The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-12-14
The business of the country demands a SET

THURSDAY, DECEMBER II. 1882,
The business Of the country demands set
tied tariff and internal revenue policy. 1t is
in the power of Congress to give it. VIII
they do it If not, there will be settlement
at the ballot box
Leigh Wilson, who figured prominently in
the late Gubernatorial election in this State
in connection with the Blair forged letter,
was killed in house of i'll fame at George
town, Ky, on the 10Th
The Egyptian muddle has settled down to
all English protectorate, substantially. Eng
land will hold Egypt, on one pretext or an
other, and eventually own it, whether it
pleases the other great powers or not. That
is the indemnity she is looking after.
1t looks row like bankrupt law won Id
be passed by Congress. The Senate has
gone to active work, and has under consid-
GRAFTON Mr.. Ingalls, bill, while a number OF
Senators favor the Lowell bill. The bust
ness interests of the country demand ju-
diciously framed bankrupt law
In the Senate on Monday last, by vote
of "a to 80, the Lowell Bankrupt bill was
substituted for the bill of the Judiciary Com
mittee and then referred to that committee
This is not favorable indication for the
passage of the bill at this session, although
the generally expressed desire that a bank
p1zx1fl Law tazp ootp OF iptn
tte committee to report early.
The average Democratic mind is disturbed
about the next Speakership of the House Of
Representatives and the next Presidency
There are numerous candidates for the for
mer place, and few names are being sug.
gested for the latter. What lively time il
would be with stringent civil service Law
in operation, were that party to succeed to
control of the government in 1854,
Hon. Geo. D. Wise has introduced resolu
ton in Congress, asking for inform alton a:
to how many deputies in the internal reye
nue. department were appointed so days pre-
yious to the 9TH of Nov, by whom recon-
mended, their pay, and whether they are now
performing duty. MIR. Wise is still somewhat
dazed by the result of the recent Virgins
election, but if he lives long enough he viii
become used to just such verdcts of the PEG
pie.
The action of the Hastings Court o.
Richmond, in the case of Auditor Allen
and especially the partizan spirit mani
tested by Judge Christian is too Transparent
to require exposure. 1t is an attempt te
draw attention from the exhibits being
made in the Federal court, at that place, OF
Bourbon frauds and forgery, in the hope Of
escaping from the consequences thereof
The sequel will show that Aud itor Allen
has done nothing illegal-that the prosecu
tlons are nothing but prosecutions, viii lie
the real criminals are in the hands of Fed
eral courts where they will have full jus
tice melted out to them
The Wing says that in the recent election
John S: Wise carried e. counties out of 100
and Massey 50. Last year Cameron carried
sc counties to Daniels "a. The last named
contest-the election of Congressman. In
the election between Wise and Massey, we
may add, the whole resources of the Bour-
bons were brought out as they never have
been before, and we think never will be
again. Virginia is safe for the Liberal
party hereafter, both in State and Federal
elections, lnasmuch as the adoption of the
constitutional amendments assures an in
creased popular vote on that side of not less
than 10000.
Hon. Dan Voorhees,, the Democratic Sem
ator from the State of Indiana, believes in
civil service reform according to his recent
speech in the Senate on that subject, but it
is to reform Republicans out of Office and
Democrats in. He argues that the Demo-
cratic party contains enough intelligence
and virtue to fill all the Offices. and goes for
clean sweep in 1854, from the President
down, If 1t is in the power of the Demo-
cratic party to effect it. This is about the
size of the civil service reform the average
Democrat will support. There is big
scare on this subject about this time. and
Senators and Congressman are demonstrate
ing that there is about as much human ma
tire in them as other people.