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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
The Democratic Nominees and the Duty of
Democrats.

We publish the ticket nominated on last
Friday in the Democratic primary election,
which was fairly held, and in which more
votes were cast than in any previous pri-
mary election ever held in this city, not
withstanding the fact that some good Dem
ocrats, acting upon a mistaken policy,
without due consideration, failed to take
part in that election, and, consequently, it
may be, that the ticket is not, as whole,
as acceptable to them as it might have been
if they had performed their duty in aiding
to nominate suitable ticket.
1t is the duty of every good Democrat to
vote for the ticket nominated in the pri-
mary election.
Those who voted in that election, there
by pledged themselves to vote for the tick
ct nominated, whether it should be their
choice OF not. Those, if any, who have
been so fortunate as to get ticket to suit
them in all respects, deserve less credit for
supporting it at the regular election than
those who have been less fortunate, for they
make no sacrifce-they have their choice
but those who vote for the ticket, though it
does not, in all respects, please them, ex-
ercise the virtue of patriotic self-sacrifce,
and deserve credit therefor.
1t is wholly mistaken view that voter
is absolved from the obligation of voting
for the nominees of his marty bv refrain;hr
from participating in the nomination of its
ticket. By that act of omission, he i'm poses
that duty upon others, and thereby tacitly
pledges himself to abide by the choice they
make. He is as much bound to vote for
the nominees as if he had nominated them
himself.
1t is in making the nomination where the
responsibility of the individual voter is
concerned. In that, he is responsible for
the part he acts, and he who fails to act is
equally responsible.
After the nominations have been made
in accordance with the plan adopted by the
party organization, the responsibility of
the individual voter as to the character of
the nominations, ceases, and his only duty
then is to vote for the ticket, for whose
character the party, and not himself, is res
ponsible. To vote against the ticket nom
mated, is to assume very great RESPONSE
bility. and to do an act which you may re-
greet throughout life.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

SALE OF 'sMT. AIREY"-A SPLENDID
FARM.-The public sale of the splendid
estate, emit. Airey," the property of Gen.
John G.. Meem, situated about two miles
south of Mt, Jackson, Shenandoah county,
took place last Wednesday. The sale was
attended by large number of people from
the surroa nding country, and few of them
abroad, including Gen. Thomas L. Rosser
and others. The successful bidder was Mr..
H. G. Dulaney, Jr., of Loudoun county,
at 800, 900. The farm contains 2, 200 acres,
of which $50 acres are unsurpassed bottom
land, 500 acres old blue grass upland sod,
and the remaining /, 1870 acres mountain
and rolling woodland. The improvements
are first-classs, and the estate is one of the
most valuable in Virginia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
False Reasoning Of High Protective Tariff
Advocates.

Unreasoning persons are apt to conclude
that occurrences that are coincident stand
in the relation of cause and effect-that the
one occurrence is caused by the other, when
such is not the case-and that renders them
liable to be deceived by persons who are
disposed to avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity to take advantage of their defective
reasoning faculties. To illustrate-the Re-
publicans and high tariff advocates, who
maintain that a low tariff would have the
effect of causing the suspension OF many
manufactures, and, as a consequence, the
throwingout of employment Of thousands
vigor and vowed by all that was sacred,
that the suspension of work in the facto-
ries and the reduction of the wages of the
employees, and the strikes among the labor
ers which have occurred in the last few
years, were the result of reducing the tar
if, if the tariff had been reduced; but I'M
fortunately for them, and the position they
maintain, these occurrences took place I'M
der the present Republican high tariff, and
and thus prove conclusively how false such
statement and argument would have
been. Again-if the Morrison bill had
been adopted instead of defeated, these
same high-protective tariff advocates would
have made the welkin ring with the bold
declaration that the passage of the Morri-
son bill had caused the failures which &C.
CURED in Wall Street, N. Y, last week.
They would have maintained that these &C.
currences stood in the relation of cause
and effect, and that the result was just
what they would expect, and what they
had predicted. But unfortunately for
them and their false argument, in this
case, as in the other, there was no change
in the tariff; SO that if it be true that these
| disastrous occurrences are caused by the
| tariff, it must be because of its high pro-
tective character, for it has not been chang
ed at all, and cannot be, unless the high
tariff Republicans in the Senate shall see
the error of their position and agree to re-
duce it. We submit that, under the cir
cnmstances under which these occurrences
have taken place, it would be more reason
able to conclude that they were caused by
high tariff than a low one; for they oc-
Cured during the existence and operation
of a high tariff. Why perpetuate the pres
ent high tariff, which makes a surplus Of
many millions in the treasury annually,
thus needlessly burdening the farmers and
and other consumers, embracing all classes
Of laborers, with heavy and grievous indi-
rect taxes 1t is wrong and should be
corrected
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

