The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-06
MORE DEMOCRATS
HAVE TROUBLES
Continued from First Page.>


am fit TO sit on the bench.
Now, nobody knows better than Mr..
Saunders that there is 10 doubt as to his
fitness for the judicial ermine, and every
body who knows him knows he would
wear it most worthi!y. lic has been at
rlie bar eighteen years. Many a legal bat
tie has he fought and won. and some OF
his cases have attracted Statewide atten-
ton Mr.. Saunders will not resign the
sneai;ership.
Judge ~. r. Barizsdale, of the Halifax
County Court, is, SO far as is known. Mr.
Saunders only opponent. Judge Bar'ss6ale
has long been distinguished as q lawyer;
his reputation as q judge is as vide ana
as good. The contest will be a most in
tercsting one.
4 Sixth District Senator said last night
that he would oppose Mr.. Saunders, not
because re did not think he would adorn
the bench. but because he thought thst
as the Fifth District had captured III
Supreme Court judgesi1ir, it should allow
the Sixth to have the circuit jGdgEShil
lie is 4 supporter CT Judge Barksdale.
II was further intimated that the success
of Judge White. if followed BY the cleo
ton of AIR. S sunders. might have an effect
upon the Gubernatorial candidacy Of Con-
gresham Swanson. of the Fifth District.
The action of the scuate III agrsszrg
yesterday to a joint rsotution for COM
mission of three from the Senate and
1--WE from the House to investigate and
report as to the neeti, Of charging the
pentts-litiary. VIII DIe.rolle strong oppo-
sition in The House. Delegate Bowles, Of
Roanoke, said yesterday he would oppose
the RESOLUTION.
Il sse no reason for going into the eN-
Dense OF such a large scC,lGtlliES-Cli. Why
pay people 10 do thinks Tor witch the
Legislature is here? [ shall, at least. in
S;lst that The commission be much smaller.
! think CIs from the :Secsate end two from
the House would be a number fully sGtii-
Gent. The expense of q commission =
soang 10 be considerable no matter
Nlhetllsr 9iirec. five or sight men be aD-
pointed TO make The Investigation.
The members of the General Assembly
are becoming interested in the O'Ne:tl
biI9 which nas passed The nsrtiona, House,
forbdjiing, the transportation CO prison.
made goods from one Staie 10 another.
The Passage of .such a law would cause
the abroga:ion of tl.a States Contract
with The Davis Shoe Company L 81 d2e
terms of the contract, it n.2y ioe a5ro-
gated upon q notice of sixty DAYS from
either, Side. II the State were 10 be cut
off from the profits Of this coGE,aCt .h5Ce
would be small prospect % penite1t519y
Improvement. There is little e.l0ugti ;I5
II fs-nore at all, 50 far as this season
is concerned.
The joint committee appointed to inve=-
tigate and report upon the methods o
keeping accounts Of State money handle ga
by State and county officials. held an
other informal meeting yesterday. Sena-
tor I-upton, OF the COMMITTEES. said last
night, there seemed absolutely no crisi-
c;s,n of the method Of bookkeeping used
by State officials. It is entirely diffe -ent
with officials of the counties. We will d.
our best TO bring about Il reform, he s id.
1T is sorely needed
One Senator forget his pair Yesterday,
With the result that The Sands propnst-
ton for 4 Constitutional Convention of
eighty members failed of passage. Tlia
vote stood Il to a. Il world have stood
j. TO IS had the absent-nirided Senator
recalled that lie was paired with a brother
who would haze voted for the Sands
proposition. However, at ieas. nine of
the Senators absent Yesterday would have
voted Tor 2 convention of eighty Nom
bers. II they are present to-day the
proposition will win easily.
bon. S. Wilkes Matthews, of Accomac.
in speaking last night OF the oyster bill.
presented in the House by himself on
yesterday, said:
Tie condition oe natural oyster growth
On ocsan Side -,..as@e:1,ac ard NorI,anrp-
ton counties ars peculiar. and not those
which are anywhere else in the State
of Virginia. What is known as an
oyster. rock there IS a path of natural
growth Of limited area generally. etobios
bare on low water: though tieese patches
are often aggregated and grori5sti Il ce.'
tain localities. The BAYLOR survey was
necessarily made at high w5tet, ard in
many instances these aggregations Of
natural growth were overlooked and
omitted from tlle survey; in ctsf,er in
stances. through u ,:lisap-e.ae.Tsson. whole
sectors CT bay containing nane es these
patches were erttereii ag5n Buyers
c..se;.ss as ratural rock.
Two results haye followed:
i. Private individuals under the law,
are taking up and destroying extensive
seed beds.
3 Extensive planting areas, which
arfgtst otherwise be rented cut ana yield
4 revenue 20 the STATE, arc improperly
licked up in tlite Tsaysar ssi,vey.
The bin is designed TO give the Board
of Fisheries the authority to provide a