Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-08

! therefore the Republican party OF virginia sol
! cmply pledges ITSELF
Whoever reads The above attentiyoy, espe-
cially The part I'm Italics, Will 500 th0t this claim
dfviHc'iV admits the obligation ~ ttc std'e 70 pay
! all is habihties. Colonel kuniu then proves
/ from tho recori that these Liabilities as Of the
! date q September 81, 1889, inclusive were a.
! follows.
Principal. .........s3l, 39l,977 q
Interest .......... Ho,o'lo' %
sS.eO7lC5 OF
! As General Malone he's heretofore often and
/ publicly defended the Ri1lieberger bill, mos.
cousplcuOusly IN his reply 20 senator hll' OF
/ Georgia. IN the senate Of tho United states on
/ TIE gsih March, lss. u rs well e. inquire what
/ has wruugh, 20 great n change in HIN. ne re-
/ port, fully credited by ih0'e who Know The par
! ties. f. hat senator Quay, Who Yves 70 arrange
l for the Republican campaign lunO, rtiu9eu ni7
/ aid unless General Malone would omit the hld-
I dlobcrger, or what he called the reputation
! p.ank iu bis platform, and that General Mahoho
objected 10 this. tut was forced TO yield 10 me
I man who controlled tho money Certain u u
/ that though " the Kldilebergcr bill was claim
/ ed as their work by the ReHdiusters IN the piat-
/ form ~ lssl, was adopted ~ the keadluster
/ settlement Ia TIE Republican platform OF jury
/ g.. 4N,} and wa claimed az h's Work py 5eheiai
/ Man3uc ga MS manifesto OF August - iN''' INC
/ constsnt complaint being that inc Democrats
/ hal bptchcd thl. admlIabl" measure Dy 'hrt
biuuders. Yet, ina this, his latest uttcrLhcS' nc
omits any reference 10 u, ana ms ead Hlulils
T him, aut promises to cancel them III "a depl
settlement" for which, hc says, 1T - known
here ia an oppOuunIty.' by whom III -
known hc.idcs himself no docs not tell lie
merely saws IN The eighth plank ~ ms platform:
Eighth. Ihatl II 10 (hej toe iutrustei with ihe
necessary power by the people 70 ,he WI. settle
tna debt and the debt question wholly, ihRny,
aud uroupfly. a. 10 he has fun kuOEledge tLat
| IL 1.oI can 90 upon ierms thar Will no all 90
The annual burdens of the people aud VIII leave
tho Commonwealth ample means for The current
EXPENSES 81 a frugal administrator, Tor gene
raj maintenance OF our admirable system OF
pubic frce Schools. AMI for muuinren' provision
TOY or charitable institutions ana mo care OF
our dISRble1 soidleTs'
This proposition 40 absolute AZ 10 me posi-
hilifv, an go durA as 10 the mode, OF settlement
tcrnpts tuQuiry a. 10 It's meaning. aud. IN The
absence OF a frauk declaration, probability
comes e. tho ana Of curiosity Recently II VIII
he remembered. a Mr. Parsons and Mr. Hen
uor-lu, aliens o. virginia, took it upon them-
selves 10 20 % Europe 70 negotiate settlement
with the holders % our bonds. hey returned
without accomplishing tte object o. tneu sell
appointed MISSION. Bat they male tracks there
which have been traced. Those show mat iheir
object We point. "a was anticipated and an
nouncei by Oue 90 The shrcWdest Of our bankers,
WAS tho claim that Virginia has against tho
L ntici states for money advanced at various
limos and Tor sundry purposes, aud which was
estimated rs OF date 3I9t December, lS32' 10 bc
principal fSi3TiS. and interest thereon 20 Jauu-
airy "a, l-1g. $I.fGild 90 (senate journal ls0- -
40 'lifN ~ lN'. NlA hllNus ltI UP 10 b44HAtf
!, 1889. amounts 10 i@,lWlsisS Their proposal
is understood 10 have been 10 lend their tgoo1
offices o. SOFT oment satlstactOry 10 tho pond
holder conditioned upon thoir helping 20 carry
the legislature; tie compensation, contingent
upon success. 10 be- that TIA above claim should
be- assigned 10 them. With this in proper hands
at Washington. =. wBs calculated that BIN
could De- passed by Congress and thc resulting
spoil coaii be divided among the i1obeTs AMI
ttetr iun. Genital friends.
The tlan involved % suit IA the supreme Court
81 the United states in tho interest Of West y IT.
gaia certificate holders q plan which General
Nsnone Is el-o report 81 20 faVorl, who hnve
alrcadJ tried o. commit the legislature % mo
plan, 90 he brought by virginia against We4t
Virginia for "A settlement % the debt; the suit
Of course. 10 be managed by the ring. IL is we'll
known tlat ihO supreme Court mas Indicated :
opinions on the question, and only lacks power
and opportunity 10 enforce them. This power II
would have II virginia should admit her iuris-
diction Wy bringing fucn suit, aud thereby in-
vitng a decree which would nearly double the
debt SIZE Low Acknowledges.
