Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-10-25

He forgot to tell that the Court and Com
monwealIh'S Atty. and many leading
citizens doubtless many of them Fun
ders, too of lSc of Wigh, asked this 10
be done and that the Legislature was
governed more by sense of justice than
by any desire to obtain money uRiustly
even for free school purposes. He fur
Their forgot to say that when that same
Legislature reduced the heavy fee, he de-
sired to charge the State in the Bradley
Johnston case, and also reduced his SAL
airy $1,000, he didnot particularly mention
that such action was calculated to i'm =
prove the chances of Free Schools.
lie said if Massey had failed 10 do as
he has, Gov. Holiday would have taken
him by the collar and have led him out
Of his Office and put another man in
He was silent as to why Gov. H. had
not done that thing for Auditor Taylor,
who, as Everybody knows, did not do as
Massey has done.
He said the Democrats(?) were bound
by their pledge not to raise the rate of
taxation above Soc, and hence they pass
ed the McCulloch Bill, which he did not
favor, because it had too much repudi.
alton in it for him.
Lastly, the A. G.. got down to "free
vote and fair count" and he declared
there had never been a failure in Vir-
ginia in this respect, except at Peters
burg, where Gen. Malone lived and
while hewas Chairman of the Democrat
ic Committee for the State. He failed
to realize that this was a confession of
Judgment, because it located this fraud
inside the Democratic party, and before
the birth Of the Readiuster party
He then declared Gen. Malone had or
deredthat no tickets be used but those
prepared Ply the committee, and he then
| produced tissue ballot used in that
election and, jumping a chasm that yet
gapes for proof declared that was the
kind Gen. Mahones committee alluded
to as the one to be voted by all, when
the facts are said to be that tissue ballots
are Only used for stuiling those of regu-
lar size and shape and therefore General
Malone must have alluded to Il regular
sized ballot.
His denial that fraud had ever been
practiced dny where in Va. save at Pc
tersburg was as thin as his logic. Gen.
Field should read the Senate Document
No. ID, Senate Journal 1916, wherein
his Brother Funder, Senator Bland, also
Senator Wood, Splitter and Maddox say
that the returns on which Gen. Bradley
i. Johnson was seated, were Mt one pre-
ciuct $50 JuiSe Utd .6omlpl5ntas to be to-
tally unreliable for any purpose what
ever"
We cite Gen. Field to Senate Docu-
ment No. u Of lhc same session touch
ing the Portsmouth contest between
Gale and Brady, where he win sec that
in the 1T aud 2nl wards, there were
llj5 votes pollcd, and 225l ballots found
In the boXcs,a large number Of them
being sugar kiss ballots.
The ATTY. Gcu'l. needs information,
but he must excuse this brief report.
which contains all we now have time to
furnish him. Moreover the Flinders,
for whom he is now Canyasslng this
county by precincts, have left him but
few more days Of official bliss to hope
for and the Rcadiustcr Legislature hay
Ing so greatly reduced his pay, we doubt
If his disgust can be sufficiently cxpur-
gated for him to give us u fair hearing.
When this newspaper man left the
General was defending The dollar tax
condition, as q qualification to voting.
SO farewell Bro. Crawford, you say you
can't say anything favorable of Capt.
Blair The people Of Va. will save you
that trouble two weeks hence-we think,