The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02
Politics in Alleghar Y.

y Sklnnlng that he viii long remember
So completely were the Bourbons whipped
On that occasion that they determined t.
pit forth their mightiest efforts i'll tn
next encounter. i'll the hope of regainin:
the ground they had lost.
Ascircuit coart ina lleglany snlore larrg
~ attended than any other and is the mex
thing to u circus in drawing u crowd. tht
managing Bourbon "bosSes' of the county
picked upon that day as the one when they
should retrieve their previous defeat
| They advertised their intentions far an(
wide. and arranged To have on hand tht
encouraging presence of their strikers
artl the usual crowd Of juvenile whoopers
: vi well trained and drilled to .toot fol-
7 eker." They proclaimed with pomi
AID pride that they would signal their trl
luiaph by floating to the breeze q flag OF
Y tory. emblazoned with the names OF
=, eyeland Hendricks. Tucker and Re
foim They even in their desperate
eEnrts to defeat the people and stitle then
v invoked the aid Of the "lamented
] u llcl. He. too. WAS to he on hand To
! + yerize \ ost and his Republican friends
The morning of the 25th Of September
o ned bright and beautiful. ltwas the
| Il. i day of Circuit court. The Republi-
eli IS the day previous had decorated main
- - ~ S"Ii ,i."ti'Sr 49, - 800 :. !.
baaner, stretching from the residence Of
| Boo Skeen to George McClintic S, bearing
the names of "Blaine. Logan and \ ost
This was supplemented early on the morn
| ing OF the 10Th. by suspending another
banner across the street, from the resi-
detee of Mr. W G.. Fudge to the drug
store. decorated in large letters with the
names of blaine and Logan !" This was
as rprise the liourbons were not expect
| ins LOT II showed TO the tolllng farmer,
TN miner. the laborer, the mechanic. as
iip rode or plodded his weary way on foot
10 inWh, That the emblem OF protection to
| Alaeflean lndnstries-to the dearest and
i'SS--Axlnst preelnns interests OF Allegheny
-ibid been hurled ABOVE nm ana that 1t
Woila not only te defended, but ddranced
ID ~ asSresslve campaign against Inc per
nlcio'ls Free Ifade doctrines OF l5ourDon-
ISM as promulgated ana defended ny Johh
Randoiph Iuckef anu LIS henchmen
Inc town was soon alive With people
from every sectlon OF The county. LII was
Inc largest gathering at court witnessed
Tor many years. MI. oSt, the Kepubllcan
caGdlaate 10 represent TINS IRON and man.
ulacttrlhg dlstrlcC III the next congress,
and ,lonn hahdolph lucker: the Bourbon
caintldate VINO mas so shame1ully naesrebf'e-
sented IL, mad arrived to address the people.
tudge and Gillian, the respective county
chalfmen, arranged ior JOINT discussion,
Il acKer TO open, ost TO follow, Tucker
TO reply and l ost 10 close IN fifteen min
utes.
tucker opening was typical OF the
man. Almost from the very start he
proved that ne was an 1mplacable Bourbon
had never forgot and never learned"-a
phrase ti!aG nus MIN IKE glove Ihere
Is no YaIlaolehess OF ShadoW OF turning III
nm. lie turned MS eyes regfettul1y back
TO the past ana demonstrated that his
i i9eiS were tnoSe Oh d former generation.
In ne resolutions OIL 70 comprise ms po-
iltlcsl taoles Oh the Jaw ne showed that
ne lltd not the capacity Oh seeing that our
political system is subject to the laws of
grown ana change, like all other things
human Ill origin. And then IN his
lnehGal poverty and inability TO grasp the
ilVlng issues OF the present. he plunged
lnIG7 an element more congenlal and where
ne lelt more at home-that OF an abuse
anu slll III "a tl u Daiile. Dut IL was
appiaiedlC W ule uull g, lltellece Ilfst his
olislausn upon ~. Dlalile was lils!hcere
allu pelU q iiloeiatoie d9use 70 lllue MS own
snoiIcolillnss. which ne wen !, knew ny eX-
Pelltnce Moula pe uIousilt 70 llght Dy MI.
