Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-11-01


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Hon. D. 8. Hsnksl, Of Shenandoah, the an.
thor Of what 10 known - the HsnkN Bill, dc.
liversd An earnest and forcible speech bsforl
the Conservative Democratic Club OF staun.
ton on last Tuesday night. He discussed the
Riddlebergsr Bill. and argued that it. II evel
1t should become law, would result in thu
rupudiation Of the debt. the destruction o.
the public schools, or the destruction of tht
government.
When he supposed that the Rsadjuster party
was striving for the settlement Of the Stats
debt. he was Readjuster; but when he found
that It was not the purpose Of that party te
have the debt question settled. but to unite
with the Republicans to defeat and destroy the
Democratic party. he withdrew from the Read.
juster party and took his position in the ranks
Of the Democratic party, whore every true son
Of Virginia should be found.
He gave the history Of the Hsnksl Bill, o.
which he il the author, and showed that 1t wa
the Democrats and not the Readjusters who
were the true friends Of the public schools
The Committee Of Finance contained . major.
ity Of Rsadjustsrs upon 1t, and he could moi
get that committee to report his Bill. Though
urged time and again to report 1t, they would
net do 10. and for two months he tried In vain
to get them to report it. He became impatient
1t the delay. or rather refusal, and whom asked
for the reason why they refused to report It,
Lewis q. Harvie, member Of the COMMITTEES
and . prominent Rsadjustsr. replied, that II
that Bill should become law, It would re.
suit in the destruction Of the Rsadjustsr
party. He then took his Bill to the Senate
chamber, whore he met John W. Daniel and
atI "a,
what they could to have the Bill passed that
the public schools might be sustained, and
they did 10.
Daniel had done more for the public schools
than any one man In the State. Whilst the
Democrats were passing that Blu in the Senate.
Paul. Massey. Fulkerson, and other Rsadjust-
sf5 were In Mozart Haff 6rming an alliance
With Republicans for the dsstructien q the
Democratic party. Whom the Bill reached the
House Of Delegates, Mr.. Harvie moved to re-
fer to the committee, which motion was de-
fsatsd, after which It was passed unanimously,
not ono Of the Keadjdsters who had been OPP
posing 1t. and trying to smother 1t in the com.
nnittss. having the moral courage to vots
against It. sN a9,
He showed nom the Auditors report that
highest amount that the Readjustsrs claimed
they were entitled to receive.
He said that neither the question Of the debt,
nor that Of the public schools. was the true
issue in this canvass, but It was, whether few
whites united with the negroes were to COL troll
this State or whether It should be governed BY
the white psople-whsther, Republicans or
Democrats should rule ~ 81 M#g
Aahops was Republican, and the Read
justsrs were Republicans. because they en-
dorsed the Republication Of Malone.
Al the conclusion of Mr.. Hsnkel's speech, in
response to calls, Major Marshall Hanger. who
presided over the Club In the absence Of the
President, made q few remarks in which he
urged the duty upon all Democrats to vote in
this election-that the result in the State
might depend upon the vote OF this county.
He stated that he had just received . letter
from the Club in Richmond, saying that the
news from the Southwest and the Eastern
shore was Of an encouraging character.
In response to calls. Meade F. White made .
brief, but pointed speech. in which he showed
that the Readjuster party ~ now controlled was
leading en- to social equality and intermarriage
Of the whites and negroes. rs 10 now the case
In Iowa and other States, whore the parents
cannot prevent their daughters rom marrying
negroes, - the law gives them the right to do
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KINNEY.-In Staunton, on Oct. Goth, OF con-
sumption, James W. kinney. aged "a years,
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80. ..s 1870 80, =. 100,
out Of their sight darling son and now again