The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-30

supplement the county and state school
fund, thereby extending the sessions aud
giving to the clil,lrrneducati0 Ilal facilities
which want Of money nnw pr..vrir> III, IA
from eninyiug.
THE LABOR BUREAU AND OriIEE Mas
rRFs.
La the last Congress Il bill WAS mead o..
cilslte i Labor liuredn 1'hei..,lints,c,
u inrcslu WIS found in the c,n4st,,n, a,n
growing necessity for Authentic Isfnrlni,
tipn concerning the wages paid IN Narion,
departments ot industry. the cost Of living
the relations uf capital To labor. and "A
Thousand questions affecting TIE material
SANITARY social. and moral conditions of
l;tporliE people. Its passage WAS urged hy
The representatives of labor who demanded
The recognition Of their right 10 have col
leetFel all the facts and stattstj,s that
would prove Of value To them i'm adjusting
heir differences with employers. Tie
justice OF the demand WAS recognized ami
Il hill passed creating the Bureau iudepeIrd
eIll oi an 81 The executive departments.
and providing That a Commissioner sbonld
De appointed Tor four wears. at an annual
salary ol $}.VOO. with AN allowance of
S2j,0V0 10 cover al EXPRESSES If COLLECTING
the statistics atd oi her information n. eded'
The vote on lii'' Till WIS ~ AYES IN i l..
nays Every nan who Nnaea against it.
was Il l)eHlocrai. mr.. Tachyrd o.ffe,t
Nheii ne lhii aFproprlalng $40 jSO lo
the agricultural drparinnri, iii in
winch The Interests of tbr 1aInf. ~ were
deeply involved. ealne I" ..vnlr. ~ Thicker
lodged again.
pom the bill to establish a Elrr4,,n 1T
Animal Industry. and provide means for
the investigation and pxtirpatioil of uletrrn.
pneumonia. one Of the most fatal of The
cattle diseases Mr.. Tucker voted nav.
LIE voted against the bin re-charterino
the National Banks. whose charters ~
pired in 1888.
He. voted. against the bill To punjsh
polygamiSts and wipe that moral scour0a
from the knd
When tie food swept down the Ohio
last winter. devastating homes. and leav
ing want and Indebtedness in its track
When the poor people of those districts
saw all OF their earthly possessions borne
to destruction when the little ones were
shiyeIlng and sheterless, and the cry for
bread, and shelter, and raiment went nm
all along the river bank when IndiyiduaIs
Tlch ana poor. were sending in their con.
Lrlnhtlons 10 alnellorate the distressed CON
ditioh OF the homeless and louseless peo-
PIE. ana congress was asked to give from
an overcoming treasury, the bill to appro-
pirate S"ooooo by the National Govern
me4t was passed by avote Of 254.to II,
dnd dH'ong that tretre the cote Of My,
I9 tt, eras recorded
1AlS actlon, 100. he seeks to defend upon
oile gtolliil Ihat the Government had not
the power 10 save rs people from death
4 people some OF whom had riskedktheir
ilVeS To save the Government. Other
members OF the House, whose, reputation
is constitutional lawyers stands quite rs
hlgll as that OF Mr.. Tucker, found ample
warrant LOT voting money in that. clause
Oh The constitution Which declares that
congress Snal nave the power to provide
lor tlle general Weltafe.2A They saw that
precious lives were 1T stake and that no
power but the strong arm of the, National
Government could rescue them, When
MI. tucker trled TO pafalyZe that arm rs
u was stretched forth to save those people.
he dld not represent the sentiments of the
blg-hearted' generous voters of this dis
trict, and should never have the Opnor-
tunlty to again misrepresent them.
THESE are specimen pages from the pub-
lie record of Hon. Jno. Randolph Thicker
They show that his Sympathies. his in
tluence, and his votes have ever been
against the interests of the wOrkingmen
and mechanics against the Interests of
the farmers against the interests of tho
manufacturers, and against every measure
in Which the people of the district he rem.
resents feel deep concern.
Mr.. Tucker lives in the mast He faods
on bitter memories. LOOKING hacklyarJ
always, he fails to see the lieht of The
coming day Virginia has taken sten
forward in the last few years. A new field
stretches before her. a new promise
beckons her on to the realization Of mate
rial benefits. Men of capital and enter-
prise, which are the levers. To lift the old
State from the rut in which She has co
long been run, are looking with pecnIiar
interest to the contest in this district
They are waiting to see whether this nee
pie will endorse the record of a renresenta-
tive who has sought to BASS laws In nre-
vent the development of the resonrces
with which this section aboIInds and who
has insnlted tha mon - i anu mliu
among us to vitalize our dead waoltb ne
Mr.. Tucker did insult the Eirn'stomas t.; i,
his Staunton speech.
The issues between Mr. Tucker ana
myself are distinct and clearly defined
He does not approve of n PROTECTIVE
tariff rs his votes show. | heIieve that
the upbuiding of Virginia tenends i'm no
small degree upon the maintenance of nro.
tective duties upon imports. Ne are inst
to reap the benefits of a system
which has made the North rich and yrb,ch
is destined to Mace Vire ", ,0ii ''t which
guard of commemorative If orr nonnIa
but prove true to themseiw.,,s = ou' Pe'p'o
He OnnoSaS tho nooont,,,,1, l.. M. n.