Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-22
Dishonest Measures"

OEonODost Medsurob.
We have stated heretofore that Ger
erai MAHoNE's letter to Senator Nil
I.ER, Of New York, has left the in
preston upon the minds Of norther
readers that General MALONE is tn
leader Of the only debt-psyiug party !
Virgins. Here is a paragraph going I
show that such is the fact. 1t is iron
the New York Tribune
HE General Mahcne] urges that tn
Democratic party, Is II has proved Dy ~
whole course prior 20 1879 and since 1883
does not intend honestly TO pay the debt. o
the Interest. or 10 support the public schools
. He urges, on the other hand. that those witt
have supported hi have s0iemnly pledged
themselves and do intend, to pay that par
of the debt which was recOg nized In the Rid
dlebeVer settlement and that they will ad
here In good faith 10 that settlement. repv
dating Jor fhesaseipcs he dishonest measure
attached 10 q by the DernOcrotstn 1884"
So, then, if Mr.. WHITELAw REIr
is not mistaken, General MALONE anC
his followers, instead of regulating the
State debt, "repudiate the dishonest
measures Of the Democratic Legisla.
ture of 1884. What are these "dis-
honest measures " which his alliance
with the northern Republican party
forces General MALONE and his fol-
lowers to "repudiste "? Let us run
over the list:
l. The law of February Z, 1884,
amended February %, 1884. This is
an act to regulate the granting Of Ii
censes for the exercise Of any privilege. :"
Some additional proof that General
MALONE "repudiates " this whole
some law is found in the fact that his
followers stouily maintain that it has
been adjudged unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court Of the United States. Is
that law q " dishonest measure?
2. The act Of March IL, 1884, re-
curing collecting officers to give any
person rendering coupons receipt sta
ting that he has received the same 4" for
the purpose of identification and verifi-
cstion.n Is that one Of the "dis-
honest measures which the General
and his followers repudiate?
3. The act of March IL, 1884, is Of
course one Of the dishonest mea-
surcs " spoken Of. 1t was intended to
amend MAHoNE's act Of January &c,
1882, and went down in company with
this latter act. But the suit of Poin-
dexfer as. GreenhOw was begun nearly
a year before the act of March IL, 1884,
was passed, which indeed seems quite
innocent in itself. It provides, first,
what the collecting officer is to do with
coupons rendered him, &c. secondly,
that no action Of trespass or trespass
on the case shall be brought against
him for levying but as General Ma
HOMES law OF January 20, 1882, pro-
yided that "no injunction, supersedeas,
mandsmus, prohibition, or any other
,crif or process whaterer," should issue
in such cases except in the suit provided
for the taxpayer to recover his money,
ii would seem to be pretty clear that
the Supreme Court Of the United States
knew what it was doing when it said
that " the suit authorized by the act Of
the General Assembly of Virginia of
January 20, 1882, against the collector
Of taxes, refusing to accept tender of
coupons, TO recover back the amount
paid under protest is no remedy at all
for the breach Of the contract which re-
quired him TO receive the coupons in
payment"
4. The assessment act Of March Ii,
1884, which provides that no person
shall sell Virginia coupons except he be
licensed and pay athousand-dollar tax.
Is that law one Of the " dishonest mea-
sures "? Judges HUGHES and BOND
and Chief.Justice WAITE do not seem
to regard il rs such for they all re-
fused to grant TO Mr.. RoyALL writ
Of aabsas corpus to take him out Of
jail to which he had been committed for
practieins Law without paying the license
Of t2SQ required by the same assess
ment act to be taken out by every law
yer who sues tax-collectors for the re-
covsry Of money for coupons rendered
for taxesg Are these two laws as to
brokers and lawyers among the " dis
honest measures which General Ma
HONE and his followers repudiateg
s. The act Of March 10, 1884, pro-
viding that bondholders who exact
more than per cent. interest from
Virginia shall be made to refund the
excess when their bonds become due.
Is this one oft " dishonest measures :"
which General MALONE and his fol-
lowers repudiateY
G. The act Of November 90, 1884, to
amend the RIppLEBERoER bill. Is
this one Of the "dishonest measures "
which General MALONE and his fol-
lowers repudiateg
II strikes us that the Democrats Of
Virginia have in the " dishonest mes-
sures referred to above arseord which
will commend them to the people Of
Virginia. General MALONE has al
lowed his northern allies TO 90 too far,
". rather, no has misled them further
han be had intended. To show that
b. Tribsss il not alone 10 its belief
hat General MALONE end bis follow
r. are debtpsyers and the Democrats
ppudisters we quote from the Buffalo |
I. - Exprsss the following:
= ~. nahone shoss that the Virginia De-
caT6ov ~ ~ or11lpai and reai Heedjust-