Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-08-21

G1Ou GulS was 49," 10 ~ 49,
have Democratic Auditor Mar5e VINO
hates free schools. 1t was made his duty,
by law, to send out this statement before
the 18th of December the date by when
the law requires the county treasurers to
send in their money. But be did not do it,
he purposely delayed sending cut the state
ment until the 18th of December. by which
time the county treasurers had sent in
their money and now the $500, GOO is there
tied up in the general Undiscovered into
the treasury-and when a school warrant
goes there Marye says there Is no school
money in the treasury, and that
what is there has to be paid
to the bondhoIders who are getting
in mandamus coupon cases. The
Revenue Commissioners books were in
Marye's hands on the 18th of August, and
yet he did not report to Supt. Farr the
amount the schools were entitled to until
December 18th. two days after the county
treasurers had sent their money to Rich
mond. Auditor Marye knew that the
law compelled the county treasurers to
send their money to RichmO nd by Deem
Der 18th, and so he delayed sending Supt.
Farr statement of the amount till Dec.
18th, so that he would get the money to
Richmond and talk about a big balance
in the Treasury. Mr.. Blair quoted let
ter from Supt of Education Farr to him
self, as giving the these facts, land as adding
that sit is clearly demonstrate that
the Bourbon Democrats are sLonsible for
the ill conduct of the schools for three
years" AT the conclusion of bis state
ment about the schools, Mr.. Blair said to
his audience, 81 want you to get this
down fine.''
THE reader of the above will, after read
ing it, turn to the editorial columns Of the
VINDIcAToR and there read letter from
Auditor Marye showing that not a word
of it is true; that there is not a cent in
the Treasury due to schools and that the
county treasurers did keep back the tax
tickets to pay the school fund.-
The Democracy are no friends Of the free
schools. Then leader John Daniel denies
his school house speech, but we have got
the evidence Of Fowler, and DR.. Sullens. of
Emory & Henry College who heard him
say that he had rather have his own house
burnt and every school house in the State
burnt than to see the Bowcock-Fowler bill
pass. They heard him say it. A Repub-
lican Auditor at Richmond in place of
Marye would have told the county treasur-
ers to keep back the money for the schools
and not send it on; but this Democratic
Auditor " no wants to show full Treas
ury robs the school fund of 100000 to
make the show with And in consequence,
school warrants are being sold by teachers
in my county at from Is to 20 per cent.
discount.
THE UNSEATED MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE.
Mr.. Blair then went into the subject of
the unseating of members by the last
Democratic legislature. subject he
handled with the freedom of a stumper
who has no competitor On the platform
to correct his statements. He said that
there were seventeen Republicans turned
out of their seats and not one Democrat, and
professed to refer to the official records.
The real facts were that in the Senate 2
contested seats were decided in favor Of
publicans-Crumplera and Callahan. and
in favor of Democrats-Hurt. Petit
and Keezle. In the House 5 contested
seats were decided in favor of Repubi-
cans-Ross Of Gloucester, Anderson of
- ing William, Grandstaff Of Shenandoah,
Mustard Of Bland, and Mooklar of King
William, and in favor of Democrats
Grattan and Soule of Rockingham, Law
son of Isle Of Wight, Pretlow of South
amptom, Robertson Of AppomattoX. Vau-
CHAN of Goochland, and contested seats
were sent back to the people-Banks and
Parker of N orfolk, and Boiling of Buck
ingham. These facts are from the Jour-
nal Of the Senate and House, and can be
verified by inspection.
THE U. S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Mr. Blair struggled hard to show that
tbs recent decision of the U. S. Supreme
Court, or rather Stanley Mathews decis-
ion, was based on the Democratic legisla-
ture supplementing the Riddleberger bill;
this in the face of the fact that Mathews
had singled out the act of Jan. 26, 1882.
the work Of the Republican legislature IA
year before there was any Democratic leg
islaturel as unconstitutional and void.
Blair made a signal failure. To
show how wholly untrue Mr.. Biair's
statement is, we copy the following
verbatim from the official report
of Justice Mathews decision in
Poindexter VS.. Greenhow, in which Blair
himself was one Of the counsel for the
State:
1.-THE ratio decidendi in this class of cases is very
plain. a defendant sued as a wrong-doer, who
Seeks substitute the State in his pace OF to JUS
tfy by the authority of the State, or to defend
the ground that the State has adopted his act and
eXonerated him, cannot rest On the bare assertion
OF his defence. He is bound to establish it, The
State is political corporate body, can act only
through agents, and can command only by laws.
1t is necessary, therefore. for such defendant in
the State which constitutes his commission as its
agent, and a warrant for his act. This the iefen-
lied the act of January 10Th, 1882 requiring him
to collect taxes in god silver. United States treas
ury notes, national bank currency, and nothing
else and thus forbddlng MS receipt OF coupons IN
lieu of money That, iG is true, is legislative act
of the government of Virginia but it's not a law
of the State OF Virginia The State has passed no
such Jdao for 1T cd0t and aotdt 1t cannot do it
certainly, in coratenp dtion Of lao, has not done.
Mr.. Blair went Oh to make the childish
ar ument that there were eight Republican
Judges On the U. S. Supreme Court bench
and one Democrat; that the eight were di
yided and the one Democrat therefore de-
cided the coupon cases against the State
of Virginia ]!
ae characterized the Electoral bill, by
which the power of appointing the election
officers was taken away from the Malone
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