The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-19
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Our newspaper advices give us some
concern. We see that our esteemed ind
WORTHY Judge Perkins Is TO be reelected by
resolution % as county Judge for Powbatan
and Cumberland, because he was post
master, and would not be allowed {" to serve
two masters" We turn 10 our friends OF
the Dispatch to enlighten us on the follow
ing points:
/. Will Judge Perkins hold Office by yir-
tue OF his present pOst-January elecfi0ny
II 50, and the Court OF Appeals decide that
the old Judges hola over till January, 1881,
will this decision operate TO restore Judge
Dabney 10 the bench!
.. Then, too. what Is the 10, ce and effect
OF the decisions of Judge Perkins at the
january and February terms OF Powhatan
County CourIs Being de tacto Judge,
will not these decisions be sustained!
3. will YOU aHOw my pen to run little
longer? We hear bad news from Richmond,
TO this effect: that some OF our Debt-Paylng
legislat Jrs are either going over to the He-
pudiatois or will be absent at the vote on
the repudiation bill-which isn't Senator
Riddlebeiger's young hopeful, but bears
the evident "flesii-marks of the paternity :"
of its very wordy autbor-so that the bill
may become law, even over the expected
veto! Can this possibly be SOP egisa-
tor so reports. and even names senators who
will possibly vote for the bill.
IL Is 10 be hoped that this rumor is un-
true. Surely, surely, 81 ow's the day and
.now's the hour" empbatically, Tor moral
courage. Pluck is " hat the country needs
most OF all. IndeciSion is unmanly. No.
no: let every legislator who is opposed TO
corruption and In favor OF common old
field honesty 90 on The record, and do his
whole duty Virginia "expects ersry man
TODD his duty" fearIessly.
The facite deScensuS to ultra RadicalEm
Is easy. IL those who have thus FAR wltn-
stood the corrupt influences unblushingly
exercised ia Richmond this winter now
ago back" on all their previous pro-
ifessioos OF priscip!e, then that honor which
the Repudiatcrs have been ho0tug at as an
impracticable abstraction Is mere name,
and has no READ existence. The people will
be slow TO believe this political gossip
which has found lis way to the rural dis
tricts. LASGDALE'
We have need 10 learn OF thee, Lang
dale'; not thon fe learn of US. Neverthe-
less, we will say ~Ord in reply TO your
question::
/. Judge PERKINS needs no reelection ii
he resigned his Office Of postmaster before
qualifying as judge; and we are inclined
to think he needs no reelection anyhow.
The Code farbids any Federal Office holder
TO hold State Office; bait surely -ssch an
.Ofiice-ho.det might he lawfully elected
whilst he hesd such an Office; Just as HEN
Try CLAY was elected to Congress before he
was eligible, .snt took his seat after he be-
came eligible; or as n young man who be-
came OF age Oh the 3ist OF December might
have been elected "a Judge on the 9th Of that
month. But III the las rss uires Judge
iPERKINs to be Zee lected, his Gsse will come
under the decision of the Court Of Appeals,
and he will be unable to take office before
next January if the Court sbend decide
.suchSo be the law I'm the MINOR WADDBIG
case. IL he was mot constitntioHaly elect
ed 10 December, the Legislature cannot
heal his election. 1t must take him just as
ii would a new man. In that event Judge
DABNEE @ill reteTn to- be bench.
9. The decisions OF de .fdCt0 judge are
good bst he will have 90 turn over bis pay
to Judge DABSEY.
3. We don't knOw what the Conservatives
in the legislature intand to do; but we
have every conhdeSee in their patriotism
aud good sense. Wait awhile, Langdaie";
tie future may unfold some surprising
tlf.pgs. Our friends could have killed the
RDpLEBERGEs bill on Tuesday II they had
decided TO vote for FULxERssS's substitute.
A majority Of the ReadjusteLG voted against
RrDMEBERGEg's thirteenth section and for
FULKERsoN's substitute. Ii will take fifty
one woes in the House to pass she bill; and
these 1t may not get.