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

lie HAS A RESPECTFUL HEAh1N0 L w.
MALONE MEN, READJUsTERs DEMO-
Gratis AND REPUBLICANs-sKET cA oF
SOME OFnIs POINTs-HE CAN'T BE SOLD
nv u.uuNE TO ARTHUR-HOW THE
PEOPLE TALK
sc. sc. &c. sc.
lReporie ell for the staunten yINDIcAToK.]
HARR1SONBURG, June IS.
The last appointment that l recollect
Mr.. Masse, lad to speak at this place,
WAS to lnSet mother Baptist minister,
Rev. DIR. j. l.. NJ. Curry, in discussiun.-
Dr.. Curry vas can7asslng the State chief
~ urging the moral side of the polit cal
QUESTION then before the people-the obll-
cation OF diSciarging debt. Mr.. Mas
sey was essaying to show that the State
didn't owe the debt, and if it did, it was
not able to pay it. Perhaps no two men
who engaged in that canvass discussed the
debt question more thoroughly or with a
better knowledge of it. To-day the polit-
ical scene has shifted, the debt question
is hardly named in a discussion, and the
single Isl ur that receives attention is
wheihei Gen. Malone shall rule the State
of Virginia in the interest Of the Arthur
wing of the Republican party. Mr.. Mas
sey is in the field dangerously equipped
with facts AID party secrets for the discus
SION of the issue. AS the VINDICAToK
gave very full report of the Ex-Audi-
tor S opening speech OF this campaign at
ri ft tao f,,Ji c11 NJ, Of
that delivered by Mr.. Massey to-day
though there are some new statements OF
his which shall send you. The Court
house Was quite full at the opening, but
before the speaker had progressed faI
the house was crowded and the
asies halfway from the speakers stand
were thick with standing auditors
TIFF colored gallery, however, had only
four or FIVE men Ill it. l hear that offers
were MADE to Mr.. Massey by several
Readjnstets as well as Democrats to in
trtsince him. tut he declined tie courtesy.
HON. THE HIDDLEBERGER BILL CAME To
BE CHANGED.
In the opening of his speech he said that
he didn't think that he needed any intro
duction to the people of Rockingha m
Thirty eight years ago when comparative
ly youth, he had spent part Of his life
IN this county; it WAS here that he for the
first time Sat down to his own table. anG
the first home he ever owned was i" Har.
Ilsonburg. He had appeared before Rock.
ingham audiences on former occasions, but
never when he felt more he Importance
of the matter at issue. At the present
day there is condition OF indecision in
the minds of the people as to what is the
right course to pursue. He should ad.
dress himself to the solution of that ores
ton and asked from his audience that
there should be no noise, no applause.
nothing to iatel fere with the exercise Of
their calm judgment. He then addressed
himself for few moments to the late
debt question and in concluding that
branch of his subject exposed the reasons
for the change in the Riddleberger BILL
He said the original Rlddleberger bill ar
ranged to pay nineteen million. there was
change of ownership among the boss es
in State stock, and the bill Was changed
to twenty-five millions. The first bill de-
clared we would never pay war interest;
the second bill put the war interest in
The change of pioprietorship among the
b sses crst tie people of Virginia three
hi o. t!ttaIs
READJUsTEE RECORD OF THE BIG FOUR
Mr. Massey went over the record of TIT
Big Four. He said they had voted fol
every ReadjuSter measure proper. They
also forwarded Liberalism, but not the sT'
of Liberalism that had been introduced 10y
Mah0ne-the bit in our mouths ard thu
reins in somebody elses hands. He alss
gave history Of the measures the Bis
Fonr had defeated. The Judiciary Bill
was fraudulently pnt in under the gu!se
of economy when it was in fact only q
plan to spend mere money. The salaries
of the Circuit Judges were fixed at So 00O
then the number of circuits was to be re-
incumbents ont and then the boss was to
raise tie number of circuits tc eighteen
ard put me of his favorites Oh the
bench. He also proceeded to show up
the object OF the Commissioner of Sales
bill. the Notary Public Bill and Other
schemes He believed the bill for removing
the School Trustees was intended as the
entering wedge for mixed schools, some
thing he should now and always oppose. Il
am white man - said Mr.. Massey, "a nd
IN din u-t,i - 10 ol of
exposed the secret Of the Railroad iii
winch vas introduced in the House bn
did not pass. 1t appears that Malone ha(
demanded the removal of Messrs. lyle
and Huger from their positions on tn,
Norfolk & Western Railroad for politica
reasons The authorities of the road de-
clined to 90 so. and straightway tt Re bil
to get control of all the rods in the State
was prepared and introduced. He said
about the recent Readjuster address pul
forth, that many of the men whose names
were signed to it had never seen it before
they saw it in print.
MALONE CAM DELIVER HIM TO ARTHUR
Mr.. Massey denounced the attempted
Congressional re-apportlonment as an eft
fort to stifie the voice of the majority, ant
give the representation of the state int
the hands of tie minority. Gen. Mahon
has a perfect right to be a Republican, bu
he has no right to claim to be a Democrat
and at the same time cast his infuei c
with the other side. II have been Dem
ocratic Readjuster," said Mr.. Massey
s.and there is one man General Mahon
can't sell to the Republican party. FL
may sell me, but he can It deliver the goods
iGreat applause.) And there are thous
ailds like me.''
THE TEMPTATIONS OF THR BIG FOUR
Il have" said Mr.. Massey. ''handlet
millions of the peoples money. and am a
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