Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-10-31
The Question TO be Answered
at the Polls.

| the alleaDSOrOl1g and lnpotta taus H"No
ton is, are you a Republican or a DEM
ocrat? To the office-hOlding gentry and
stump.orators of Boss Malone, it is the
knottest, most knarled and double
twisted problem that ever perplexed a
iack-ln-lhe-box politician, whose main
object is to double deal with and cheat
the people. When the question IS put
10 them. they at once become em
barrassed, get nervous, begin to twist.
wriggle, evade, get excited, and cavort
about their right to vote for whom they
nlea.e. their determination not to vote
for Bourbon Funder, &C., generally
winding up BY completely dodgiog the
troublesome query. And yet, like Ban
quo's ghost. the same old queslion
keeps looming up-at every COURT
house, at every crossroads, from every
stump it keeps Jumping up In the lace
OF the Boss's speakers. 1t must be
answered. Somebody must answer 1t
on that day-yes, thousands OF Dem
ocratic Readjusters will answer it then.
The woud.be leaders may continue TO
dodge, but our candidates and canvas
sers. failing to get an answer tom the
stump, will turn for an honest out
spoken, candid answer to the honest
white freenen of Virginla-to the men
whose beet interests are involved-to
the men who love Virginia more than
ali the Federal offices that are TO be
bartered within her borders, and who
would shield their old nother from the
disgrace of Radicalism aud negro
supremacy-and from worse than tneSe
the fostering OF the system OF Bosslsm'
intrigue and corruption which Malone
is seeking to inaugurate-and 10 10 'nese
they will look with. confidence Tor an-
swer. Are you Repsblicon or you a
Democrat?
The question will continue On It's
rounds. 1t will be asked on the blgh-
way. In the shops and business places,
on the farm and and at the fireside. In
no offensive sense, 10 no intermed-
ding spirit, IN no disposition to taunt
or provoke. But in all seriousness, 10
all kindness, IN the interest of the voter
himself, and with view to arouse him
to a sense of his danger and the danger
which threatens his State of being
turned over 10 the tender mercIes OF the
horde of ambitious politicians and
ignorant colored voters. the question
will be asked time and again-are you
a Republican or are you Democrat!
lisa question that involves great
deal. 1t is a question that is calcula'
ted to put a thinking man, who has the
least regurd for the veal or woe OF his
country, to thinking. 1t is a question
that comes home and finds place at
the freside, one that affects the dearest
interests of the family. 1t is of more
Importance than the public debt, the
rate of taxation, the tariff, the road
system, the commissioner OF sales bill,
the apportionment of congressional
districts, or any like question OF State
policy. l., TO be sure, involves all
these, but it is superior to them all,
because bv it all others are TO be de-
ermined-determin in the interest
aud for the welfare of the white people
of Virginia, or against them, aud for
the few white trading politicians and
their ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
EIGHT THOUSAND NEGRO ALLIES
10 the interest of Arthur, the Stalwart
Radical President, (who is looking to q
second term of office,) because Arthur
ia for these followers of Malone. 1t is
a great and momentous questlon-one
Of the most serious, in our humble
opinion, that a white Virgnian ever
had to answer at the polls. How will
YOU answer 1t, Democratic Readjusters
OF Wythe and of Virginia, when the old
Farmer from the Cove puts it to you 10
your homes, and when he meets you in
the canvass be is now making? Hun
dreds of YOU, we feel assured will hon.
estly tell him you are Democrats aud
that because you voted with General
Malone on the debt question Is no
reason why you should follow him into
the Radical party-follow him in sup
port of the Stalwart Arthur simply be-
cause Arthur is patling Malone on the |
back and literally dealing out Federal
patronage to him with the view OF
Radicaliziug Virginia and securing its
vote in 1884. You will not wait to
be nterrogated. You will ask your
self the question am L a Republican or
am la Democrat, and on the 9th OF
November yon will answer in accor-
dance with your instincts, your assocl-
ations, your own best interests, all OF
which must cons.Iain you to act aId
vote with the Democratic party, to
march hencetorth uDGer its broad ma
tional banner, to take part with it 10
redeeming Virginia from negro supren'
acy 10 November next, and to be num-
bered with its victorious hosts 10 the
grand national triumph which awaits 1t
IN lSS4.-WytheviUe Enterprise.
satisfaction for Zen.
In our family of ten for over two years