Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-10-26
What it Would Mean.

There are few people in Virginia
WHO understand what It would
mean if candidate Malone and his
faction should get possession OF
the governorship and the legisla
ture. Few ever knew,the gigantic
audacity oflis effortto get personal
control of every department. i'll
Virginia when he had the legisls:
ture AMI Governor in 1881 9. No
gratitude the people of Virginia
are capable OF. could more than re-
pay Senator'S Hale, Lybrook, and
New berry, the ReadjuSter Demo
Gratis. and Senator Williams, the
Readjnster RepuhIican-known as
the "I}ig Eonr"-for their lhwarl-
ing the Malone legislation origi
mating IN the House.
The Democrats have Forgotten
the Mahone bill introduced in the
House of Delegates that session,
and which may lie found on page
ISIS of the House Journal, to gerry
mander the congressional districts
of the State so ms to give only two
representatives to $4,000 Demo
cratic voters and eight representa-
tives to the $4,000 Republican,
voters.
They have forgotten the bill to
vacate the offices of schools truS-
tees and put the appointment OF
the whole educational staff Of the
State III the bands of Gov. Gamer
on, Attorney General Blair aud
State School Superintendent Farr.
1t may he found Oh page 2l2 Of the
House Journal, aud will show the
effort to make the whole school
system OF the State Il political
machine.
They have forgotten the meas
urn intended to take absolute con-
trcl OF the railroad through three
Railroad Commissioners to be APP
pointed by Governor Cameron and
confirmed by the Senate-a bill
which il it mad passed would have
given the Commissioner the power
to alter freight and passenger
rates, remove railroad officers, and
in short to put every man employed
on q railroad at the mercy OF Ma
bore through the Commissioners.
They have forgotten the Com
missioner of Sales bill by which
the Governor was to appoint Il
Commissioner of Sales for every
county and city in the Stale,
creating 12O new Offices 10 he tiilcu
aud controlled by Mahone'S dl-
rection and which would take { he
peoples affairs out OF their bands.
They have forgotten the meas
ure which passed the House Of
Delegates (uut WAS killed by Tie
big Four" IN he Senate) TO legis
late eff the bench all OF the Circuit
Judges anu put Malone men i'll
their places.
They have forgotten the bill re-
moving even Nplaries Public 10
make room Tor Malone appoint
mentS, winch failed.
The reader, of this GEAR 4. D..
1889, will be ;!stouuded u lead the
list made up by gentleman (The
Securd Auditor of The STATE WHO
knew the number-and their Salar-
ies-ot tue persons whose living
would have depended Oh Gen. Ma
hone, had the bills he projected be.
come laws. Here IL is:
No. OF Annual
once Holders. Salaries
SeDatOr-........-......... o,uUu
Commissioners Of sules ut
SI,uG0 per arnun.. ........... 100 10000
Railroad employees ~ per
milo for 2,S0s milesl,averago
salaly S5Uo........ .3S ,C96, 10,e4S,UUu
Three railroad commissioners
aid one clerk AT an aggregate
Salar! ...... ................". bslu
A.licu tura commissioner aud
ole clerk ............................- 3,Oou
One hundred and Dfteeu
Judges with salaries unclud
ing milesgc), averaging not :,
les than 81 ,000.. lis l15,00G
Commissioners OF courts, with
salaries averaging s2oc......- 500 $4,000
School teachers at an sgGro-
gate salary Uf..-~.......~..... 5000 1000, 600
School trustees, one-third "
whom are cerks,whose ag-
gregste salary is.............~ 1892, 5000
NUtarics public, with salar-
les averae ing, say S2CO...... 400 9s.oo0