Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-11-02
Local Political Notes.

Local Political Notes.
A PROMINENT REPUBLICAN LEAVES THE
COALITION NEGROES TRANSFERRED
FROM NELsON-GOv CAMERON AT
YNEsBoRo-NoTICEs OF DEMOCRAT
&c MEETINGS IN THE CoUNTY-NEWs
FROM THE SOUTHWEST - MARKED
CHANGE AT MT. sOLoN.
&C.. &C., &C.. &C.
The Democratic meeting at Craigsville
last Friday night, addressed by Messrs
Meade F. White and John N. Opie, mum.
bered seventy six, an extraordinarily large
meeting for that locality and showing that
the Democracy are aroused.
Hugh l.. Gallaher, ESQ.,, the well known
contractor, of Wayre boro for many years
a consistent Republican, has decided that
be will have nothing to do with Arthur
Mahoneism, and will not vote for the Co.
alitinn nominees in this county. He is
still member of the National Republican
party and proposes to remain so, if its
platform will permit HIM to hold the be-
lief that white man is still az good as a
| Negro.
On the new registration in both wards
of stanton, the whites gained fifty over
the blacks.
Capt. James Bumgardner, Jr., will ad-
dress the people at Dry Ridge on Satur-
day tomorrow evening, Nov. Sd, at 80
o'clock.
| Meade F. White. Esq, will address the
people at Sherando on Satu, day (to-mor-
row. evening, Nov. Sd. at 1880 o'clock.
| Sunday afternoon, Stanton witness
| ed the unusual spectacle of some score of
blacks. farm hands, in their working
clothes who had come into town and were
waiting around the Office of the 1st ward
registrar, talking with cololed town poll
| ticians.
| s. Brown Allen. First Auditor. was in
the VINDICAToR office Tuesday. G. JUL
an Pratt, Secretary of the Augusta Agri
cultural Society, rendered him bet of
| 500 that the legislature would be Demo-
cratic on joint ballot. but the Auditor did
not take him up.
The Danville circular has created more
| feeling among the Augusta Democrats
than any campaign document that has
| been issued. The pathetic appeal of the
whites there. and the knowledge that if
Malone legislature is elected the charter
Of that town will be changed so IS to put
the Coalition in still fuller power, has very
much aroused our people.
| DR.. Moffett of Rockingham, who is just
| from the Southwest, was in Stanton
| Monday on his way to a Democratic bar
becue in Ba h. His accounts from the
| Southwest are glowing.
Hon. G. T. O'Ferrall was in Staunton
on Monday or his way back to the South
west. He says we of the Valley have no
i lea of the enthusiasm displayed by the
SouthW +stern Democrats. Long process
sions of Democrats on horseback going to
public speakings. and wearing white
badge on their lapel with This way
Freemen,' are of common occurrence
every dav in the week. Where he last
spoke. one hundred and fifty men, headed
by band of music rode up. all wearing
the white mans badge.
One of the new features of this cam
paign in Stanton has been the appear
ance on the streets of groups of young ne
| groes filled with whiskey and foul Ian
guage, discussing the issues of the day.
The Democratic club of Little Tam
many" IS covering itself with glory this
campaign. and Waynesboro and the whole
of Augusta county ought to be proud of it.
as Stanton certainly is.
Any doubtful question, unsolved in the
| mind of any officer of election in Angus
ia county. will be answered definitely if a
letter is dropped to VIM. A. Burnett,
Clerk of the County Court. Write at
once if you are in doubt.
! Let every Democratic farmer in Angus
ia county that can spare wagon next
Tuesday, send it to his voting precinct.
You can't have too many vehicles there.
| At the close of the registration for
Waynesboro the whites had added so to
their list and the Negroes 40.
The following gentlemen have been Sc
lected as challengers for the Democratic
party of Stannton at the polls next Tues
day: 1st Ward, Capt. j Tbeo Long,
| Capt. Michae! Cox, John W. Todd and
David May; 81 Ward, Capt. Thomas j..
Crowder. VIM. Patrick, VIM. H. II. Lynn
and Geo. M. Harrison.
To show the difference between Read
Just ment ard Coalition, Mt. Solen whlc
gave VanLear. Readiuster. 40 majority.
will on Tuesday next give 60 majority
against the Coalition candidates. This
difference will be observed all over Au-
gusta county on Tuesday.
1t is the suggestion of many of our most
conservative citizens and most deeply inter
ested in the preservation of order on cleo
ton day, that Mayor Cochran should ap-
point strong extra police force, one of
whose principal duties it shall be to keep
the space around the polls clear for sever
al yards of all but regularly appointed par
ty challengers and the voters.
There is, we are Informed, but one white
Coalitionst at the thriving village of Mt
Scion. and he is the post master.
The Democratic cnallengers at Augusta
precincts are hereby warned, on the au-
| thority of member of the Democratic
| Executive Committee of Nelson county,
that many transfers have been obtained
from Massie' g Mills Ia voting precinct near
the Augusta line) for colored employees
on the D. V. r r with view to their
voting at the most convenient places in
Augusta. Nearly all the negroes thus trans
ferred are domiciled in Nelson and cannot
legally vote in Augusta.
A letter from DR.. P L. Murphy. Super
intendent of the Lunatic Asylum at Nor
/ haf