Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-10-22

We take the following from the Baltimore
.fae-ioan of Saturday last. It viii give the cit
izen something for serious consideration; and
we ask the attorney and lobbyist of the New
York Syndicate which has these so-called West
Virginia Certificates SO much at heart and
would make them worth the face Of each at the
expense of the property holders Of West Viz
ginia, to take time enough from his labor of
love I'm the denunciation Of the press and prom
iuent men Of this State 10 explain this business
to tell what he knows about it. and whether
the recent failure Of Suter & Co. in New York
has not stimulated the holders Of these certif-
Gates 90 boom them and get enough off their
hands at am advance 20 save themselves and at
the same time 70 interest more persons in this
shrewd scheme for enrichment:
One of the curious features Of the current
bull boom Inn Wall street is a movement that
is being made i'm what are known as Virginia
Deferred Certificates After West Virginia
separated from the mother state, when Virgin
iI made her first adjustment Of the debt with
her creditors. she somewhat arbitrarily decided
that West Nirginia's proportion OF the whole
was onc-third and herself assuming twO-thirds.
She gave certificates for the onc-third settle
meut of which is deferred until the two states
can come Co am agreement in regard % the
matter West virginia has calmly declined %
accept any responsibility for the certificates,
and they have been knocking around ON the
market specularive.y for years no few dollars
ON the hundred A New York syndicate has
now gone to work upon them, and has APP
pointed o committee which viii endeav0r 90
bring about settlement. I'm consequence buy
ers have been found for the certificates 20 an
extent that has put the price for them mp TO
SD and si5 ou the hundred. and 10 Is predict
cd chat they viii soon be worth much more.
They may bc advanced speculatively, but those
who have watched Virginia debt-paying' i'm
recent years and are familiar with West Nlr-
eiuias attitude upon this question, viii be
very greatly astonished il that committee can
induce either one state or the other 10 assume
one dol.arOf this deferred Indebtedness The
tWo-tnirl, has been scaled down 90 about one
half of it> original amount already and there
IS surely uo Indication that anybody in the
Nir-iums IS DESTROYS OF assuming fresh Tot OF
debts. although it cannot De questioned at all
that. between them the two states owe every
cent OF this 0ue-third 90 the old debt
The Vest Tigniq Democrat, referring to the
independent candidacy of Judge Brown for
the Baltimore mayoralty, says.
Judge Brown represents an effort 90 redeem
the party from the method, OF machine poll
lies.
Another evidence of the Democrats aberra-
ton from party fealy. Mr.. Mason is always
ready to deuounce what he calls methods of
machine politics "-bu, did anybody oversee
him n precinct or county meeting that he
did NOT produce some sort of machinery Of his
own invention to carry out his own individual
wishes Why he always has his pockets fun
of cut and dried propositions or resolutions or
methods,
judge Brown a., we understand IT, is thccan-
didate ola fusion assius, the regular democrat
tho republicans, for "a consideration,
having consented toaid I'm the>o-called rcdcmp-
ton. Shrcwd fellows that they are they will
willingly lend themselvc, whenever they are
in the minority.
Hear what one OF the Baltimore fusi7ni>ts
proclaimed aneut public schools
There IS absolutely mo- difference in princi-
cipie between public >oup-hou>e and apuohc
free school
Many who would regard 20, au insult the
suggestion chat they send their children TO the
a.mhou~e. treat their .ratuitous attendance 80
public sclou. us % matter of right.
"Ihe sons and daughters ot.rade-men and ur-
us3us would get some instruction. p9tIIs as
aaci 0s IS r.t fa- tas, We're there no public
schools
And n this STATE nothing would find
hcarrier response from Mr. Mason than some
fusion by which the democratic party of the
state could be demou.lisod and defeated