The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-04-24
Senator Turner, Of Norfolk, was elected

| Senator Turner, Of Norfolk, was elected
three times before he was allowed to take
his seat, Senator TONNES, from Mecklen-
| burg, twice, and G. P. Barham, Senator
from Sussex, ETC., the same, before they
4 were allowed to take their seats.
! Whilst all this was being enacted by the
majority they were busy Yacating other
offices by turning out good and efficient
men to make room for...members of the
Fnnder party who had to be provided for.
| After investigating every Asylum in the
State, the report was that they had been
well kept, and run upon economical prin-
cip!es, but the Superintendent are Read
JuSters, and have made several political
speeches. and resolution was passed va
eating all these offices on the fifteenth of
April. AT first it was proposed to vacate
these offices the first of June, but then the
parties who expect to get the appointment
could not wait that long.
Il have seen judge after judge arraigned
and brought before committees at great
trouble and expense to them and the State,
their cases being dismissed, the falsity of
the charges being thereby confessed.
Judge Shumate, of Fauquier, was turned
out by the Legislature, and heard dis
tinguished Democrat Of Culpeper say that
1t left to the people of his county outside
OF Warrenton, there would be no doubt
but that he would be sustained by major
lty of even. the democratic party. But
then he lived in a County represented by a
man who said he owed it to his country,
his people and himself to GUST every Read
juster in the State.
l saw Wingfeld, a Straightout Republi-
can, elected Register OF the Land Office
over Brockenbrough, a wounded Confed-
crate Readjuster. That was not so strange
but that be should be nominated and
elected bya Democratic Legislature over
two wounded Confederate soldiers who
were democrats, did look like there is a
Boss somewhere besides Malone. From
what could learn at the time they had
two Bosses, Wickham and Barbour. Both
were there and said it must be done.
saw the same Legislature or the COM
mittee to whom the case was referred,
bring in report on the case of Griffin, of
York, to the effect that he was postmaster
and was not entitled to his seat, but as
they wanted Readjusters to join in call
for an extra session they went to him with
their paper to sign and he told me he
would sign it. He was allowed to retain
his seat. Did they learn that postmaster
was entitled to hold seat, or were they
willing to do wrong by leaving him in
his seat in order to get his name on call
for an extra session of the Legislature as
they said, to share portion of the respon-
sibility, as they did not wish to incur it
all themselves. have no recollection that
any member was turned out Of his seat for
being in any way connected with the In
ternal Revenue Office, but think III. An
derson, of King William, was arraigned on
some such grounds, but was not turned
out of his seat.
heard prominent Democrat say that
he was not ashamed to own that his party
owed their success in the last election to
having stolen the Readjuster horse to ride
to victory, and that by that means they
were in Office to-day-a humiliating adj
mission, indeed, for the Funder party to
make, after fighting REIMBURSEMENT as long
as they have done. But then l heard it
said that the old Democrats must get out
of the way and give place to the young
Democracy, as they intended to run the
party in the future.
But as have far exceeded the limits Of
space expected to occupy inyour columns,
l will close. Iwould like to tell of all the
county judges they had on trial, of the
school superintendent they sought to i'm
peach of the measures taken to remove
the officers of the various elemosynary in
situations of the State, etc., but l reserve
these matters, and may ask you hereafter
for space to speak of them. Resp'y,
r. g. MAUCK