Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-10

of Judge Clarence ]. Campbell of AM
herst. against whom charges have been
filed by members of the bars of the coun-
ty of Amherst and the city of Lynch
burg.
Mr. Cumming. OF Elizabeth City county.
Immediately offered q substitute for the
committee resolution. which provided that
tie committee for courts Of justice be
authorized anc en- powered to investigate
tho case.
NJ, Cumming. who Is not a member
OF tie committee Tor courts of justice.
speaking for the substitute. argued that
II would be a 1c!lettr.n upon that COM
duty from the courtr of justice commit
tee sno violatire OF the precedents of the
house procedure so to do. He urged that
it was unfair to the speaker to thrust
Gron linn The responsibility to name this
special conE,ittee.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Edwards: To amend and re-en-
act certain sections of the code in rela-
ton to oysters and to add certain indie
pendent sections.
BY Mr. Lee: To authorize the district
school board of Mt. Vernon district Fair
fax county, to sell and convey certain
land.
By Mr.. Boaz: To amend sections 1915
and 1861 of the code in relation to the
duties Of the board Of visitors Of the Uni
versity of Virginia.
ADJUSTMENT. OF STATUTES.
The following was read a third time
and ordered to its engrossment:
To facilitate the committees Of the
general assembly in their work of adj
iusting the general statutes to the new
constitution. by providing for the col
lection, classification and placing in con-
venient form for each committee such
reneral statutes as pertain to the SUBJ
jects assigned to it.
ORDERED TO ENDORSEMENT.
The senate bill to amend and re-enac'
the act approved Nov. 20. 1902. entitlc
IAN act to provide for the payment Q
pensioners under the pension act of April
9 1902. whose claims were not approved
ard filed in the Office Of the auditor of
public accounts prior to Sept !. 1902,
was amended by Mr. Cation. and Their
ordered to its engross1nent and third
reading.
Considerable debate ensued over the
bill appropriatiEg $4,000 to the St. Louis
exposition, which came ZIP on its second
reading.
MIR. BOAZ OPPOSES.
Mr.. Boaz of Albemarle chairman of the
committee on finance. offered and advo-
Gated an amendment reducing the APP
nropr;ation to $4,000. and quoted figures
of appropriations already maco and those
in prospect and on the showing Of the
states finances he declared that 1t woulc
be unsafe in view of the reduced rate or
taxation provided by the new constitution
to vote the appropriation asked in the
bill He therefore urged the house to
adopt the amerdnent reducing tne DIP
preparation tc $1,000
of fJo
bill, vigorously combatted the position OF
MT Boaz. and showed that he too hal
been student CT State finances and pros
nective revenues. He quoted figures to
shcw that many of the appropriations.
prospective or already made, are not to
be paid out Of the receipts of any one
year. but are to come out of the revenues
10 be collected during series of years.
Mr.. Bowman made a strong argument
and a persuasive appeal for the S5O.OG0
appropriation.
Mr.. Murrell, OF Bedford. in an earnest
speech, advocated $4,000 appropriation.
I! ard in doing so showed that an adequate
exhibit could not be made with sum less
| than $4,000.
MR.. KEYYELS APPEAL FOR BILL.
Mr.. Kelley. Of Richmond, in an
Mr.. Kelley, of RICHMOND city, in an
i eloquent appeal for the bill, closed the
! debate He urged the house either TO
vote down the amendment or to defeat
| the bill. referring to the pitifully poor
exhibit made by the State at Chicago.
and the humiliation of Virginians at
| the parsimony which made it possible.
| He reminded the members that the ex-
| h.bit a, ST. Louis would be brought back
to their city as a permanent exhibition
| and that it would be the nucleus of an
adequate and creditable exposition of the
States resources at the great Jamestown
exposition. Mr. Kelley pointed to the
examples of other States. and declared
| that not one to be represented there
would appropriate less than $4,000. Vir-
ginia should not be behind. In conclu-
| sion, the speaker reviewed the great
part taken by jefferson in the great
| achievements to be commemorated aud
appealed TO Virginians In the name and
fame CT the great sage Of Monticello not
! TO be niggardly in this matter.
The pending question. which was on the
amendment of MIR. Boaz's. WIS ordered
and the amendment was overwhelmingly
voted down.
| Several minor amendments. accepted
| by the patron of the bill. were adopted,
| after which the bill was ordered to its
engrossment and third reading.
| The house thereupon adjourned after