Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-08-19

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Senator 10. 10 voted for it. He voted for
it though it put eighteen million more on
the State than she owed, changed curren-
cy to gold, perpetuatsd the coupon fea-
ture ami put the burden on the farmer the
landholder and the laborer. This fight is
on that bill. The bird may change its plu
mage and the animal its skin but it is still
the same. [Applause]. 1t IS the same old
coon with all the rings around his tail, lap
plause and cries of ''give it to him. You
would have been burdened by it for forty
| five years if it had not been buried. He
had understood Mai. Daniel to say that he
was not favorable to the McCulloch bill
but had accepted 1t as the expressed will OF
the people. That equally applied to the
Barbour bill which was also the expressed
will of the people and he ought to have
given that his support. 1t had a m jority
of the elected representatives OF the people
and so did the Riddleber or bill, hut Meth
er of them appealed to Daniel, fer they did
not come clothed in the brokers' garb
Col. Cameron eli:ited rounds Of applau<.
votes cast by Maj. Daniel Oh the Nc I'LL
loch pill, reading --"Baker, Belts Daniel"
A voice frequently helped hi:h with thu
cry of Good bye Daniel The advocates
of the McCulloch bill seemed to him, be
said, as if their only business in the legisla-
ture was to stand up for the bondholders
Daniel carried it 80 far that he voted
against the bill to exempt the school tax
from the operations Of the 'cut worm"
coupon. The Readjusters in that fight
made the fight for the people and though
the Funders were backed by the brokers
and Hayes Fraudulent administration
they swept it off. loud and continued
applause.] Now when my competitor
reads you pre sently what wrote fourteen
years ago, make him say whether he is for
the provisions OF that bill now or whether
he has gone back on them.
The speaker then paid his respects to the
platform of the Democratic August Con-
vention saying to Maj. Daniel "Lend me
your platform
A voice-Major, give it to him ''oficial-
ly!"
THE SAME OLD COON.
Col. Cameron said the Readjusters &C
knowledged that they we're the ''same old
coon," and that they were making the
same old fight, they thought the debt was
$40 900 900 and made way to pay it, but
how do their opponents meet the question?
In the Democratic platform the Virginia
peacock has folded his tail and like GER
| tain other bird hid his head in the sand.
[Great laughter.l it is a platform on
| which Fuuder and James Barbour, the
| first forcible Readjuster, can meet. There's
coalition" for you! [Laughter.] Here
Mr.. Cameron pictured Maj. Daniel but
| toning up his coat in his military stvle and
| falling in behind Ross Hamilton on the
| debt question, picture that was received
| with great mirth. The Democrats,
said he, say in their platform that they
will pay per cent. If we are as rich as
they say we are why make it only 8 per.
cent? Applause.] If that is Democracy
don't want any more Of it. Applause
He was born Democrat and loved and
revered democratic principles. but if de-
mocracy is going to lead me to take oath
| to what believe is not so. want none
Of it.
| Col. Cameron then discussed the capita
tion tax. He said he wanted a free ballot
as we promised there should be when the
want a tax on the vote and no
| tax on the bond.He did not dwell
long on this subject, but passed on to ex-
anime the Petersburg speech of Maj. Dan
iel, in which that gentleman had protested
against the government shifting tax to
the shoulders of the people, and yet he
turned right around and voted to do that
very thing. He compared his own record
| for consistency with that of Maj. Daniel,
and said that he went with Readjusters
in 1877, and nevered since wavered in it.
eff" said Col. g., 81 was like Moffett or
Allen, might be the nominee instead Ma
jor Daniel. [Applause.] There is no De-
mocracy in any man or party who are
afraid to trust the people of Virginia. D
[Cheers.] The Funder party has always
refus to submit their legislation to the
people, and Maj. Daniel voted that way.
CHANGING THE COURT.
If we don't get the Supreme Court there
can't be any Readjustment for twelve
years. They cry out about our changing
the court; what sort of Judges will they
elect if they get the legislature? We got
it in 10. and we elected several Funder
Judees-tbe only party that ever did elect
men opposed to them in politics. We
won't elect any Funder Judges though,
to the Court of Appeals. 1 have my opin-
ion of the law and Judge has his.
| Maj Daniels Reply.
After an Introductory remark or two
Mai. Daniel said his friend Col. Cameron
had said that this was the same fight OF
1879 and that the Readjuster party was
tho "same old coon' making the fight
over again. Yes it is the same old coon
and very small coon that, last year got
stripes on its bare back. [Great cheering
and laughter.l At that time it didn't have
head or tail or if it did you couldn't tell
which was which. Laughter and cheers.
make the same speech everywhere, but
Col. Cameron has forgotten to tell you
what he told the colored men in Peters.
burg that he relied On them for his election.
[Great cheering by the Democrats.] It
may be we'll to have one picture to hold up
In Washington and another to hold up in
Rockingham. [Cheers.l The great leader
of their party has said that the debt ques-
ton is now secondary question.
Col. Cameron challenge the proof