The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-10

LETTER PROM MAJOR vuIosKo Walden Dr.
Ginning TO BE CANDIDATE FOR THE
oFFfcE--HE KICKS AGAINST "RING RUIE'
AND cAucrs COMBINATION IN THE APPOINT
AENr or HIS sUBoRDINArEs.
The subioined letter from Major Vulosko
Vaiden, OF New Kent county, giving his
reasons for declining TO have his name 90
before the Readjuster caucus rs candidate
for the office OF State Treasurer OF Virgiuia,
will explain itself:
AMERICAN HOTEL, December 10, 1881.
To the Reddj,lsters Of the legislature:
Gentlemen,--O reaching Richmond yes
terday / learned from Mr.. Reynolds his
purpose OF retiring from the position OF
state Treasurer. | Immediately took steps
TO notify some OF the members OF the Legis-
ature that would like TO get the place.
During the evening II was told me that 1t
would be required OF every candidate TO
submit in writing his willingness for the
Readiuster caucus TO name the clerks to
serve i'm the basement offices. l take this
method of saving to my friends that am
no longer an applicant. IL every member
OF the Legislature was 10 honor me with
mis- support | would not think OF approach
ing friend TO Join me in bond for $780,
600, and be as ignorant as he concerning
the clerks TO be assigned to duty in that
office. II seems TO me TO he step dame
trically opposed TO the line OF argument
used bv us i'm the late ampaign-opposi-
ton 10 ring rule and libcralizing the public
sentiment in Virginia. Let us follow this
thing little further, and add TO the title
document TO be submitted TO the caucus
"'that we pledge ourselves to board with
Mine Host DodsOn, and not to spend any
money derived from this source other than
with q Readiustcr.' We argued that 10
concede the right to tax the voter one dol
lar carried with IL the right to make il fiftv.
II need be. 1t seems to me to cOncede 10
any caucus the rights claimed in this case
would give ii unlimited power and raise
the floOdgates for corruption and rascality.
II this system 10 eqUaliZe patronage IL in
sisted upon YOU would soon have the
Superintendent OF Public Schools plcdglng
that, so far as he could possibly do so, no
one but Readjusters should be teachers,
and where there were rather more children
in locality than necessary the Rcadiusters
should have the preference. The candl-
dates for the Court OF Appeals must de-
clare in writing (or their names would not
be allowed i'm caucus) that they would IN
all cases try and find out the political status
OF the contestants, AMI il Funder was in
it, to decide the case for the Reidjuster;
IL both were Resdjustcrs, to go for the
more recent convert TO the faith, that others
might be encouraged 10 come. know this
Is extreme, but we have some extremists in
the party, and caucuSCS are secret bodies, q
majority binding the minority; and | am
glad to know | do not stand alone in my
opposition to caucus dictatiOn. | invoke
the better element OF the party to move
cautiously; TO make friends, II need be, OF
enemies; but at the same time not TO alien
ate members OF the household by setting
precedents not usual or customary in our
midst, at any rate.
Hoping that the Readiusters may prove
themselves good and true men in their ei-
forts to advance the interest OF Virginia,
remain, your fellow-citizen,
V. Walden.