Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-09-01
to that secret pledge, some tmid bound as flies

But Wnere is tne PROOF OF this alleged superior.
FR1ENDLINEss REPUBLICANS?
They can have better opportunity than they
had at the last session of Congress; for they had
about $3.50 600 900 surplus in the treasury Nor can
we; for General Malone necessary to them.
Having the casting vote in the Senate he
to be canciliated he held what whist players call
the thirteener 1t was great power; it gave him
great opportunity; that does not often occur
And he had been elected to catch such opportunities
regardless of party pledged against party entangle
ments, elected solely in the interests of his State
We expected him to be peculiar senator Jealous of
good works for Virginia. What has he done?
Nothing What might he have done? Much. AS
how? The nternal-revenue tax spirits paid say
$780, ,0OO on tobacco, say $50 O00 900, or total
of $4,000, 600 to government that after giving
up that would still have had $40 600 900 than
in needed. Poor men in the mountains of Virginia
with but little to sell and outlet for anything but
in condensed form and value, make their little crops
of apples, &C., into brandy. We all know how they
are harried by the spies of the internal revenue.
hauled from their families, imprisoned, prosecuted
and punished for violation of this hard law escape
with LAWYERS fee and bill of costs which empties
their pockets. What relief did General Malone seek
to obtain for these poor people, who gave him his
Readjuster majority in the Southwest Let him
answer.
All know what
THE TOBACCO INTEREST
has suffered from the and from the tax. What
has the especial champion of Virginia ntesess done
for that? has been explained in the papers that
when in the House of Representatives motion
made to abolish the internal-revenue tax it came
within vote of passing. That vote would have
been given by a South Carolina Democrat (NIr
Dibble) if Mr.. John Paul. once Democrat himself
had not voted to oust friend and put in his pnce
Republican opponent (Mr. Mackey). So the bill
was lost.
On the 25th of July General Malone in the United
States Senate moved to reduce the tax tobacco
eight cents per pound. He was sustained by only
two other Republicans of whom (Cameron) had
voted to reduce the tax tobacco before General
Malone went to the Senete; the other of whom
kellogg of Louisana) wished to kill the BILL which
embraced also areduction sugar, tariff protected
product of his State. The ote for reduction Is
Democrats to Republicans; the vote against it. 10
Democrats and Is Republicans-out of % Democrats,
Is for; out of % Republicans, 25 against relief.
Could General Malone have influenced the vote in
favor? If nay, then what is he worth to Virgin
la? HAye, why, then, did he not do it? It is said
he wants this whole
nTERNAL-REvENUE TAX
repealed. But the patronage of Virginia is based
almost entirely the tax and General Malone dis
penses that patronage Does he want to give it up?
When it to that, might not ''self the waverng
balance shake" But does he expect the Republi-
to repeal it i'll face of the fact that his friend
Mr.. Arthur wants it kept up, and that lately, when
the whole question was before Congress- the only
relief the Republicans proposed was to banks, which
always get all they choose to ask for; to patentmed
cine men, who daily poison thousands of our people;
and to Matches where the reduction would go into
the pockets of the manufacturers, and would not be
felt by the people. And does he not know that his
allies in the Republican of the House resolved
that there should be reduction of the tax tobac
co and whiskey? And do not we know that neither
himself nor Mr.. Paul, with all his influence, is re-
corded protesting against it?
But there other things that Virginia wants
Ever since the we have been talking about man
ufactures; but need friendly guidance and legsla
ton. Has General Malone given the one or tried
to obtain the other? just people are little
crazy about protective tariff Has he attempted to
enghten them? Or does he know how?
And commerce, the interchange of commodities in
large quantities between distant points.
WHAT DONE
about that? The river and harbor bill gave Virginia
$500: 600 to promote her by deepening and
cleaning out her rivers. OF this sum James river on
which the United States Government has already
spent nearly 5000 600 gets only $75 600 Rnt a Late