, l ost. ~ anI!clpatloh OIL the atGack ne
ny NJ W CIV VI cssuSo "oulu NC llalie upon
i nls pu9llc lecoIai ne !haae ah e1loft' ana
iapole9 VIII a!l ms might, ~ doettace' TO
's t nllnsell az tIleu 10 explain why
which uonld Veal domn ,9o la., ~ III
nfactnras and rednca ON. artisa a1'sn - t
level If he Danner Iabo, Of Enroro W III
triad n defond Nv riJionlonS nrihb1;,+ -
ove, .soonSt;tnt;ooo no;nts id a,,tnans :
is,,, IN ,,ne,,la,. i,la h 80
lis aid 10 tpe dafeat of tho Rlai Tn enaO
tinnal Pil tbps rohbin, the obi1T'.n Of We
einja Of oWa half n MI I," ae II ~ -
,9nnliv 70 bo sno,,t i, tbni, i;opfn'','a4
Ifa aydaavorad 70 chow that t5a ss1nnsti
f,,t;an,, forhid him 10 ayaro;co ob1;st;a,
Il, al s,
starvino victims If Tho foode tbat S S1nntt
don,n t6a Ohio and Mss;SSi, ',n.'T omePo
Fabrnary last ba andaayorad to a,noo 60
tba Incl indi~nation Of tba oppS '' ~;
vantnrino an anoloov for tho inSnI, 10 h,
oratnitonslv offered fhem in bis Stann+nn
sneecb '--N-'' ''''''-''oi'
Anu 50 on enIIIougnasoue Ine course Oh al
ms REMARKS. lls eIloIeS ~ ylhalcatlon OF
ms us, course were lla'le WIN IoroltheSS ana
shlil, any IeceIseu 9 liberal snare OIL ap-
Pla.t0e llo,ir poui e eotl iolss, witch litu
peeh ecially lllnatea 1or !he occasion
nll1 l@'eu eltlIely 70 convince the re-
llld peell Ilalnpleu uhueI loot' GhtG ne was
d slltaple NAL 10 take charge OF thelr al
lalis III congress.
The reply OF Mr.. 9oSt surprised his
most ardent friends, and struck terror into
the ranks OF Bourbonlsm Very few Of
our people had ever met Mr.. Yost, and
from the manner In which Ran. Tucker
ii''4 peeil oxe1l@eea ny Ille illCle Tseg oosSes
III !ie u t soille Mele Inclllleu 70 1ne
oellel Ullav Iile youGnlul oSC "ould De
oN 81 ipo VIZ gu ailH pu nNt
ID. Duc y loO ~ NJ oooilel ilau osC pegail
.lian IL va Ma1 IL; pi"in me was more IMAM
ln"Son ~ nno osettaC5u oollipeIiCol. le
lna s e q vis1louS aus'tch upon MS record
sliu olioM ~ ~ a gnu conclusive
.naalitei CilaU 1th9l Iau oeIlayeu tue ~
oete'.n Go tha4 ny W MP ny ms pupllG
aots isi,t' etlssS Valo poiIy ne tu yocaIeei
woo U,i'o n u Gnu tSaalse pfos-
pe bf! .eltl Nc Ven ~ 10 ~, T9Gl alIel
No rooord % T ~ 90 .e islu oale me
oidnass ND tba Vim ~ 20 N.Y. de
sod ho 9oe . with Tnnilor,s U9u in"ue
s 9sse, 'i, ybinned and MALI tnhia1 ne
Woo+ " as phoIf tbro Icy Mpgeu peaole
an, ~ ,l ni'n Sbouad + "io no opeeo;
motion' Three cheers were sy oi Won N.Y. N.Y.
Wos+ Of tho nanc,nsion Of NC $50 MI
tbo yO ~ 'sb ~ he Sidn VI Of tIo os all
made Inv Tremendous ~ crowd S no of vo+ m%s
Which surrounded him and bore him ly aIoft