The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-15

10 the o.her II has the word "iailnre
s,smned upon IL. Take up It's provisions
one by one. and examine them carefully,
and each one IN lts urn will be found to be
q more mockery. Like the mirage In the
desert. the R~IDDLsBERoER bin must disap'
peiut ali who are deceived by lis promises
We have written all our articles on the
suhiec, OF the RIDpLEBERGER bill wn''s'
having before Us 9 copy Of that Din as u
appears In Senator JoaSsroS's speech Oh
March last, We take II for granted thal
that Is 4 correc, copy OF The bill. 10 glsne-
Ing over its provisions, however, whi''t We
were pcEniEg our last article on thai SUD
jeci, our csc fell upon the following 'ealure
Of II:
q p,opided. however. that the aggregate
NJ Temporary l0an-eerttbcaies issued az
yrc,Iv from The Office Of the Auditor Tor
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Treasurer OF tbs Siaie
under this act shalt not exceed one miinon
Of dollars"
This feature % the bill caused MS to speak
OF II as II 1t provided for reducing thereVe-
nue., OF the State by only five hundred
thousand dollars, and 10 credit 1t with being
ltss Objectionable than We were about 10
sbow n to be. Surely we are not yerdant
enough TO misreprestnt Intentionally a OIL
which every Readiuster speaker IS pre-
sumed 10 have in bis possession, and when
we are PC, susdiug every Democratic speaker
10 read and riddle.
Correcting us, the Wing says:
,.Tbe bin does provide certificates Tor
,,erU tax. MAYER. his subscription to the loan
in 20 ease 10 exceed The amount OF taxes
assessed against him, and 10 be received IN
payment only Of his own taxes. There Is
no discrimination against anybody, ana
there j. 10 opportunity whsteyer Tor any
bedy 70 speculate In the certificates. More.
over. Inc loan feature OF the bill Is only to
take effect tiro years after the bill goes into
operation, and IS to be wholly suspended
N found unnecessary by force OF the sec
lion recurring all taxes TO be paid in money
and putting every coupon to a lawsuit"
Sol Read that, will you? Let the Re-
publicans Of the North ard the people OF
Virgins read it and reflect upon it.
First let us correct TIE Wing. The bill
proyided that the Auditor Of tho State
should prepare and furnish TO the clerks OF
the county snd corporation courts "on or
before the 18Th day Of July, 1884," the
hooks known as "tcmpOrary.IOan books"
The bill in another section provides;
"Upou The payment in cash OF bis or
their subscription" every person or corpo-
ration .ssball receive irem The Auditor a
certificate such as is hereinbofOre described,
rroyided the same shall not exceed the
amount OF taxes on real and personal pro-
perry assessed against him on and Gtter
Ebruary 1, 1881"
Now, the bin was passed in the latter
pert Of February, 1880. The taxes for 1880
had been assessed as OF February l, 1880.
The bill, therefore, provided that these
losps should be made 10 pay the very first
taxes that could be assessed after the pass
ace OF the bill. We fail, therefore, to see
upon what The Wig bases its statement
that the loan feature Of the bill is only to
take effect two years after the bill goes into
operation"
But let the northern Republicans who
uroiess to be such strenuous opponents OF
repudiatiou in every form read what the
leading ReSdiuster organ says as to the de-
sign Of the RIDDLsBERGER bill. That organ
speaks Of a section Of that bill which re-
ouires all taxes to be paid In money " and
putting epery coupon tod lao suit" Do the
Republicans understand that? We will
explain il. The Supreme Court OF APP
peals had decided that the coupons were
sNr. - snyo- u,d hal onv.poannah
the Sheriff Of Richmond SO to receive them.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
hiss slace decided that these coupons can
net even be taxed, but must be received at
Their face value. In contempt OF these de-
cleions OF the highest court In the state and
TIE highest. court In the Union, the Re
aAIusiers Of Virginia say in their platform
Of 1881:
"Seeond-We rtGssert our purpose to
sfille and adjust our State obliga lions on
tIe basis Of tbe 'blll to rtestablish public
credit known az the 'Riddleberger bill,
passed by the last General Assembly and
vetoed bs the Governor"
Yes, these Re&6iusters propose, In spite
Of these decisions, 10 "put every coupon
to a law. suit" How will they do itp BY
taking. away from the Supreme Court Of
Appeals and the circuit courts jurisdiction
ia revenue coses! These be the allies Of
COMING and EDHUNDs and HoAR aud
DAWES Their bill, after giving jurisdic-
tion Of revenue cases to The county and
corporation courts. adds:
- There shall be no other remedy in any
ease OF the collection OF revenue, on the
attempt to collect revenue, illegally, or the
attempt TO collect revenue In funds only re-
ceiyable By said officers, under this law, the
same being other and different funds than
the taxpayer may tender or claim the right
10 pay, than such as are herein provided,
and no urit for the prevention OF any reye-
nue. claim. or 10 hinder or delay the collec-
lion Of the same. shall 10 anywise issue
either injunction, SupersedeQS, mdnddmuS,
prohibition, or any other writ or process
whatever"
Note, ye northern Republican allies OF
the Virginia ReSdjusters, that this proyi.
sion is in contempt not only OF the highest
court OF the United States, but an attempt
to iegislate a court out Of a jurisdiction
conferred upon 1t by the state Constitution.
Read for yourselves:
Article vi, section 2. "The Supreme
Court of Appeals . . shall have appellate
jurisdiction only except in cases Of hQbedS
corpus, m~onddmas, and prohibition"
The same section provides that the same
court shall have Jurisdiction in civil cases
wherein ''ihe constitutionsIIty OF a law +"
10 Involved.
Thus the RIDDLlBERoER bill Is worse
Than q reputation measure. Ii tries 10 de-