Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-10

repudIattpQ one half OF thetdeot due the
,o,,pon.boidcr By the state, provided they,
a. individuals, get so per cent. commissions
on the trspsactIon. That commission makes
a wonderful differences rs to whether the
coupon. holder should or should not De
shaved 10 the tune OF 80 per cent II would
he |. borr,d- for the State to want TO pay
boudbolder through It's agents $3.50 Tor .
tbousand dollar bond, but 1t would bc oil
RIG bt in a coupon taxpayer to get 500 OF
coupons for some $40 or $50, and then
mass them oil the same day IN payment OF .
;usi debt (tjue In money! OF $500. lie s
willing enough TO run out and buy claims
.gsinst Tho STATE and settle those claims for
,be STATE. provided he can shave the coupon.
holder 20 per cent, hut he Is Tar too honest
for the state Through her egular-appointed
arepts) 10 think OF compromising less val
uable claim for less than one hundred cents
inihe dollar. In oil civilized countries that
Jtnow of The custom Is for tax. payers 10
settle with money the debts due 10 their
Government, and then leave 10 such Gov
eminent TO settle with It's creditors. Tue
some course should be adopted by the tax
nayers OF Virginia instead OF their taxing
on themselves the payment OF claims against
the state. and which they do when they
shave n coupon. holder so per cent, and
then. the very same day Ut may bel, passing
of The coupops In payment OF n debt al
their face value.
II seems 10 me that to be consistent every
opponept of the R,ddleberger bill who may
buy coupons TO pay his taxes would iee'
hound TO nav the holders OF such coupons
exactly what he could use them for IN set
Element OF a lust debt due In money. such
action would show that as an indiyidull be
was utterly opposed to becoming an agent
o. the State for The purpose OF "repud'.
atingv Just debt. As there Is no sort OF
chance TO get the voters OF the state "
agree 10 pay more than the Riddlebergei
hill calls for, where is the sense OF trying to
do what cannot be done? Can 1t he posi-
bic that the real secret Is that some fewrict
fax.nayers are rendering coupons anG
"fussing" against the Rlddleberger settle
ment, hoping by such action to incense IN,
voters of the State 10 40 extent that VII
lead TO out-and-out repudiationy U
coulse. II they can succeed In that, 1t vii
| De worth thousands to them, even IL u
brings death TO their present "allies THE
English bondholders. l have faith that u
it becomes necessary the Governor vii
call
An EXTRA SESSION
Of the Legislature, so that something cal
| be done 10 prevent those wanting In pa
| triotism from getting rid OF contributin!
| 10 the support Of the government, ant
| bringing on the State such reputation a
| would open the eyes Of the English bond
| holders themselves. That the latter vii
| never see things in their true light so lonl
as they look through spectacles OF lawyer
| and agents, who are perhaps receiving thei
| hundreds and thousands OF dollars pc
year is not to he expected, nor are suc'
lawyers and agents docking at the matte
from a human standpOinD to he blamed 10
using the kind Of "specs" they do. IL !
| perfectly natural for men to view goo
| Thing from favorable point, and lev
uen have the nerve TO want to XII
Job paying them, perhaps, iron
| 81, 900 TO $4,000 per year. Consequent
| " an acceptance Of the Riddleberge
settlement by the English bondhoders cal
| hardly lie expected so long as they loo
| through the "specs" OF their agents AMI
LAWYERS. with an occasional glance throug
| the specs" OF some OF the rich men OF IL
state who love the Riddleberger bill, be
cause il enables them TO pay debt they ow
| at the rate OF fifty cents on the dollar. Tn
longer the English bondholders put OIL nc
c,riing the Riddleberger settlement ID
worse IL will be for them, and II this shout
come under the eye OF Mr.. Cooper i wan
him TO remember the prediction. MI
Cooper will find in the end that the voter
| OF virginia cannot be coaxed, bribed, @
bullled into paving one cent more than sue
settlement requires. A. e. VI