Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-10-27
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w. H. H. LYNN, ------ EDITOR
STAUNTON, VA.
Friday Morning, Oct. ~, 1871.
CONSERVATIVE TICKET,
FOR STATE SENATOR,
Judge ALEX. b. COCHRAN.
FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
Mai. MARSHAL HANGER.
ALEX. b. LIGHNTER,
CHAS. 8. roller.
CONSERVATIVE TICKET,

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CHAS. 8. roller.
The Radical pow-wow, advertised for
Monday last, Court-day, came Of in the
Town Hall in day time and the Court House
at night. Henry Rippetoe presided and
Jas. Cochran, (colored) acted as Secretary.
The array Of speakers named did not
come to time, Hon. Jno. r. Lewis, Doug.
las Gray and Hon Lewis Mckenzie, alone
appearing:
Mr.. Gray norated at the Town Hall,
and said as little and in as hesitating man.
ner as man possibly could. The Rocking.
ham Register said, Of his speech in Harris.
onburg, that ''if the American Eagle should
unfortunately die, the bottom would fall out
of his speech" From his speech here We
judge that some scoundrel has killed the
National Bird, for the bottom had certainly
fallen out, and we suggest to Marshal DR..
Jake Points that he arrest that fellow and
get substitute for the Bird, or his friend
Gray will fail to hiita7me during the rest Of
the campaign.
Hon. Jno. F. Lewis appeared on the
stand and excused himself on account Of
sickness.
Mr.. A. M. Crane then took the stand
He said he was no speaker, but rather than
see failure be would say few words. He
pitched in with a vim against the Conserva-
tives, and exhibited his extreme partizan.
ship. He was heavy on Public Schools,
and charged the Conservatives with opposi-
ton to educating the people, forgetting that
the Republican Convention gave sia years
to put the Public Schools in operation and
that Conservative Legislature put them in
operation in one year. With equal mac
curacy he asserted that the 5000 State
Annuity to the University went, not to the
education Of poor, but Of Rich Mems sons
The facts are that none but the sons Of those
who are proven to be too poor to educate
them, can be appointed State Students at
the University. He kept up the strain he
commenced to the close, giving Judge
Cochran and Col. Baldwin touch, as be
went along, the eolored people huzzaing at
all times, no matter how inaccurate the state
ments.
The mostimportant feature was the adop-
ton of resolution expressing the greatest
confidence in the Republican County Com
mittee and giving them full authority to act
in all matters. Don't this look like the pre-
cursor Of Radical County Ticket p
The meeting at the Court House was ad-
dressed by Hon. J. F. Lewis in a lengthy
and labored effort to substantiate his consis'
tency. He denounced the Conservative
party as party seeking the spoils and in
the explanation Of his iron contract during
the war, made the lame excuse that he was
working for Confederate trash, with which
be purchased fine farm" "Oh! consis-
tency thou art jewelw There were fire.
quent calls for explanations during the
speech, which we're anything but satisfacto.
rily answered. There was some little dis.
turbance, at one time, from the calls, which
we regretted, but the most annoyance to
the crowd, while at the same time it was
amusing to many, was the response Of a
somewhat prominent, though drunken U. s.
Official, who at one time, in bis egotism,
and whiskey, felt big enough to arrest
whole Court House. Hon. Lewis Mckenzie
followed. Mr.. Lewis. He was facetious on the
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, never losing an op.
portunity to hit him lick. (Mr. Stuart,
We suppose, is like the fellow kicked by
mule.) He pitched into the Reputation
lists and cautioned the party to drop them
overheard. He was vociferously eheered,
various times, but when he gave some good,
but unpalatable advice to the colored people,
or spoke against reputation, there was not
solitary response.
Mckenzie is comieal looking customer
and, we felt that, though illiterate. when
elected to Congress or put upon the stump,
. second.class commedian, or Supe, had
certainly been spoiled.
With the speeches, at night, closed the
Republican Mass Meeting here, and, from
what we saw and heard, it was about as
great fizzle as ever occurred.