
terday from Durham
The Chamber of Commerce Of this city
met this evening to consider the ques-
ton of the resumption OF stree.-car
traffic here. The burning of The pIant
and the cars have caused great deal
Of public Inconvenience, and at n time
two when the city is unusually full OF
strangers.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
IS Bills were introduced In the Legisla-
ture to-day to pension eX-slaves who
served with the Confederate army, to
give to any railway employee injured, or
the representative OF any one killed
while In service. by the negligence or
1ncompetency OF any other employc the
right to sue for damages. and providing
that no agreement shall waive benefit
or this act: to prescribe ten Hours as a
DAYS labor I'm any manufacturing estab-
lishment where above five persons are
employed: to appropriate S35, 900 for d
leigh.
rs bill was passed allowing the Cashie
unu Chowan Railway and lumber COM
pany to acquire 100000 acres of land.
9 Roy stone of the United States Ag-
riculturai Department, is invited to ad-
dress the Legislature Feb. on Good
Roads.
The entire Legislature goes to the
university tomorrow to attend the In
aueuration of its new president, Edwin
A. Alderman. Governor Russell went
there this afternoon.
THE COLD WAVE.
The cold wave material.Zed yesterday.
3 put to-day. though one of the coolest OF
4 the season, was delightfully."- brlcinC.
me farmers aye killing great numbtrs
OF hogs. The winter so far has been
very Seasonable
Leei ;lat!on regarding insurance is now
becoming plentiful. The odds are
against the creation of an Independent
department of Insurance. though the Re
puolicans may take that step as cut
at.Cyrus Thompson, Secretary of State.
because OF his aid and comfort to Sena-
tor Butler. To Republican now the
name of Butler Is a. aggravatinC as the
haunting of red flag before bull
F1REMEN'S EXTRA MONEY.
This morning In the State Treasury
there was full meeting of the House
FINANCE Committee to hear argument by
( me volunteer tiremen against the bill to
take away the money given the fire
mans association by the insurance com
pat!es under an agreement with the
State. The bill was introduced by Per-
Y son or Wayne, and It is said was on ac-
count of his personal feeling against the
R chief of the Goldsboro fire department.
Z Remarks were made before the commit =
Tee by President James d. McNeill. for
the white firemen, and by President
Valentine Howe. for the colored fremen.
Fhe Progressive Farmer, the organ OF
the Farmers Alliance. puts down the
populists who voted for Pritchard as
Repuplicans." Republicans deny that
6 they are pledged to recognize these "ad-
mlnstration Populi:ts." but say they
must stand by them and see that no
aarm comes to them.