Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-11-01

| tu0 uOgTO gallery, Us, SOucUOuy CloO
wants 'em if they could get 'em.) I chal-
lenge any newspaper man OF any other
man to point to any act of mine, public or
private, that compromises my politics. I
want the Republicans here to understand
that wi en- you vote for me, you vote for
Conservative, and one against whom the
finger of suspicion has never been pointed
(Cheers). These newspaper men seek to
convey the impression that have obtain
ed Republican support by ignoble means
that have purchased" it. The charge
is unjust, untrue, insulting! Why, fellow
citizens, I've no money to purchase
anybody. I've hardly money enough to
make my canvass, for 1 havn't got free
tickets on railroads, nor bank. If was
| a bank president, or had salary OF $4,000
a year, they might talk about buying votes.
THE speaker here gave an account OF the
difficulties he mad to contend with in pow
erty1. No! These colnred people like me
because when | was Commemorative At
torney they knew would preach a white
mans funeral as soon as black mans.
wild cheering in the negro gallery They
/ know that fought for their rights in the
legislature, in trying to save the public
schools. (Cneers in the negro gallery. l
have been trying to educate those Repub-
| licans Tor ten years to vote for Conserva-
tive and thank God they have learned it at
last (Applause). These colored men re-
member that Harris, in his canvass with
| O'Ferrall, said al Harrisonburg that if his
election had to be done by negroes and
scalIawags, he didn It. want it at all. This
statement was loudly cheered by the white
portion OF the audience. These people
remember that yet. (Cries in the colored
gallery OF dat they do).'' That is the
reason that while the Republican organ
here and Judge Rves and Capt Lurty OPP
pose my election now the majority of
their body will support me. If after
this statement the newspaper men choose
to repeat their assertions about the color
ed vote they can make the most Of it.
Capt. Paul said he relied on the readjus
ters Of the district for his election. His
observation during the canvass had shown
HIM that while he and Harris were alone
in the field, all the funders were for Har-
ris, and now Echols Was out the flinders
were divided, between Echols and Harris
None of them except here and there one or
two on solely personal grounds were for
Paul. He then went into Echol's record and
defed any man to show anything in that
h i'm,
lCheers). He then gave his own record as
readjuster which was received with ap-
plause.
Gen. Echols then m ade his address with
quiet, dignified yet forcible delivery
benefitting the only address of the Occa-
sion which was worthy of being delivered
to thoughtful men, and not gotten up to
catch popular applause at the expense Of
the popular good. The audience, who, ey-
identity had come more for fun than in
struction, at first took little interest in it,
but the manner and the matter of the
speech won upon them until they discard
ed their buffoonery and listened with re-
spectful and often Wrapt attention.
In Gen. Echols speech he read an extract
from pamphlet by Auditor Taylor On the
alleged ''perversion" as it is called Of the
school fund. Mr.. Taylor shows that when
the taxes are paid in coupons it is lmpossl-
BILE that he shall pay the school fund its
share in money and that as long as the
coupons are receivable there is no way to
pay the school fund but to raise the taxes
and SO have an overplus of money come
in. Gen. Echols demanded Of Messrs.
Harris and Paul as they were such friends
of the public schools. would they raise the
taxes for this purpose. Neither would
give an asserting answer, whereupon Gen.
Echols said he would and the assertion
was received with loud applause.
At the close of the hour speeches, the
candidates agreed to have no replies and
the meeting adjourned, Judge Harris
crying out to the.audience, "Come and see
me in Washington
SERENADED BY THE COLORED PEOPLE.
Monday night Capt. Paul was serenaded
at the Virginia Hotel by some negroes
headed by a negro band. He made brief
address to them promising to represent all
his constituents faithfully, white Oh black
if he was sent to congress. He said his
record as . Conservative was as white as
any mans living and if his hearers voted
for him they voted fora Conservative.
CHANGE IN THE FIELD.
Since all the foregoing was written
Tuesday,, Gen John Echols has with
drawn from the canvass. This will in
crease Paul's strength in the towns and
Harris strength in the counties.
THE VALLEI RAILROAD MEETING