The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-10-22
A Card.

10 ny Betloao Citizens Of. Aile9hany, 1311 and
HIGHLAND Counties,
Having been nominated as candidate for
the House Of Delegates by the Readjnster-
Republican Convention which met at the
Warm Spi ings on The srd day of October. 1885,
facts which unquestionabiy are of great i'm
portance to us all If we desire tolve in peace,
safety and the ENJOYMENT of all our rights and
privileges and the time between now and tins
day of election being SO short as to make 1t i'm
possible for me to Lake such canvass as
would like to do, viz: to visit and address each
of you individually and in person, am COM
PEELED to address you through a printed COM
lnunication; or lose all opportunity of address,
ing you at all.
/. AS to my candidacy; Capt. VIM. D. Erwin,
the candidate of our party nominated by the
boro, on the 10th day of September, having
been compelled to withdraw from the canvass
by reason of circumstances beyond his control
the delegated representatives of the party were
called to meet in an extra session at the Warm
Springs on the 3rd day of Oct, and was
wins place as standard bearer of my party in
this Legislative district. Desiring no personal
preferment, but with sincere desire to serve
my party and State In any way that is possible
or necessary for me to do, L have accepted the
nomination thus rendered me and respectfully
submit for your consideration the following
statements as to the State Debt:
2 We have been told that the Debt question
is out OF politics by reason of the fact that all
parties have agreed to stand by the Riddleber-
bill, which does not bear tax receivable coupons,
are being bought by the State. The coupon
JULIUS dIo oil 1clO W uOurlSn ana grow unmO-
Tested. Laws have been enacted which have
made it possible for the highest courts of the
land to remove the barriers between the cou-
pons and the Treasury which had been care
fully erected by the Readjusters and the cou-
pons are now pouring into the treasury without
limit, and with this added cost and grievance
to the Taxpayers of the State: thai now the
State must not only pay the coupons in full
but must also pay the cost of the suits brought
to enforce their payment, thus doubleing an
intolerable and uncomfortable burden AS an
original Readjuster, honestly believing in the
righteousness of the Riddleberger settlement
and the imperative nee essity of maintaining if
we would save our state from bankruptcy and
our people from ruin, pledge myself ii elect
ed to use every effort to re-establish the Rid
dleberger settlement i'll its entirety and to pro-
tect the State, the schools and the people from
absolute despoliatiOn.
g. AS to the present condition of the State
financially: There can be no question that the
finances of the state are in a deplorable con-
dition, and this state of affairs being the di-
rect result of the legislation enacted by the
last Democratic Legislature, is chargeable to
was Designed and intended, or whether it was
unntent1onal and unforeseen, the party is
chargeable with it and equally to blame II
they intended to wreck REIMBURSEMENT they de-
| ceived you, and If they did not know any bet
ter they have thereby demon Strated their in
| capacity, SO that i'll any event they have proven
themselves to be improper persons to have
charge of the affairs of the State. After ali is
there anyone so well fitted to raise the child as
| the mother who bore it? And what party is
better fitted to carry out and enforce ReadJus
ment than the party who conceived IL, ana en-
acted II into law ana made It's flnaI success Dol
| only possible but certain ? Is the party that
tried TO strangle readjustment at its birth and
to destroy it in it's infancy. and that fought aud
| denounced it increasingly until it become an
| accomplished fact, the proper party to be en-
| trusted with its enforcement now?
| 4. AS to the schools, the only thing that
| stands between the schools and absolute ruin
| Is the GrandstaH act, Readj uster- Republican
| law Can the party which has meddled With
| readjustment to IFS ruin be trusted not to dis
| turb the Grandstaf act. They misused Si,540,-
| 600 of the school money previous to 1879; can
! they be trusted not to misuse 1t now with the
| treasury empty and the coupon scalpers repre-
sented wholly by Democratic lawyers clamor-
| ing for money? If elected / pledge myself to
| stand firmly by the free schools.
| 5. There are many other things CT great I'M
| portance which l can not mention at large
| within the limits of a card. but which fully
| and clearly set forth in the platform and adj
adopted Jdly 10th. 1885, to which space compels
me to refer you. l stand sGuareiy upon my
/ record Readjuster in tie past, and upon
| tho platform and address of the Republican
| party above referred to as full and complete
| declaration of the principles and policy OF the
! party in the future. and to these / invite your
/ attention and careful consideration; l ask that
you will separate the true issues involved in
| this canvass from the false blinds set up by the
| Democratic party, and that you Will carefully
| consider whether you can afford to keep a
| party in power in tbs state, which has so
| grossly abused authority, wantonly wasted and
| squandered our revenues, Wickedly increased
| taxation by increasing the assessed value OF
| PROPERTY where there was increase in zeal
/ value, and made this increased assessment
/ date back one year, and which took possession
| OF the State Two years ago, when IL was pros
porous, happy and contented, and which IN
/ Two short years has thrown all the affairs of
1 the State into confusion, and the people into
4 trouble and connection, that now doubt,
uncertainty and hard times prevail every
where within our borders.
Your Obeaient Servant,
a. NJ. MCOLINTIc.