Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-09
TO HAVE THE INQUIRY
NAMES AND SALARIES OF OFFICE
HOLDERS TO DE AscERrArNED.
JUDGE JACKSON and HIS POLITICS.
MIR. Flanagan Commcnds the Demo-
Gratis and Mr.. Hale Criticises Them.
Resolution Providing for a Consti-
tutionnI Commission.


The General Assembly yesterday elect |
ed Judge Robert c. jackson Judge for |
the Fifteenth judicial Circuit, and Mr.. |
w. G. Loving Judge Of the County Court |
OF Nelson.
Features Of the election were the |
speeches of Mr.. Flanagan Republican). |
commencing the party for honoring
man who had advocated and voted lot
Republican principles in 1896. and the
speech Of Mr. Hale PopulisD. giving his
reasons for refusing TO vote for Judge
Jackson, and accusing the Democratic
party Of ingratitude in nominating man
so hostile to the principles OF each party.
The Senate agreed TO the House resolu-
ton appointing a special committee to
prepare a list OF officials drawing salaries
from the State, for the purpose OF FUR
nishing the data for intelligent and i'm
partial action looking to retrenchment.
In the House Mr. Early's resolution
providing for a commission OF ten law
yers to sit in Richmond and consider and
report as to the amendments to the Con-
stitution most needed was the feature
of the day.
The bill Incorporating the Warehouse
Company of Richmond was introduced In
each House.
The Senate In Detail.
, The resolution sent from the House
Friday providing for the appointment or
a Joint committee to prepare list OF OF
fce-holders and employees of the state.
; with their salaries, fees. and perquisites'
; was taken up Immediately after the
.
, length. Mr.. Barksdale, author OF
similar resolution, offered in the Senate
Friday, spoke for the resolution, saying
that the condition Of the people in the
state led him 10 believe that CRISIS was
at hand like that which resulted In he-
, adjustment. He wanted to be prepared
TO meet Il, and to do so wanted the ex-
nenses Of the State Government reduced.
, Mr.. Morris characterized the resolu-
ton as a stump speech, play TO the
galleries He would not oppose H. lest
, some one might say he wished to screen
: | affairs at the University, which Is In MS
; district but he would not vote Tor II.
; Every particle of information sought
, could be found in the report of the SUI
; nerintendent Of Public instruction. He
moved TO commit the resolution to the
Snecial Committee on Retrenchment.
Mr. Barksdale replied TO Mr.. MOTIFS
; saving he had noticed how certain sena-
) tors always opposed every motion toWarus
economy. He could see plainly that some
Z senators wanted to control the WORK Oh
Z reform: nobody else were reformers. lie
uanted salaries cut, he wanted itemized
Z statements OF expenditures, he was tireo
Z of such items as ITO entertaining Board
) of Visitors. $685. which he saw IN the
> expense account of one institution.
NIGHT CUT PROFESSORS SALARIES.
Z Mr. Flood stated that, speaking for him.
\ self in reply to the question of the sena-
tor from Albemarle, he would say that
IT, after a fair and full investigation by
the committee created by this resolution
II was deemed wise and expedient TO re-
= duce the salaries Of the professors ano
: of5cers of the public institutions, he
: would vote for a reduction by Legislative
y enactment.
\ 1--WE are pledged to retrenchment, saio
= Mr.. Flood: 'it is our duty TO apply the
2 principles of reform wherever 1t can p'
done. and / believe, in reference TO these
salaries, that the Legislature is the proper
! tribunal to make the reduction, ana no
= leave IL to the numerous boards, some o.
= which may meet the emergency ane
+ others may not. We heard a great dea
? prior to the recess about the great ne
Z cessity of reducing county judges salaries
> from $3.50 to 5000. Many of the PROBES
! sors alluded to by the Senator from Abe
= marie get $500. They are certainly pet
= ter subjects to work on than the poorly
Z paid judiciary"
= Mr. Morris withdrew his motion 10 refe
! the resolution to the Retrenchment Com
? mittee and the resolution was adopted
Y | unanimously with slight amendments.
= JUDGE AND HIS POLITICS.
= The Senate agreed to the House join
Z resolution fixing the hour of l:3O o'clocl
= for the election Of judge of the tli
. teenth Judicial Circuit and Of the Count.
z court of Nelson, and when this hour ar
y rived Mr.. Tate nominated Judge Roper
a c. Jackson for the former position
= Mr.. Flanagan Republican, said that tn
! Democratic party in the State some
= times did the proper thing. He under
= stood that Judge Jackson had been mai
? enough TO stand forth in 1896 and cas-
Z his ballot for the party that represented
\ those principles for which the Repuph
y can party stood, and he would take srea
= pleasure in voting for Judge Jackson, a.
= | upright and honorable Judge
: Mr.. Hale PopulisD said ne had pre-
= viously. with pleasure, voted LOT ever.
= nominee of the Democratic caucus; bu
= when he had seen an open letter from
) .Tud1e Jackson, saying he had voted 10
y palmer and Buckner, he was utterly at
y lose IN understand how any man who ha
2 voted for Bryan in 1896 could vote 10
= | Jackson for Judge. He had nothing I
3 saw of the qualifications of Judge JACK
\ son but the principles for which he stoo
= were so opposed to those OF the Chicas
= nlatform that he could not support MN
= The Democratic party in the state ma
\ refused to unite with the Populists, pu
= was willing TO hold out the olive-branc
= 70 the men who had helped to defea
\ Bryan.
\ AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
7 Mr.. James interrupted the speaker I
y ask for whom he voted as the hoater de
: egate from the counties Of Floyd an
+ Franklin last fall.
y Mr.. Hale did not reply directly sayin
= he preferred not to introduce persona
4 matter. -.
= T will excuse you" called out Nj
\ James, amid laughter.
y Later. however, Mr.. Hale said the car
Y d,date for whom he voted had not ea'
y his ballot for Bryan. AS one OF ines
= candidates was a Republican ana u
Y other a Populist who did vote for Bryal
= tha ouasi-confession Of Mr.. Hale that !
\ had voted for the Republican, created
\ great laugh at his expense.
= Mr. Mushbach interrupted MI. Ha
Y With Does not the honorable Senate
= think the Democratic party about rlgl
} win the Republican Senator commen'
inc Il and the Populist Senator aousir
e." daughter and applause)
\ A. rIala concluded with an earnest pr