Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-02
THE LEGISLATURE.

The Senate ana House auopleu Win
out amendment the resolution OF the
Joint elections committees appointing
the electoral boards of the State.
The appropriation bill, as amended
by the conference committee, was pass
by the two houses last night. The re-
ductions from the present appropria-
tons aggregate 100000. The bill as
amended by this committee gives the
auditor of public accounts $4,000 per
anrum, instead OF $500, provided in
the House bill. The substitute puts the
current expenses at 100000, instead OF
S25O,000 There were some changes in
the Western and Central Insane Hos
pitfalls and the bill restores appropria
ton to considerable extent all along
the line, and particularly in the salaries
of State officers.
By the bill as passed the Central Asy
lum will receive S75, 000 Western Hos
pital 5000, Southwestern Hospital
$49, 900, D. D. & B. destitute $95, 900,
Soldiers Home $4,000, University Ct
Virginia $45, 900, Virginia Medical Col
lege $4,000.
AS ated yesterday the House game
warden bill was defeated 10 the Senate,
and the Senate bill requiring the pay
ment of cspitation tax as prerequisite
to voiug was killed in the House.
The work of the session is practical
ly over.
SENATE.
AS stated in yesterday evenings Ga
zette the Senate defeated resolution
to prohibit the State from paying the
expense $3.50 of bringing Congress
man Bailey to Richmond to address the
legislature.
When the Senate met yesterday Mr.
Flanagan, of Powhatan county, re-
publican, offered a resolution to the eff
feet that it be the sense of the body that
none Of the expense attendant upon
Mr. Bailey's trip should be borne by
the State, and that payment of such out
of the public treasury should be pre-
hibited. Mr.. Flanagan contended that
the legislature bad no right to take
money out of the treasury to pay for
bringing any man to Virginia to preach
democratic doctrine. Mr.. Parr (rep.)
and Mr.. Hale (pop supported the reso
luton, the former saying Mr.. Bailey
should be willing to pay his own way
as according to his (Bailey's) doc.
trine, the dollars now in use were
worth two hundred cents each, and he
was, therefore, receiving 10000 year,
whereas, the constitution provided that
a Congressman should only be paid
$1,000 The democratic members of
the Senate, after many indignant
speeches, voted Mr.. Flanagan's resou-
ton down. The discussion took somi-
what wide range. The sen jiment of all
of the democratic speakers was that
no question could be raised on the
point of bearing the expenses of the
visit Of their guest.
Mr.. Flood said the invitation was sent
by the General Assembly and no objec-
ton was raised by the republicans and
populists He did not believe the day had
come when in old Virginia the people
would forget to be polite and hospitable
to their guests. He reminded Mr.. Flana.
gan that when Senator Daniel was in
vited by the Legislature to deliver an
address on the the life and character of
Jefelsoa Davis the State paid the bill,
and when last week the committee on
boundary line from the Maryland Leg
islature came here at the invitation OF
the Legislature they were entertained
at the expense of the State.
Major Foster, Of Norfolk, in an i'm
passioned speech, declared he had
never known so disgraceiul PROPOSE
ton submitted to the Senate. He was
ashamed to have it said that Firginians
mad quarrelled over the expense of
entertaining a guest.
Mr. Hale (populist thought the
democratic party would bear the ex
penses, while Mr.. Parr republican,
wanted every member who heard Mr..
Bailey's speech assessed rs cents. MIR.
Flood of the entertainment committee,
said it was not n question of giving
money. The reputation OF Virginia for
hospitality was at stake and should be
maintained.
Only the four anti-democratic men,
bers of the Senate voted for the resolu-
ton, and the incident closed with
motion, which was, however, ruled
out, to expunge it from the records as
lone of the dirtiest things ever
brought up in the Senate" Mean
while, Mr.. Bailey's expenses are not
provided for.
1t is understood that the State will
not have to bear the expense OF the
meeting, as the entire cost will be
borne by number of gentlemen who
were instrumental in having Mr.. Bailey
come to Richmond.
HOUSE.
The House suspended business for
an hour to pass q memorial and hear
tributes to General William B. Italia.
ferro, OF Gloucester, who was for sew
eral years an influential member of that
body.
The House passed Senate bill relat
ing to the verilication and publication
of the annual reports of the insurance
companies.
The constitutional convention bill
was amended in the House to have a
vote taken in November, 1899, and
passed.
The electoral board appointments
were concurred in.
The House also passed the Senate
bill, yacating the Offices of judges OF
election May /, so az to give new
boards the appointment of officers for
next falls election.
The House last night passed the
Parks pension bill, q measure provid-
ing that all future applicants for pen
sinns shall annear before q board to be