Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-08-18
Hon. Henry G. Allen.

Tie nomination Of Judge H. c. Allen
as the Conservative Democratic Nomi-
nee.for Congress, BY the Stanton
Convention met with the warm appro-
val and hearty endorsement of the peo-
ple OF Shenandoah. Judge Allen is a
tue Democrat. He is the first choice
Of a large number of Democrats OF this
Confessional district. He did not
seek the honor, but the Office has sought
him and the people will ratify by their
votes the action of the Convention.
He was serenaded by travels Cor
net Band, last Friday night and in re-
Spouse 10 the call of the crowd, Judge
Allen said:
THAT unexpected to himself the posi-
ton Of standard bearer of the democra-
tic party Of the 18th Congressional Dis
trict had been assigned to him, that be
had not sought the place, not that he
feared defeat, but because there were
others in the district ADLER and more
meritorious. He SAID that since he hat
been selected he would spare no effor
10 achieve success. He thanked the
people Of Shenandoah for their uniform
kindness in the past. He then went or
TO say that he stood squarely on tht
democratic platform adopted by the con
yention that nominated Hancock, the
first platform of the democratic princi'
ples he had seen for years. He said ht
would not attempt to discuss the plat
form fully at this time, but would brief
" speak Of some Of its leading doc
trlnes. Opposition to centralizatlonisn
was one OF the cardinal doctrines OF th'
democratic faith. In the language o
Mr.. Madison the obvious tendency and
inevitable result OF consolidation Of
the States into one sovereignty would
be to transform the republican system
Of the United States into a monarchy
He said the Cincinnati platform de
clares IN favor of free ballot as thu
right preservativc of all rights. A free
ballot uncontrolled by bayonets
Democrats wanted no marshals, NJ
federal officials at The polls. A fret
ballot did not mean however the aboh
ton Of that provision ofthe State Con
stituiion which required in Virginia
the payment Of a mans head tax t.
entitle him to vote. 1t means ant
can only mean that every man who i
qualified under the law to exercise th'
right of suffrage shall be permitted t
cast his vote as be sees fit without, lie
or hndrance. He said that one OF th'
most important declarations in the plat
form is that in favor Of honest money
cold and silver and paper convertible
into coin on demand. Democrats dl'
not want fiat money. They were no
IN favor ofirrcdeemable currency. TheI
don't want to see three Thousand
millions Of fiat dollar. issued and put il
circulation at once, as was advocated
here two years ago. No greater curs'
can befall a country than an unboun'
currency. Democrats want a currency
for the laborlng man. so that when h
gets his dollar a day he will have dol
lar to buy at a sound price one dollars
worth Of supplies for his family. They
want stable and unndctuatlng curren.
cy for the mechanic, for the farmer, fol
men in all the walks Of legitimate trade
and business, not currency for the
speculator and stocksgambler Of the
gold rooms Of Wall Street. They want
the kind ofmoney that Thomas jeff
son, the father OF democracy, advocated,
the kind of money that Andrew Jackson
was in favor Of. He said that the re-
turn ofprosperity which seemed to be
now assured would bring us an abun-
dance OF good money, and that the
nostrums gottcn.up b. quacks in finance
were like patent medicines, while the
opiates they contained brought temper
ary and transient relief from pain, in
the end they always proved disastrous
to the system. In conclusion Judge
Allen briefly alluded to the divisions
10 the democratic ranks in Virginia, and
counselled policy Of peace and har-
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