The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-23

The French are killing the Chinese by
the thousands. and losing very few men
themselves.
Hon. j. F. Dezendorf has entered the
canvass the 4th district, and is urging the
election of Hon. Fl. Libby to Congress.
Mr.. w. l.. Royal, offered in Richmond,
to bet thousand dollars that Cleveland
would he elected President. Before the
ink on the Dispatch was dry the bet was
taken by Mr.. Hening Hungerford.
One of Mr.. fuckers reasons for oppos-
i,~rrthe Blair Educational Bill is that it is
according to his opinion, unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Waite, VIM. NJ. Eyarts,
Robt. Winthrop and a. II. II. Stuart all
believe it to be constitutional. On which
side is the greater weight of authority /?
From every portion of the country the
most cheering indications are given Of an
overwhelming Republican victory in No
vember-one that will not only elect
Blaine President by an unprecedented ma
iority in the electoral vote, but carry with
it Il Republican House of Representatives.
The Chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee expresses the confident
belief that New York will be carried by
Blaine and Logan by not less than 10000.
New Jersey, Connecticut. and Indiana are
safe, and this will secure the electoral
vote Of every northern and western State
for the Republican nominees.
This following puts the tariff argument
in nut shell John Roach made one of
the best speeches of the campaign. Point
ing to the cruiser Atlanta, which has just
been launched, he said There is the
best argument know for protection. That
ship is made of 95 per cent. labor and
per cent. material. If by free trade you
make me build ships cheaper, where will
the cheapening be done: Certainly not
from the ) per cent. of material. No. it
must Gene out of the per cent fer
labor. &
Over one hundred legal colored voters
were arrested by the local police in one
ward in Cincinnati. on election day, on
trumped up charges and packed into a cell
in the lock up, and kept there until the
next morning. to prevent them from vot-
ing. They had really committed no Of
Tense, and the only ground for their ar
rest was that they intended to vote the Re-
publican ticket Not only this. but a
number of them were assaulted by the pc
lice and those backing them, some killed
and others injured, simply for the reason
that they wanted to vote their sentiments.
We learn from gentleman who has
personal knowledge Of the fact, that more
than one hundred Kentuckians started
over the bridge at Covipgton, for Cincin-
natl, to help elect the Democratic ticket in
Ohio, on the 18th. AS they reached the
Ohio side they fell into the arms of Deputy
United States Marshals, appointed for the
express purpose of preventing such frauds.
1t was because of this regular and effective
work to protect the ballot box. that the
Democratic press is railing against the
Deputy Marshals. Not only were innumer-
sble frauds prevented by their presence but
!; number of intentional criminals are now
in the hands of the law. Of course this
is a great crime in Democratic eyes, but
people everywhere who value the integrity
of the ballot will commend the Republic
cans of Ohio for the steps they took to pro-
tect it.
According TO the last report of Mr..
Nimmo, chief OF the Bureau of Statis-
tics, the United States has become the
greatest manufacturing country on the
globe: the value of the products of
our various industries are seven times the
total value of our foreign commerce, and
little more than twice the total value of
the exports of merchandise from all the
countries of Europe. This condition of
affairs is mainly due to the policy which
protects our labor and industries from
competition with the pauper labor of Eu-
roDa. tt has made our country the
wealthiest of the civilized powers. 1t has
made our people the most prosperous and
happy on the globe. 1t has contributed to
the material independence of the United |
States, strengthened our defences and I
guarded our interests. 1t has been the |
policy of the Republican party that has
brought this about. And yet the people I
who are tile real beneficiaries, are asked to
change it, and place in power Il party that
opposed every measure that assured these
penefits and achieved these results Will
AaG. its Mink not. /