Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-05-02
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RICHMOND, April Goth, 1877.
NEssRs. EDITORS -

As an old friend
of the Herald and an observer of things
around here generally perhaps a few
lines occasionally mayn not be entirely
devoid of interest to you Or to your
readers. There Is but little news of
general interest Of which you have not
been already informed. The war in
Europe between the Russians and the
Turks, tat present., the advancing price
of grain, the conciliatory and truly
national nom sectional policy of Presi-
dent Hayes, the still continuing de-
preston Of business, all this has been
told your readers already, but have
still to notice in your generally interest
ing columns any lively or decided part
in our approaching gubernatorial con-
test, and while perhaps you think, the
time to be far off yet, all the papers in
this section already have their favorites
on the track and in lively training. The
early bird, you know catches the worm!
Now mean to say, if the Valley will
just bring their man boldly to the front
and stand to him and by him, they have
the best chance. You surely have no
reason to hold him back, for Col.
Holiday is second to no man in the
State, and he Is SO admitted by all the
partizans Of the candidates. But they
build their hopes for the success Of their
candidate upon your nonagreements
among yourselves. They say the Valley
will not be solid for him, he will have a
very good vote on first ballot, given
him partly by the Valley and other
sections of the State, but thereafter his
support will scatter. Now would adj
wise you not to wait, but to go to work
at sonce earnestly and tremendously,
concentrate upon your man and when
the convention meets, present your
claims in such force as will rally others
to you in case of no success on first
ballots. You then have or need no
compromising alliances and have NO
bitter animosities to overcome which I
am sorry to see cropping out in the cases
ofsome Of the aspirants, unfortunate
and, as think, unjust as they are,
particularly strong in these ..parts,
should at this time be banished !; for
while perhaps as Railroad president the
gentleman may have seen proper toll
pursue policy, not in accord with the
views Of some people yet think there
a great many things for which our party
and the State should feel themselves
under obligations. The Valley II
believe shares with perhaps individual
exceptions none of this feeling but the
more should they labor for and unite
upon their man, as they can come into
the convention, prejudiced against no
man and may consequently expect
support from others. 1 suppose your
people have not as yet been presented
with DR.. Moffett's great invention, the |
Punch, bnt here your have it on exhi-
bition now at the. Auditors Office and
hear of it all day. The whisky men
will move heaven and earth to make it
and now despairing ofa
favorable decision by the Court of Ap-i
peals, they will tryto have the Patent
on it refused by the Commissioner in
Washington, where they have able
counsel engaged. Your county during
the last session of the Legislature, has
been we'll and ably represented and the
people will surely consult not only their
own interests in returning the same
gentlemen who so well and faithfully
attended to their duties. We expect to
have quite lively time here as con-
siderable dissatisfaction has been ex-
pressed here with the course Of our late
representatives. However one cannot
please everybody. Our 2. NJ. still holds
the fort and no telling who will be the
successful one, should however the
President consult the wishes of our
business men and the respectable COM
munity, she would not long enjoy this
sinecure. time will tell.
Truly yours, W.