Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-06
lib. lib. SMITH

| Knowledge Of TIE work. civil snd tT minsl,
done By every court in the -ia and tae cost
thsreof.
Now, We h,vs 3 cDuntY j idge in rearly
6vsIy counts say 100 Ia round numb;rs ana
10 circuit jndieA Under plan proposed by
thu comm &c sll OF the couu y ocutis will lie
abolished. and "a in tad OF 16 eircui, judges
will do tie work. This, it is believed, will
result in saving large fmoHDt OF money an.
nualy. The n eetings Of this committee were
frequent, sBimrted and Interesting.
The comm ttee on education has agreed up.
on resolution allowing ths local auihori ties
| In their difc'esion to direct al aOpropris to
tie use OF money raised by local taxation foI
Shool purposes. This is . mos. important
| provision, but 1t remains yet 10 bo adopted by
the conventcD. Tai your owa city fer an
example. The amount derived from the
state for school purposes is abou. 81, 600 az
nually. This would not be ifterfered with,
but the City Council sppropristss annually
for the public schools about Sl4 COO, al
this sum could be used to maintain AID sup
port such schools as The School Board may de-
! termine are best entitled to it.
The report Of Il legislative committee hiss
pasled through the coELitleo OF tho Whole
and 1t Is believed will occupy only few days
more Of { timo OF the convention. Those
| who fo:mulat d and supported its provisions
with numerous and dTss ic changes. insist
that it will 10 ult iu great bentfi, to tito CON
| IN wealth, sni the savings Of large amount
! OF mHcv.
An amended '7ii of Rights has b on
adopted.
! TIE T. port OF the Il mtee on county gov
erumett Snd oIgSnlzs.on wll 'peedly be
disposed Of.
The fnsn cammi'tsr is erceavoriDg 10
dG wise . sefoms Of TAX, on which will be of
Der eft 10 Tie commonwealth, one OF the
features Of which, il is raid, will be-"No
S.a taae3 We'd On Tesl estate
/, and now, ny elbow ciiiz ms ss you will
| readily perceive Il o convention bss not teen
idle but has been doing 6 Oh work ard in
your interests. Many OF lhe members are
there at great penonsl Inconvenience and
pecunisry sacrifice, ard | ssk you, if II ID
fr endly or fair 10 attack rs in the rear while
in the front We are subj ,cted to the misrepre'
10 1tation OF our sdverszries Ought you not
rather to hold up our ,nGs and elcoursgs Us
a, in the performsecs Of the ilicult and sTduoui
task before US?
We are striving to work cut the redemption
Of opr State from pressing wrongs and we
Ds I'd the sustaining and approving support oi
oar friends at homo.
| have spoken to you Of tn trying days oi
| reconstruction and have seen you turn with q
| shudder from tie contemplation OF that u1-
hsJpy and unfortunate condition Of our be-
l.lovsd State. But how about "Te-sdjus
timss, when faction OF the whites and a. ol
the negros, obts ned toatrol OF the State gov
eminent. electng Governor and a m ,rity o
the Legislature? Is your Senator 1 rep'e
sented this senatorial district from 1879 t.
1883 and Is one OF the fourteen deb pByinl
democrats / served through the suxsons ses
sions of the sensts Of that period. Revolu
tionsry measures of every conceivable natur,
were introduced in the Legislature, amoni
them, bills to remove al circuit judges, re
district the State for Congress, to hsvs ont
person make ell jndicisl sales in each city ant
county aud likewte to give all iegsl sdyer
tising to one new.pAper in each city sDd
county.
These and many other plans we suggeste'
to increase and create new offices ct a tim
when ore-legged CODfe leraie soldiers VIII
fought under Stonewall Ssokson were turne
out OF Office to make room for others; whel
doubt, uncertainty and distruss fllei tn
land, and when no man could tell what tn
next condition would te. Happily the cloud
we're dispelled whom Ger eral Ne1berry,
member Of the Senate, In open feision. brof
away from his political adhe elts, with th
exclamation, This way, freemen," and open
ed tic path for himself and three Others CON
posing "the big four" to union with 1,
debt payer, and this c. cmbinstion with on
republican memi ers we're enabled to deie
all cf the rev stationary measures above Je
feued 10. And 50 in 1888 the state was rs
desmed and 70 nittec 10 the democratic party
under whose control IT has since Iemsine-
and will, trust, roman forever.
The words OF General NswberTy "This way
frtemen." should be our battle cry. Let il
. an appesl to all who abhor tyranny and lov
liberty to Iein our st niard and contend fc
right, justice, Il c perpetustion OF cur race i
power and the preservation OF our civilization
The ladies, too, are here 10 lend their pre-
sace TO this scene and TO insc.re us TO lo.tlt
aspirations and noble deeds
The hearts OF mstlon and mai
laden with anxiety, are heating Il
: night sll through the length snd breadth {
this Commonwealth. eager to know If on th
/ morrow they can sing tha song Of deive
: anee Of their race, their party and their 8 At
Can you refuse tier e1tresties and den
: their sppssls'
By your hesviDg bosoms and Il sshipg eJ
B / know you csonot, that you will not, aud Il
[ morrow we Will say to the world as Generi
9 Bee said 10 his troops at the frst battle I
1 Manassas, Look at the Yirginisns, standiG
r like store wall"
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