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

That is go in the case OF every new
Legislature pretty much.
Now Gen. Malone had acquired a
great reputation as leader in ,hc field;
not so much as a legislator, becan'c |
believe he never was in the Legislature
but once probably. but these gentlemen
took it for granted. espfclllS the new
members, that he vas a great leader
generally. Accordingly as 500 a. ne
reached there. all ef these two classes
that tell you wanted leaders put of
for Gen. Malone and expressed their
willingness to follow him. That left
about fifteen or twenty people who
would have become leaders Of the Leg.
islature, but their followers were all
gone, aud so they lad nothing TO do
but TO put Off TO Gen. Mahone, also,
Laughter, and go, therefore, before
that Legislature was half way through
with its sessions these men went as re-
gularly to Gen. Mahope's headquarters
for their orders for the day as the SOL
dier goes 10 his ration. [Grea, laugh
ter and applause This is a true pic
ture, gentlemen. merely 90 through
thi. now 10 show you how he got con.
troll of the Legislature; not charging
him with using any money, Or anything
OF that kind. He got control of it, how
ever, and having gotten control OF it, l
say he is re,rousibe for every act Of
that Legislature.
propose now 10 come on down 10
some other matters.
l now come to the caucus. That IS
another issue in the canvass. Gen.
Malone insists that the caucus rules
shall be made an issue in this canvass.
I have done all I could to keep them
out of 1t. That matter has nothing 10
90 Win lHls Cinfdos w 'hOAN ~ w
with It than Gen. Malone but Gen.
Malone insists that all of the dirty lin
en- of the last Legislature shall be
brought before the people aud washed.
! Laughter. He having brought the
issue. it is here, and you cannot avoid
it. I shall now proceed 10 take up
some of the caucus measures. 1ou
have all heard great deal about The
! caucus rules. That, gentlemen, is this.
Yon have an Auditor and Treasurer. a
second auditor, Superintendent oil the
| Penitentiary. Each one of these ofii-
GERS las under HIM q certain number
Of clerks, or employees. The law lm'
poses the duty upon the Auditor and
these other officers to appoint their
own clerks. Gen. Malone asserted
the right of the caucus to assume 10
itself the power OF appointing the clerks
OF these several heads Of the depart
ment. instead Of allowing them to ap"
point them themselves as the law
directed. This, is n caucus rule. 1t
originated in this way. before the Leg
islature met, Gen. Malone prepared a
rule 10 be adopted by the caucus,
which was 10 the effect that no mai
should be elected Auditor or to any
other Office who did not subscribe to the
doctrine that the caucus itself had the
right to appoint the clerks. 1 say that
.hs rule was prepared by Gen. Malone
before the Legislature met, because a
Senator told me he saw and read the
rule in Gen. Mahore's Office before the
meeting Of that body. Gen. Malone
had little caucus of members before
the meeting of the Legislature, and said
10 them, Don't you want these little
offices, these clerkships for your people.
Iryou let Massey aud these other men
appoint them, they will appoint their
friend, aud you will not get auy ol
them. These fellows said Yes, cer-
tainly we would like TO have them.
Tickling these men with the idea oil
their getting these little places for their
constituents, every fellow went in for
the rule. They did not know anything
of the evil consequences Of this rule or
the wrong Of it.
Before 90 further, my friends L want
to say at this point, that in the Legls'
lature, preceding the last this same
question of taking away from the Audi
tor and other officers the right to ap-
point their own subordinate', and to
transfer that right 10 an irresponsible
caucus was prop osed, and it was de-
feated. After the county judges hac
been elected and Mr.. Massey and Other
officers refused to submit 10 that rule
they were summoned by direction o
= Gen. Malone, to appear before the
caucus and show cause why they shouC
not be removed. [Laughter.] They
did appear, and then came up the fight
had the honor Of leading the oppo'
sition to the enforcement ofthat rule,
and il was defeated in the caucus. TIVE
years ago, the last Legislature met. Il
the doctrine that a caucus can make It's
acts binding upon party, and tha
every man who does not submit to
them, is TO be read out OF the party
and declared TO be a traitor, then th'
I man who re-ntroduced aud had adopt
, ed this rule after its being rejected al
wrong two years ago by the caucus, i
guilty of treason. [Cries Of good
That's So aud applause.l
/ say you haye tho rule adopted, Ont
. that is the way in which it was done
! Gen. Malone repaired the rule. Cen
, Malone submitted the rule to the eau
a Gus the very first night they got there
! ond they adopied il. TLen IL began 1