Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-22
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Vote Taken on the mployee's
Liability Bill.
TURNBULLELE
Numper OF Measures Considered by the
House Committee on Courts of JUS
tice. Colonel stusbs Not in
His Seat Yesterday
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RICHMOND. Jan. G-FlHon. James N.
Stubbs. who was on Yesterday recon-
| mended to be unsea,teds from the office
of Grand Commander af the Confeder-
ate veterans and as member of the his
tory committee, and who is a member
of the House from AScomac county,
was not in his seat today. The result
OF the decision of the advisory council
| was surprise to the friends OF Colonel
Stubbsr i'm the Legislature. who are very
| much surprised at the finding of the
council. 1T was expected that the result
would be resolution which would de-
clare that Colonel Stubs had been in
discreet. AS it is. the result is far more
favorable than the action of the COM
tmittee which originally invesig gated the
case. 1T is very gatifying to have the
declaration made explicitly by the
council that Colonel Stubs has not
been guilty of bribe-taa1ing.
Colonel StuIbbs, acc, Ifting the finding
of the advisory council held at Lynch
burg yesterday, as finaa has adlreSse
letter to Ah.,.tant General Elicit. ten
'lerng his resignation both as Grand
Commander of th@ Gland Camp Con-
federatv Nete.a of Virginia. and as a
that organization.
The time has now srrived." Colonel
Stubbs says, when + can do this with
honor to mys II anu without danger of
misrepress n tation CT the act"
The resignation takes effect from
date. leaving Colonel j. ]. WtEfams, Of
Winchester, at the head of thu. Grand
Camp. ard making the number OF va
canc'es on the history committee two.
In the House today Mr.. Parks offered
the following resolution, which was
agreed to:
Whereas. grievous and heavy burd-
ems Of taxation are laid on the people
and the amount Of money circu ting
among the masses is altogether insus,
flcient to meet the demands and to
save property values from rrulnous de-
probation. If not total destruction; and
whereas. the contraction of the curren-.
cy is destroying all property values,
and disturbing all labor interests: and
whereas. it seems almost impossible to
arouse Congress to a realization OF the
condition that really exists, and to the
danger .nat turks i'm the policy OF con-
inued disregard Of the rights of the
people: now, Therefore. be 1t
Resolved, By the House of Dele
Tates. the Senate concurring, that our
Senators be instructed and our repre-
sentatives be requested to use their best
efforts to secure prompt relief Of the
people in having some better measure
of finance adopted than at present pre-
walls, to the end that the reckless de-
struction of property values may cease,
and shat the disturbance of labor in
terests be ended.
Virginia calls upon the legislatures
of other States to unite with her in an
effort to impress the Importance of this
subject on the federal representatives. -
Again has the employees liability bill
been the subject of debate in the House
today. There has been food of ora
tory, reaso ning, logic, wit. Delegate
Folkes, of this city. made a splendid
speech for 'tle bill. He was followed by
Mr.. Carter. OF Scott county, in opposi-
ri IL
the patron Of the bill, began speech
for the bill. in the course OF which he
scored the heretofore invincible rough
and ready debator, Pitcher, most un-
mercifully, putting the laugh on the
"chaperone" of the House. Mr. Pitcher
took the "bombaStfng" good naturedly
md joined in the merriment. He made
powerful argument for the bill.
Mr.. Reddy concluded at 500. and the
members began to cry Vote! Vote! ard
he amended bill was read. The vote
vas taken and resulted in the ordering
II the bill to it's third reading by vote
Il 80 to ga surprise to the friends of
he 'bill,and the House was in an uproar
If excitement and applause, the specta-
ors joining in with the friends of the
bill.
An invitation was received today
rom the Eadies of the Confederate Me
MORTAL Literary Society, asking the
members to attend the reception to be
:iven by the General Assembly on next
Monday. from to p. M. The invita-
.la was accepted with thanks on mo-
ion of Mr.. Upton d. Jennings, of
At this juncture Colonel R. E. Boy
kin Informed the House that the Senate
was ready for the execution of the joint
order under which a Judge OF the Coun-
" Court of Brunswick was to be elect
ed
The business of the House was then
Interrupted and the nomination of a
Judge for Brunswick county was about
10 be gone into, when Mr.. A. B. Hobbs
n Prince George, arose and stated that
Hon. lE. P. Buford, of Bruins wick. de-
sired to be present at the election of the
nudge of brunswick county, and he,
therefore,. moved that the election he
postponed until Mr. Buford's return.
MIR. Mann, of Nottoway, spoke in op-
position OF the motion, stating that Mr.
s5ufOrd,in asking for a leave Of absence
had only expressed the desire to be
present when the report of the investi-
eating committee was taken a,p. and he
had been informed that no action would
be taken on that report
Speaker Ryan then directed Clerk
Bigger to read Rule No. "a. which pro-
vides that committees shall in all cases
report by blu or resolution in such
from that, if passed or agreed TO, it will
oily Iilto erect unflr recommends tons.
The speaker then stated that the report
anne up without any resolution, and
Ill that could be done with it under
ne rules was to file it. which was done
When Mr.. Buford asked that action on
sbis report be postponed until his re-
urn ne was informed by the chair tina [
no action on the repot was necessary.
The motion to postpone the election
was then lost. Mr.. w. C. Darlington. of
Charlotte. asked that TIE House recon-
slider the action. and pointed out that
! Mr. Raford lead left here under the i'm
| preston that the election would be
! postponed until his return. and he him
self (the speaker) he'd certainly been
under the same impression.
| The chair announced That motion to
reconsider was no longer In order, in
| asmuch as the Senate had been noti-
fed that the House was ready to go into
/ the election.
| Senator Flood then Informed the
| House that the only nomination before
| the Senate for judge of Brunswick
county was that OF Judge Needham s
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