Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27

ought tolaye put down as Extravaganza. :"
TWAS madea State depository by Gov. Cam
eron, and $135, 000removed by his order from
the Lynchburg banks and placed there 1t
failed, and the legislative investigation into
its failure showed that with the exception
of some SIS, 900 OF $4,000, all the assets of
the bank had gone into the hands of MEM
bers of the party in power.
The change Gen. Malone wants is to get
the Democratic party out, and have all this
sort of thing over again.
A CHAINED LEGISLATURE.
Gen. Malone effected this change" once
and his method has been made public. In
the fall of 1881 he sent out a circular to
to the coalition candidates Of the legislature
asking if they wanted the aid of the State
organization, (Which was himself, then
Chairman in your election. Of course he
got affirmative replies. This was followed
by this:
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE,
DANvILLE, Sept. IA, 1881.
| send you two pledges for sigma
ture, one for yourself and one for your candi-
date. Please sign them and return them to
me and | will forward them to Gen. Malone.
FERNALD.
One Of the pledges was this:
81, ~. hereby pledge myself to stand
by the Readjuster party and platform and to
60 into caucus with the Read ulster members
of the Legislature that meets in Richmond,
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 the - day OF September,
1881 ---, L. 81
knew Fernald. He was the Collector
of Internal Revenue. He was q man of
many good qualities. I believe he was an
honest man. He afterwards lost his mind
and died in a lunatic Asylum. 1t was
enough to make an honest man go mad to
have to engage III work like that. That
was the way Malone got a grip on the
members of his legislature. Thank God
old Augusta had no Malone representative
in that legislature (Applause.) But there
were some of the members of the Readjus-
ter party he could not get. Old ''Parson''
Massey was one. (Applause.) When Ma
hone was afterwards asked by Col. Frank
Ruffn why he sent out the pledges, he re-
piled: ''Well, we had elected so many
damned rascals to the legislature [ was
afraid the Democrats would buy them up. y
And they talk to HE about Harrison S
Administration backing up such political
schemer as this to capture the government
of Virginia I say there ism t enough mon
ey OF Office behind the Administration to-
make any honest white or colored man in
10
(Great applause). That has been tried be-
fore, in New Y ork. President Arthur
tried it, and the people revolted at it and
elected Grover Cleveland governor Of the
State. And they wereso Disguised with Fed
eral interference in State affairs that they
didn't stop till they made Grover Cleveland
President Of the United States. Immense
applause). l don't care for their money.
(Applause). And [ care as little for MI.
Craigs com ing distributions among the
workers, - (Applause). You ask the people
along the Norfolk & Western Railway about
the pay, and you will find that a man that
makes a bargain to be FWorker'' for Ma
hone had better get his pay in advance.
(Applause).
WORK OF THE MALONE LEGIS-
LATURE.
Some of the "change" and reform Gen.
Malone wants now was attempted for him
by his legislature in 1882. He had cleo ted
the County Judges and the Court of APP
peals, but he wanted to get at the Circuit
Judges. He wanted to legislate the Circuit
4bo Of
omy,'' and then put Malone judges On. 1t
failed through the Big -Four.
He wanted Commissioner Of Sales Bill
so as to. take the sale Of peoples property
through the courts, out Of their own hands,
and put it in the hands of somebody they
knew nothing of, the head Commissioner to
get !s25, 900 a year-a fine field for a cam
paign fund assessment. The Big -Four
stopped that.
He wanted the tobScco warehouse bill, so
a farmer couldn t sell his tobacco, except at
a Malone warehouse under a Malone in
spector. The Big -Four stopped that.
He wanted Railroad Commissioner bill
by which 81, 600 men on railroads would be
dependent on Malone for their bread and
meat. The Big -Four stopped that.
His idea of economy was well illustrated
in his climbing UP the salary steps as a
railroad President. AS President of the
Norfolk Il Petersburg railroad he got s., 800
year. He got the Southside road added
to it and took a salary OF $4,000 year.
He then got the Virginia & Tennessee road
4o+ bof toftI ,ao ncp1
idated line-the Atlantic, Mississippi Il
Ohio-took $25, 900 a yearl!
He is now standing between the two po-
litical parties, fighting both of them and
fighting fol- himself, always for himself, and
both parties should just come together like
two great mill stones and crush him.
Great and long continued cheering.)
When a member of party is in doubt,
when he finds that he has lost his way, he
should just do like the lost traveller and
turn to the Polar Star. There is one in
this Valley to whom every Republican can
safely turn. He has Len Republican
ever since it was political party. No
man, whether he differed with him OF not
ever doubted his patriotism OF his honesty.
l speak of Jno F. Lewis. (Applause.) He
says, II can't vote for Malone. Malone
ism is not Republicanism." applause.
Look to the Y osts of your Valley. No man
has ever doubted their fealty to the Repub-
ican party. They say, week after week.
that they cannot and will not vote fol
Malone. (Applause.)
To the Democrats [ would say that you
must work. You must not underrate YOU