Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-09-13
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This caucus rule has public history
and !. has a private history. The pub.
lie hstcry that you have heard nf is
that to the action of the caucls that
claimed The rIsht 10 appoint the cl'rks
in the Auditors office Mr.. Massey would
not agree. Mr.. Massey was the aldi-
tor and he had the right TO run tn
office in his own Nav. lie knew that
qualifications were required OF the
clerks; lie knew that the caucus was
not a fit body to select these subordi
mates, and he accordingly very properly
rebelle'l; and for such resistance to as
great wrong is that, he ought to, as he
no doubt does receive the sincere thanks
of fcvery honest Vlrginian. loud ap-
plause.l
There, gentlemen. is the history Of all
this trouble. What do you think OF
it? A party rent and torn 20 pieces al
the very moment Of It's triumph bv an
effort to deprive as lmportan, an officer
as the Auditor Of Virginia Of the prlyi.
lege OF appointing trusty aud efficient
men 10 assist him in earning for the
funds ofthe State. Because Of this very
commendablc action on the part OF Mr..
Massey is be denounced as traitor; the
names of Arnold, Judas, Gulteau, used
in connection with his. Shame on the
heads OF those who thus Gefame him,
and all honor to our candidate, Massey &.
(Great cheering for Massey.) | did not
endorse that rule my friends. l had
fought It two years before, and Gen.
Malone knew when he got the rule up,
it meyer would be endorsed by the peo-
pie; that it never could be sustained.
The public history Of this thing shows
that Mr.. Massey has been guilty Of trea-
son to the party because he would not
permit Gen. Malone to force upon him
these odious conditions which would
strip him OF the power Of putting in hi.
own assistants; strip him Of the power
Of protecting himself in office.
That is the treason. 1t was not the
caucus. There was not a member OF
the Legislature who went to Richmond
that would have introduced that rule,
or thought about it. 1t was not offered
by any member of tho Legislature ex-
cept by the direction OF Gen. Malone.
That is tho truth. Let them deny 1t. l
know who introduced it, and where he
got 1t. Laughter and applanse.l |
say, then, that it originated with Gen.
Malone; and this whole war was
brought about and inaugurated by Gen.
Malone, and for what? Because, II
the public history Of the thing be true,
Mr.. Massey would not allow the caucus
to have the appointment to eleven petty
clerkshlps in his office. Here we have an
Ex-senator; our great aud grand leader,
and all of our other leaders, assembled
in Richmond. and an internal war OF
the bloodiest kind inaugurated, all be-
cause Mr.. Massey would not allow
eleven clerkships under him to be lilled
by an irresponsible BODY with lrrespon-
.ible and inefficient men. That is the
casus belli. Laughter.
Now, let me show you something.
DO you suppose that Gen. Malone
would come down here and have all
these troubles and these trials; all the
disgraceinl scenes that we have had in
Richmond, just because the caucus
wanted 10 rob the Auditor OF the right
to Gil eleven little offices. 1t that all
there is ia It? Not at all. That i.
simply a pretext. 1t was Malone g
pretext to bring on war between
Massey and the caucus. Massey had
been eulogized all over this State as the
best Auditor the people ever saw. Both
sides conceded that. (Crics Of That's
so,' aud cheers for Massey.) He had
been in this cause from its inception. l
had the honor Of fighting side By side
with him fer 10 or IL years. We had
fought side by side in this cause when
there was no earthly hope ofgetting an
office; when no paper in the State advo'
Gated il; when it was n little bit OF a
thing. aud when its flag was not bigger
than a pocket handkerchief; when q
man would scarcely dare alyoclte the
cause in Richmond. We went on until
1877. when we succeeded in baildin
this cause up aud giving ii place, aud
when we inylled into it Mahone, who
had been persecued by the five or sia
candidates. who had run tor Governor.
That Is the first time he ever came into
its ranKs.
Gen, Malone saw that Massey was
getting s!rons s-iold upoa the people
that he had collected more money than
ANYBODY else; collected it more prompt
| "; that he had multiplied the schools
that he was making The AUDITORS oAct
On institution that we could all point t
with pride, as we did in The last canvass
90 much SC that when they would ire'
US on every other question. we eoclC
MONT to the Auditors ofli;. and say
Look how we are doing there; il we haC
all the branches OF the Government, se
what we could do.' | say Massey was
getting up, aud he hal 10 be gotten ouI
ofthe way. Malone wanted TO elect
nar;icular man Senator. He knew tha
he could not do it while Missey held hi
positlou there with the Legislature tha
was t1meet. He found It necessary
therefore, to get up fight between
Massey aud the appointing power OF thC
Senate of the United States. And tha