Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-09-01
o,FERRALL AND PAUL.

GREAT CROWD AND GREATER CONFU.
sIoN-PAUL MEETS his MATCH AND is
REAT AT HIS OWN GANE-ROCKINGHAA
IN THE FIELD-AUGUsTAA AND sTAUN-
TON RALLY AND THE DEMOCRACY WINS
THE DAY.
Early Monday morning, though it was
damp dirty day, the people began to pour
into the town from every direction, the
crowd being an unusually large one on
account of the appointed discussion be-
tween O'Ferrall and Paul, the congress
slonal candidates from this district. The
train from down the Valley brought two
or three hundred people and shortly after
it arrived gentleman from the county
heard one of them say in barber shop
that they had brought down from Shenan-
doah and Rockingham two hundred and
fifty Paul men, that they meant to occupy
the Court House with the help of the Au-
gusta Keadjusters and VIII oop their man
through and let it 60 out to the people
that Augusta was for Paul. After events
his boast Was not carried out, and there
was the explanation of the indecorous and
undigni6ed scenes which exceeded any
thing of the kind we have ever seen in this
city before.
At the hour named Col. O'Ferrall came
in and was received with cheers. Shortly
after Capt. Paul appeared. A negro in
the gallery cried there he ISL and then
another portion of the crowd cheered and
tried to halloo louder than the first. Then
the terms of discussion we're announced by
Capt. Jas. Bumgardner, Chairman of the
County Executive Committee. who briefly
introduced Col. Chas. T. O'Ferrall as thu
regular nominee Of the Democratic party
Ia this congressional district. Col. OFFER
rail- was to open in speech of an hour
and a half, Capt. Paul to reply in the same
time and each have twenty minutes for
rejoinder, Paul closing.
Col. O'Ferrall said he was glad to have
an opportunity of standing before the
the grand Democratic party. He vas
proud to be their standard-bearer, in this
great contest and as long as tnat banner
was in his keeping it should never trail in
deliberate view Of the political situation
in this campaign. Not since 1869 had the
people of Virginia been engaged in 50 i'm
portant contest. He reviewed the cam
paign of 1869, when Wells headed the Re-
.publicans and the Democracy rallied to
Gilbert G. Walker and overwhelmed them;
of 1878, when Robert W. Hughes led the
Republican forces, and the old Democracy
under Kemper buried them under 10000
majority of 1876 when another forty
thousand was rolled up for Samuel J. Til
den, and when the distinguished gentle
man present was heard every where
through the Tenth Leg ion exhorting the
Democracy and leading them to victory
over the Republicans. At a torch light
procession soon after the election in
to to say if Tilden was not elected, and
rolling up his sleeves in his peculiar style,
he said ~ es, he is, and by the gods we
will put him in whether or no. And now
that gentleman will not speak out boldly
and say he is a Republican as all his pub
lie acts show him to be, but says II am an
Arthur administration man," yes, fol-
lower and supporter Of Arthur-a stall
wart among Republicans. Here great
uproar arose. There were cries of Bah
Pshaw! All Hurrah for Paul Put him
out. And for several moments the crowd
OF Paul men around the stand yelled and
hooted so that Col. O'Ferrall could not be
heard. In lull he was heard to say,
''your man is here to speak for himself
when BALKAN is away his asses may bray
Another yell and some more hooting. The
speaker said he cared nothing for those
claquers from Rockingham, he knewthem
Photograph them here to day and 60 down
to Harrisonburg tomorrow and photo
hraph again and you will find them the
same men.
What virtue was there in Arthur that
the gentleman had left the Democratic
party for him. What had he done for the
South. 1t was Guiteau' s bullet that made
him and it was the spirit of Guiteau thai
was actuating some of these people now
another uproar-more yells. The speaker
stopped and pointing to noisy man il
front of him who had been particularly
troublesome, said very emphatically
Nov DIR. Points, do you just keep you
mouth shut, am tired OF this" Col
O'Ferrall then proposed to Capt. Paul tt
80 to the Opera House where they coul(
have better order. Capt. p. said he hat
nothing to do with the arrangements. bu
hoped his friends would listen to the gen
tIeman. The speaker said he wanted l
understood that he intended to stand Their
and have bis hour and half if it took hin
until shutdown and did not intend to b.
broken in upon in that way.
Several yOices-ssAnd we will stand BY
you"
In 1880 he asked the gentleman in dis
cussion at Parnassus what he was. HI
said then. Was born a Democrat, hav
lived Democrat and will die Democrat
and now in 1882 he is undertaking to Cal
ry bis Democratic friends into the Rvpab
liean party-LaughJer and applause. IL
was asked at that time with what part,
he would act if elected? He said 'witl
the Democratic party" but he has voted
with the Republican rarty all the time
cloud appiausel. He wanted the distin
guished gentleman to tell him what hat
been the cause of this change? What ha(
Arthur done to recommend himself to tn,
Democrats of Virginia? His party hat
impoverished North and South Carolina
had disabled Florida. had ground Georgl;
and Alabama into the dust and now wan
ted to capture Virginia and divide tai
spoiis. (Applause). He then referred tt
the Tebb's bill. Who defeated that
Volcss-John Paul, Malone, Bah-Pu
him out.
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