Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-03-12
Virginia Legislature.
SENATE.

The Senate had another busy session
and passed a large number OF local
bills.
Mr.. Fulton offered joint resolution
requiring the auditor to include in his
annual report the amount paid out to
each city and county, and what 1t was
for.
Mr.. Thomas offered a resolution re-
auiring the auditor to include in his
report the delinquences in the accounts
of State officers in cities and counties.
The Senate concurred in the House
bill abolishing the Jail penalty for the
sale of liquor by vote Of IL to ii. The
Senate also concurred in the bill to re-
lieve building and loan associations from
the franchise tax.
In the Senate last night lack of a
quorum prevented the passage of bills to
establish a system of district high schools
and to tax corporations on their actual
capital instead of the maximum allowed
bv their charters. Both will probably
pass today.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Griffith the republican from Rus
sell, created sensation in the House
over the question of recovering embezzled
funds from the State. He presented a
resolution instructing the Attorney Gen
eral to proceed against w. F. Taylor,
John E. Massie and s. Brown Allen,
former auditor, and against Morton
Marye, present auditor, for abont 5000,
600 stolen by W. NJ. Smith, who was
chief clerk. in the auditors office fol
many years under their administrations.
Mr.. Griffith spoke briefly and declared
this money ought to be recovered and
devoted to the public schools.
Mr.. Gum, of Norfolk, opposed the
resolution. He said that Mr.. Griffith
only offered the resolution to make per-
sonal capital out of it.
Mr.. Griffith replied that he was
republican and a oily white" Vlr'
GINA republican; that he had never
voted for a negro or ridden around ad
yocating negro's candidacy, eating and
sleeping with him.
"Do you apply such actions to meY'
shouted the Norfolk delegate.
81 do, SIR" responded Mr.. Griffith,
"and on the authority of two reputable
democrats now on this floor who knew
you in North Carolina"
Mr.. Gum angrily replied that he voted
against Horace Greedy in 1872, but had
voted the democratic ticket ever since.
His last political work in North Carolina
was to help defeat negro for the legis-
lature against a white democrat. He
denied that he had ever affiliated with q
negro candidate in North Carolina.
The resolution passed the House with
out material opposition and was passed
by the Senate after being amended tc
read "Ifin the judgment of the Attorney
General the proceedings are warranted. y
The House passed the cocaine bill,
making it law that druggists may moi
sell cocaine to any except doctors and
dentists or on their prescriptions. A
large number of local bills were passed
The House defeated the bill to prof.
vide for the payment by each treasurer
of balances of money shown to be due
his county, or any district thereof, up
on the annual settlement of his accounts
with the board of supervisors, into
some bank or banks designated by said
board as a county depository, and fol-
the disbursement of said moneys. Mr..
Boaz was the patron of the bill which
was warmly debated before the roll was
called.
The Machen primary election bill pass
ed the House last night by a vote of "A
to II. 1t passed the Senate some time
ago and now goes to the governor for APP
proval. The bill as passed includes
nominations "for any Office filled by cleo
ton by the people or for Senator in the
Congress of the United States, or to Sc
lect delegates to any convention" II
leaves the expense Of primaries on the
parties conducting them; provided for
appointing the judges and clerks by an
electoral board chosen by the candi-
dates; leaves it optional with the party
authorities whether a primary or con-
vention shall be had, but provides for
electing delegates to convention by
primary, and requires voting to be by
ballot.
The House passed the Senate bill APP
propriating $25, 900 to erect a light,
heat, and power plant for the governors
mansion and other buildings. Other
Senate bills were passed as follows
To amend chapter 453 of the pension
laws.
Amending the act in relation to the
appointment of commissioners in chan
Gerry.
To require county treasurers to de-
post all balances in bank.
When the bill redstricting the State
so as to put Norfolk and Newport News
in separate districts was reached, it was
passed by, and there seems no likeli-
hood of its passage. Congressman W.
A. Jones and Harry L. Maynard are
mentioned as being especially opposed
to any change being made in the districts
at the present time.
The Duke bill to appoint an oil in
spector for Virginia to keep out impure
oil was defeated last night, as was the
bill exempting from garnishment the
wages of men notreceiving $40 month.
The governor signed the Anderson