Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-14
Look upon this Picture-Then upon that.

Compare the records of the two parties
and see which deserves the trust and con-
fdence of the people of Virginia. What
have the people lost through the Malone
party? How much of their money, how
much of their laboriously- paid taxes, has
been recklessly squandered by the leaders
of this ruthless and adventurous organiza-
tion. Following are some of a most strik-
ing character:
By Brother in-1aw Allen to Brother-In-
By Judgment to Kendall Bank Note
nent of Mahone Stale oniciais-..... =. $1,000
By judgment to Madison F1annagBn,
contractor-due TO gross mismansge-
Board . ..... --..... ... ....,. ,.-. 900
By additional sum paid to another con-
Tractor making higher Instead OF
By losses to the state through The fail 0VO'
ure OF a bank in Petersburg-a loss due
to the borrowing propensities of Ma
h"ne neieauers....'..'.---.-- i5oOuo
Total loss to the State................. sIS2 OoO
This is truly an economical party But
all its business sense seems to be used
wholly for furnishing bountiful perquisities
to its own leaders aud their friends and re-
latives. -Richmpnd State.
Our friend of TIE STATE ought to beg
pardon of "Mr. Attorney Gin'ral Blarr''
for omitting his exploits from the above
table. Do not forget that according to his
opportunities the Malone Attorney Gen.
eral got as good pluck from the State
Treasury as BrOther-ln-Law Hamilton OF
anybody else.-
Therefore there must be added to the
SlS2 900
the amount Illegally drawn by F. s.
Diar-.''''' '-...'.'..'..' oSot
Y Al. aSf
This enormous sum of S197, 9S4 repre-
sents only the amount of losses entailed on
the State by the Malone leaders after the
of their Legislature. 1t was
all unearthed by the Democratic Legisla-
ture, merely by way of recreation. when it
was tired of ''seat-stealing." To show the
total cost to the State in the way of dead
losses that the Malone regime has brought
about we must also go into the acts of the
Legislature of '8l-2.
Without looking to the record at all we re-
call notable item that foots up neat lit
tie sum, namely:
Act allowing Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company 10 pay Its debt be-
fore maturity Whereby the company
gained and the State lost over...-.. $3.50, 900
We merely name this item as starter,
which swells the eneire loss above enumer-
ated to the sum of $447,9S4, nearly half
million dollars irrevocably gone from the
State Treasury by the splendid manipu-
lations of Malone and his parasites.
Leaving out of account altogether the
vast deal of work done in the regular ses-
sion, let us compare the work of the DEM
cratic extra session with the load of swag
carried off by the Liberal party. Wequote
from letter of Auditor Ruffin to Hon.
James H. Darst:
''Stated in figures the amount saved to
the State by the extra session over and
above its cost will be:
In stopping Judge Hughes's man
damus proceedings .......S03O UGO w
Recovered from Smith 81 ,7S0 81
Leaks stopped IA % w
u
COST OF extra session.. h,-A' 10
Actual amount ,533 So
In short, in two years the Coalition Ma
hone Republican party cost the State S447,-
994, while in the same length of time
Democratic Legislature saves to the Siate
over and above its cost, t,S6S0, 533.83. People
who grumble about high taxes aud hard
times, put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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