Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-11

Riddleberger Riddled.

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Riddleberger Riddled.
SENATOR DrGGs, OF LYNCHBURa.
FLAYs HlM-A SEVERE CAS-
TIGATIoN.
In the Senate, on last Saturday morn.
ing, Senator Diggs, of Lynchburg, in
flicteda severe castigation upon Riddle.
berger, who has been acting the part of
chief bull-dozer in that body. The fol.
lowing is the report of his remarks as
published in the Richmond State, of
Saturday -
Mr.. Diggs, of Lynchburg. was given
time this morning to reply to the speech
of Mr.. Riddleberger upon the resolution
introduced by Mr.. Diggs a few days
since inquiring whether Mr.. Riddleber-
ger was entitled to hold the office of
Common wealth's Attorney of Shenan-
doah county and seat in the Senate of
Virginia at the same time. Mr. Riddle.
berger on that occasion was quite saw.
age in his comments upon the igno-
rance of the senator who would intro
duce such resolution.
WELL DUG, DIGGS.
Mr., Diggs then proceeded to dig the
political grave of Mr.. Riddleberger. In
his opening remarks he said:
Il do not wish to make any apology
to him or his party for Offering the res
olution which he says is in conflict with
the Constitution, for the leader of the
caucus has time and again determined
to reverse their decision. That would
be sufficient answer for the stump. I
desire to take higher ground. If this
resolution was born of malignity and
ignorance how SURPRISING must be the
aggregation of that ignorance when the
leader in the other branch has offered q
similar resolution.
1.-The senator from Shenandoah char.
ges that this resolution is
BULL DOING EXPERIMENT.
If it were so / would make no apology
to that senator or the party he repre-
sents for my action. The senator who
has practised more bull DOING tactics
on this floor than all others combined
has no right to object to others playing
the same game. He has consistently
adopted the policy of threats and bull
DOING from the beginning even unto
now. When the senators known as
THE BIG FOUR
asserted their independence here that
senator threatened to resign pis position
on committees When the Funders
(soscalled) refused to do what he desired
HE THREATENED
on behalf of his party to repeal and altel
the charter of every city in this Com.
monwealth, and threatened their vested
rights. When the Funders on another
occasion acted out their convictions and
refused to be dominated, as chairman OF
the Finance Committee he threatened
to strike from the Appropriation bill
every item of allowance contracted by
the State government under what he
styled Funder rule, Though admitting
then, and now, the binding obligation
of these debts, he threatened to strike
out the last dollar of appropriation 10
pay them, and
| HUMILIATE THE STATE
he claims to have in charge. unless SEN
ators here would surrender to his dOmi-
nation For one serve notice on that
senator-the champion bull'dozer, OF the
senate-aye, and tell thee to thy beard
that despite thy valor, thy fine new for
tune, and thy victor sword. the pigmy
of the mountain will never lower his
crest to the plumed knight of the valley.
| when the street walking courtesan
is admitted missionary of virtue to a
convent of nuns, then it is time for the
senator, who lives in daily and open
violation of the Constitution OF his Com
monwealth, to pirate of constitutional
law.
THE PENSIONER OF PARTISANS.
"When the plundering Arab of the
desert, tricked out with the spoil of his
bow and spear, is installed in Westmin
ster Hall to adjudicate the rights o.
property, then let the senator, who has
swindled the creditors of his native
State to pension his partisans, boas
himself Of his respect for the rights o
others.
a"When the unbelieviag blasphemer.
Robert Ingersoll, entreats the grand
Sanhedrim of the church militant tC
acknowledge the power and reality o
| the eternal and unoriginated God, ther
let the leading spirit of qualification
caucus preach submission to the decis
ions of courts, and the authority of tilt
promulgated law.
THE CHIvALRY OF THE SHENANDO
AHAN.
'"When the swarthy denizen from th'
| iupgles OF India hies him away to thu
universities of Oxford and Cambridge tt
deliver lectures on polite literature, theI
let the senator who refuses to yield tt
corrections of misstatements from hi
colleagues here, who refuses to yield t.
points of order, who makes sport of the
hoary head of his brother senator, ant
who denOunces az criminal from hi
seat, surrounded by the privileges of biz
position here. before the verdict of tn
Jury, a gentleman whose hands wer'
tied and whose mouth was closed, sci
himself up as the shining examplar
senatorial courtesy.
THE BARTERER OF THE STATES VOICE
"When the mother of States ant
statesmen behOlds one of her accredited
delegates to the National Capitol bar
tering her voice in those halls for tn
crumbs that fall from the festal board
deserving his post of duty to control thu
stormy counsels of a midnight caucus
to save his party from the laundering
leadership of an incompetent subaltern
and to fasten on his native State hun
cry tribe of hireling skipjacks, then lie
the senator~eiect from that stri ckel
State, himself the hero of two double
daily bloodless duels. proclaim him>el
the first apostle to usher in the era
small things and smaller men,"
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Remarks of MIR. Lybro0k. a Readjuster
In the course of his remarks in tn
House of Delegates, last Friday. in sup
port of his resolution providing for tn
call of a Constitutional Convention, MI