SUsPENDED.-The Hinton Repu5sican
mas =; as. suspended publication until the two
EDITORS, Burke and Mcbride, can settle
:, Ihere is blood between those two Repub-
LEANS Leans, and they are saying some hard
Gnings about each other. Burke had Nc
pride arrested and taken to- Charleston.
put ne could not sustain his charges. and
Mcbride was discharged from custody.
we learn that Mr.. Mcbride intends
starting another Republican paper in This
place at an early day. ~ 40 ''.
The Republican party is in a bad vay:
its members are continually fighting and
quarreling among themselves, and their
chances for success in the coming campaign
are very slim.-Hinton (W. Ea.5 Herald
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

A protective tariff, says the Philadelphia
Record, is like leech; it has a sucker at
both ends of it. With one end it sucks up
the substance of the people for the benefit
of the Treasury; with the other it depletes
productive industries in order to sustain
unproductive industries. The money that
goes into the hand of the Government is de-
rived through legitimate exercise of the
taxing power, but the money that is taken
from one producer to give to another is a
legalized robbery.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

ian has advanced. 1t will be difficult
task'' for any one to convince an intelligent
farmer that his interests are promoted by a
tariff that makes him pay from 40 to 60 per
cent. more for nearly every article he has
to buy, without giving him any compensa-
ting benefit. The farmer is the producer.
The tariff 'tmuzzles the OK that treadeth
out the corn.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

ILLNESS OF BISHOP RANDoLPH's Son.
The oldest son Of Bishop A. M. Randolph
is seriously i'll at his fathers residence in
Richmond, in consequence of which the
Bishop has been compelled to give notice
that he cannot fill his appointments to
preach at Staunton and Harrisonburg.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

Began Cash, the South Carolina outlaw,
and fugitive from justice, who has sue.
cessfully eluded arrest for some time past,
was killed by the sheriff and his posse at
his home in that State on Thursday. The
people OF the Palmetto State W i'll rejoice to
know that this defiant outlaw, and MUIR
derer, has met with the punishment he so
richly merited.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
Our Visitors.

Tomorrow the members of the 28th New
York Regiment, with their accompanying
guests, will arrive in our city. Though
they come on visit to the members OF the
9TH Va. Regiment, yet they will be well
coined by Staunton, both in it's corporate
and individual capacity, as guests OF the
city, and it is hoped that their visit here
may be made one of those pleasant occa-
sions that will ever. be cherished in their
memories as delightful recollection of
the visit to the Southland.
When, years ago, they visited Virginia,
they were warmly welcomed by the brave
soldiers of the 9th Regiment with arms in
hand; now they will be even more warmly
welcomed, but this time with arms extend
ed in friendly greeting, and hearts beating
responsive to the feelings of brotberly love,
and the community of interests of COM
mon people in a common country.
The greeting that Staunton will extend to
her visitors will be no perfunctory one, but
will be an expression of the feelings that
pervade her people with regard to the
''boys in blue" who have shown their
true manhood on many hard-feught field,
and flow of that kindly regard which
springs inately in the hearts Of all true men
towards brave foe, whether in the midst
of deadly conflict or when peace has spread
her wings over the contending forces. As
in wars deadly din they met in a hand-to-
hand conflict, now again they will meet in
friendships conflict, hand to hand and
heart to heart with the noble sentiment of
hospitality inspiring our people to again
capture the brave boys Of the 2sth New
York.
Once we bound them in wars iron chains
of captivity, but now in friendships bonds.
stronger than steel, will we bind them to
our hearts and make them stay with us in a
captivity the only bonds of which will be
the silken cords of friendship.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

