Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-09-13

OOndS OF The StEie. nat wac
let it 90 and buy up the bonds al
80 and 40 cents on the dollar, ard
pay its debt, which would be done
in 'ew years with them. For four
or five years | stood up in the leg
islature and was one, with others
to defeat the measure when it came
before this Legislature; however, IN
orderto defeat Massey combination
was made with that syndicate. by
which they were promised this leg
islation, and the bill was passed by
this Legislature in accordance with
that understanding, by means OF
which the State lost from 100000
TO 100000. ! could tell great
deal more about this. and | may
have to do it after awhile. There
was lobby there every year a
lobby there at that Legislature TO
lobby It through; heavy lobby.
Two years ago l was utterly as
tonished one day when | found
Gen. Mahone's particular friends
and pets up there lobbying TO get
the bill through. That is the first
time I ever knew he was for It.
But Notwithstanding all that we
defeated it at that session, and this
is the way we did il. They passed
the bill in the Senate and | went
around and got up protest signed
ly certain Senator's agairstthc pas
sage Of It by the House. The next
day Wien the bill came up in the
HcR.g It was defeated And this.
Notwithstanding they came there
with a powerful lobby. One man,
1 know, got $500 for his part,
and lie came very near having a
fuss with another lobbyist because
he didn't think what he got was
his full share $4,000. | know
another one who got thousand
dollars; another one who got 5000;
another who got $3.50, and one
poor little fellow who got 500.
Laughter. That is the way that
the last Legislature, under contract
with the syndicate to give it what
legislation it wanted, passed a bill
by which 100000 or 100000 O.
your money was taken from you.
So much for that. Now, then, l
want to show you a further conec-
lion: a further connection, furih-
er grasp OF feryor that Gen. Ma
hsne has tried to make to-day. This
railroad company had bought this
railroad. Gen. Malone went TO
this railroad company md demand
ed that they should turn out two OF
lis permanent and Efficient off :cr5
lecause they hal exercised tHe
right to vote as they rleoscd in a
preceding election, and because
they had made themselves p;o1ab.y
a little busy as he thought. lie
went 10 the President OF the Comp
nv and demanded that they should
be removed. The President Of Tux
Company said, why, | can not dc
that. General, yoI are getting down
into our business too close. pad
the State 100000 | was not bound
to pay; l laid your hands theil
back wages; the road has been very
liberal 10 the people, and l cannot
lermit YOU TO come here and die
tate tone what officers | shall have
on this road. Besides that, these
officers are the best | have. II,
said, III sou do not 'emove them
theu our fnendly relations cease.
We'll, said he, General, suppose
turn off these two just because yor
say so, you may be here tomorrow
with a demand that | shall dismiss
others. You cannot get men as
qualified as these every day, and
cannot afford to do it. Very wei
our friendly relations must cease
He went away and the next day
the Wing, of Richmond, contain;'
one OF the btterest articles | eve
saw against this railroad, in whici
he said there should be var eterna
with the railroads, while at the very
same time he was i'll close alliance
with the Clyde Syndicate which
owed the Danville road and the
O. 81 A. and some other roads in TIT
State.
He thereupon introduced bill Civ
ing to tie commissioners the power
to turn off every man on tins railroad
at their pleasure. lCri's OF shame
sbame.O Gen. Malone wss appoint d
the committee, and, OF course, he haC
the power then TO make these demands
himself. What do you think oI that
(Cries Of 'ol. TRACE; shame.O Is tha
something for you TO endorse, atf
especially now, when this s'e'i'n 81
the country depends upon this r'i'ro e
for its dew, lopmeu,. l. is the gra"'
line that ruDs through it; there is III
way of escaping it. 1t is spending
more money than any company ina
o.hod tho road. Lnil1inO latera