Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-10-09
State.
COMPARING STATE OFFICERS.


cratic Auditor has ever paid his brother
in law SIS, 600 for two hours work. No
Democratic Governor has ever borrowed
$50 0oO from State depository and then
didn't return it.
John W. Daniel.
Hon. John w. Daniel was next intro
duced by Hon. W. D. Anderson, who said
''What Dsmosthenes was TO Greece In the
days of her greatest trial; what Henry
Clay was to Kentucky, John W. Daniel is
to-day to the people of Virginia. His
name, his glorious deeds, his patriotic
record, speak for him now. and will speak
for him in coming ages to the people of
Virginia." Mr.. Daniel as he came for
ward was greeted with the wild est ap-
plause, so wild as to give the idea that
the people had clean lost control of them
selves. You have already published
sketch of his speech at Stanton. His
speech here was the same, but the elo-
quence of the man and his magnetic
oratory. gave me the feeling that it was
all new. 1t was the equal if not the
superior of his Staunton effort and had
the same stirring effect on his audience.
Maj. Daniel commenced by saying that
on Saturday night last he had attended
one of the largest Democratic meetings he
ever saw, IN Charlotte county, and in his
tour through the State in this campaign,
he had seen every where such spirit of
resolve among the Democracy, that assur-
ed us victory is written ia the book of fate
and only waits for Fitzhugh Lee to turn
the page. (applause.) Four years ago he
was in Rockbridge. The Democracy of
| the State on that occasion was defeated.
| The Republicans said the Democratic
party was dead. But the Democracy TO-
day is all over the land-the woods are
| full of them from Maine to Florida. John
s. Wise has compared FitZ Lees face to
the ruddy face Of the rising sun. It is
just about the way it ought to strike
man whose own sun is setting. Wise says
he don't like the Lee cavalcades parading
the country, it looks too much like war.
No wonder he don't like it, it is war-war
to the knife on corruption and bossism
| (cheers.) Since the speaker had addressed
the people of Rockbridge the Democracy
had swept the country. 1t had been said
of Christopher Columbus that he ought to
be honored, not so much for the discovery
| OF America, as for the foresight and
| courage which made him undertake it,
And when we look at the history of the
Democracy for the last twenty years, ris-
from tha nl>
| and the bayonet, it is hard TO say which we
most admire, the victory, or the patient
courage, patriotism and fidelity to con-
viction which led to it. In discussion
with Brother in-law Brown Allen in Car
roll county, in 1888, A. turned to him and
said, that the Democratic party reminded
him of the Irishman'5 swapping turtle;
the head OF the turtle continued to snap
after it was cut off. Faith look at the
poor divil, Nike" said the freshman hes
dead and he don't know it'' Well, in
this year of our Lord 1885, the Republican
party is dead and it does know it (great
applausel and Billy Malone can't galyan-
re it into life.
THE NEW REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Two or three years ago the Re-
publican platform of principles was
summed up in these words: ave
are for Arthur because Arthur is
for us.' Their platform of to-day NAV
be summed up, I'VE are against Clevelan0q
because Cleveland is against u.s. - Their
battle cry is the ''BouI bons' and nine
tenihs OF the pacty don't know the mean
ing Of the word.
THE RouRRONIsM OF THE DEMOC-
| RACY.
Even as late as 1876, the ballots at Pc
tefsbarg were cast into boxes, at which
| stood Federal soldiers with muskets In
their hands. The Bourbon Democracy
put stop to that.
The juries in the United States Courts
were selected by partisan officers, and
packed Ju1Ies were the rule. That Bour-
bon Democrat, Allen Thurman's bill put O.
stop to that. And that New Republican.
John s. Wise, tried to return to that piece
OF political villiany again and introduced
bill to that effect.
In the Virginia legislature after the
passage Of the Riddieberger bill, Bour-
Don introduced a bill to reduce the tax
from 81 cents to DO cents. Another Bour-
bon, Holmes Conrad, introduced bill for
the same reduction. The Mahoneites vo-
ted to man against the reduction, and
IL W as only when the Democrats put the
oaYoneG TO them, that they were forced to
Yield and vote for it. They resisted 1t be-
cause they wanted a heap of money in the
Treasury from which Blair could draw his
$4,000, and Allen could pay his brother-in-
law $4,000 for a two hours iob-about SIS
minute.
A DELIBERATE LIE WITH WI MAHONE,s
SIGNATURE.
Mr.. Daniel held up pamphlet signed
by IVY IN. Mahone, Chairman" and dated
at Petersburg, August, 1885, the opening
paragraph Of which States that John W.
Daniel and Fitzhugh Lee upheld and ex-
sFfed their influence to put upon the tax
ridden people of the State'' the Funding
Bill OF 1871. He denounced it as DELHI
crate lie, saying that Fitz Lee knew moth
Ing OF the funding BILL and as for himself,
ne had as Senator from the Campbell dis
trlct, opposed its passage by spe eches and
by vote.
MI. Daniel after severe denuneiation
OF WISE, closed with a beautiful eulogium
on Lee.
BOUQUET FROM COLoRED MAN.
I5 was sign of the progress the times
are making, when col0reG man in his
own behalf presented Mr. Daniel with q