Judge Boyd, of Toronto, Ont, in open
ing the Court of General Sessions of the
Peace, Tuesday, said that the decrease in
the number of licenses granted this year
showed tendency in the mind of the people
to prohibition. If the temperance wave kept
ON rolling as at present for few years the
total abolition of the liquor traffic would
be the result.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

SALE OF THH ANDERSON STATEsMAN.-Mr.
c. L. Peck has sold the Anderson States
man to Mr.. A. J. Jones, and it will now be
conducted by him with Mr.. A. Med.
Browning as Editor-in-chief. We wish
the new conductors of that journal much
success, and hope that it will be an eff
Gent agent in sustaining the cause of De
mocracy in that State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS IN ROCKINGHAM.
The McGaheysvi'le correspondent of the
Rockingham Register says that, on last
Thursday night a week, "near Rockingham
Mineral Springs, o flock of fine sheep be-
longing to Mr.. G. T. Hopkins was broken
into by the dogs and thirty out of sixty
three killed outright, four fatally wounded,
and eight were not able to be found at ALL
Thus in single night more than half his
flock was destroyed by worthless ours. One
of the dogs was shot and killed. Mr.. Hop
kins's damage was assessed by Messrs. VIM.
H. Hedrick, q. D. Gilmore, and Jessie
Bowcock, at 500, which, on account of the
superior quality of the sheep killed, is con-
sidered low estimate. Mr.. HIS loss of
sheep on the same ground averages ten or
fifteen annually, yet those killed this time
are the only ones for which damages have
ever been assessed
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

DEATH OF FULLY R. W1sE.-on Monday
of last week, Tully R. Wise, distinguish
ed lawyer of San Francisco, CAL, the Oldest
brother of Hon. Geo. D. Wise, Democratic
member of Congress from the Richmond
District, died of typho-malarial fever, in San
Francisco, where he has been living since
1864.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

PAINFUL AccIDENT.-Last' Saturday
evening Mr.. J. G. Hayden, who lives on
Greenbrler river, above Greenbrier Bridge,
met with a painful accident. He was lead
ing his horse which got frightened at some
object and became unmanageable. In his Ell
forts to quiet the horse he was thrown to
the ground, falling on his head and should
er, breaking his collar-bone, bruising his
shoulder, and cutting cash on his head.
He was attended by DR.. Jlob't. McChes-
ney, and is now doing as well as could ex-
pected.- Greenbrier (W. pa) Andepen-
dent
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

FATAL ACCIDENT.-We learn from the
Page Courier that young man named
Robert Miller, son of Jacob Miller, who
lives near Bentonville, brakeman ON a
freight train, was killed at White Post,
Clarke County, on Monday evening of last
week at four o'clock. He fell in passing
from one car to another, the train running
over him, severing his head from his body.
He was only 20 years of age.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.-In
the House Representatives On Monday of
last week, Hon., ]. Ran. Tucker presented
a bill to repeal all internal revenue taxes
on tobacco, and on brandy and wine manu-
featured from fruit.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

annual report Of President Kimbal shows
that the net earnings of this road for the
year ending on the 31st of December
amounted to $192, 257.5S. The increase of
its net earnings for the first three months
of 1884 over the corresponding period of
1888, amounted TO $22, 597.O3. The road
is represented as steadily growing in public
favor, as it's increased receipts very clearly
demonstrate.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

SHOT AND MoRTALLY WoUNDEp.-Iu
omythe county, on Monday night of last
week, j. Radcliffe, in attempting to break
into the distillery of Eli Bales, in Rich Val
ley, was shot and mortally wounded by Mr..
Bales.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

The New Jersey Democratic Convention.
after very harmonious session, has in
structed the delegation, which is headed by
Gov. Albeit and Senator. Mcpherson, for
the old ticket. The tariff issue was ignored
altogether, and the battle cry with them
was Tilden and reform.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

Confederate memorial services at the
stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, will take
place June 9th. A shaft will be raised in
the Georgia lot at that time, and an adj
dress delivered.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

