Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-08-19

in way that any keeper of grocery |
would be satisfied with. He also said that |
the penitentiary was self sustaining. When
the Readjusters got possession it was found
that some Of the former funder officers
had gotten away with $4,000. In this re-
gard, Col. Cameron gave well meriued
compliment to Auditor Massey's manage.
ment of his office. He rehearsed with a
good deal of humor the circumstances at
tending the election of Senator Lewis, and
said in this day it would be called ''nas-
ty, dirty coalition of the Democrats with
the True Republicans" AS to the remark
Of Mr.. Blair that ''honor wouldn't buy a
breakfast" MIR. Blair denied ever saying
it.
Maj. Daniel-I heard him say it.
Col. Cameron-Then that settles it, but
1 will add that Funder honor wouldn't
buy breakfast even of Gordonsville chick.
en- legs. [Great laughter Mr.. Cameron
called attention to the fact that even after
Gen. Echols wanted coalition to elect
Wickham, Republican, to the Senate, the
Democrats of the State put him at the head
of their electoral ticket. There, said Col.
c., we're the geranium-scented Democrats
who call themselves the Democratic party.
MAI. DANIELS CONCLUSION.
Maj. Daniel said Cameron had, like Don
Quixote, made paper helmet and then
cleft it. This thing Of submitting bill to
the people after the people had sent legis-
lators to do their work had never been
heard OF in Virginia. 1t was not Demo-
cratic, and Thomas Jefferson would hardly
have to learn Democracy from VIM. E.
Cameron. [Cheers.] Where did get my
reasons for not submitting the bill to be
voted on by the bondholders ? Here they
are! And here Maj. Daniel read QUOTA
ton from one of Col. Cameron's editori-
| ais "Do you want to break up the Conser-
vative party of Petersburg and have negro
policemen and negro councilmen, &c.,
&C." 1t was received with great cheering.
| The Democratic party established the
public schools IN Virginia. The difficulty
about funds to run them came through no
fault of theirs. The funding bill which
ne (DanieD voted against was the cause of
the lack of money. Col. Cameron's pres
ent allies carried that bill The party to
which Daniel belonged came IN power the
next session repealed the Funding bill and
stopped the funding under it. [Great
cheering.] It had been settled by that
''inferior race" of whom Col. Cameron
spoke. Who did you mean by the inferior
race ?
Col. Cameron-Then IN 1879 why did
you vote to put the debt under the coupon
feature
Maj. Daniel-When you answer my ques-
ton l will answer yours.
Col. Cameron-The colored people then
were an inferior race, but fourteen years
Of freedom has taught them many things
and fitted them for better things. [Deri-
sive laughter.
Maj. Daniel said Cameron had said that
we were two small figures in this campaign.
How does he look now, bigger than the
| constitution and the Supreme court of
the United States. The judges Of the
Virginia Court of Appeals have decided
that an abrogation of the coupon contract
is unconstitutional. By the decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States
that decision has been confirmed. Massey 8
bill for the payment of the school tax in
money was unconstitutional and / voted
against it and so help me God that was
the reason. We then passed the Henkel
school bill, prepared by a statesman of
your Valley and it's benefcent results are
| known full we'll.
WHERE AUDITOR MAssEY's EASY TREAS
URY CAME FROM.
| When John E. Massey went into the
office of the Treasurer of Virginia he found
the party of John W Daniel put there, and
two thousand schools were opened, and no
honest man who knows the history of the
matter will deny it. Mr.. Massey cannot
deny it-no man will deny that the De-
mocracy Of Virginia made this possible.
defy any man to deny it.
AS an original question Mr.. Daniel
didn't approve Of the Allen amendment,
but the Allen amendment was copied
from the Bowcock- Fowler bill and John
Paul and Abram Fulkerson had voted to
put it in there.
NO DEBT QUESTION TO SETTLE IF IT WAS
| NOT FOR MALONE.
If it were not for "Billy Mahone'' there
| would not be any debt question now to be
settled. If the 100000 owned by the
State in three railroads which he bank
rupted we're still in her possession there
would be no debt question. There is still
s2,000,O 900 owned by the State and if you
don't let William Malone get possession
| Of that the debt question will be
settled. If you want to keep the debt
the Riddleberger bill. The courts Of the
State and of the United States have pro-
| nounced it unconstitnti onal. Mississippi
| and Minnesota have adjusted" their
| debts against tie wishes of the creditors
and the debt question in those States Is
| not dead yet. 1t never will die. No State
can settle debt that way and expect that
that will be the'last of it, If it is not set
tied on the right principle it will be alive
for years and years to come. have asked
Col. Cameron VIII ether he is Democrat or
Republican and no answer yet. Make
every man who comes before you show his
colors. Applause.l
Speaking of Mahone's voting one way
and claiming to be OF another party, Maj.
Daniel said, II would rather in the inter
est Of my people eonfde my interests to an
open enemy than to one Of these shilly-
shal1v fOur-faced fAlIoWs-a whi.a faca for
white men, and a black face for black
men," [Cheers and cries of THAT'S
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