Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-10-12
Mal!ont'S RI cord.

A capital campaign document is
Just OUT. 1t is entitled "Charact-
eriStic Facts IN the Business and
Political Career of General William
Malone" 1t ought to be sent TO
every white voter in the Common
wealth. The theory of the author
of the document supposed to he
Colonel f. G. Ruitin) is that in Ma
hone there is nothing 10 discuss
but himself, and he can be best un-
derStood by the record he has
made since he became a figure in
public affairs.
The document begins with Ma
homes entrance into the Readjus-
ter party "along a path that had
been plainly blazetl by Mr.. Massey,
Colonel Patterson, and Others" 1t
tells of his intrigues III the Read
iuSter State Convention of 1881. 1t
reprodnces the written pledge
which he AS chairman OF the Read
ulster State Executive Committee
required of his candidates for the
Legislature. The pledge reads as
follows:
Il hereby pledge myself TO stand
by the Readjuster party and plat
form, and 10 go into caucus with
the Rtadjuster members of the
Legislature that meets at Rich
nond, and vote for all measures,
nominees, and candidates to be
elected by the Legislature as the
caucus may agree upon. Given
under my hand and seal this
day of September, -.
"--- L. S p
The campaign document gives
an interesting history of Mahone's
proceedings in Richmond when
the Legislature of 1922 WIS in
session, including his dictatOrial
attitude towards all the State Off
GERS in The Commonwealth. Next
IL Cst dN oOSH wv AZ ~ t'iSt-OA - -
which be attempted to ''enmeSh
The State i'll an inextricable web"
''Tbey were ~ the commission
or of sales bill; ~ the bill to rear
range the judicial circuits and so
legislate Mah0ne's creatures into
tile judicial seats of honest NEIL;
(3l the bill to eerrymander the
State so as to elect Mahone's Great
ures 10 Congress; az the bill TO al
ter the tobacco inspection laws; ~
the bill to put he police force OF
the cities into Malone hands; (6)
the Till to bride newspapers by
public advertisements; (7) the bill
to put the railroads OF The State
under General hIahone's heels"
Here comes in a compliment to 3.
B.Mumford, Esq.
(S) The bill 10 provide for the
removal of all notaries public.
The report of w. q. Elan. Srcre
tary of the Commonwealth blouse
Document No. T.. shows that
there were in 1881, 43O notaricS
public in the State, who, with
salaries averaging. say 5000, would
make IL considerable sum to be lev
led on for election purposes.
SOY Another was the plan to de-
baucl the public schools. To ac,
compIish this House Joint ReSoln-
ton No. 273 was introduced, which
wah- 10 vacate the officers OF all
district school trustees in the sew
eral counties and cities Of the
State; to abolish the county school
electoral board, composed of the
county judge, Commonwealth's At
torney, and county superintendent
of schools, and transfer the power
of appointing these trustees to cue
Board of Education, composed OF
the Governor, the Attorney Gener
al, and the Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction. board in which
Mr.. T. S. Blair and Mr.. Il. Il. FAIR
were the majority.
.'rhe ultimate object of this pro
posed legislation was TO turn the
great public school system--tbe
pride of the public school syArem-
into bureau managed by Mahon2
through his lieutenants, the MEM