What more likely than That General Malone,
Notwithstanding tie Tact that Congress has re-
peAtelly refused 10 pay these sums, hut with -
fan knowledge o. tho men who compose the
present Adm Illustration at Washington hu1 the
Republican majority m Congress, now mediiaies
some such Arrangement Hnd has fun know
ledge g that he can mako IL, II he IS iutrusted
win the necessary power by the people-that IL,
by a legislature elected OY his devices and domi-
mated by his Will, sHch ~ We were cursed win
IN tho memorable sessions OF IStg-sl. III. 81,
aud wAich would have ruinel tbs State butfOr
tho 80 Big Four aud Mr. Wiughcld. late sena-
tor from the Hanover district True, IL would
violate his promise that Tho terms shall not
adj 20 the annual burdens OF the people and
VIII leave the Commonwealth ample incan-,"
&c. Bat us General M8hone has not heretofore
been remarkable for keeping his promises TO
he people, and as In this Gaze he might
plead the decree Of the United States
Court, which will have been invoked ly
~ a. haT
treichery, il violates no probability 10 sup
pose that he win disregard this ono IN Wow Of
the great pront ihst would result 20 hi nseif
from such "a settlement Tor II Is known mat
on sundry occasions, when charged with trans
actions OF a. lcast doubtful prupriety, accompa-
nied with prOhor OF r,oi, he hes never yet
made denial; and IA" suspicion OF his opponents
that he would not scruple 10 make money ~
such TRANSACTION, is justified by the fGct that IA
a letter now before me, written 10 Mr. II. {.
Brightwell on the l0h October, ISSi, Mr.. James
ID. Brady for years his constant associate AMI
political coll bOTatOr, lately endorsed by Gene
raj Malone himself IN his assent 10 his appoint
mont, by cOmprOmlse-agrcement 70 The I'M
pOrtant Office OF collector o! internal revenue Of
The Second district OF Nirginia-this Mr Brady
publicly charged him Wild emOezINng from
tine 20 time since 1881 "at the lowest estimate
100000 OF campaign funds p; and by the fur
thcr fact that Mr.. YOsi, the editor Of tho leading
Republican paper In virginia, repudiatiDg him
ON eleven Instinct specifications, declares IN the
seventh that IN his Judgment, "he would not
hesitate one moment to prostitute the dearest in
forests % tho state 10 his own private ends and
ambition, just az he has The interests Of the he
publican party
II, in spite Of all this corrohoratve matter,
Ruy one shan still think II unreasonable or I'M
charitable 10 suspect General Malone Of this
complete abandonment Of the Kiddlchc-ger bill.
let Il he remembered that he frst Old that Ia his
letter % Warnoe Miller, referred 20 at page :
aud that IN ISL, when the funding BIZ was I'M
dor consideration, he was on boA sides OF tho
In alfl taa
HIS boast that he eau settle the debt on the
terms named in the eighth section OF his plat
form as quoted above, cannot be true, for the
conference held in the spring Of lSss between
the commission appointed by the Council Of
Foreign BOndhOlder5 ana the joint com mlttee Of
the Legislator showed that the ultimatum OF
tho bOnlholiers was f3S,i72,7sS.SS; that the ultl
matuin OF the state was s2i,2E,;OS; difference
OF 39,5f50l0.hS.
tho commission rejected the joint committees
estimate OF receipts and disbursements, thus
" dgcrudiung their statements, which were made
from thoroughly reliable Official documents"
and claimed hat the appropriations TO eiuca-
tlonal purposes, 20 asylums OF the insane. and 10
our disabled soldiers were excessive, and ought
eli 10 be reduced, aud the amount thus saved 10
he applied 10 the payment OF interest due 20 The
bOndholders, the great body Of whom are In Eng
land
Further, when the commission declined :" the
joint committees counter proposition" they for
mally withdrew the Orer made by the resolution
Of the public meeting n London
10 entertain a compromise based upon the pres
ent taxation, &C. a. above quoted, and " claimed
their fun rights as established by law
Immediately afterwards they published Ia a
circular and through me Richmond papers
"staiements al yarianco with the formal report
OF The joint committee and which the commit
tee al once corrected 10 reporl made 10 the
Legislature.
And the bOndhOlders, as soon as they could
get into court, renewed their war upon the State,
going 70 tho extent Of imprisoning some OF her
Administrative officers
To all this General Malone has assented, ac-
custng the Democratic party OF being in rebel
lion against the Federal Government as repre-
seDted by It's courts, and he Is fully com mltted
70 the Increase Of the debt 70 100 por cent. over
the Riddle oeTger bill demanded by Judge
Hughes's decree, as has been already shown.
Further, II Is known by the statement OF ono
James r. Cooper, q recognized agent OF the
British observation-disclosures OF House OF Dele
gates, page 70, published Ia the London Financial
Ases OF september -, lSS8--that the Republicans
IN Pffginfa meant % "50V % the ruliIaq Of tie
supreme Court and "opealy ap6u their fatsnfioa Of
us1ng the coupons, and Il Is NOT improbable that
they iefU erenfaaHy declare ia fxrOr Of debt pay
peaL" IL Nay tasf this same agent teas yyoreii %
hare safd 70 tco members Of the Legfscturs and %
a reporter Of the Dispatch that ~ the Lsgfsia-
furs" then IN session. gafied % settle fhe debt that
ne rouid t0ok ~ Malone and The Republicans and
treat NTH them. n--Dfspdtch, Mavl2, 1877.
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