Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-08
Exposure of DishonOrabIe Conduct Of Promi-
nent Malone officials.

We publish on the first page OF this issue
an exposure of the dishonorable conduct Of
prominent Malone officials. We copy it
from the State Of March 31st that accom-
panies it with the following editorial COM
ments:-
seWe print elsewhere statement made
by John G.. Kasey, late treasurer of Bedford
county. and late Malone candidate for the
State Senate, which will do no little to-
wards instructing the public in the ways
and methods of the ex-Boss and his hench-
men, It is addressed to one of the commit
tees of the Senate of Virginia, and would
unquestionably have been acted upon by
that body had there been time to spare for
further investigation. Mr.. Peters, the gen.
tleman to whom this statement was made,
and who declares under oath that it is the
utterance of John g. Kasey, is most re-
spectacle and trustworthy citizen of Bed
ford county.
What a picture is here presented. A
United States senator and several State Of
ficers engaged in conspiracy whose object
is the election of one of their partisans, an
end they strive to reach by defrauding the
people of Virginia of several thousands of
dollars. What do the people think of this
exhibition of INSCRIPTIONS partisan zeal,
this reckless willingness to betray the most
sacred trusts? But why wonder at it? Is
it not Enthusiastically Mahoneish in all its
details? Surely the Boss and his bench
men passed long ago the farthest bounds of
all that can astonish or surprise. 1t seems
that there is no depth of infamy to which
they are not ready to descend-no fraudulent
scheme that they are nos ready to seize up
on and to use-no way, however dark, that
they are not eager to tread. Was there ever
politics SO abandoned as theirs?"
In recurring to the same matter, in its
issue of the next day, Tuesday, April LIST,
| the State says =
"The State yesterday published an ex-
pose of the most shameless transaction
known in the political history of our times.
A United States SENATOR an Attorney Gen.
eral and State Auditor all actively engag-
ed in compromising felony! Such was
the action of Malone, Attorney General
Blair, and Auditor Allen in shielding Kasey
a confessed defaultirg county treasurer
These men, each occupying position of
trust, abetted fraud upon the Common
wealth by promising that the defaulter
should go unpublished. Malone promised
that he would have the Legislature and that
| Kasey need fear no trouble.
From this state of affairs President Ar
| thur can learn useinl lesson. He can see
now more than ever the manner of man he
has been abetting, The manner of man ne
has been attempting to fasten upon the peo-
pie of Virginia against their will. He has
before him the spectacle of q. S. Sena-
tor occupying the position of thief. And
he, as President ofthe United States, using
all the power at his bsck, has been giving,
and is now attempting to give, this base ad-
venturer the entire control of Virginia
treasury, her honor, and the welfare of her
people. Can he, AMI can any honest Re-
publican at the North. be surprise d that the
honest-the conservative-th honorable
men of Virginia refuse Il, have their State
under the control of such creature 90