Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-10-27
with John Wise's signature.

WILL JOuu w 100 . Dig ASouAS'
WHAT JOHN THOUGHT OF RIDDLE
BERGER.
Before the election of U. ,. senator,
John Wise came to me and SAID 'dave
you seen these reports of interviews WIFI
Malone in the northern papers ABOUT the
Senatorship? 1t is an outrage. why Rid
dleberger was drunk half the time while
he was candidate for Sergeant-a5-arms OF
the U. s. Senate. I'm going TO try TO gee the
Senatorship, and if 1 find that can't. nay
friends will go for you" That very even
ing saw John Wise in conference with
Malone and Brady-leaders of the white
and black wings of the Malone party
Wise then withdrew and began to cleo
tioneer for Riddleberger. He came to me
afterwards and said you must think this
strange after what said to you." re-
piled Eyes. but not after heard the rea-
sons, which 1 tell you frankly-Uhat you
on the Court of Appeals, that you should
have Lewis District Attorneyship. and
that you should afterwards be Governor
of the State" Wise turned off without a
word of reply.
At Floyd G. Fl. Mr.. Winston. Re-
publican, asked John Wise who Was the
best Democrat, he or Massey and Wise re-
piled, "Why. Pm no Democrat, Massey is
a wool-dyed Democrat. I am Stalwart
Republican"
1nhD WJSl cfortod in ho
apparently very anxious to find me. Now
your chance of finding man depends very
much on where you go to look for him. It
a man seeks me among street brawler5, OR
duelists, or in drinking saloons, or gamb-
ling bells. or at dog shows, he is not very
likely to find me. I said this in public
speech and when Johnny read it he wasn't
so anxious to meet me. You see my COM
pany wasn't his company.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE TAX
MUST GO.
After showing how ''Arthur was for us''
in vetolng the bill giving Virginia $685.
900, the largest appropriation she ever had,
and also how Malone and Paul after vot
lily lOl Uuc JILL UdChCu uOWl UuO WOlu
of Arthur and refused to vote to pass it
over his veto. Mr.. Massey went into the
Internal Revenue tax. He said it was an
abomination that must go. He didn't use
either tobacco or whiskey, but that was
no reason why he should consent to op
pressive taxation on people following a
legitimate business. When he got to Con-
gress he didn't propose to leave a grease
spot Of the internal revenue tax, and he
intended to take off the tax on tobacco
ginia. OF the matter of local option he
stood this way: If man wants his julep or
his teddy, our Democracy won't interfere
with his taking 1t. If people wanted
spirits sold at their place he didn It propose
that other people should come there and
say they should not, and if they didn't
want it nobody should go there and say
they should have it.
HOW VIRGINIA LEGISLATORS ARE
BOUND.
Mr.. Massey produced the original of the
caucus pledge sent to Judge Lybrook to be
signed. It was sent before he took his
seat in the legislature, and was sent by
sub-boss 'Fernald." collector of U. S In
ternal Revenue at Danville By direction of
Gen. Malone.
HOW THE AUGUSTA MAHONEITES USED
TO LOVE THE PARSON.
When 1 spoke at Staunton for Readjust-
ment two years ago, a series of resolutions
were introduced. 50 fulsome that hung
my head while they were being read. AT
ter the adjournment, the aut hor of them
came to me and SAID, 81 heard some one
say that you didn It like them" I said 1
thought they laid it on a little too thick,
and he replied ; ''They contained nothing
more than my real sentiments and those
of the people" And now, said Mr.. Mas
sey, now; we'll, it is the story of the rab-
oft that got away, ''Tain't nothing but
po' old h-yar anyhow" Great Laughter.
JOHN PAUL's FATE.
Mr.. Massey said John Paul was going to
be martyr. He would never see Con-
gress again, but if Malone amt fooling
John like all the rest, he may have a hope
of Judge Rives' shoes.
A DEMOCRAT.
II am Democrat" said Mr.. Massey ION
principle. l believe in a government o.
the people, for the people, by the people
[ was Democrat when l was fighting for
the REIMBURSEMENT of the State debt, and
that being settled, am still Democrat
and with the National Democracy"
THE NOVEMBER LINE.
Mr.. Massey concluded by an enthusiast
tic description of the result of the Novem-
Der election, with Virginia in the great
Democratic line:
New York,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Virginia,
Indiana,
and closed amid great cheering.
COL. JAMES H. SKINNER
in view of the lateness of the hour de-
clined addressing the audience at length,
but made SURFING five minutes speech,
urging the people of Augusta to acork,
WORK, WORK, from now till election
night. If his hearers only followed his
advice, he said, he would consider he had
made the best speech made there to-day.
ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS the an.
nual meeting of the Augusta County Ag-
ricultural Fair Association Messrs. A. M.
Bowman. President; G. Julian Pratt, Sec
Rotary, and John M. Carroll, Treasurer,
were unanimously reelected. The follow
ing Directors were elected-Col. A. W.
Hartman and Capt. G. Julian Pratt for the
term ending June 50th, 1898, and A. A.
Sproul and M. Fillmore Gilkeson for the