New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-05
TIRGIyLPS FINANCIAL Trouble.
ADDRESS OF SENATOR MALONE BEFORE THE UNION
LEAGTE CLUB.

| ADDRESS OF SENATOR MALONE BEFORE THE UNION
LEAGUE CLUB.
| Senator Malone OF Virginia, delivered an address
| before tie Union League Club last evening in the
hail of the club house the subject: "1he Issue,
# the Campaign in virginia il ISL" On the plat
form sat Judge Noah Davis, who presided, Horace
! b. Fry, NJ. w. Cooper and Cautain Wise, of VIZ
! giuia. In the audience were Jesse Sellgman,
| Thomas c. Acton, ~. W. Astor DR.. Agncw. General
A. G. McCook, T. II. Cossitt, ). VI. Hazellne'
! William Dowd, Alexander TAYLOR and J. VI. Regina.
senator Malone was received with applause, and
! SAID, in part:
have long felt that correct undertaking outside
OF Virginia needed a. 10 The attitude OF ne l''-
aliustt PARTY toward fln State debt The TWO parties
IN the state are divided This canvass la great measure
as to The method OF settling the puOhe Indebtedness
! Judge 10 The duty OF TIE dertpafeIS Of virginia.
| Tho states debt no the beginning OF th" war wa.
S3l 100000 At the close the state had been shorn OF
ouc-third Of its territory ouehh Of It's population ana
! SJOuuObOOo Of properly: loud Slt't so Ituu., u
carry such dchtl The first mistake vAs made by The
Legislature in ISL in alloting "Hetlri OF the 10TH
tory to West Virginia and declaring th no honih9ier
VII" did not SURRENDER ms '"uis Tor 'W1-l '.g
yaine should receive interest on them TINS was GER
fanny h",I m I,' U W. nav A1d IN
Look AZ our cent lhtn ~ oar aoui4 u" IE' ,A'u 7"
the debt of S}l 100000, January lst l~Gl, the interest
agree West virginia should pay crt"i lH' "lu &C WIN
she has really paid, and H. rest owe. No" We
cau0t pay 8 pc. ecu. interest We can promise to pay
per cent with certainty. H. 1861 our taxed valuation
The rate Of valuation l. - per cent higher man
the ay'Tasc oi o!agr stats III ,,d ''. &c
$l3j il Virginia Three per ccht is as hLh rate ui M
cresI he industrial OF the country VIII bear
cUuulatcd floating debt ul - 100000; andthcy began
with 81 100000 III the treasury. Pubic education l'
suffered. and mm- ration has .Dccn driven away. HE
state under them went back u million year. Bonus
ranged any mere fiOn 80 10 40.
yer nre1cT a. nt t @ ' G b ,,,I are Inc
.y Ia, - 3
a debt OF Y2OCOOOjo, IN round numbers, and the Bohr
bous, who propose to pay per cent on "A debt Oh
$500 900 900 more than II ought To ne. They
cannot do il and keep mp The Government expenses aud
lie schools lnc rev me Is ou, S2I7O 900 year and
that Guctuang During the eight OF Bourbon rule
the GOYCrnmt uts running expense have been @lol 'uOD
year We believe We can run IT, however for $500 600
Uncfifth Of the taxes, according 10 the Constitution
70 support the public schools. People On the
other side not understand figures. Ne have To meet
the school nndr 10 other uHer. We are behind
SJOO,UOO Tor supporting Charitable lh,tuIuhH' Ii''
VITA per ccnTate can support the schools ran the
Government Keep our bonds steady aAd Induce ln.sa
zion.
Another question that the whole continent,
is public education. We Ia Virginia want no pauP"fs
We see Ia The edurd Ell coi"rcd man an ADDED power 10
the State. In the administrations Of our opponents not
only was there $lJOuOoQ OF school money mlsappr"-
puatd, but NE hHnhtr OF SCHOOLS ana iuplS was ur-
creased In little over year 81 I!eaJ9ster rule, we
also doubled The number OF pupils black aud white.
tApplauscl We have made the school tcrmsongcr. We
have restored to The school fund tue Slj0oOOD which
was diverted 10y our pIrd'ctHSpr- "c,Ld ms parity ny
saving about 100000 which the public officers had
care for II better than the treasurer 1T the Capital
liatugHterl We LJNc not finished this Reform The
pculicntaIy used 10 100000 year. We have les
il not only scfsurpDrtlnC but also to yield small in
come. Another and Larger question is That Of
human liberty AID citizenship. our party
Is pledged TO uphold the ri-ht o. all men
the ballot box. lAppausc should feel lcss man
IL harbOrcd any resentment toward the negro. As TO
the Republicans they are human beings, after all.
ILaugntcrI The Bourbon faction passed a COnstitu-
ii0nal amendment requiring pOtaN Of 500 to be paid
every citizen 10 cuc him to vote. II j. uncOn-iitu
tloal in spirit There are great many deuqucnts and
not real s0ursc O revenue. IL operates TO isrd-
chise many white and colOrcd persons. IL dcuora-
Ives suffrage. a. other persons oher 10 pay
poor voters taxes Il they VIII cast ballot 10 suit them
Moreover the pOltaN assessor does not visit nearly all
the citizens When To A, tax, ne Is told he
is not assessed ana he 10 Richmond 10 pay his
dollar. the county treasurers have the lists Of dcn
quCnts and many of them they like. ana
responsible 10 the stale for the funds. We
TO elect an entire House Of DClcgatcs, and half
Of the Upper House. The last Legislature
which my party controlled, voted To repeal the poll
amendment, but IL must be voted by two successive
Legislatures We thus hope TO elevate the ton" Of
politics by taking money out of the question Let beg
Ia conclusion that viii gave affairs such cons IL
occurs 10 you that they dcncrvc Appatse
On motion OF Judge Davis q vote of thanks was
rendered Senator Malone.