Nm. Kate Chase Sprague is giving week.
y receptions on Tuesday evenings at her
rc6i1snce in Avenue du Bots de Boulogne,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

SOLDIERS DEsERTINe.-On Sunday of
last week, ten soldiers deserted at Old Point
Comfort, and six on Monday, the next day.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

The most successful Remedy ever dis
covered and it is certain in its effects and does
not blister. READ PROOF BELOW.
WallacetOn, Va. March 3rd 1884,
DR. b. j. KENDALL Co., Dear rs:-We have
used two bottles of Kendall's SPAWN Cure and
think 1t is the best hnimept for man and
beast. that we have ever used
WEST BROTHERS.
Aendall'S SPAWN Cure.
Peterson, Utah, March 7, 1884
DIR. B. ]. KENDALL CO., Dear Sirs:-Hay-
ing used kendsils SPAWN Cure, and knowing
1t 10 be the hest in the world, gave me conf
dence in you to send for yOnr Treatise on the
Horse. LA WRENCE ROBINSON
kendai1'S SPAWN Cure.
Jersey City, N. j., March LIST, 1884
DIR. B. j. KENDALL Co., Dear Sirs AS
was rGading the Spirit of the Times. saw your
advertisement, and thought if your Treatise
on the Horse and his Diseases was half as good
as your KendalPs SPAWN Cure, should like
very much to have u copy, as my father and
ZONE Of his friends have used your Cure with
great success. 1t never fails when used right,
and il leaves no scars, which on fine horse
are almost as bad as SPAWN.
Yours, respectfully.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

~ NERFFF'S SALE--I will sell, at Il
~ O'Clock, to the highest bidder, for cash, on
the 26th day Of Nay, 1884,
at the Wagon Yard of Brown, Sin the city of
Staunton, l2-horse power Threshing Ma
chine Empire pattern). in good running or
der, only been run 2 years, levied on as the
property of James L. Montgomery, by virtue
OF following named executions In my hands
against said Montgomery in favor of j. A. ].
Funkhouser -
Giser Manufacturing Co., The Hagerstown
Steam Engine and Machine Co. and Alexan-
der q CO. w. t. LIGHTNER, Dep'ty
nlay20-It for A 3. Iightner s. A C.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

DEATH OF CYRUS II. Mccormick. Mr.
Cyrus II. Mccormick, the head of the great
manufacturing firm whose harvesters and
mowers have an established reputation at
home and abroad, died at his residence, in
Chicago, last Tuesday, the 18th inst, aged
rs years. Mr. Mccormick was native of
Rockbridge county, Va, and perfected the
McCorrnich reaper, which was originally
invented by his father, but laid aside be-
cause of It's imperfections. After becom-
ing satisfied that the reaper had been
brought to point assuring its success, Mr..
Mccormick, with his brothers, removed to
Chicago and commenced the manufacture
of the mashines, the business soon growing
into immense proportions and requiring the
services of thousands Of employees. As the
head of the great enterprise, Mr.. McCor-
mick developed great business enterprise
and .sagacity, and as consequence the
brothers amassed great wealth. Mr.. Cy
rus Mccormick was noted for his liberality,
and in his benefactions his native State was
more than once remembered.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
FUDGE WATTS.

Judge Watts, in brief speech upon
taking the chair, said that ne regarded the
compliment as one to his city and district,
and not to him, and modestly declared that
the honor was as unsolicited as it was un-
merited.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
KendalI,s SPAWN Cure.

Mankato, Mimi, Mai Oh 3rd 1884.
DR.. B. ]. KENDALL Co., Dear Sirs My wife
has been afflicted with rheumatism and one
bottle of Kendall's SPAWN Cure has done her
more good than everything else put together.
1t is the leading remedy here for all diseases
of the hoek IN horses.
Yours, with respects.
NJ W RITTER.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

ETEOE OF HOUSEHOLD AND
IN KITCHEN FURNITURE
We will sell at the Parsonage of the 1st Pres
oyter1an Church, on FRIDAY, 23rd inst, the
following property, belonging to the Rev. W.
Il. Baker, to wit:
BUREAUS. BEDSTEADS, WARDROBES,
EXTENSION DINING TABLE
I HAIRS, STOVES, Gncluding one large Stu
art Cooking StOve) and ether articles.
TRIMS made known Oh day OF sale.
ga Sale to commence at 10 o'clock.
lney20-lt E. NJ. GUSHING e SON.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20

Price 81. per bottle, or 8 bottles for S. All
druggists have it or get it for you, Or it will
be sent to any address ON receipt of price by the
b. j. KENDALL g. Co., Enosburgh
Falls. VT. Send for Illustrated circular.
Sold by All Druggists. Octl6 SLY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
CREDENTIALS.

