Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-03-30
The Relations Of the President with Ma.
hone.

not to be misunderstood, and that chal-
Ienge investigation, the relations of
President Arthur with Senator Malone,
of Virginia, in Mahone's efforts to or
ganize reputation, by which the honest
creditors of Virginia were to be robbed.
The scheme also contemplated the SUBJ
version of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Mr.. Royal presents the
case with such an array of facts. figures
and arguments, that the infamy of the
Malone scheme to plumber the credit
ors OF Virginia is made SO transparent
that those who read the exhibit cannot
fail to comprehend the purpose of the
Virginia Senator. Mr. Royal starts
out with declarations made by Malone
and published in the New York Times,
that during the life of President Gar
field 1.-The Readjuster party received
very little aid from the Federal Gov
eminent, but that, as soon as President
Arthur took the reins of Government.
matters changed, and the Readjusters
had the full benefit of all the assistance
that the Administration could give"
and this statement is fully corroborated
by subsequent acts of the Administra-
ton. 1t is stated that early in the Vir-
ginia canvass the controlling men in
the Republican party very earnestly OPP
posed any coalition between the Repub-
lean party and the Readjusters. Mr..
Royal adds:
'When President Garfield died and
General Arthur became President the
complexion of matters in Virginia in
this regard instantly and seriously
changed. 1t was communicated to each
Federal Office-holder in the State that
he must cooperate with the Readjusters
Or his official head would pay the pen
atty, and a few obstinate ones were
actually removed and their places filled
with Readjusters 1t did not take many
lessons of this sort to teach the new po-
itical faith. The scenes changed as if
by magic. All semblance of organized
Republican opposition to the Readjusters
disappeared, and the Readjuster party
of Virginia swallowed the Republican
party of Virginia, body and bones, at
one gulp.
THE aid which the Federal Govern
ment gave to the Readjusters' canvass
was not confined to requiring all Federal
officers to assist them by way of their
influence and votes.
"James d. Brady, the Collector of
Internal Revenue at Petersburg, Va.
and Chairman of the Republican State
Committee, issued the following circu-
lar:
REPUBLICAN, STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Chairman-James D. Brady. Petersburg, Va.
Secretary-M. w. Hardwood, Richmond, Va.
PETERSBURG. Va, Sept. g. 1881.
William Fl. Lyons, Esq, Superintendent of
Machinery. Navy Yard. Norfolk. Va:
DEAR SIR: You have been appointed by the
State Executive Committee to solicit from Re-
11fp, <1D ntt, <Nfff
Gals, including the Postmaster and his en-
ploycs at Portsmouth. The Committee re-
solved to ask contribution Ri of two 81 per cent.
DIR. 6. X. Gilmer, Of Richmond, is our Treas
urer: 1t is unnecessary for us to explain to
you the object of our campaign. Our Com
mittee will labor for the defeat of the Bourbon
Democratic party. and in this good cause we
feel usted in apPeapng to every
ceipt of this and oblige.
Yours, very truly.
JAMES D. BRADY, Chairman.
Il ". HAZELwOOD, Secretary.
cdr. G. X. Gilmer is the Postmaster
at Richmond, Va.
Gin pursuance of the directions of
this circular order, Mr.. William II. Ly-
ons, Master of Machinery at the Navy
Yard at Norfolk, issued the following to
all Government employees:
BERKLEY, Norfolk County, Va,
September r. 1881. T
DEAR SIR: The Enclosed copy of a letter from
Colonel James D. Brady. Chairman of the State
Republican Executive Committee, to me ex-
plains itself; and as soliciting and receiving
money for political purposes in the Navy Yard
is prohibited by the Navy Department, have
decided to appeal to you through the mail. I
can be found at my residence in Berkeley ev-
O'Clock p. m until 10 p. m. or outside of the
Navy Yard gate from IL m. until p. m. from
this day until November 1, 1881. A receipt to
each one contributing will be furnished, and an
early reply respectfully solicited.
Very respectfully, w. H. LYONS"
Here it will be seen that the power of
the Administration was at once brought
to bear upon the anti-swindling party
of Virginia, and this Infamous proceed
ing had the approval of Arthur. The
Federal Government not ouly approved
of the assessment of employees of the
Government for the purpose of infiu-
encing State election, but in cases
where officers or employees declined to
pay they were promptly removed-and
these proceedings were for the purpose
of robbing honest men of their money.
Mr.. Royal says:
"One may read, any day in the year,
in hundreds of journals, that the polit-
ical party which Senator Malone leads
in the State of Virginia is seeking to re-
pudiate large part of public debt
due by the State, which is admitted on
all hands to be justly due. One may
also read in quite as many journals that
the Supreme Court of the United States
has considered the status of Virginia's
debt, and has solemnly adjudged that
she can not repudiate any part of it con-
sistently with that clause in the Consti-
tuition of the United States which pro-
l,ibits State to pass laws impairing the
obligation of contracts. In the effort,
therefore, which the Senator's party is
said to be making to repudiate this debt,
it is brought face to face with the author
ity of the Supreme Court.
.
cit seems incredible that the official
head of this Nation would embark the
authority of the Nation in an enterprise,
the purpose of which is to commit vio-
lent robbery by plundering just credit
ors; but how much more incredible is it
that he should embark the Nations au-
thority in such an enterprise. when the
chief means for executing it are the null