Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-10-02
WRlGLETS.

Tn the ISL OF Odhudi9 low 90
reported by Massey himself, the
Bourbons had robbed the free
schools of one million, five hundred
and forty thousand dollars!
And now they have begun t.
rob the schools again.
Save your schools. Rescue you.
children from ignorance and DEE
radiation.
The BourbOns, by their partizar
increase Of the assessment of lands
for taxation, have increased our
State taxes 81 ,44O year for every
county in the Commonwealth.
Down with Bourbons and thel
increased taxes
ANY man who attempts b. trauc
or force to keep any other man
from voting a free ballot, should
be utterly disfranchised forever for
his treason to common right and
anv man who would advocate VIC
lence on another for the exercise
of free thought and free speech
about public matters, ought to
have his head tied up in a bag and
thirty-nine lashes well laid upon
his naked posteriors,
The Free Schools Will suffer as Of
yore, if the people do not at once
take them and their dues from the
hands Of the Bourbon accomphces
of the brokers and coupOn-scalpers.
Two thousand horned toads have
been shipped from San Francisco to
China. They will be converted in
TO various kinds Of medicines,
which sell very high. a toad Is
placed in a flask of whisky several
weeks and the stuff is sold as a
tonic.
1t is charged the United States
Attoruey:General Garland is a spec
ulator in telephone stock, being at
torney for one company in which
he holds 100000 worth of shares,
and using his official position in
behalfof his company and private
interests.
The final vote in the United
States Senate on the passage Of the
Blair bill was as follows-Demo-
Gratis i'm italics:
Messrs. Blair, BrorH, Call.
Cameron of Wisconsin, Coiqah, Con
ger. Cullom. Dawes, Dolph' Edmunds'
FRYE. Gariqad. George, Hampton. llar-
ri-an. Hoar. J0cks0H, Jonas, Jones Of
Florida. Kama. Logan. Mcmillan, Mand-
er.ou. Allioroi New York, Morrill,, Pike,
p.att. P,ngh. Ransom, Riddleberger, saw
v.r Williams. and WilsOn-33.
NAys.-Mcs.rs. Bayard, Butler,
Coote. Groome. Hqnls, llawley. Narey
Miller Of California, Norgqa, PendietoH,
and S0asJigy-ll
Twenty Republicans aud only
thirteen Democrats voted Tor the
bill. while nine Democrats and on
" two Republicans voted against
IT,.
Going to the House Of Represen-
tatlyes that session, where the Dem
ocrats had a majority of 80, it lin
gerea over three months without
being taken up-Tucker Of Virgin
ia, being active in its suppression ;
and notwithstanding the loud
promises made in Virginia last year
that the House would pass the bill
early on the re.assembling OF Con-
eress last December, the House
completed it's session last March,
and that Congress terminated, with
the bill still untouched and left
And IT. vas in direct reference to
this then pending bill that the Ma
tional Democratic party declared
in its platform as follows;
awe are opposed to all PROPOSE
ions which, upon any pretext, |
would convert the General Gov.
,rnment into a machine for collect |
NC taxes to be distributed among /
he States or the citizens thereOf' |
In 1880 the bill passed by the
Republican Senate of the United
states, to distribute the net pro-
ieeds of tine sales of the public
ands to the free schools of the
states, was killed under this Dem
cratic policy, and By the same
,eans, in the Democratic House of
representatives.