Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-06

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MIR. SETTLE. OF RAPPAHANNOCK. |
for the fellows from the pine and hoop |
mole districts. He did 800 worth of work
on that fence, and now there amt any !!
more fence than there was when ne |
started. Then, he had a bill subJectsns !
to attachment q mans wages LOT sup
plies furnished to his family. lie peleVSu
it best for the laborer; he believes IL you
make a man pay his debts he VIII %
honest; If you continue 10 broaden anu
lengthen the laws enabling men to eVade
the payment of their obligations, that so
ciety will become corrupt. Wen, what
became of that bill? one hundred ana
twenty-three amendments were made TO
II. and finally il read that II A owed d
$50, and attempted to collect it, that the
court should be compelled TO give Judg-
ment for the $50 he owed =. 1t Is need
less TO say the gentleman from Augusta
withdrew the bill.
This House is well furnished with
Strong, skilfuI, and able leaders. Some oil
the best men in the Stale are here-such
men as Parks, Pitcher, Parker, Digs,
Saunders. Willard, and others, including
always the watchdog Of the Irea-
sury," the gentleman by the sea, the
sound and the safe man from Norlok.
But the difficulties We're great, the pres
sure strong the officers numerous, lhllu-
entail. and thoroughly imbued with the
idea that the places they held belong 10
them, and any interference WIN thehI
In reduction of salary or otherwise was
something the representatives of the peo-
ME had no business with. The peo-
nile think differently, and certainly their
views are entitled TO some CONSIDERATION
Unfortunately however, about the only
time the wishes of the people are consult
ed Is lust previous to an election. lhere
will be another election by ana by' anu
~ some people lived to be as ola as olu
Maa Methusela, they wouldn't nave ulHe
| enough TO explain TO their constituents
This will not apply TO Churchinan' ne
| has voted to cut everybody's salary, anu
reduce all appropriations outside or Au-
custa. He believes the State ia Augusta
and Augusta the State; 1t is more I'M
nortant part of Ii than even the peoPle
| of Augusta realize. Do you people OF Au-
eusta know that thirty Of the one nun
| dred counties in the State drew last year
! over 500 900 from the treasury, ana lhat
| there are a dozen more that DO not pay
| eurv and ten more that do not pay as
much as 1900 each? Now, make your
| calculation. and you can see that Church-
| NON is nearer right than most people
| would have thought. Here you have hIty
| counties 0lalf of the whole number); Au-
| yusta paws over $4,000 to State revenues
! Make your calculation, and you VIII see
! Augusta is worth very much more thah
| these fifty counties. Figures never ne
neither is the man lying who makes these
| figures Grand old Augusta--eVerythihs
| from there is big, broad, and or horld
| comnlexion. You see, she has the right
| to be. 30
Settle. of Rappahannock, is clearly one
| of the best, safest, and soundest young
| men in the House, and If you would want
TO give me an even swap Tor one-halI VI
the old ones there wouldn't be any traue
made, for 1 tell you, plainly, settle wiz
do. 1 may call him farmers poy' al
though he has a legal education, and
80 been told has served some years
nc a local magistrate. SO look at his
! .outbful face coal-black hair, ana
| healthy. country makeup; you'll say hes
| a fine specimen of the honest, STURDY
| countryman He is farmer, and repre-
| eents the farmer; he standeth for him
| and abIdeth with him. He Is Tor the
| sower and the reaper; the worker from
early morn TO dewy eve. He has proven
his faith by his works, his sympathles py
~ yotes. for he has voted for the farm
| inc interests from the beginning 10 the
close of the session. He is a Democrat
Cor wears chairman of his County COM
| mittee. and, II as watchful ana zealous
Of his party's interest as chairman as
he has been ot the interests OF MS con
stltuents during the last ninety days ne
was unauestionably a good county cnail
man. Taken all in all, few couhles nav
had any better representative ana hoil.
are better looking. lie Is very $780, $780,
sneaker I heard him make two speeches
that would have been creditable 10 any
,,emher here. OF course, there are some
very strong men here, who stahd pS
themselves: men who would wen coinpaie
r,,i,h most of the men, and far outrahh
- oritv of the men in the lower nOuse
| ~ Conqress-such men as PARKS, oauil-
Sare pitcher, Parker, Diggs, Watkihs'
ond a dozen more could easily mentioh-
hut 7 will mention Willard, VINO VIII ~
| to Congress; If not, be ought 10; -.
There Is one thing down mere can
,,oderstand. Settle; 1t is what they can
tha calendar. | don't believe anybody
Knows much about II, except the Clerk
| cnIonel John Bell Bigger. You members
ali know how he does. He hops on that
calendar like the ''snowbird on the ASH
hang" No. 2s6, he calls; then he hops a
dozen pages and sings out, 6H. wonder
~ thew will ever find another old man
,sre mat. What do you think about It,
settle? John Bell Bigger Is now the only
man living who knows anything aoou'
the calendar; the man who invented the
calendar is dead. l would sooner bet my
1nnav on the card that comes up next
.han IN bet on what that grand old man
~ ,,o,ng 10 take up next outof the calen'
a. settle. between you and me, won't
sny durn the calendars but II Solomon
an So here. he wouldn't understand the
calendar. 'hS LEO
The safest means Of getting rid OF .