Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-10-02
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EX AUDITOR ALLEN, JACOB YOsT AND
EX DEPUTY POSTMASTER KERR, ON
THE REPUBLICAN, sTAND-W. r. ALEX
AMBER, OF WINCHESTER, ON THE
DEMOCRATIC STAND.
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Monday being day an unusually
large crowd gathered in town. Ex Auditor
Brown Allen, by al pojntment, and
Messrs. Jacob Yost and Heber Kerr, adj
dressed a court house full Of people, about
one-half of the white portion of the
audience being Democrats. After the
Republican meeting adjourned, Mr.. w. B.
Alexander, of Winchester, addressed a
Democratic meeting, of which about one
tweuty-fourth were Republicans. Mr..
Alexander had proceeded hardly ten min
utes in his speech before there was a
universal regret that some arrangement
had not been made by which such speaker
could have been put up to discuss with
ex- A uGitor Allen. We give below a run
ming sketch of the two meetings, making
our report Of Mr.. Allen speech do duty
for an absent Democratic orator. by point
ing out some Of the Republican orators
errors
Lodge of Sorrow.
| The proceedings presented a strong
| likeness to a lodge of sorrow. There was
| hardly a man On the stand participa-
ting IN the meeting that hadn't been at
some time or other defeated by the people
for some position or other, and in the au-
dience there was mournful sprinkling of
ex-whiskey gaugers, ex-storekeepers, ex-
| post office attaches and ex-Board Direc.
tors, giving pathetic hue to the whole
affair. You could hardly walk across the
aisle without stunt bling against man
| carry ing his head under his arm.
ALLEN AND LEE.
Ex-Auditor Allen was introduced bv
Mr. j. Yost and opened by saying that
he felt exceedingly unwell from sore
threat. He said ne had been the more
anxious to speak to the citizens of Angus
ia, because he had understood that Fjtz-
hugh Lee had said in speech here that
If [, S. Brown Allen, had said at Clifton
Forge that if he, FltZhugh Lee. was cleo
ted Governor, the public schools would be
closed, then I, Allen, was the monument
tai liar OF this Commonwealth. Now. I
don't care about engaging III duel, but
ii did, think Fltz Lee would be the
person Of all Others [ would select. But
have this to Say that his remark IN
Stanton was nothing more than a low,
mean, cheap and contemplate effort to
make political capital by asserting that If
L said thing, that any man would be u
fool to say. then Wasa monumental liar,
Fltz Lee has had the opportunity to hear
What L did say, out he tucked his tail and
ran from it. He don't want to hear 1t.
and during this campaign, il he can help
1t, he amt going TO hear it. In Rocking
ham last week be could have heard
it, but be would not. Poor as [ am. I'd
give $500 and travel a thousand miles to
IL.
piause.) Up to last week had not had
to use one disrespectful word about the
Democratic candidate for Governor
HOW IS THIS MIR. ALLEN?
Mr.. Allen then launched into an attack
on Hon. John E. Massey. He said only
two years sno half ago, Massey had been
In his own party and while he was there he
(A.) had had to defend him against Demo-
cratic charges of stealing and breach of
trust lie had doue the best he could in
defending him. but found 1t mighty hard
work. He then read violent Democratic
attack on Mr.. Massey from Democratic
source The memory OF Mr.. Allen will be
considerably refreshed by his turning to
the proceedings of Coalition meeting
held IN the Court House in Staunton. on
Monday, July 25,h, 1880, to endorse the
nomination of Hano>ck and English lust
made at Cincinnati. At that meeting
Mr.. Allen, WHO Was an alector on the
Malone Hancock ticket, made a speech
giving the lie to the charge that the Ma
hone electoral ticket Was in collision with
the Republicans. Since that time Chair
man Cooper of the pennsylvania RepublI-
can State Central Committee, has pub
llshed work say ing that It was by oqree-
nae1t Nth Simon Cameron that the Malone
Hahc'ck ticket was run in Virginia SO as
to throw the State to Garfield. AT
that meeting the following resolutions
were prepared, reported and voted for by
Mr.. Allen himself, long after he had heard
all the silly charges which he spoke of in
Staupton, Monday:
ReSot0ed That we do heartily endorse the
action OF the Re-adjuster Convention. held
IN richmond on the 18th inst, aud pledge to
It's Electoral Ticket our most cordial and ear.
nest support
2d. That for the able, patriotic address to-
DAY, we feel under renewed obligation. and
hereby beg to tender again our thanks to the
Hon John e. Massey, the great pioneer Re-
adJuster, the ''nobest Roman of them all:n :.
lamb among friends. q lion with foes. inaifer-
ent alike to the Establishments of the former
and to the anathemas of the latter: a christian
patriot, able, wise, generous, fearless the
peer Of any and match for all; to whom in
his dual capacity, as the States Auditor ana
Orator, the guardian of the Treasurv.' and
the 'Tri5une of tho people," are due the
thanks Of the whole county.
AS ''chr istian patriot" also cable.
wise, gerel Gus, fearless, the peer of any
aud match for all,' needs very little
ViHalcatlon from any assault MIR. Allen
may make on him NO oo,, ~. eoI