Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-10-30
than her voting strength.
THE OHIO ORATOR

THE OHIO ORATOR
no,q speaking at the court house, tJudgt
Foraker) comes here according to his
announced intention to ''break the DacE
bone of the Solid South" His platform
is simple one and I will read it to you
Here Mr. Walker read Judge Foraker
speech at Portsmouth. Ohio, published
elsewhere in to-days paper.) The pro
gramme of Judge Foraker and his friends
is to cut down your representation ID con
gress. That is a gun that will be founc
t. kick a little harder than it shoots
Take Republican Massachusetts, for ex
ample. 1t takes only $4,000 votes in that
State TO make a congressman, while IL
| Democratic North Carolina it takes 30,
600. In Democratic Florida it takes
80, 600 votes to make a congressman, While
in Republican Rhode Island it takes only
10000 Now that they tell us they want
to cut down the representation OF The
Southern States, aoe must begin to deter :
mine what we will do with such N orthern
States as Massachusetts, and Rhode Is
land. Their ''bloody instructions do
return to plague the inventor" The
statesmen of the North overlook the fact
written On every page of history that
culture and intelligence must ultimate ly
prevail over ignorance. 1t is no wonder
that the
VIRGINIA ELECTION EXCITBs THE At
TENTIoN OF THE NATION,
nor that the National DemocIa cy in every
State in the Union are looking to her.
She elects U. S. Senator, and the whole
country feels that the time has come
when she should be fairly and decentiy
represented in the National Senate. The
man who was elected to a seat there aud
received Democratic votes to send him
there did not alone go over to the Repub-
licans; he attempted to carry his party
there. Even Judas Iscariot when be
went over to Pontius Plate did not at
tempt to carry with him the whole blessed
company of the Apostles. And even he
bad that poetical sense of justice that in
duced him to go and hang himself after
his base and treacherous work was done.
He at least did not establish political
auction block at which.to dispose of the
honor of his Master. Malone should re-
sign the seat or he forfeits his honor by the
misuse of power obtained on false preten-
ces and baseIess pledges. God grant that
the 81 Of November may witness the final
closing of this public shame that teaches
nh fo cnit tho hn11 frnfhQ
they learned at their mothers knee. The
Republicans of the country wish to turn
back the hands of Progress on the dial of
Time quarter Of a century. and again
have the South pass through reconstruc-
ton after the fashion Of Roman prov
ince. They are talking about
HARD TIMES AND CLEvELAND's ADMIN
IsTRATION.
How could Cleveland's administration
have anything to do with the hard times
that have afflicted this country for several
years past ? There has been no session
Of Congress since his Inauguration. The
Republican party have had control not
only of your political but your financial
affairs, and of your Industries, for the past
twenty years. 1t is their policies and their
laws which are still in force. There has
been no Democratic Congress to change
them yet. How is it that we bad to sell
our wheat at rs cents bushel, hardly
enough money to pay cur fertilizer bills.
Why amt there money to buy our wheat
and pay fair price for 1t. Why the mon
ey is all locked up. The Republicans have
had Uncle Sam s farm for years. they have
taken two crops off the field in one season
and the money Is locked up in the Treasu
ry. But the Democrats have called back
the old tenant, he has taken possession in.
the person Of Grover Cleveland, and when
Congress meets in December he will put
in his first crop.
We OF West Virginia are your brothers
in blood. Our hearts never beat with
prouder impulses than when you placed
your banner IN Fitz Lees bands. They
feel that distinguished name will be
blessing or curse just according to the
manner in which its owner uses it. If he
carries himself with dignity and fidelity
equal to his deeds Of former days and of
those Of his ancestors, whom he is repre-
senting. we know that the world will
receive him as a worthy son. But if he
drags 1t in the mire he simply descends
from the heights Of popularity to the depths
Of degradation. Your nomination for
Governor is splendid, you have indeed
selected nominee of splendid merit. A
name without a stain, character without
blot.
VIrginias's relation to the past history
of the country has invested her present
position with peculiar interest. She has
been the pioneer Of civilization. There is
no era of history connected with the devel-
opment OF our country, but bears her
influence. The man who surveyed the
State Of Ohio was Virginlan. Virgin
ia contribution to the country's growth
becomes more elevated with advancing
years, as seen. Her sons settle upon every
opening field and wherever they have gone
they have borne with them her lessons,
and they have taught the world the glory
of an unsullled manhood.
Wedding.
A large company assembled at the First