Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
ALL WANTED MONEY
Now Virginia Cash Box Needs
RepIenishing.
DEFICIT NOT UNLIKELY
John Goode Sole Survivor of His
toric Convention.
ONLY A FEW MORE TO HANG
Liquor Dealer Institutes Novel Suit
for Damages Against Rival.
Efforts for Water.
pecial Correspondence of The Star.

| obligations in a financial way. The last
general assembly made some pretty extrav-
aGant appropriations for various purposes
| This was due to the fact that the members
came to the city and found considerably
! more than million of dollars In the
| treasury, and from all quarters OF the
state there came a demand for money.
All the educational institutions wanted
| more; all the hospitals needed more; the
public school system demanded more; the
highways. long neglected, asked Tor
money with which to begin the building
of roads in the state; state officials de-
manded an increase in salaries; there was
a need for more officers; money was I'M
perative for new buildings for the state
departments And to all these the mem
bers of the general assembly gave heed
The money was there. and each member
was bent on getting all he could for the
interests which most affected his con-
stituentS. There was a general raise IN
the fees of the county officers adding
greatly to the criminal expenses OF the
state. The treasury has been drawn on
| heavily. Interest on the public debt con-
sumed some $45OOOO. improvements to
the capitol and the library building took
about 100000 more. There was an in
crease in the pensions Of Confederate SOL
diers. New normal schools to the value
of $4,000 were provided for: agricultural
schOols-one in each congressional dis
trct-were not overlooked. The state Is
out some $4,000 by reason of the opera
lions of the Byrd liquor law. The Valua-
lions Of the property of the railroads has
given an increase of only $4,000.
So the end of the fiscal year will find
that there Is not so much money, and 1t
| is exceedingly doubtful if there is enough
to meet the appropriations and govern
ment expenses. Instead Of a balance OF
million at the end Of the year It looks
as If there will be deficit.
John Goode Sole Survivor.
John Goode of Washington, whose home
is in Bedford county, is the sole survivor
of the constitutional convention held in
1861. when Virginia seeded from the
Union. The late Senator Eppa Hunton
was the only other survivor. and his
death leaves only the venerable and hon
ored John Goode of all that body Of dis
tinguished Virginians who took part in
that memorable convention. Mr.. Goode
has had a remarkable career. He has
served in the general assembly OF his
state he has been a member of Congress.
For more than half a century he has been
practicing lawyer. Six years ago he
stitutional convention, which abolished the
basic government of the state as pro-
nounced by the famous Underwood con-
vention of 1867.
II was III tic COuScAIlOn u 1Su1 tlldl d
debate was had that ended in an exchange
of notes between Mr.. Goode and the late
Gen. Jubal A. Early. The debate was
heated and Mr.. Goode, who represented
the county Of Bedford. made some crit
icism of the comments of the vote of
Gen. Early on some proposition. declaring
that he (Early) was not in accord with
the sentiments Of the people of Franklin
county Mr.. Early took exception to the
utterances and demanded to know what
was meant. The correspondence disclosed
that the remarks of Mr.. Goode were made
under a Misrepresentation as to what had
been said by Mr.. Early, and the incident
was closed with an exchange of notes.
the tenor of which revealed the personal
courage of both.
Electrocutions in Virginia.
There are to be few more hangings in
Virginia. Crimes committed since July
of this year when the punishment is
death are to come under the provisions
which demand that sentence shall be exc
cuted in the state penitentiary. There are
some few men who are still to answer
for their offenses under the old statutes,
and they will hang.
The first execution was that of Tuesday
of this week, and there was not the least
hindrance in the operations of the death
machine. The bare fact of the electrOcu-
ton of a man is all that is allowed to be
published. The reason for this is that the
persons who are executed are goritied by
many persons, and in some instances they
are made to appear as MARTYR. The Ven
geance of the law is now visited and there
is mystery about the affair, and when this
is done the utterances and last acts of the
condemned are kept within the walls of
the prison instead of being paraded in the
papers.
1t is this feature that is believed respon-
sible for many of the crimes In the
gallows are looked upon as heroes by the
criminal and lawless classes.
An interesting suit has been instituted
in the law and equity court or this city
Phil G. Kelley a liquor dealer, has been
in business for long time. He has been
a liberal advertiser. resorting to news
papers to inform thirsty people of the
counties in which no liquor is sold that
to him. He had a line of some $4,000
correspondents and customers, the pos
session of these having cost him some
thing like $4,000. In his declaration he
alleges that a rival concern, j. A. Hatke.
conspired with the forwarding clerk in
the office of the express companies and
copied from the shipping tags the names
of the best and largest customers OF the
plaintiff, and in that way got possession
OF the names and addresses of the per-
sons with whom he had been doing a
profitable business
Kelley alleges that the rival concern
managed, by the information thus OBJ
tanned, to get much of the trade which.
Kelley had built up. and for this he
claims damages against the clerk and
the rival concern in the sum of $4,000
The records of the state show no such
litigation, and the case is attracting a
great deal of attention from members Of
the legal profession
Local Option Appeal.
Anti-saloon people Of the city Of Fred
ericksburg are to fight the decision Of the
Judge of the corporation court of that
city, who held that the election In that
city May was null and void. The Judge
held that the Ward act, under which the
election was held, is unconstitutional in
that it permits persons who are not quail
flied voters to participate in such cleo
tons. The city voted dry, but the judge
decided that the defects in the methods
for holding the election served to render
II void This was a victory for the wet
men. and the drys at once took steps to
have the validity OF the decision of the
lower court reviewed. The supreme court
has allowed a writ Of error and super
sedeas. and the case will probably come
ND at the November term Of the court
in this city.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia is one
of the largest Of the holders of the debt
certificates of the state of West Virginia.
II is said that he obtained these securities