Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-08-28


which the State was to have exactly hall
of her claim, or $250,O0O instead Of
1000. They had lobbyists everywhere
have seen the rotunda, the lobby, yes
even the seats of members crowded with
them engaged in presenting Traditional
facts'' to willing members to secure their
support of the bill. 1t is known that
men were bought like sheep. The bill
passed and the State lost $250,00O. And
this is the party that calls itself party
of &c >nomY!
THE LAND COMMISSIONERS BILL.
Malone saw great opportunity for
political purposes in what was called the
Land Commissioners bill, and tried hard
to get it through. 1t was perfect piece
of party machinery to take the business
affairs Of the people ont of their own
hands and place them in the hands of
political favorites. The pay it afforded to
those favorites was luxurious. 1t passed
the House, but did not get through the
Senate. The Big Four blocked it. The
Notaries Public bill to revoke all the
commissions of those officers and have all
appointments made afresh by the Cover
nor. was another party machinery dodge
in the same line, but it also failed.
t. THE BLACKS TO SELECT THE CON-
GREssMEN.
The reapportionment bill for members
of congress was the next outrage attempt
ed, and their committee, or rather Ma
hone, presented reapportionment bill
which gave to the Negro minority Of
| Virginia almost the dictation of who
should represent her in congress. The Big
Four also killed that.
HOW SCHOOL BOOKS ARE SELECTED
UNDER R. R. FAIR.
They say they are great friends of the
public schools of Virginia. When they
got into power they found at the head of
the school system man who was present
at it's birth, familiar with its details, a
teacher by experience, and thoroughly ed
ucated-Dr. Ruffner. They turned him
out and put at its head a man, only noted
for his desire to acquire all the offices
possible, but above all things to acquire as
much money as was possible connected
with those offices-R. r. Farr, of Fairfax.
He Is man who is unable to spell the
language he speaks, II have the letter in
my pocket to prove it, and this man is
selecting the school books for your chill
dren to learn from. Among the Histories
selected by the Malone board was one
chosen for reason. and that reason was
large contribution to the fund of the
political party that Farr represents. The
History is of the War and it is an insult to
the memory of every Confederate soldier.
I have examined the book and say that
the man who selected it is not fit to be at
the head of the school system of Virginia.
A voice.-What book is it?
Mr.. Stuart.-Van Antwerp, Bragg u
Co. g history, OF the eclectic series. 1t was
selected because the firm was willing to
contribute money to the party. These
things are not new, they have been already
discussed on the floor of the House of
Delegates.
EX-AUDITOR 8. BROWN ALLEN.
That legislature elected s. Brown Allen
of Augusta, First Auditor. met him in
Accomac and l want to say here just
what said to him there. He is a great
believer in one utterance of the Scriptures,
that the man that does not provide for his
own family is worse than an infdel,
tlaughter). The railroad owed the State
$25, 1000. Without word of notice what
ever, he telegraphs here to somebody to
take charge of its collection, and pays that
somebody $4,000 for the job. Any lawyer
would have been glad to get the job at one
per cent, but the somebody happened to
be Auditor Allen s brother in-law. don't
say he made the appointment because it
was his broJher-in-law. but it aUas his
brother-in-law, (great laughter). First
Auditor Allen was, by virtue of his Office,
member of the Board of Public Works,
and through his action in the Kendall
Bond contract, the STAGE has had to pay
$50 900, for $50, 900 worth of work. The
Board made one contract, and finding
that they could not make profit. brokeit
I say that in the administration of the af-
fairs of his Office, there never was day
that Allen was not doing what he Is doing
to-day, stumping the State for his boss.
A public officer of the same kind, is At
torney General Blair. who said that
"honor can not buy breakfast", and
who, as he could not buy breakfast with
his honor, has been buying it out of the
State Treasury. The law says:
''The Attornev-G General shall receive the sum Of
e250e annually for his services, and shall not be
entitled to any further compensation therefor"
And yet under this law, Blair has been
drawing $4,000 year by some method
known only to himself and s. Brown
Allen. Auditor.
THE COURT OF APPEALS.
When the legislature passed law to
recover from him what he had overdrawn,
he took it up to the Court of Appeals
And such Court Of Appeals Outside
| of two judges on that bench, no lawyer in
| Virginia regards its opinions as being
settled by anything but the political
status of the litigants. Think of such sue.
cessors to Marshall and Moncure! One
of these judges has had two others con-
curing in the result he announces in
| the name of the court, but never in his
opinion. The opinion of the court in
Blairs case said that though the law said
he could not take it.. he could, and the
court voted 8 to 2 that he had the right to
tale the money and as much more as he
could get out of the Treasury.
THE COURTS AND THE NEW JUDGES.
When the Mahoneites got in, they found
that that pure man, Judge Moncure, was
in their way, and introduced resolution
to remove him. About the Court Of APP
peals there has been but one feeling in
| Virginia, and that is ''touch not mine
| auninted >, Rut they held not that feel.