Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-09-16

of the county conventions, and only his Ter
vile minions are sent to the convRt;on
that they may nominate whom he1mav die.
tate. 1t in no sense representa- the people,
but the Boss merely. He rev a distinc-
ton between What he Sfled the new Re-
publican or Malone Rrty, and the old-line
Republican party The latter want to
stamp out Bosasm and Mahoneism, and
viii not vote or the Malone ticket.
Gen. Leg gave graphic description of
the oscillation farce which was enacted in
the Malone Convention, when Malone and
Rddleberger embraced and kissed each 9TH
Ell, and quoted quite appropriately and in
good style the lines Of Moore, common
cing:-
"Come rest in this bosom,
My own stricken dear" &c.
This New Republican Malone Conven-
ton nominated John s. Wise as their can
didate for Governor. He says that am
the nephew of my uncle. He, suppose, is
the son of his father. My uncle was born
before I was-I had nothing to do with it
I could not help i'll am his nephew, and
1 have never had any reason to be ashamed
of it.
Wise is giving his party great deal of
trouble. He is like the light-colored child
of the colored woman who said that that
child gave her more trouble than all the
others because he showed dirt SO easy.
There is a great deal of political dirt on
Wise's countenace.
Wise has said that if he were elected
Governor, he would call out the troops and
clean Danville out, if any disturbance
should occur there as heretofore. He
charges the people of that city and of that
county as murderers and assassins. This
is serious and an unfounded charge, and
no man who entertains or expresses such
opinions should be elected Governor of this
State. How could Wise ask Northern men
to settle or invest in Dinwiddie county,
Wise has asked Blaine to assist him, and
Blaine writes to him complimenting him
on his blood. Wise says he l. 1fl,ruuaier d
his Philadelphia thrssin- his Virginia blood
He frequently boasts of being wounded, and
lying, On the field of New Market, and Gar
rison wittily says that Wise has been Tying
on the field of New Market for twenty odd
years.
Gen. Lee said that if he should be elected
Governor, he would be the slave of no Boss,
he would be the servant of the people only,
and he would never say to Malone or any
other man as Wise has said in referring to
Mahone-"M Master, lead on, I will follow
thee.'
In referring to Wood, the Republican
candidate for 1t. Governor, Gen. Lee said
he was dead-wood already.
In speaking of Rufus A. Ayers, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Attorney General,
Gen. Lee said he was such man as the
people of Augusta would like-he is honest,
frank, and able, and would not receive any
more than his salary. He had been con-
temptuously spoken of by Wise as the Git
tic cart driver" or '1ittle wagon driver" as
as he has amended it, and Ayers will have
use for his cart to haul off the filth and dirt
left in the office by his predecessor.
Gen. Lee stated that So, 900, 600 had been
invested in Virginia within the past six
months, and concluded by congratulating
the people on the prospects of increased in
dustrial prosperity in the future under
Democratic administration. He said tjocu-
larly, as a reply to the absurd charge that
the Democratic administration was respon.
sible for the hard times, that whilst the
wheat sown under the administration Of Ar
thur did not do well, the corn and other
crops planted under Cleveland's admins
tration have done and are doing very well.
He then said more seriously that no ad-
ministration is responsible for the amount
of rainfall, and the weather that may affect
the crops.
SPEECH OF MAI. JOHN W. DANIEL.
At the conclusion of Gen. Lees speech,
Capt Jas. Bumgardner, Jr., introduced the
silver-tongued orator, Maj. John W. Daniel
He received warm and enthusiastic greet
ing as he arose to address the multitude
He commenced humorously, in allusicn te
having to follow Gen. Lee, by saying thai
every old infantry soldier knew very wei
that when the cavalry got in front that but
little was left, and Lee has not left nub
bin. But as the Malone party has left
dead-loads of supplies he thought he could
manage to get lunch before he got through
The country has great cause for congratula
ton in the election of Cleveland. Now nc
ringster's footstep leaves its slime on the
carpet at the White House. AS an ardent
Democrat, he, like, many others, was fol
awhile impatient at what seemed the Presi
dents delay in turning the rascals out. u
But when he called upon the President, and
learned the magnitude Of his labours, and
the character of the man, he became salts
fed that the President was wiser than he,
and that he could be relied upon to do his
duty to the uttermost. He is slow-footed,
but he is mighty sure-footed, and he will
weed the garden very effectually, and will
leave but a rose on the stock to show where
the garden had been. He will leave one in
Maine as a memorial to Blaine, and one in
Virginia as tombstone for Malone. He
mentioned the names of some who had been
Mahone-offics holders who now were not,
and said that the time had arrived when the
offices were being filed by Democrats and
gentlemen. Cleveland had been doing a
great work besides turning office-holders
out.
This is a great country and there are many
offices to be filled, and much other impor-
tan5 work to be done. Cleveland was like
new farmer In a clearing-the trees were
down, but the stumps were there, and he
wanted to get them out and raise good
crop of Democrats that would last for %
years.
During the Republican administrations,
the people have been robbed of hundreds OF
millions of dollars. $500, 900, 900 have been
expended on the Navy, and yet we have nc