Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-16
HOnp. .gsso. Y. Harris.


gressional District, and his independent
competitor, Judge O'Ferrall. Whilst our
columns are always open to legitimate dis
cussion of the merits OF aSplrantS Tor once.
yet we cannot permit them to be used TO
attack the Conservative party OF us cthoi-
date without entering our protest.
We said we were present at the leglh-
ming of the discussion, but not at It's close.
We were there long enough to hear Judge
Harris successfully meet every charge OF
his competitor We heard Judge H. say
and prove that he had vote against the
salary bill five different times; that on the
passage of the bill his vote was NO. He
read the certificate from the Journal Clerk
Of the House of Representatives that he
had examined the Journal, and that on
every test vote Oh the salary bill Harris had
voted NO.
In re yard to the Railroad Bill, we heard
| his reasons for voting against it, and were
| convinced no other vote would have been
satisfactory to the people. twill be sad
| day for the people when the President,
| through nine Commissioners, appointed by
| himself, shall undertake to control all the
| railroads in the United States. The dan
| ger is the railroads would run the Commits
sionprs instead Of the Commissioners run.
ming the railroads. The latter would have
an easy task to fete these gentlemen on
their roads, and then use them to the in
jury OF the people, and Ii the people com
| )lain, their only redress would be in the
| United states Courts. But hVe ConSerVa-
| tiveS In congress voted fOf GhlS Dill, and
We are glad to know that only one from the
South did. 1t formed another of those
corrupt rings to cheat the people. 1t was
so monstrous and shocking that the Senate
re used even TO consider 1t.
l. b,J t,ta Lo 1ot
end substance Of the bill against which
| Judge Harris wisely voted in the Legisia-
ture during the war, It would have carried
ITS own REPUTATION. Inc date OF the Dill
| as feDIuaFy -, lSo3, Il rev weeks before
! the surrender. Its substance was that the
ATE snoulu issue hef bones Tor one mil
| on dollars, 10 pc pald after the war, those
ponds 70 he sofa For Confederate money,
| md tha5 money TO De sent through the
| Fedefai lines to families OF soldiers in our
'rmy. Judge HarFlS sad what every enc
| NloWS 10 'e 'lu9- tldi t!ui3NoA, e,,efatP
| money was mere worm on y one dn!taf IN
| Eola Tor seventy "ha tIiaG we como nor
men even buy SItcRS WIN IL heiF, much
SIS could s7a3n''es be pure ,'ase4 oe!o"a our
mes, Where oy law IL co'ilu 'ioU c'rculate'
md any man having lt IN ms possession
would have been arrested. e hear5l nm J
T 'd dopa o "' anH Good For these as
,easons he said he voted against it. He
cad a letter from Judpe Kennpy. who
erved with him at the time. saving he dis
tinctly recoliocfed that those were the rea-
'ons Judge Harris gave for voting against
ne DIE ana Judge he1lgE SuaiG1' e i'.Itel
n'O ,yuuSe litii - VoCTt' llo1I Oily ~ sup
n'es tpt s'lulelI l"lilli'eS' So'i7''iiiVS' n0
'lqiI2llI' g1o Ht.tc'S 50; .,, e.. H..
.ocord That 4a had Voted n,mhar Of t1nas
or I've repeal of the salary bill. and that
ne had offered an amendment to reduce it
to s., 600 per annum: and that when the
| 5iIl repeating the law came back from the
3ena{e, ne WAS ut nome WIN SEX chi y
%.o ,r Ind o b;s ,n
tnrn he roea in tha House and said If he
I'D haon nraspnt he W01lld have voted for
the bill.
we nave thns brlehy given the points points N u
,na9e harris sEeei d. d sllaple il@C'e' N VI
T5tice 10 d Iallll Ie't re- We W. ~
~inia and the South, Judge H. has uni
orm y stood by his people. His one get
# Interference for Petersburg has won TOT
nm the regard OF not only the people OF
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Malcolm NA0-S7"i "t'' ''io' III ny f''eo
nen by Jno. hangA, ,gaGeEeepef at t4e
III ,-Ja f en- to force his entrance to the
I ar grounds with knife.
lathe Toneon VIRGINIA Aorionltnra1
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he 7afh inst NE pioinon3 4' 4I1'Ss
Y Fair commenced at CnInenner Va on The
same day.
Hon Daniel +. Lucas, OF West Virginia
elected by the Alumni Association to
'ell yer poem az bne neXG camne4cement
sented N'>''' - i : '-if'' i'''>' '''i--
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lon Tooth weiohino fouT nonnds dno mn On
bnr farm ~i
The Tow Chnrchmen in Abe Illinois dio.
,ese having gotten new evidence on Bisboo
Seynor the new hishon are IRVING tn inset
his election.
At the Cincinnati exposition. card gave
tie fol,owino to1chino but practical infor-
nation eff you try our collins once you
VIII never use any oChers.
| Hon. Jas. II. Platt, has become respon-
| Slple Tor So'UJ TO sussex CO., q, pelng on
trle poalu Vi H. a -, u + fa anhf''' Vie
'ie'''''10i' WIZ 10 ''i'l 'i'F'0 '''lio Ill.,
| Inc Fraha Jury Oh 'oaiG Lake Cl'y mas
| !nolcIeu one OF us own members 1of nav
W. Jefferson Bennett, son of the late
| Governor Bennett of South Carolina. died
atJofdah Alum springs VA recently
Wild pigeons are sabundant i'll Culpepar
| CO., Va, and sportsmen daily kill thous-
anus