The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-05-30
POLITICAL NOTES.

COLD COMFORT FOR THE REvoLUT1oNIsTs.
The Washington Star of the 9th furnish
es the following rather cold comfort for the
Revolutionists, who, through the adoption
Of the Potter resolution, are seeking to
plunge the country into anarchy:
Since the announcement of the commit-
tee, there has been an examination of some
of the af1idavlts which the ex.Special Post
Office Agent Morton and Congressman Fin
ley, of Ohio, and Springer, of ILL.,, have col
lated. 1t is said that they do not pan out
nearly so well as has been proclaimed, and
Morton has been sent post haste to Florida
to get some sitter material. 1t is given out
that he has gone to his home in Syracuse,
but the truth is alleged to be that he is in
Florida hunting up evidences of fraud.
Yesterday Chairman Potter went over to
the Senate for the first time since he offered
his resolution, to consult with Senators. A
prominent eastern democrat told him that
he thought the time for him to come for
such consultation was before he had gotten
neck deep in the business. Potter asked
the same Senator what he thought OF the adj
visibility OF reimbursement of his resolu
ton by the national democratic committee.
and the reply was that the committee had
Us
as with the final adjournment of Congress.
The Senators generally think that the agi-
tation Of the Presidential question is a mis-
take.
Hon. Carter Harrison, anti-Revolution
Democratic member of Congress, says tina
he has made canvass of the House, and
finds 102 democratic members opposed to the
Investigation, which goes to show that had
they not been whipped in under the dicta-
ton Of caucus the resolution would have
failed.
The VERMONT REP UBL1CAN CoNvEN-
TIoN on the Oath nominated Col. Redfield
Proctor for governor, E. P. Cotton for lieu
tenant governor, and John A. Page for
treasurer. The conve ntion declared in its
platform THAT the motives and general
course of the administration of President
Hayes have our hearty appreciation; and,
although difference as to policy may exist,
we rejoice in the belief that both the exc
cutive and the republicans in congress are
disposed to suffer no divisions, but, on the
contrary, to observe the excellent precept,
SIN essentials unity; in non-essentials lib
erty; in all things charity" That Welcom-
ing truth and shrinking not from investiga-
CiOH, we yet COuueInn as uHIalf, uncalleQ
for, and revolutionary the measure OF the
democratic House of Representatives to in
vestigate part only of the facts pertain
ing to the Presidential election, and consid-
er that all efforts to reopen a question OF
such magnitude after it has once been law
fully, and as we believe, justly closed, are
detrimental to the prosperity and perilous
to the peace of the country, deserving the
of all good citizens.'
THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC Con-
at Pittsburg on the oath, nominat-
ed Andrew Fl. Dill. of Union county, forGov.,
and Ii. r. Ross, of Montgomery county, for
Supreme Judge. The platform opposes con-
traction and declares that legal tenders
should be reissued as fast as received; con-
dennis the national banking system, declares
for high tariff, and denounces the repub-
lican administration OF the nation, and OF
the State of Pennsylvania.
What will the Southern Democrats, who
favor free trade, think of this declaration
from the Keystone State Democracy on the
tariff question?