The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-03

MR. TH0Al MAKES
A GREAT SPEECH
(Continued From First Page)
Counties shall never be made RESPONSE
bic tor the acts OF laeir snera1Is.
1he Committee en- Education pro-
crossed lar enough yesterday morning
10 appoint a subcommittee composed OF
afcssIs. Thornton, Mc1lwaine, watson,
Pollard and Brown, TO draft u report TO
the convention.
There was quite a. breezy discussion on
the State Library question. The hbrar-f
Ian, aIr. Nv. w. Scott, spoke In opposition
TO the proposition of John Garland Pol
lard, TO place the State Library under
the control of the State Board Of Educa-s
ton and making it a part of tie educa-
tional system OF the State. Mr. Scott
favored making the library accessible to
all who desired TO avail themselves Of
the privileges. He did not, however,
favor the idea OF placing the library un-
der the control of the State Board Of
Education.
AIR. w. g. Stanard, of the Virginia
Historical Society, urged that the library
should be thrown open to the public at
all times. The library contained much
information that could be obtained no.
where else in the world. He impressed
upon the committee the necessity of
publishing some of the volumes and pa
pers in the library in order that they
might be more readily preserved and at
the same time distributed throughout
the country. Students could find valua-
bic information on any subject in the
library, and the encouragement Of study
should actuatc the steps taken.
No action was taken on the matter.
the question being postponed until a
future meeting.
The University appropriation matter
came up and Mr.. Pollard offered the fol-
lowing resolution on the subject, which
was passed by until Friday:
.'The General Assembly shall make pro-
vision for the maintenance of the Univer-
sity of Virginia by appropriation not less
than that now provided by law.
The committee will meet again Friday
morning at 9 o'clock in executive ses-
sion. and will undertake to make final
disposition OF the matter.
The Judiciary Committee held two ses-
sions yesterday and took a great many
votes on the question of salaries Of judges
of the Circuit and City Courts and the
manner # payment Of same but the only
thing settled was the passage of resolu-
ton offered by Mr. Withers at the after
noon session. that the salaries of the cir
cult Judges be pai6 direct by the State.
The arrangement of circuits, as pub
lished in another col,11un Of ne Times
this morning. was also agreed upon. There
are motions pending from Messrs. Thorn
an -Iered1til to change the first and ninth
circuits.
At the morning session there was a
spirited and peppeTy discussion over the
manner in which the salaries of the judges
of the city courts should be paid and the
amounts of both the circuit ana city
judges. The outcome of the discussion was
the passage of a. resolution offered by
Mr. Withers that the vote by which the
fixing of the manner of payment Of sal
aries of both Circuit and City Court
Judges be considered. Mr.. Withers then
moved that the vote by which the sala-
ries of Circuit Judges was fixed at a
minimum Of twenty-five hundred dollars
be reconsiGerd. This motion was defeat
Mr.. Withers explained that if a mini
mum sum was fixed it should not be
more than two thousand dollars; that If
it was fixed at the larger sum it stood
good chance Of being defeated in the con-
vention The committee refused to re-
consider by a vote of six to five.
At the session held after the adjourn
ment of the convention. Mr.. Cameron Of
ferc6 resolution that the salaries of the
Circuit Court judges be paid one-half by
the State and one-half. by the county.
This was lost: Ayes-Messrs. Cameron.
Hunton, Smith and Meredith. Noes
Messrs. Wfthers. Gordon. Eggleston,
Ayers. Summers and Moore-G
Mr. Withers then offered resolution
that salaries of Circuit Judges be paid d-
rect by the State. 1t was adopted: Ayes
-Messrs Withers, Ayers, Summers, Msre-
dith. Moore. Eggleston and Gordon-7.
Noes-Messrs. Smith. Cameron anG Hun
TOM.
Mr. Egsleston moved that salaries of
corporation judges be fixed and payment
provided therefor by law, but this was de-
feated Mr. Meredith moved that city
Judges be paid partly by. State and partly
by corporations, with right Of cities of
over 10000 to supplement salaries of over
$500, where they saw proper, at their
own expense for additional salary. Lost.
Ayes: Messrs Meredith, Smith, Ayers
and Moore.
Noes: MeSSrS. WitllerS, Cameron. Cor
don Eggleston, Hunton and Summers-6.
On motion of Colonel Smith further con-
sideration of the matter was postponed
until the next meeting.
The Committee on Expenditure yester-
day afternoon examined Clerk Button and
Sergeant-at-Arms Watkins as to the
necessity for the present number of en-
ployes including pages, committee clerks,
etc of the convention. The examination
was in response to the Withers resolu-
ton calling for report from the COM
mittee as to how many Of these en-
ployes the convention could dispense
with.
Mr. Ayers assured the committee that
the committee clerks were needed now
more than at any time during the session.
There were other assurances that as night
sessions and conferences and caucuses
were just beginning, the need for the
nimbIe-footed pages would be much
greater than ever before. The committee
took this view of the matter and agreed
without division to delay further investi-
cation for a week.