Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-29


Rockbridge county.
| BY Mr.. Kizer, by request: To allow w
| A. RuiIin. OF Norfolk, Va, TO practice
veterinary medicine and surgery In the
State OF Virginia.
| By Mr.. Booker: To amend sections 1891
| and 1899 OF the Code as amended by IN
act approved January 81. 1880. as to what
conyeyances for religious purposes are
| valid.
| Mr. jennings. of Lynchburg, arose to q
| question OF personal privilege. and made
statement to the effect that he thought
that House Bill No. 70. OF which he was
| the patron. and which appeared on the
| morning calendar 70 be reconsidered, was
| passed, and the vote to reconsider lost
on Tuesday. Clerk Bigger replied that
| by his record this could not be proven
| and Mr.. Wood insisted upon his motion
to reconsider, which was, however, lost.
BIG PARLIAMENTARY FIGHT.
When the calendar was called. Mr..
| Saunders, OF Franklin, asked that House
Bill No. go, Familiarity known as the
general fence law. be taken up out of its
order and voted upon, and expressed him
self as willing TO have such vote with
out debate.
Speaker Ryan, leaving the chair, took
the floor in opposition to the motion,
WHICH ue CndTdCleIlzcu as u threat Oii
the part of the gentleman from Frank
lin against any other similar legislation
IL his bill was defeated. He expressed
himself as not opposed TO the bill itself,
but to the motion.
Mr.. Saunders's motion was then put
and defeated, and Mr.. Ryan resumed the
chair.
Mr.. Saunders then moved to postpone
the entire section of the calendar down
to Senate engrossed bills. This motion
the Speaker ruled out of order. and then
followed one Of the most spirited fights
on parliamentary rules seen in the House
i'm years. In reply TO the ruling of the
Chair, Mr.. Saunders read from the rules
the section providing for the postpone
ment OF the entire calendar, and con-
tended that In the absence OF further
rules the greater embraced the less. The
Speaker still ruled the motion out OF
order, and Mr.. Saunders and Mr.. Quesen-
berry argued the right OF a motion to
postpone until the matter affected was
reached. After further discussion, which
lasted until o'clock. Colonel Barley call
ed the special order. The Speaker.
however. announced that he preferred
TO dispose of the matter before the House
before calling the special order. Mr..
Saunders questioned the right. OF the
Chair to such ruling. but said he would
yield the floor to the special order. II 1t
was called but still the Speaker insisted
on his right to rule as he had done.
Judge Watkins moved the suspension OF
all business until the controversy was
disposed OF. Messrs. Stubs and Winston
arose to points of order, Mr.. Reddy re-
newed the call for the special order, Mr..
Withrow renewed his claim to the floor
under the same, and Mr.. Saunders like
wise called for the special order.
DISCUSS INFRINGEMENT.
When the special order was called, Mr..
Withrow, who was entitled to the floor,
resumed his argument on the retrench-
ment and reform bill He asked the
House to sustain the motion of Mr..
Cooke. and to send the measures back
to the committee. The bills were not In
proper shape. as they now stood, declared
Mr.. Withrow, and, therefore, they should
be recommitted.
Mr.. Winborne then addressed the House.
He said that he had at first cherished
hopes that some measures giving reiiet
to the people and fulfilling the promises
made to them would be enacted, but that
when on the preceding day he heard the
arguments made against these carefully
prepared bills, and heard the applause
with which the remarks were received,
he could not help but feeling thai
IL was a hopeless fight. He was not an
tagonistic to the officers OF the State.
The principal opposition that had been
made against these bills was that they
commenced the cut at the wrong end.
1t was a matter of impossibility to draft
and enact at once all the bills necessary
TO cut down the expenses Of the State.
He had taken upon himself the duty Of
applying the pruning knife, because others
had been indisposed to do so. Why
didn't those gentlemen who opposed the
measures prepare bills to cut down the
expenses? He thought that the measures,
as prepared by the committee. did no
Injustice to the county officers. The OBJ
iect of the bills was to give an incentive
to such officers to collect their own fees.
1t was time, he declared, that some sucn
incentive was given them.
EFFECT IN SOUTHWEST.
Mr.. Carter said II Bill No. 245 was pass
ed. the tax-rate In Southwest Virginia
would be increased almost one half. He
had no sympathy with that patriotism
that was confined TO the limits of one
county. But his entire section was af-
fected by this measure. And he asked
the House to "stay this almost extermi
Mating bill" or TO recommit 1t. or dis
miss ii altogether. The speaker said IL
the proposed measure was enacted, crimi-
nails would go unpublished In his section.
Mr.. Parker said he hoped the House
would decide upon motions pending, the
one to dismiss and the other to recon-
nit. He thought the issues should be
fairly met They were clearly very clear
ly. drawn. Each county should bear its
own burdens, and when they were made
to do this, the expenses would not be
as large as they were to-day. Under the
present system, the State was drawn on
to pay the criminal expenses, and no eff
fort was made by the officers to collect
the fees, ETC., from the parties who should
properly pay them. The more he thought
over the matter the moro ne realized
said Mr.. Parker, what a fool he was IN
coming to the Legislature this session.
Every method adopted TO cut down ex-
penses was Objectionable to some class,
and no measure could be introduced on
this line without mourning the hostility.
But now that he was here. he proposed
TO do his duty, and he was willing to
cut down any and every officer, If neces-