The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-29
thursday.
Senator Don Cameron reached WASH
brton last week and was in his seat on

Senator Don Cameron reached WASH
bcton last week and was in his seat on '
Monday, after years travel in Europe.
eMrs. Steven Baldwin. of Bath county,
ommitted suicide on Thursday last. She
lad been in bad health, but it was not
thought her mind had been impaired, UNI
iii the fatal act that terminated her life
had been done.
A warrant of arrest was issued and
placed in the hands of Deputy Marshal,
|for the arrest of Jno. G. Emo, President
|of the Second National Bank of New
York, for violating the law regulating
Ranking operations. Emo, however, gave
the officers the slip and his whereabouts is
not known.
James d. Fish, President of the New |
York Metropolitan Bank, has been ar
rested, charged with fraud to the amount |
of over s., 900. 900. His business connec- |
tions with Ward are undergoing investi-
CATION and much crookedness is being de-
veloped as is stated. Mr.. Fish, however,
courts the fullest exposure, and is conf
dent that it will vindicate him.
OF Republicans prominently mentioned
for the presidency, General W. 7. Sher-
man is the oldest, at Ga, and his brother,
John, ranks next at 81. Robert L. Lin
coin is the youngest, 40. All the others
are between SO and 60. Senator Logan is
about SIS, Edmunds is Sc, Hawley IS, Ali
son SIS. Harrison and Gresham each 81, and
Blaine and Arthur each 54. The Demo-
cratic candidates are much older. Tilden
is Y, Payne IA. Thurman n, Mcdonald
IS, Hendricks so. Bayard 56, General Den
yer Sc, Randall SIS. Flower is the young
man in the race at 40.
The Senate ON the 23d, passed the Labor
Bureau bill, introduced by Senator Blair,
and modified by Senator Aldrich. 1t pro-
yides for a bureau of labor statistics. I'M
der the supervision of the Interior De-
partment, and creates Commissioner OF
Labor, at salary of $4,000 year. 1t is
ths duty, under the bill, of the Commits
sioner, to collect information on the SUBJ
ject of labor, its relations to capital, the
prices of labor and the earnings of labering
men and women, and the means of promot-
ing their material, social and moral pros
perlty. A chief clerk is provided for at
So 900 per annum, and 900 annually to
be appropriated for the expenses under the
bill.
The Washington Post of Monday last
published interviews with more than eighty
Democratic Congressman who supported
the Morrison bill recently in the House.
The object of the publication is to show
that the Democratic party as represented
in Congress is in favor of tariff for reve-
nue. only. and that this policy must neces-
sarily control in the deliberations of the
Democratic National Convention, which
assembles'.in Chicago July s. 1t is pref
ty fight as it stands between the factions
of that party on the tariff question, but
the real circus will exhibit on the date and
at the time above named. The signs all
point to an interesting time when the
Democratic Convention meets.
The recent municipal elections in Vir-
GINA, wherever party test was made, re-
suited very favorably to the Republicans.
In Petersburg the city was carried by over
1000 majority for the Republican candi-
dates. In Norfolk the Republicans elected
most of the city officers, by small MAORI
ties, while the Democrats got control of the
Council. In Danyille the Democrats were
successful by 400 majority. but this was
effected by large number of colored peo-
pie remaining from the polls, because of
fear. This result will not be of advantage
to that party in other portions of the State.
In Woodstock the Republicans carried the
town for the first time in its history.
Maj. Dezendorf has addressed another
letter to Mr.. Sabin. chairman of the Re-
publican Committee. In it he claims that
the delegation he represents is the only
Republican delegation from Virginia, and
that the party it represents polled $4,000
votes for Garfield & Arthur in 1880. He
fails to state what his committee has done
for the Republican party in Virginia since
1880, or where the "a 600 Republican votes
now are, whether with his or the delega-
ton headed by Gen. Malone. There have
been several elections in Virginia since
1880, i'm which were involved interests
vital to the Republicans as they consid-
cred. In neither of them has Maj. Dezen-
d0rf or his committee been in accord with
the Republican voters of the State. On
the contrary, they have been as effective
in aiding the Bourbons as if they belonged
to that party. Not only i'll the popular
elections. but in the legislature the balance
of power was held by the Straightout Re-
pubhcans and it was used to promote the
schemes of the Bourbon party and defeat
the measures the great bulk of the 81 900
Republican votes of 1880, had declared for
and considered essential to Republican in
terests as well as justice and right.
The Democrats of Roanoke city are pro-
crossing finely in the science of Bourbon
politics. In a published card in the Leader
of the..22d, signed by number of promi-
neat citizens. the charge is specifically
made that in the primary election held on
he End inst, 100 ballots were found in the
box when only 20 voters could be found to
represent them. This caused the defeat as
a candidate for,the Council of Mr.. j. T.
Smoot, and believing that it was effected
bysfraud and ballot-box staifing," a num-
Der of citizens called on him to announce
himself candidate. notwithstanding the
result of the primary. This he did, as
the best way to allow the people to pass
upon the dishonest methods of the parti-
zans who SO .shamefully prostituted the
ballot. The people of that city ought,
without delay, or respect to party associa-
tion, rebuke the corrupt Ring that SO soon
shows its front in their midst. If that city
ever gets under the power of corrupt and
unscrupulous Ring, it will be long time
before 1t can escape from its clutches
Let them throw it off at once and do it
with emphasis, for there can be no greater
curse to city and its prosperity than the
domination of combination of tricksters
who would pervert the election machinery
to partizan and selfish ends.
Last week we published on the first page of
the VIRGINIAN, AN article under the head of
Reaction" 1t referred to the alleged
change IN public sentiment in Copiah coun-
ty. Miss. as to the killing of Mathews by