The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-16
The Republicans at the opera House.

Mr. Jacob Yost. following the example
of his illustriousu opponent, addressed his
friends at the Opera House. last Monday
night. A
The platform was graced by Dir. Shelton,
who sat smoking his pipe, Maj. >. nj. ost,
who sat smoking his cigar, Mr.. John
Noon. Capt. Curtis and Nh. Heber ker.
Mr.. Y ost made the best of a bad cause.
and spoke his little speech right well. COM
pensating as far as loud defamation and
much geSticulation would go, for lack of
argument and the damnable record OF his
party's candidate. 1t must have been NOR
tifying to the youngand aspiring politician
and to those of his friends who could APP
preciate it, when they marked the contrast
between his mongrel audience which barely
half filled the house, and the fine, intelli-
gent one which a week ago packed and
damned it to hear his opponent. OF course
they did not expect the numbers, nobody
did, but the character of their audience,
there's where the Barbour order as to sep
arate discussions gals. They see what
sort of a following they have. That was
wise injunction of the State Committee
when it said: = eye separate from them. =
1t is hardly necessary to say that the
above article is taken from the Viiadicator
Of the 10th. and to state that the editor of
that paper, Mr.. H. g. Tinsleysis absent
Had he been at his post, we feel perfectly
safe in saying, from his uniform courteous
and gentlemanly demeanor, no such gross
misrepresentation and fragrant peryersion
of facts would have appeared in the journal
he conducts. All who know DR.. Shelton,
one of the most popular and successful
physicians in this portion of the State,
know that he never smokes pipe, !" and
on this occasion was att antively listening
to the remarks of the speaker, without at
tracting.any unusual attention. All who
were present, recognized at least 20 ladies
in the audience, several members of the
Supreme Courtsof Appeals, a Anumber Of
our most influential and well-to-do farm
ers, merchants, lawyers, physicians, con-
tractors. mechanics, workingmen, and
others of various occupations, making in
all between $50 and 400 white people
not one of whom would have been guilty
of the ungentlemanly reflection attempted
to be cast in the article above-and this,
too, in face of the fact that systematic
attempt was made by the Bourbon machine
to keep all it could control from attending
The galleries were filled with colored peo-
pie, who behaved with orderly propriety,
and throughout the entire evening there
was no manifestation OF occurrence that
q gentleman could have objected to.
AS to the speech Of Mr.. Yost, it was re-
garded by every gentleman who heard it
as an ableand logical presentation of the
issues of the campaign, and an effective
arraignment of Mr.. fuckers representa-
tive character. Democrats as we'll rs Re-
publicans concurred I'M this. and several
who have never voted anything else than
the Democratic ticket expressed their de-
termination to support Mr. Yost on the
4th of November.
The people who were present. willprop-
erly appreciate the term ''smongrel'' APP
piled to them, and consider the source. 1t
has come itoa pretty condition of things
when the citizens of the town and county
cannot assemble in a public meeting to
listen to public speech without being
nuDJCCtCu " ouCH SlllIS us LIE WIlpeT Ill the
Vindicator has chosen to indulge. The
great mass Of the people of either party
are fair and just as q rule, and conse-
quently we do not wish to implicate the
rank and file Of the Democratic party with
the misrepresentation we have given from
the indicator. We, however, heard con-
deElEatiOn more freely from Democrats
than Republicans of the article in ques-
tion, and we are willing to leave the mat
ter to the just judgment of all fair minded
people.
In this community it would not be
necessary to notice the article Of the Yin
Dictator, but as people outside of the city
and county, where that paper may have q
very limited and scattering circulation, |
might accept its statements as true, we
have deemed it proper to write what is
here found. 's,a5