New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-02
THE APPLE-JACK CAMPAIGN.
r,rzHrGH LEE AND HIS CAvALRYMEN.
~rp,NG TO GREET THEIR CANDIDATE AND SLEEP
ING WHILE HE SPEAKS.

rpoNT ROYAL Va, Sept. 2S.-IDe pOliticai
sAies OF Virginia are beginning to take on tno uiu
,p,umnal tlnts OF the woods and the mountains
s,,hpgh Lee oke here night The rarty riends Oh
- p,r,o, Candidate received him as lie has been
eved at az ery place where he has foken as yet WIN
arum and fife and cavalry escort. All aay ions 'n'
,onntaneers from Warren Fauquier Clarke ana Kappa
hammock counties have poured Into tue pretty -
vailed in by blue hills every side AS last as ue
came in tley rer dezvoused OIL the outskirts OF ne
and ot = o'clock we're marshaled into q column %
horses abreast and rode over big hill to the 1870
denot 70 meet tho candidate 1t was sight u s'' nc
Bourbon cavalcade. they gaopcd over 'no 80
enveloped in huge cloud of rcd dust oftneir y" o
The cradle aud the grave were there In INC
Of one of their campaign orators:
Some was knicky.
And some knackY, ,,
And some was the color o Drown 'oO"ee'' -,
There were bear1lcss youths who' !. inv nv, 100
rohhv he old enough to vote In the election Oh 1917
P o', - noo,st,n saddles; and aged cavaliers,
.,o,h hosa long whiskers the wind blew Freely
,,oa ,,h ann,eiack and whiskey the mountaiheers
gave wont to their emotions IN the short deinonao'
So,tbsrn veil whose shri echoes went nylng from mn -
I'm .CantaIns" and "CoOnels " Win resuriccVou
ate sashes and belts rode in their midst "heh
tbe train drew the depot OF the SHENANDOAH ey
Railroad General Leo got of and mounting Tue BNp
ar,a,ned horse which In waiting ior hlni
reviewed the 500 horsemen who were drawn up III
clover field on the bottom and then placing hmsei
Mt their head led them over the dusty hill To inc town.
Stuart Steele the buser of job Stuart, the dead 'o-
fderate cavalry leader, blew the buglers sau'e 10
Maipr General over the dusty Rad and into tue town
the candidate rodo at the head Of his whooping ana
ve,lng escort From a fower-be deckcd platform In
front OF tho Court House he poSo for an hour ana h
and then the entertained by orators Oh local
pofe The tied their animals 70 thc iehces "u
living down on grass In the Court House yard were
soon luled into "A sleepy stupor by the nonotorous
sm brought out by the arrival CT tho candidate and the
sterto rous notes of brass band soon subsidized Inc
rebel veil split the Of night whenever the SPEAKERS
struck an echo hearts OF their hharers by rcrer
ences to tho the candidate rendered turing the
war Some inebriated horsemen cneered for Fltahugh
Lee ard JEFF Davis" but the audience III great part
foSt metod away. There few negroes TO be seen
around and an inquiry to What had become Of them
elected the response from "a tall bourbon:
"They have tuck TO the ti;noor."
Those hafseore freedmen VINO remained to hear what
the Bourbon party had 10 Offer them were warned by Lee
o bsware of listening TO the doctrines OF Republican
orators as they woud only bring on race conflict when
they he coored people, would most assuredy go down
before the whites.
General Lee delivered here tac set speech which lie
has learned by heart and which he pronounced In tue
manner of schcoboy speaking his piece" His soild
,n,a,apce and voice like o bass-drum did not change
once luriag tho whole tine As lie ground out he kept
walking the platform back ard forth lise bear IN a
cage lie dealt In 10 agnment NOT Iu any ~
issue The speeches composed OF vir0c abuse Of
Malone and his ra.y If sor Ta
emf The same old st0ry-Mabone, MabOhe Man0he.
Ans of te Republican leaders that debt question.
The settlement OF which entirely TIE work oi Manohe
everybody Once twice only dd the speeches become
interesting once when the cana'cste OF 'n Doe
satIrica remark OF John s. Wis., tas Republican candl
Of le
been heard or; anO.heT time waen he endeavored to
Srssk the the effect nee e s S6 s csee
Massey Ayres CID country tnrnoat which can
Ss b Of to The
thoroughbred in the load; "Parson Massey, to the
ne uTdsr lie wOgon Ths Rickm6nd Wig was
bs!sbcred fer spelling the candidates nan.o with
General Lee took occasion tc deny that In carrying
about at the A2ad Of Ills cavalry escorts the nag
Ridge at Gottysbuig inat he meant 70 revive me
ra o Ine ia IL cominS there's sugar IN the conrd for
A references honest. manly Grover Cleveland ieI
ON o Ine for the prc aIranssd cavalry contingent
would have decidedly unlntercstug Many OF tho
Of to- Curt House ytrd romouned their horses raced
back and forth through tho englo street CT tho tewr
hgyliug and yellag Ike CcIaanche Indians They kert
alive tho failing Interests CT tho 5000 people who
cone together 10 be ecihed
il sugar n the gOurj for HIN and his fellow Bourbons.
i is the belief Ct Impartial observers tat win
the rolls. the coming election VIII result In mere
the last state election for Governor To noue is this fact
more apparent than 10 Doss Barbour tho sBifu wire
pHller and mauipuat0r TO whose Efforts more Than TO
those of any other Tas due the galvanized sem
bance Of life givon the bourbon corpse by the last
National election When sleeping ballots aud Intimidation
al the polls gave the State 10 Cleveland. Mr. Barbour
has that In putting Up wooden hgurchead like
Fftzhugh lie bis candidate for jycrnor ne las
riaie gross bnnieF Tho brilliant speeches Of John S.
Wise compared with the schoOlb0y productions OF
"Ftz have shown the people the difference betwt en-
statesman and Wooden Image. The Republican candi-
date has discussed the pressing needs OF tie State and
her dire want OF Ct brain in plain straightforward
way on tho stamp Ills opponent, 40 match for him In
any quality which should make up the Chief Magistrate
stae, has taken his cue from these who pull
beea based solely a revival OF times ahd war
fevers WITH personal TRADES against the Republicans
Hterjcoted. Unable o. discuss single Issue Of the day
tho two parties sayiUg not word OF the tariff
Which, for aught the people may Fnow he may think
methods draw crowds aud cavalry escort, and FiZ
LIE Cavalry Campaign Gibbs 10 whoOp and yell and get
drank ana and fTtshtcE tho mid field. hand the
nonenstve black mar into staying away from the polls
Tnis Il the Bourbon schemes but the bold aud defiant
canvass 81 the State and leadership Senator
Malone, has done much TO thwart tbeir evil Intention
OF how things expected to go in November. The
conotles OF Page. Shenandoah AID Rockngham peOped
Dutch Of Pennsy lyana few years ago spoken Of
as the Tenth Legion OF Virginia democracy: Their
uGiaterng In the days Jf reconstruction They left tho
Democratic party the debt question, and tue BOur-
bUs have been trying tO swing them rtO line since.
The canvass OF this stamping ground OF Democracy
that those who went With Senator Malone
With nim st and will vote the Republican ticket from
top 10 bottom. There Is q community Known rs the
i,uk4rls among them. who iong OF one religious
in the Republican ticket this faior the first time In
State eeotion. At LurAy, where both candidates spoke
larger an: was mado up OF sturdy woodsmon and
!Gra.ers The B0urbcas, when they failed muster
tnoaEh voters u eqna tho audience that listened 10
WISE brought their wives and daughters 10 swell their
uUmbe.s.