The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-01

o'clock. This motion was adopted
Chairman Stuart asked the convention
to adopt the section of the report OF his
committee as amended in Committee OF
the Whole
MAKE HIM PRESIDENT.
Mr. Eggleston moved to amend SO
that the Commissioner of Agriculture
Should he ex-officio president of the
State Board of Agriculture. He con-
tended that, as proposed by the com
mittee, the Department OF Agriculture
would have no head With the mem
bers appointed by the Governor. and the
Commissioner not only dependent on
these appointees for his election, but not
even allowed to be Il member of the
Board himself. the dignity and efficiency
of the office would be destroyed Chair
man Stuart and Mr.. Brown earnestly
opposed the amendment.
DR.. McIlwaine, Captain Parks and
Mr.. Lindsay supported it.
The pending question was called and
debate shut off, when Mr.. Brown had
finished a second speech.
Tn. vote was first taken on an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Lindsay that the
Commissioner be elected by the people.
The a:ut ndment was defeated-ayes, So;
noes, So The vote was as follows:
Yeas-NIessrs Barbour. Barham. Manly
! II. Barnes. Thomas II. Barnes, Boaz.
Bouldin, Bristow. Chapman, E.arman. Gar
| nett. B. T. Gordon. Green Hancock, HUI
bard G. ". Jones, Lindsay, Lowell, Nc
Ilwaine, O'F'laherty, Parks, Pe0igo, Phil
lips, Quarles, Richmond, Summers. Tarry.
Thorn Watson. Wescott, WitherS, Yam
cey. the Presidents.
Ma. s-EIessrs Allen, George X. Ander-
son, Blair. Braxtou, Brooke, Brown, Z.
| W. Campbell. Carter, Dunaway, Eggles-
| ton Fairfax James ". Gordon Gwyu,
Hamilton Hatton Hooker. Hunton. In
| gram. Claggett Is. Jones, Kendall. Law
son, Lincoln, Meredith, Miller, Moncure
| Orr, Pollard. PortIock. Rives. Stebbins,
Stuart Turnpull, Waddill, Walker. Willis.
| Wise.-36.
! The EggIeston amendment making the
| Commissioner of Agriculture q member
| ex-ofFicio of the State Board, was de-
feated-Ycas. Is: noes, -.
CUT OFF THE POWER.
| Dr. McIlwaine moved TO amend by strlk-
ing out the provision giving the General
! Assembly power to add in It's discretioa
| other members to the State Board.
1t was vigorously opposed by Chairman
! Stuart and Mr.. Brown. The amendment
was adopted-ayes. Sc; noes, %.
/ Mr. Brown moved amendment, pro-
| viding that no member of the State
/ Board should be eligible for election as
! Commissioner of Agriculture while q
member of the Board
This was adopted-ayes, 60; noes,
Mr.. Pedgo moved to amend by pro-
| ,.iGinc. for the election of memEers of the
| State Board by the people of each con-
| Sressional district.
| He made 4 pathetic and drcll plea
for the farmers, contending that they
| had sense enough TO be able to select
/ suitable men 10 conduct the affairs OF the
| Board of Agriculture.
t GOOD FOR THE, STATE.
| -..r1fi. ION
! vas composed of lawyers, and he said
that ne believed that as a reasonable
| amount of feas were good for Il dos;
/ so a reasonable amount OF lawyers wSre
/ good for the State. He contended that
| he was the Only bona fide farmer IL the
| convention and declared that the LAWYERS
were unconscio-ably greedy for offices and
we're fixing up even the Agricultural De-
| partment so that they could set the
| Offices.
lie asserted that he had been a prac-
| teal farmer all his life and had never
| done anything else.
Capt Wise. 4 read here in this con-
| vcntion directory that you were Mayor
| OF lexington Ohio. in 1864. Were you
farming then" Great laushterl
Mr. Ped!go. "Oh Yes"
Capt. Wise 80 when the war come
on and it got hot you got out.
Mir. Pedigo. Il left Virginia because
| poor men were treated like dogs by the
| slave-holding element
Judge Garnett Were YOU not IN the
| Yankee Army from Ohio?''
Mr.. Pedigo "Oh yes. for short
| while
them
Mr.. Pedigo .Oh. yes, was farming
| all the time and am yet; but 1t seems you
will keep me here in this convention tae
balance of my life, so l cannot ever farm
! any more, it looks like
The amendment was defeated by an
Overwhelming vote
A BIG SURPRISE.
Mr.. Barbour offered an amendment u
provide for the election OF the CoIni In,
! sioner OF Agriculture by the quailtleu
| voters OF the State.
| The point was raised that tHis
! ton had been once decided
/ Mr.. Barbour claimed that the anleti-
| 1nent was offered to an entirely oltLei en-
clause of the section from the oite otA
| which the first vote was taken
The chair ruled the motion IN. ~
| Brown moved to lay IL Oh t''e
| Lost.
The vote was taken on the amendment
| and it was adopted amid great surprise,
! applause and CONSERVATION on the paft
| OF some The vote was as follows:
| Yeas-Messrs. Geo x. Anderson, Bar
| pour. Barha1n. Manly II. Barnes. Inom.
| II Barnes. Blair. Boaz, Boien, Bristow-,
! Rrooke Chapman, Earman. Car
nett. tiwyn. Hancock. Hubbard, ",
1cnee Lawson. Lindsay. Lowell, Nell
waInc. O'Flaherty. Parks. Peeitso, Phri-
/ lips, ouarles. Richmond. Summers Iarry.
t Thon. Watson Weseott, WIthers, ood-
/ housa. the President-S6.
| Says-aIessrs. Allen. BraNton Brown r.
". Campbell, Carter, Drnaway, Essleston