The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-10-29
Corrections.

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Our venerable cotemporary, the ,Specta-
tor, has gotten into frantic, ard conse-
quently reckless mood, as q result, doubt
less, OF the premonitions Of the defeat
which stares it in the face, IN its report /
OF Judge Foraler's speech the effort is
made to correct some Of lis inaccuracies.
First, it charges that Judge Foraker said |
there were in Stanton ten men idle and |
seeking employment since Cleveland IS cleo
ton, to where there was one before that I
event. That is not whabOccurred. lie asked
the question whether there were not more
idle men now than then. An answer came
from a laboring man in the crowd, Eyes,
ten times as many And the speaker re-
peated the answer.
Our neighbor says Victoria Furnace is in
Louisa county. and ha been out of opera
tien for seventeen Xes s. Victoria Fur
mace is at Goshen, anu Judge Foraker was
exactly right.
Judge Foraker did not come here in
1884 to help Mr. Yost in his canvass for
Congress. When the Judge spoke, in
Staunton Mr.. Y ost was not q candidate
for Congress and had not then been nom
mated.
Judge Foraker never injured or abused
the people Of Virginia" He discussed in
Ohio and discussed in Virginia great
principle, which has application every
where-the constitutional rights Of the
citizen and the duty of all tosee that these
rights are respected and enforced. Two
Of the most prominent and influential
Democrats in Staunton told us that no
gentleman could except to single word
he said--that it was powerful speech and
calculated to do harm to the Democratic
party, in winning votes to the Republican
party.
The Dispach s correspondent says he did
not mention Jno S. Wise's name. He sew
eral times appealed to his hearers to vote
for Mr.. Wise, as the representative Of the
protective policy and a free ballot and
fair count
The same writer says aproposition was
| uidG6 ~ uuS0a - JoiAo Nt'SS~
sion, which he declined
This is not correct. On Friday or Sat
urday prominent Democrat came to the
senior editor of the VIRGINIAN and asked
whether we would arrange for a joint dis
cusson with Judge Staples whom it was
proposed to get here by telegraph, he
said We responded, that Judge Foraker
had been invited to speak here to the peo-
pie of the county-that we did not know
4 his wishes as to a discussion, and had no
way Of reaahing him to learn, until he
arrived. We therefore declined any ar
rangement. We did not think it fair to
ask and certainly knew it would not be
| fair to grant any such request, even it had
! been in earnest. On Judge Faraker's ar
rival Monday morning, we mentioned the
matter to him, and he instantly responded
/ that he was perfectly willing to joint dis
4 cussion. We told hin, we had no idea of
making any arrangement Of the klna-that
| a proposition had been made the Mon-
i day previous for q joint discussion at
fIarrisonburg between the junior ed
itor Of the VIRGINIAN and Judge Sta
pies, which had been peremptorily de-
cllned. In discussion with gentleman
not posted in Virginia politics Judge Sta
pies could make reckless statements, which
he has done in every speech we have seen
reported from him, and they would not be
contradicted, because OF want Of famil-
iarity with the local issues, and they would
go tefore the people uncontradicted. We
had no idea Of giving the Bourbons this
advantage. They circulate enough false
hoods anu Misrepresentation about Judge
Foraker as it is and about everybody else.
Having declined joint discussions all
Through this canvass, it is the most eyre
gious impudence for the Bourbons to
ask Republicans to allow them to lave the
advantage of our meetings at the close of
the contest. They have learned that to
get the crowd in Augusta county, they
must come. to Republican meetings. We
have beaten them in every demonstration,
and that without All effort on our part,
while they have moved heaven and earth
to arouse the people, but in vain. let
them now reap the reward of their own
blunders.
Gen. Lee is reported to have said at Pc
tersburg that Judge Foraker was one of
those soldiers who were 'sinvincible in
peace and invisible in war" Judge For
aker entered the army at the age of seven
teen and fought through to the close, COM
ing out with the rank Of captain. lie was
wounded a half dozen times, and bore him
self as a gallant and daring soldier. 1t was
ungracious and indefensible for Gen. Lee
to have used the remark he is reported K
have made.