Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-22

| less than iour ycain' ,Nfo 900,
| Another important measure tNo. pow
WOE a hin introduced by Mr.. Lowry 10
| anfnorize the Governor 20 grant CON
| 6stinnai pardon 10 persons confined IN the
ncnitentlary upon recommendation OF lhe
! BOARD of directors OF said institution.
r., M recato NO. $50: TO protect
nina ,urkevs IN the counties OF Accomac
| and Northampton.
~, come no. 5ss): TO amend the act In
relation 10 protecting wild fowl IN Ac-
| comac and Northampton
Nv same CNo. $50: To allow the voters
of BELLE Haven IA Accomac' 10 vote Oh
the repeal of the charter of the town.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL
xyh., the consideration Of the appro-
,r,atton hin as the special and contlnu-
nc order came up at i215 o'clock, Mr..
Fairfax offered q resolution, when was
adopted without dissent, that speeches
on tho bin be limited 10 fifteen minutes
each The Clerk read the bill from pc
Ginning 10 end, which consumed nearly
IA quarter Of an hour
Mr. Wickham offered a resolution 10
strike out section and insert: This act
snail be IN force from its passage ex-
cont so FAR as IL relates to salaries OF
.ficers and employees of government, as
IN which Il shall go into effect on the
lst day Of July, 1898, until which date
the said salaries shall be as stated IN
the act of March 3. 1896. appropriating
the public revenue for the fiscal year end
ing the S0th day Of September, 1897.
TO RETAIN THE OFFICER.
Mr. Withers offered an Amendment pro-
viding that the policeman at the Library
building be retained at a salary of $40
per annum. He made an eloquent speech
In behalf OF the motion, dwelling upon
the fine military record Of the incum-
bent. The amendment was adopted.
An amendment of Mr.. Opie, providing
FOR the payment of the insurance on the
Western State Hospital, was adopted.
The senators were not at all close us
teners TO the debate, and discussion
Jagged. The Chair announced that the
question was upon the engrossment on
the bill and paused for a moment. There
was no motion to discuss the bill, and
the vote was put. Probably dozen
votes were cast In the affirmative, ana
none I'm the negative. The Chair an
nounced that the bill was ordered to it's
engrossment. which caused several men, |
bers to spring to the feet, for the iirst |
time realizing what had been done. |
There were numerous motions to recon !
slider the vote which was done without |
objection.
Mr.. Sands offered an amendment, which |
was adopted. appropriating S62 to pay |
balance due for binding, and retracing |
certain documents in the Office Of the |
Register of the Land Office.
WANTED IT CUT DEEPER.
Mr.. Turnbun moved that $4,000 be APP
propriated to the Western Hospital at |
stanton. instead of $4,000. which was
of $1,000 from the appropria-
ton of last year. He said it cost $50 per
patient 10 pay the officers al the Staun-
ton institution, SIS per patient at Marion
and only SIS at the Central (colored) Hos
lital. The difference between $lS and
55 is the difference between a white lady
md a negro woman" said Mr.. Mushbach.
Mr.. Opie said the number of patients
Il Staunton was much larger than at
,ther institutions, and that its affairs
we're conducted in a most businesslike |
manner He opposed the reduction.
laving accepted without a murnur the
nat of $1,000 The amendment was lost.
ATTORNEY GENERALS SALARY.
Mr. Clayton moved to amend by re-
ucing the salary of the Attorney-Gene-
al from $500 TO $3.50. Mr. Wickham
aid hthe Attorney-General was the only
ficer elected by the people whose salary
ras fixed by the appropriation bill; that
e had TO canvass the entire State at
reat expense; he was lawyer of great
bility. and could not begin to afford to
II the position for even the salary now
aid
Mr.. Claytor SAID large portion Of his
inc was depoted TO his private practice
hat it was unfair to reduce the salary /
f the Auditor and leave intact that OF
ne Acknowledgement. The amendment |
as rejected.
Mr. Kane offered an amendment pro-
icing that the Register of the Land Of
&c be retained at a salary Of $500 and
80 for clerk. Mr.. Kane spoke strongly
,r the retention of this office, saying
nat the incumbent had saved to the
tate $1,000.
Mr. Wickham said the committee had
ad before II the bill passed by the
louise abolishing the Office, and also the
sport Of the special committee recon-
lending its adjustment He believed
ne retention Of this Office would be 5
gainst the wishes of the people Of the
commonwealth. The amendment was re-
,cted. \
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
On motion of Mr.. Barksdale, the special :
-der was postponed for fifteen minutes, :
nd the Senate took up the bill providing ,
II the abolition of the Department of !
griculture and transferring its duties TO /,
he Virginia Polytechnic Institute at ,
Mr.. Flood offered a substitute providing ,
lat the proceeds Of the fertilizer tax be :
sed TO support the department without
ny additional appropriation, and that ,
ne department should remain in Rich
ond. 2
MIR. Barksdale presented at length tbs 4
rguments in favor of abollshing the
lice, and said: s
Il know Richmond is opposed to )
the department, but Richmond !
ants everything She doesn't want sala- :
es reduced she wants all the money in !,
lie State spent here. The Commissioners
Agriculture has issued a great hand
)ok for which nobody cares-nobody
ads Why, he has actually put poetry +
to it TO make il more bulky-an ode 10 s
bull calf or some such rot" &
Mr.. Flood, in replying 10 Mr. Banks a
ale, said no such bill had been intro a
lced TO abolish the department last
EAR. probably because there was no can n
date for Congress from the Sixth Dis \
let in the Senate at that time s
Mr.. Barksdale said he did not need any n
ch ambition to make him do what was
ght f
Mr.. Flood said the farmers Of the State. Il
pecially those of the Southside and
dewater where fertilizers were chiefly N
ed were almost unanimous in favor of r,
eping the department intact at Rich o
ond. Blacksburg, besides receiving a
eat appropriation from the State, also r,
ceved larger appropriation from the 81
ltional Government than any other in
tuition in Virginia. and there was no O.