Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-08-04
HOW MUCH GOOD AAHONE CAN
DO VIRGINIA..


This has been text of the Coalition
party; how much good the Coalition and its
leader can do Virginia by standing by
Arthur and the Republican party. Well
it haG a fair and square trial in the
Senate on Monday week. The State of Vir.
einia, Of which tobacco is staple, is tax
ed to death on it by the Federal Govern
ment. Gen. Malone introduced resolu-
tion to reduce the tax on tobacco to eight
cents pound. 1t was certainly supposed
that the Republicans would stand by Ma
hone on this move, SO popular in his State.
So certainly was this calculated on, that
the Richmond Whig, mislead by mistake
Of its Washington correspondent into the
belief that it had passed, thus congratula-
ted the people of Virginia:
ssThus do s'Mahone and Mahoneism" con-
tinue to flourish and bear rich fruits for
Virginia and her people. Are we base in
CRATES?
,Or have we eaten of the insane root,
That takes the reason prisoner"
1t must indeed be so, If we can be op-
posed or Indifferent, to the "Mahoneism"
which yields us such benefits.
We append brief telegram received by
us last night:
"WAsHINGToN, D. Co.
July "a, 1882. !
ssThe reduction Of the tax on tobacco to
eight cents per pound passed, and the re-
bate principle adopted s'F.''
Such are some Of the many good results
flowing from wise policy, and they are
in striking contrast to the results which
for long time have come from the fool
iSh and wicked course pursued by the
Bourbons who have sacrificed Virginia and
her interests to the meanest and sillieSt OF
prejudices and passions"
The Wing of the next day corrects its
error, says Gen. Mahone's amendment was
defeated by vote of Is to So, and adds
the following significant sentence:
Two Republicans, Kellogg and Cameron
of Pennsylvania, and Gen. Malone, Read
juster, voted for the reduction.
Only t,oo Republicans came to the help
Of the people of Virginia. They use Gen.
Malone for party purposes, and pay for it
In Offices to individuals here and there, but
when it comes to benefting his State he
can only command tsuo. Can that be a
''wise policy" from which "good results
flow to few picked individuals but are
denied to the People? And how long will
the psople be content with "14iberal"
system whose "benefts" are for select,
few but withheld from the mass of che peo-
pie. The expected benefit to the State Of
Virginia from subssrv iency to the Repub-
lican party is simply Gigantic Fraud,
which we hope to see laid bare before No
vember.
And now having shown what Senator
Malone could not do we will show what
Representative John Paul of the Seventh
district could do. The tobacco interest of
Virginia is very large one and very many
Of Mr.. Paul's constituents in the counties
Of Albemarle, Fluvanna and Geochland
are employed in the tobacco fields. 1t is
well known that all the hope for a lower
tax on tobacco lies in the Democratic
members Of Congress, for both President
Arthur and his Secretary of the Treasury
in their annual messages recommend that
the tax on tobacco be continued. When
Mr.. Paul voted few days ago to expell
Democrats and seat white and black Re-
publicans it was thought to be a good slap
in the face to party that once existed in
virginia called the Funders. How costly
to the people of Virginia in that very
practical element called "money in their
pockets, !" was that votesimay be inferred
from this extract:
1t is striking fact to which Hon. Geo.
D. Wise calls attention in his letter con-
tanned in the Dispatch of this morning,
that the vote in the House of Representa-
tives on Mr.. Randall's amendment to abol-
ish the tax on tobacco next year was 105
to 100 against it, and that if Mr.. Paul had
not voted to unseat Democrat and seat
q Republ the amendment would have
been adopted. If the fact stated Is not
SUFFICE nt to cause Mr.. Paul to be left at
home next November, we shall find our
selves greatly mistaken
This is the sort of legislation We are
told is for the interest of the people of
Virginia!