The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-14
SUGAR BEET BILL
HOUSE or DELEGATES.
Mr.. Murphy's Whipping Post Bill Causes
a Lively Discussion.

|
| Lively Discussion.
After the opening of the session Of
| the House OF Delegates by Speaker
| Ryan, Rev. J. \. Dearborn offered pray
cr
Tho special committee on retrench-
mcnt and reform asked 90 be- discharged
| from the further consideration of the
| bin relating To- tn salaries of county
school suporintendcnts and have the
same referred 10 the committee on
| schools and colleges. The request was
| granted.
Mr.. Diggs. Of King William. offered the
| following:
Resolved by the House Of Delegates
! that the finance committee be and they
are hereby instructed To enquire into the
| appropriations To all the objects 10 which
| the State now makes annual allowances
and ascertain. if the amount appropriat-
ed To- each object can be reduced and
such reduction can be- made without i'm
| pairing the usefulness Of any institution
| or interfering with the proper admins
| tratiOn Of justice I'm the state. The said
! committee is authorized 20 reduce the
appropriations TO each object in making
I up the regular appropriation bill and the
| House hereby binds itself 10 agree 90 any
| reasonable reduction foo appropriations
as may Doe recommended by the finance
| committee"
Mr. Digs made a lengthy statement
in favor OF his resolution. which was OPP
posed by Mr. Parker. OF Southampton.
Mr.. Saunders. Of Franklin. offered as
an amendment t0 strike out the latter
portion of the resolution binding the
/ House to agree to reasonable reductions.
! Mr.. Cooke spoke in favor of tha amend
ment which was finally agreed 10 10y Mr..
! Diggs and the resolution was passed I'm
It's amended form
THE VETO SUSTAINED.
Tho veto message of Governor Tyler
was then read wherein he disapproved
| House bill 40 J0. Incorporating the Nor
| folk bicycle Road. Company.
The veto OF the governor was sustain
cd only Mr. Charles NJ. Wallace. Of this
| city voting IN favor of passing the bill
over the veto Of the Governor
| Mr.. A. L.. Mintar of Bedford. offered
| the following resolution.
"That the cconOriy ON rctrelchmcnt and
/ economy Dee and they are hereby instruct
ed 90 enquire into and report as TO the
| feasibility and advisab.ity of employing
! female clerks in the various departments
| of State service ar salaries less and how
much less than the salaries row paid.
The resolution was referred.
When the calendar was reached the
motion offered by Mr.. Wnhorne, of
| Rockbridge. came up for discussion
which asks for a. reconsideration OF the
vote by which House bin 40 u had been
| ordered 90 Doe cngrossed. The bin defines
and regulates fratcrnal beneficiary assoc
Citations. orders or societies. The motion
| was adopted and Mr. Winborne then Of
fercd some slight amendments which
were agreed to and the bill was thrh
ordered 90 its cngrossment
THE WHIPPING POST BILL.
Al 1870 O'Clock Housa biz so. I'D came
mp ON its second reading ass special ana
continuing order. lt prescribes the man
ner in which petit larceny shall bee pun
| ishod and is better known MS the whip
pngpost bin.
Mr.. Murphy. of this city the patron or
Tine hin made an eloqu no and strong ap-
peal in behalf of his bill and In doing so
he spoke substantially as follows
1T ha- been said by the gentlemen who
an, opposcd To- this measure that it's
adoption would mean going step back-
ward. But Sometimes prudent man
will take step backward. I'm order 10
make the situation perfectly clear, / de-
sire TO refer briefly To the history Of this
law. n was in 1876 when the Legislature
of virginia enact "a the law which intro
duccd the whipping post m this state.
The law was subsequently amended I'D
1>n in lSfG. I'm lS12 and in lSiN II has
been enforced boo Virginia from No 10 M
and wa- repealed only i'm the extra session
of lSs2
"It has bc,n said that it would be cruel
To- pass this bill. which have introduced.
But who passed the original law ih M +.
Who were the men who sat ln the prh-
a NH| |HH
m.n assembled 10 represent Virginia IN
the Legislature than those who sat there
from 1876 up to 1872. although ! must con-
fcss that Virginia's represt natives We're
moi so able AT the session, which repealed
This 1av Robert r.. Lee. Stonewall
Jackson and other alike well-known men
and John W. Daniel We're some or VIZ
giuia's lawmakers. while that Jaw "ds
ON the statute book. Major Dauiei never
asked that that law be repeal sd. Ihese
mon were looked upon as being as hu-
name as any under the sun
POLITICAL POLICY.
..rt has also been said it would not be
rotittcaf policv 90 enact this bill FOR II
would drive the Democratic party out OF
existence. II was not the abolishing OF
the whining post that defeated our
marty I'm 1879. but the State debt. In that
vear Readiusters were elected members
of the General Assembly. What did they
do? Did they repeal the whipping post
law? By no means. IL remained on the
statute books In 1879 and 1850. The Read
justers were elected again in 1881 and the
whipping post law continued on the
statute books and was not repealed until
I'm extra session on April - 1872. In lsS
tho party that repealed the whipping
post law were wiped out and have not
been seen since.
THAT the abolishing OF the whipping
post has not diminished crime but has
aided I'm its Increase can be clearly dem
onstarted by figures. In 1881 the number
OF inmates sent 10 the penitentiary was
2s3 and in 1877 it increased 10 5i5. Are
Won going back or forward when you are
making criminals in your State2
The criminals have also been increased
since the Democrats lost their power I'm
Virginia In 1871 the criminal expenses
Of this State amounted 10 y3l no and In
1897 they were increased to $4,000. and
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