The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-27
vOL.I?-NEW SERIES. NO. 900.
the issue. although this Is disclaimed IN
the Parks substitute"


THE NOMINATION CONDITIONAL
Mr.. Berrey. of King George. said: AS
a friend OF one OF the candidates ! VIII
agree to the amendment, which makes IL
plain that the nomination OF judge ior
the Tenth judicial Circuit is subject 10
arrangements to be made hereafter by the
senate and House. as 10 whether that cir
cult shall be abolished. II this should De
done 1t would infringe upon the citizens
ana lawyers of the present circuit. who
would have TO 70 TO court elsewhere.
whereby they would have to undergo con-
siderable extra expense. / therefore
hope that the amenoment offered by Mr..
Parks will be adopted and we will be al
lowed to make the nomination this even
ing. 40 that we may get that work of our
hands. II we afterwards think IL proper
70 abolish the circuit we can do II as
easily as II the nomination had been post
Doned.
Senator Boykin OF Isle OF Wight. who
was the next speaker, said II do not
think that the threat or the intimation
OF fear. that member might not be re-
elected II he should vote for the subsu-
tute. will influence any one. When the
nomination for the basement offices were
made, we entered into similar agree
ment and II worked very satisfactorily.
Before the bill abolishing the Tenth Ju-
dicial District is acted upon the gentle
men from that section Of the State
should he heard as 10 whether or not it
will be to the best interest Of the people
living in that section 10 abolish The cir
cult. The only thing we have now TO
consider is whether IL will be wise TO 20
INTO the nomination tonight or wait for
action on the reports TO be made by the
committees OF the two Houses. The best
interests however. OF the General Assem-
bly, and Of the state should induce us 10
make the nomination tonight. so that
from this time 20 the close OF the session
we can give every hour OF our time TO the
important questions that may come be-
fore u.s. The substitute. II agreed to.
does not bind any one upon the question
Of abolishing the circuit. for the man who
receives the nomination accepts it upon
the condition that we will reserve the
freedom Of our action"
DREADING THE PRECEDENT.
Mr.. G. J. Campbell OF Amherst. who
opposed the substitute. cautioned his
hearers that n burnt ?'ild breads the
fire. "The Senator e. isle OF Wight,
precedent of I" Second Auditor and OF
the Register OF the Land Office. That
precedent 7 fear and dread now Be
cause since that time we have not heard
a word about Il. There are some ingen-
ious gentlemen behind that substitute
who will afterwards say, that, II We do
not erect the nominee we viii reflect upon
Jack Mason or Jack Somebody else.
when Senator Berry died we abolished
his circuit very properly. but we made
mistake in dividing his salary Of $500
among the other circuits and actually
increased the expenses OF the State by
adding TO the mileage Of those judges.
whose circuits were enlarged by the ope-
ration ( am I'm favor of abolishing this
circuit and turning the money into the
state treasury. This substitute looks To
me Ike childs play Now is tho time TO
show our manhood and TO vote down the
substitute. The first court in the Tenth
District viii be held I'm about six
weeks and If YOU want 10 retrcnch on
big salaries, then vote down the subst-
trtc."