Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-10

~. ,h,t the present General Assembly
witness.
....s.tion to uniting the two Offices Is
.i stronger than was expected before
G General Assembly convened. Several
tie bost-known men in the two bodles
.-. opposing It. Hon. Z. c. Foikes' one
tre Richmond delegates, is leading the
.... for Mr.. Richardson. and has behind
t.- not only every other member rom
r.hmond, but certainly a considefaD'e
number from other sections.
s-,tors Barksdale and Flood will WORK
.-..ber for the abolition Of the ONCE
,-..,. are two Of the most skilful lighters
a., the Legislature. Stil' "ii"Se"
.,,st them are several very able sena-
.s Mr.. Blakey and Mr. Gardiner Ayler
+,ro NJ the men who will oppose MI
r.1 and Mr. Barksdale. Mr.. Opie VIII
I'm I'm behind them. IT was stated iast
..bt that the vote on the bill In lhe
s.,ate would be p for to 16 against II
O.. trle that should the bill pass 1t Wouiu
have TO run the gauntlet Of the Gov
,rnor's scrutiny. Whether he would ap-
prove 1t is a matter Of DOUBT
Delegate Whitehead, Of Norfolk Is one
81 ma most enthusiastic members OF lho
fouse. He is a hard worker ana Jus
fair 10 make a most careful leslsla.oi'
ne has already presented quite nun
her of bills. and will on Monday lhli ouuCo
another which Will prove eXceellhsIy PoP-
,,,ar So far as he has been able 10 ledih
co,nrerence with his associates. Inc
hin looks to restricting wlIe-pe"'tHS' en-
rrovides that where man is twice con
~.l.ted Of heating his wife ne shau pS
punished with stripes. Heretofore -
vhipping-post law has not been po ,ppei',I
measure. but whore IL is maze app.l0oD.I1
only TO wife-beaters IL IS thous"I ~ "'''
% acceptable.
r,.rsrate s. wilkins Matthews, OF Acco-
,s. is one OF the most genial members
~ ,he House. and as a result he one
of tie most popular. He mas nor away
lived n fish an oyster countries. ne
n... nred IN Indian Territory, and theh
Ind much 10 do with horses. lie tells
.r Interesting story of an experience ne
bad in Denver, Col, in horse-race IN
which he drove an unknown horse against
$500 stopper. driven by the Governor
of colorado. and won the race. 1t was
merely a road contest, but 1t was eN-
D..r and the Governor who had peeh
ar.us-omed 10 throwing the aust In the
Oh al N~AAtNt~f 49,
l..r,d.
Probably the most MISUNDERSTANDING
member of the General Assembly is Dele
gte Featherston. of Campbell county,
..l csrainly he is one Of the most com
rarlouable men in the body. lie Is an
ir..sss.ing talker and is exceedingly pop
,r.- v-ith mis- fellOw-members. lie is q
.r,at friend and admircr of Hon. John
" Daniel. and expresses the nope thaJ
D.. viii vet see him in the presidential
cllr.
They tell the story around Murphy's
that several nights ago an unusually
heavy blast was fired on the works no"
in progress i'm the river, and that
number of the rural members came rush
re in their night-clothes 10 the oflice'
thinking some terrible explosion had oc-
CURED
Many amendments 10 the election laws
WIN Doe proposed az this session Of the
Assembly. but II SIS not thought by any
one that any material change IN the pres
cnt law viii be made.
81 shan offer TO amend Mr.. Floods
constitutional convention bin when il
comes 90 the House if st should get
there" said a well-known member OF the
out 1901 as the year upon which The Ques-
ton is 20 20 TO the people and substitute
a12 therefor" Then he laughed.
a bin incorporating the town Of Phoe-
bus VIII soon be offered in the Cen
oal Assembly. The village has greatly
grown In the past two years. il is ex-
I..red that an effort viii be made 10 eX-
rrf the corporate limits Of Newport
Tt1agHfaIH and
c.n.derable other outlying territory.
much Of which has become greatly in
t.ed with troublesome characters.
Chairman Mathews. Of the House Com
rr.e ON Chesapeake and Its IriDuta-
r is heartily In favor of the creation
OF ADJ Office Of State surveyor Of oyster
.nds. and of having plats made. He
.yes that the revenues of the oyster
Industry Will. at the end Of the next
i year. be double the amount received
l.' PAST year.
charter Will be asked at this session
io' railroad from Smithvillc I'm Char
..ie county 90 Koysyille. ten miles
oant or brakes Branch five miles
"fr The road would connect with the
Southern al either point 1t is said that
overall Charlotte people have succeeded
ieTuse.
senator Barksdale says he thinks there
0fo,y reason 20 believe bis pure cleo
's 800 viii become a law Hardly q
ter whom he has approached ON the
subject has declined TO support IL.
lh.ro WIN be a meeting of the Judiciary
'.nm.lfee Of the Senate az 10 o'cioci,
c'h.i'ow morning 30 Room No. 3, at The
'a'or St. Claire and Senator Onie
fhe recipients Of handsome bououets
Yesterday ~"
One of the Legal Heirs.
r James y. Wood. one Of the most
hi residents OF Jefferson Ward
.r "a INJECTED with the Law Department
Kid 'neaapeake and Ohio railway. Is
Len .e one OF the legal heirs TO the
Towo6 wood fortune. Mr. Wood was
o,l,, iDr the millionaire. His father.
t''''i p leaning Wood q native af fnrn-