General Taliaferro offered the following,
which was adopted:
That the ten congressional delegations
select three members to serve on the Com
mittee on Credentials, three on Committee
on Permanent Organization, and like
number on Committee on Resolutions, and
that they report the same at once to the
Convention if they have been already Sc
lected
The COMMITTEES for the Congressional
districts were then reported, those for this
district (the Tenth being:-On Permanent
Organizatiop-H. F. Lyle, T. j. Stratton,
J. A. R. Warner Credentials. ]. Pow
ell, j. NJ. II. McCray, W. NJ. McAllister.
Resolutions-W. A. Burke, DR.. II. E..
Smith, R. A. Coghill.
The Convention then took recess OF an
hour. At the expiration of that time, the
Temporary Chairman (Hon- John I. Har-
rjs) called the Convention to order at 2:35.
He said that the first thing in order was
the report of the Committee on Credentials.
1t was submitted showing every county
represented and no seats contested.
Adopted.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The committee recommended the follow
ing permanent officers:
Chairman: L. r. Watts, Portsmouth.
Vice Presidents: J. N. Stubs, First dis
trict; James E. Heath, Second; r. z.
Blakenship, Third; Willis j. Dance,
Fourth; J.-P. Krise, Fifth; John T. Logan,
Sixth; e. P. Burk, Seventh; Uriel Terrell,
Eighth; William Terry, Ninth; Samuel
Coleman, Tenth.
Adopted.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
JUDGE HARRIS.

Judge Harris, in taking the chair, begged
the indulgence of the Convention, while he
embraced the opportunity to express his
hearty congratulation at the magnificent
victory of the Democracy in 1888 over Re-
pubEcanism in it's worst and most PERM
cious form. He referred to the report of
the Sherman committee in the Senate of the
United States on the Copiah investigation,
wherein it was recommended that unless
suffrage in Mississippi should be improved,
that the State should be deprived of repre-
sentation in Congress; and he arraigned the
Republican party for its great encroach-
ments upon the liberties of the people.
In referring to the remarks of Mr.. Bar
bour, Judge Harris said: Yes, we meet to-
day under far different auspices. l see
now smiles where before there was trem-
bling. see nothing but hope, nothing
but buoyancy and pleasure that Old Vir-
ginia-God bless her-has once more arisen
again. l cannot say this unless l make
my acknowledgement to him who, like Mo-
ses, Cunning to Mr.. Barbour, the speaker
continued has led us out of the wilder
ness. There is" .said he, ''but one dis
tracing element in our party-the tariff
a question old as our Government He
said that there was something more i'm
portant than the tariff for the Democratic
party; it had a greater mission. He re-
ferred to Federal officers and their inter-
Weddings, and said that was something
for the Democratic party to look after: IF
the Republican party is victorious" said
he, ''they will appoint Federal officers to
conduct congressional and presidential cleo
lions, and will deprive the people OF the
South of their just right That grand
platform We adopted at Lynchburg on the
tariff and internal revenue is good enough
for me. [Applause.] He praised that
platform for safely carrying the Democratic
party to yictery. 81 ask you. old Demo
Gratis, what had you rather do, live under
the present tariff ten years or under Ma
hone one?''
'''For myself, l would rather live under
the present tariff twenty-five years than
under Malone one hour. Loud applause.
would rather have the present tariff fixed
upon the country fifty years than to see
Southern States deprived Of sae=r rights.
Give us grand victory, and, then let US
adjust the tariff loud cheers.]
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Mon live younv Men or Ladies in each
county. Address P. w. zIEGLEH CO.;
MACON At Philadelphia.