The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-11-16

ash lnSt0n, runaOr is rue CnaJ There are
soon to be important Cabinet changes. Be /!
this as it may, We doubt very much wheth- |
er anything the President has said, is au-
thority for the statement.
Mr.. George Rosen, residing near the poor
house, in this county, has shown us bunch
of raspberries, taken from vine in his gar
den during the month of November. 1t is
doubtless second growth for this year, some
thing remarkable with that species of fruit
Virginia will have eight votes in the next
Congress for protection to home Industries
six in the lower House and two in the
Senate. Bourbonism will have four for free
trade. And yet it is not called victory
over Bourbonism.
Judge Hughes, of the United States Dis
trict Court, in Chambers at Richmond has rem
dered decree in the Hot Springs case, invol-
wing the interest ofS C. Tardy in the prop
erty, being seven-eighths thereof The decree
orders the sale of the property by commits
sioners in Richmond, The property is located
in Bath county, Va.
"Hail! Thame ofCawdor, and King that shall
be-" is the salute Gen. Pryor. sends to Gov
ernor ELECT Ben. Butler OF Ma ssachusetts- -Gen
Pryors law partner. The Interpreted ion OF
which is. Governor of Massachusetts in 1883,
and Democratic nominee for the Presidency
in 1884. That is something for the Democra-
cy to think about.
The Young Mems Democratic Re form
Club of Boston have already brought out
the name of Gen, B. F. Butler for the
Presidential nomination in 1884. 1t is sur
missed that the General intends to force
himself on the Democratic party, and TO
that end the Greenbackers and prohibition
lists of the East are to form reserve force
to aid in his election after TIE Democracy
have minated him. r
Frank James, the noted Missouri high
wayman, is in johnson county jail. His
cell has been converted into a regular
drawing room, where he receives his visitors
like prince. The young ladies send him
boqnets, the young men sing his praises.
and all pay homage 10 the red-haDded MUIR
derer, whose tragic life seems 10 have faci-
mating influence on all classes of Western
society.
In view of the threat that Col O'Ferrall in
tends to contest the seat of Capt. Paul in the
49th Congress, and the verbal statement OF
Col. O'Ferrall to Capt. Paul that such were
his intentions, we urge upon the judges and
supervisors at each precinct in the county to
note down all the irregularities OF whatever
kind that came under their notice on election
day, and communicate with the Chairman OF
the Liberal County Committee. This may be
important, and should not be neglected
The fact that kilograms were sent from Har-
risonburg to several of the counties OF the
district to throw out enough Panl precincts tc
give O'Ferrall a majority in the returns-thus
making for him prima facie case, on which
to contests clear proof that a plot was
formed to defraud the people of the district
out of their choice. If the fair thing were
what was desired, the officers of each county
would have been left to do their duty without
interference and to be governed by the equl
ties and law in each case, without regard tl
whom it helped or hurt Mr.. Kelley exposed
the whole game when he issued his foolish
card, calling upon the party leaders in each
county to come TO his aid, i'll the raids he pro-
poses to make upon Congressional seats.
A special telegram from stanton to the
Baltimore Sun, referring to the protest OF
E. Craig, Chairman of the Liberal County
Committee, against counting the vote OF Au
gusta county, says, That Congressman Pau
was here himself, with Harrisonburg attor
ney directing the move" This is only true
in part Capt Paul arrived in Staunton or
Monday on his return from Richmond. There
was no HarrisonbArg attorney with him, uol
did Mr.. Paul have anything to do with pre-
pairing the protest or directing the move"
The Liberals ofAugusta county, learning that
the Bourbons were plotting to cheat Capt
Paul out of his seat and the people out of theil
votes upon the flimsiest technical grounds
determined to meet them at the threshold
and show that they had strong legal reasons
to offset their partzan trickery. Those who
are engaged in this base conspiracy to deprive
the Liberals of the fruits of their victory will
regret the part they are taking in it. Expo
sure will come and with an emphasis that will
forbid concea lment or tender consideration OF
persons
The discomfitted and demoralized Bourbons
are seeking consolation in sending broadcast
over the country the statement that the Lib
erals perpetrated frauds in the recent election
to assure their success. They accompany
this fasehood with the buster that they in
tend to contest the seats of John s. Wise,
Paul and Mayo. This is done to break the
force of the popular condemnation they have
received and to create false impression
abroad. 1t will expose an interesting condi-
ton of things in Virginia, if they should at
tempt to carry their threat into practice. I'm
til 1877, when the BouIbons were first de-
feated, there had not been fair election
since the war. The tissue ballot was invent
ed in Virginia, and ballot-box stuffing and
force and fraud of all kinds were resorted to
for the purpose of assuring Bourbon supre-
macy. The contest between Gale and Brady
in the Portsmouth Senatorial District and
between MCKNIGHT ana JOnuS0n IN tne Rlcn-
mond Senatorial District, illustrated the
methods practiced in every State election, by
which the popular will was defeated through
the foulest frauds. The smashing of the bal
lot-box in the city of Richmond by which
Chahoon was defrauded out of the mayoralty
was most too violent and rough to bear rep
etition, and the equally effective method OF
sugar-kiss ballots was substituted. For the
party which perpetrated and proftted by
these rascalities to charge fraud upon any
other party Is the sublimity of impudence.
When the contest comes, if come it should,
the Liberals will be ready for it, and the Sc
aaei will show where the frauds were and
who committed them.
A Congressman'S Revenge.
CHARLoTTEsvILLE, Va, Nov. 12-Mr. Dfb-
BILE, the Democratic Congressman from South
Carolina who was unseated at the last session
by the Republicans of the House, has sent the
following sarcastic greeting to John Paul, the
Malone Congressman who was reelected in
the Seventh Viroinia District ON TueSdaV nv