The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-16

will respond to Ohio by 10000 majority,
and proclaim to the world that she means
to take her place among the progressive
Commonwealth of the Nation. The 10th
district too, will emphasize the sentiment
aud policy asserted by the result OF Ohio
and bid Il long last farewell to Hon. j..
Randolph Tucker us a misrepresentation in
Congress from Virginia.
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How Blaine Meets ISLANDERS.
The direct and positive manner i'll which
Mr.. Blaine meets and refutes lies and
SANDERS, indicates the honesty and integ-
rity of his character, and his confidence i'll
the Justice and sense of rightsof the peo-
pie His manner of treating conspiracies
against his character was illustrated in
his handling of the Mulligan infamy
hen he found his private letters written
to Fisher IN the hands Of Mulligan, he at
once knew that there was either black
mailing scheme concocting, .or aplot to
defame his reputation. He sought Null
ligan and asked him for the letters. When
refused, he asked to read; them and then
deliberately told Mulligan he would keep
them and read them to the country in the
House of Representatives. He did this
after taking the advice of Jere s. Black
and Matt. w. Carpenter. Democrat and
Republican respectively, and two Of the
ablest and purest lawyers of the Nation.
He went before the Congress of the United
States and in one Of the most brilliant and
electrical speeches ever delivered in this
or any other country, exposed the conspir-
acy and COMPOUNDED and abashed the con-
spirators. That was in 1876. ei
In 1884, when a Democratic paper in
Indianapolis assailed the honor of himself
and wife, putting the charges in such
shape that legal notice could be taken of
them, Mr.. Blaine instantly ordered
the institution Of civil and criminal pro-
ceedings against the offenders. When
questions were proposed to him by the de-
PENDANT, he promptly came to the front in
distinct, positive, clear and convincing
categorical answers. xs@
In other instances and devices to dam.
age his popularity and impair his reputa-
ton, he has met them in the same sem
tentious, positive and aggressive manner.
And the way in which he confronted the
last and most persistent of the falsehoods
fabricated against him Illustrates in still
more striking form the courage, the hon
esty and frankness of the man. In the
Hooking Valley, Ohio, mines there are
serious troubles between the miners and
proprietors, in the coal region, and an eX
tensive strike is now going on. 1t fur
nished a favorable occasion for the Dem
ocratic forgers and slanderers to make a
point against him to influence the large
vote of the miners in the Ohio election
1t was charged that he was large stock
holder in one Of the companies that was
at variance with the miners. He denied
it over his own signature. His enemies
persisted in the charge. Fabricated evil
dence after evidence was adduced to show
that Mr.. Blaine had not told, the truth,
and as fast as onel lie was nailed another
was manufactured. The object was to
excite the hostility Of the striking miners,
and it was believed by multiplying the
falsehoods. some of them at least would
stick. Finally Mr.. Blaine determined to
visit the Hooking Valley in person-to see
the men face to face, and let Them hear
hi fho of of
persistent and unmitigated lies that had
been rung into their ears by designing
partiZan Democrats. He told them that
he never owned a dollar of stock Of any
kind in Hooking Valley that he had been
the owner of coal lands ever since he
reached the years of manhood. and that
the only company he had ever had any
thing to do with, operating now in West
Virginia, had never had any difficulty
with the operatives they were earn
ing and had been earning each month $50
That there had never been any strikes,and
that there would not be so long as he was
connected with it, because if he could not
get along without conflict with labor,
he would cease the business. He believed
that all such difficulties could and ought
to be adjusted by arbitration capital
and labor were interdependent and that
they could not afford to be at war, and
that so far as he was concerned he never
had and never would engage in any bust
ness where labor was compelled to revolt
in self-defence that he never owned
dollar IN any furnace, and that all he had
in coal lands had been managed precisely
as he had stated. He told them that the
owner and worker Of such industries had
common interest-were affected by a
common policy, and that if protection
was afforded the one it must necessarily be
given the other. And on the contrary if |
the protective policy was made to give way
to the free trade policy of the democratic
party, all would go down in a:common
ruin.
1t was in this way Mr.. Blaine met the |
false charges that had been made against |
him. He went right to the seat of the |
difficulty, where the lie was to have it's eff |
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fected by it, the whole truth and nothing |
but the truth, The effect was just what |
might have been1 expected. The miners
received his statement with delight-be- |
lieved what he said and gave every indica-
tion that they would stand by the policy
that made it possible for labor to be EN-
ployed in developing the material re-
sources of the country and establishing
and encouraging industries. a Nj
Contrast the manly, straight forwardy
conduct and character of Mr.. Blaine, ON
all public questions and all interests with
which his name and fame are associated
with that of Cleveland in his trimming
and lodging on every issue before the
country. No one to-day knows his views
OF the tariff, from any utterance he has
given since his nomination. He is seek
ing the Presidency by stealth. He is
afraid to face the people, and like his par
ty does not come squarely up to the great
issues upon which the peace, progress and |
prosperity of the country depends. ~
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