Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-03-11
END OF THE
SESSION.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
'e7-oe PASSED INTO HISTORY.
YESTERDAYS SESSION ONLY FORMAL.
The Governor Said He Was
Ready for 1t to CLOSE, and Ad
journment Promptly Followed.
The House In the Biggest Hur-

Richmond Dispatch, March: 3.
The General Assembly of 1S9T-'9Scon-
luded it's labors yesterday.
The proceedings attending the closing
moments of the session were extremely
simple, and interesting only because they
marked the end. The attendance in cnch
house was not a seInblance of a quorum.
though nearly every Delegate aud Srnn.
tor who had not gone home was in his
seat.
There were but eleven Senators present
when Lieutenat- Go vernon Echols called
the Senate to order. Nobody seemed to
expect business to be done and nobody
was disappointed 1t was realized that
all business was done aud that final nd
iournment was only II few minutes II way.
Mr.. Barksdale offered Il Joint resolution
appointing five Senators and five Dele
gates to wait upon the Gonernorand in-
form him that the General Assembly
was ready to adjourn. The resolution
was adopted and the Chair appointed
Messrs. Barksdnle, Lowry, Eggleston,
Wickman, and Opie to act upon such
committee.
THANK LIEUTENANT-GOvERNOR
MIR. Wickham offered the following:
"Rcsolve, That the Senate of Virginia
hereby tenders to the Hon. Edward
Echols, Lieutenant Governor of the Com
monwealth, its cordial acknowledgement
OF the high appreciation that its mem
bers entertain for the skill and impur-
tiality with which he hus discharged
his duties rs the presiding officer of this
body, aud for the pleasure his uniform
courtesy hns given, and for the dignity
he has added to its deliberations"
The resolution was adopted unami-
mously.
The committee retired, and, meeting
the members appointed by the House.
went up to the Governors office. Gov
ernor Tyler shook hands with each MEM
ber OF the committee, and then Mr..
james Lewis Anderson informed him
briefly that lie had been chosen by tie
Joint committee to inform his ExcelIency
that the General Assembly was ready
to adjourn, and desired to know il there
were any further communication the
Governor desired to make.
THE GOVERNORS GOOD.BY.
Governor Tyler said: 81 have moth
ing to communicate, gentlemen, aud so
lar as l am concerned, the labors of this
General Assembly are completed. In
parting with you, thank you for the
uniform courtesy your two bodies have
shown me, and desire to assure that
it is with sincere regret that part with
you"
The Governor then spent n few minutes
in conversation with the Committee
making several OF his characteristic iocu-
lar remarks, and the committees with
drew.
Senator Lowrey reported to the SeDote
that the Governor had no further COM
Inunication to make. Senator Harry
Maynard, OF Portsmouth, was appoint
ed to notify the House that the Senate
was ready to adjourn for the session. but
he soon returned, and with rather n
crestiallen air, announce that the II ouse
had adjourned.
Sotto voce remarks as to the irregu-
larity OF this proceeding of the other
branch were numerous, and not aito.
gether complimentary. Delegate PiIch-
er, oil Fauqnier, who had come into the
chamber, in order to give the semblance
OF regularity to the final moments of
, the Assembly, informed the Senate that
the House OF Delegates was ready to
adjourn.
THE WlND-UP.
Mr.. Wickham then moved that the
Senate adjourn for the session, and the
motion was carried.
1t was 1898 o'clock when Lieutenant
Governor Echols arose aud said 81 de-
clare the Senate OF Virginia adjourned
until the first Wednesday in December,
1899, unless earlier convened in extra
session by the Governor OF tho Common