Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-23

people. DuC Hale WASN'T 10 O0 cauGnC
that way; he didn't resign and he isa't
going to resign. Another game is to repre-
| sent that Hale is very unpopular in his
| district, and that am unpopular there
too. Why. feliow-cltizens. when was in
Grayson last week, when l had finished
speaking, the men carried me from the
stand on their shoulders. And yet they
make up letters from there declaring that
Grayson is '.solid for Mahone.'
MALONE.
The bosses got through law permitting
the Richmond Il Danville road TO pay its
| 500 COO debt to the State with 5000 600 -
Wouldn't you people like to pay your tax
IS to the State a. Fifty cents on the dollar
like that? What they literally gaUe this
railroad w"uld have retired million dol
lars Of the State debt. Ii we will look into
the secret history of this thing, we would
find that as high Official in Virginia re-
Gently called him, (but took it back after
wards) that one of the Senators was .
''lobbyist;" Senator, whose name.
though he spent one hundred aud twenty
days in Richmond last winter, has never
appeared on the register of a decent hotel,
and whose headquarters were at drink
ing and gambling den. A man who
Though hundreds of ex-Confederates havs
been in Congress, was the only man that
ever voted against the repeal of the law
dlsqualifying Confederate soldiers from
holding Office in the United States army.
FRIEND SPEAKS FOR MALONE.
Captain A. NJ. Pierce, now resident Of
Harrisonburg, here interrupted Mr.. Mas
sey, and in = loud voice called attention to
| the fact that the man Mr.. Massey was
"villifying" had gone on his bond as Audi
tor.
Mr.. Massey-''There was million and
a half of property represented by the
sureties on my bond. and there was no me-
cessty for General Mah0ns's being on it.
If had known what SOD of nian he waE
he shouldn't have been on IT, fGrea,
laughter.)
Mr Pierce here remarked that this Re.
adjuster party was as honest as any Other
party.
Mr. Massey-"The Rsadjuster party .,
an honest party, bot the Malone party
amt" (Shouts of laughter.l
Mr. Massey-"I won't pierce his bones
any further. Tho Captain is an excellent
gentleman, and has perfect right to ASK
questions, and I will endeavor to answer
| them.
Captain Pierce walked back and entered
into conversation with some Rsadjuster
friends, but did not try it on the Parson
again.
SAVING JoHNP P.
In narrating his experience as an office
holder, Mr.. Massey said that the editor OF
the Spirit of the Valley, published in Har
risonburg, had called his attention to the
fact that bis was the first paper that had
put up his name for First Auditor. Mr.
NJ. thought. however, that that was more
the result of love for John P. than fol
John E., seeing that they lived in the
same district.
HIS CANDIDACY FOR CONGRESSMAN AT
| LARGE.
|
deal OF talk ab tut his being Candidate
for congressman at large. II only wan
ted to &" to cOAgrrss it would be much
easier matter to go from the Seventh dis
rictt. believe if should announce my.
self a candidate l could get four-dfths OF
the white Readjuster vote and good por-
ton of the colored II were candi.
date for congress at large / would get
majority of the Readjuster vote (ali tbs
Democratic Readjusters) and good ma
jority of the Democrats. To canvass the
State is a tremendous undertaking,
don't want to do it. but if the intelligent
people of Virgins believe that l can give
voice to their opposition to political boss
ism will do it.
When Mr.. Massey concluded there was
a cry of ''hurIah for Mahone'' and anoth
or of 'hurrah for Lewis but both found
no response, notwithstanding there were a
number of Readjusters in the house who
did not sympathizs with Mr.. Massey 4
views.
COURT DAY TALK.
In talking to ths people to-day l found
as much division among parties on the
Massey question as their used to be in the
! old parties OIL REIMBURSEMENT. The Ma
hone Readjusters are naturally very bitter
against him and find some Democrats
equally opposed to him. General opinion
! however does not seem to have taken
shape. The sight of the Father Of Read
justment arrayed against and bitterly do
nouncing On every bustings, the Step-fath
or of REIMBURSEMENT seems to puzzle the
people. The fact that Massey and his
friends have record to show that the,
voted for every meaure for the Readjust-
mcnt OF the debt ID Il strong card for them
and is ready reply to the equally read,
epithet of ''traitDr to the Cause"
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