Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-09-18
dleberger who couldn't get to Congress

Ql6Derg0r VINO COuiuuu SSo " OouSiOoo
from the 18th district; johnny Wise who |
met in the Valley supporting the Malone
Hancock electoral ticket; John Paul-all
of them. Here is Johnny on the old Re-
publicans:
s'The great bulk of the Republican vote
here hitherto has been negroes large pro-
portion of the white Republican vote in Vir-
ginia hitherto has been made up of men who
were not Republicans from principle, but as
q matter of trade and barter; men without
character and influence apostates for the
price of their apostacy; men utterly worthless
in the community, who would starve without
office, who became Republicans for Office, and
whose tenure of Office not only added no
strength to their party, but brought it into
disrepute and turned respectable men away
from it.
He described the dirtiness Of the pool
and then cast himself head long into it
(Appause.) That stupid cid Republican
party Of Virginia that WAS swallowed by
Malone and only left pair of ears stick
ing cut !
! STOLEN DEMOCRATIC MEASURES.
The Republican platform in Virginia is
atoen from the Democrats. The oppcsi-
tion to convict labor was stolen from
the last Democratic legislature. The s
hour labor clause was stolen from a law
passed by the Democrats in Congress in
| 1858. Twice a Democratic House of Rep
resentatives passed a bill III the interest
OF agriculture, raising the position of
| Commissioner Of Agriculture to cabinet
"a, 4 H.T;an 70
; defeat it.
THE BLAIR BILL.
| Mr.. Daniel spoke warmly in favor of
| the Blair bill. 1t is, he said, idle to dis
| cuss its constitutionality now. for If it is
| not constitutional, then the legislation of
| the last twenty five years must be ripped
| up. The National government is el cum
! bered with asurplCs of eighty five millions
of dollars, temptation to extravagance.
| aud education ought TO be helped with it.
| There is no question now where the Dem
ocrats Of Virginia stand OF this question
of national aid to education. The party
is pledged to it, Les is pledged to 1t, and
| ali sound Democrats should consider tht N
selves pledged TO 1t. And in the rexl
congress, said Mr.. Daniel, | shall ust
every effort to have I. measure of that
| kind passed for the benefit Of the schools
Of our State.
| CHEERS FOR JOHN e. MASSEY.
Four years ago [ would have come
across the whole Union from California
TO vote against John e. Massey. III there
was no other way would have walked, /
would have erawled TO get here. He was
then with William Malone. But John E.
Massey saw sooner than the rest that
Malone was carrying the Readjusters
into the Republican party and he de-
termined net to be carried. Malone gave
him the alternative, to bend or to leave
his office. The old man, seventy years of
age, not rich in this worlds goods, too old
to fad another occupation, quietly laid
down his pen, gave up his salary CT So 900
and walked out of the office applause. J
He was a Democrat, and he and bis
friends put q stop to many of Malone g
outrageous schemes-to his congressional
re-apportionment, his bill for railroad
| commissioners. This old man, this old
Democrat who would not go into the Re-
publican party, said if it was necessary
to bend CT go, he would 90 (grea1 applause J
And he gave up his Sc, 900, and at seventy
years of age went out irto the world to
lind something else to do (applause.) l
would walk from California to vote for
John E. Massey (applause.) If there were
no other way, would crawl to Virginia,
to say to this old man, ''Well done thou
good and faithfulservant." Here followed
the most tremendous cheering Augusta
| county courthouse has ever heard, which
was kept up for several minu5es.)
JOHN s. WISE.
Mr.. Daniel then pronounced one of the
most severe accusations of ingratitude
against John s. Wise ever uttered against
any public man in Virginia. He described
his ISLANDERS of the old mother State and
her people, and denounced taem in the
most scathing manner, concluding with
! this extract from Burns Epitaph on
"Wat":
Such reptile was he,
Such miscreant slave;
That the very worms damned him
| When laid in his grave.
in his flesh there's famine
starved reptile cries:
And his heart is rank poison,i
Another replies.
"What shall we do with such man ~
demanded Mr.. Daniel, as be concluded.
"Beas him beat him !" shouted the au.
dlence.
Mr.. Daniel then paid tribute to Ayers
and closed with one to Fiiz Lee, which
was received with the widest cheering.
FLOWERS FROM HERDS WIDOW.
Capt James Bumgardner then turned to
Gen. Lee with basket Of flowers in his
hand and simply said: 81 hold in my
hand a basket of flowers of which I can
Say nothing more appropriate, than that
they come from the widow of Gen. j. E.
B. Stuart to Gen. Fltzhugh Lee.''
Gen. Lee was instantly overcome with
emotion. His face flushed and his eyes
filled with tears. At long and painful
he pauses said: II do not think-I can
make-the proper reply-on this occasion.
My heart is-too full for u.teranee.O
What followed was strange sight for a
political meeting. A large portion of the
audience who had a minute before been
applauding political points, were in tea rs
and a solemn silence reigned IN the house,
The great audience dispersed quietly.
FLANK MOVEMENTS 1ON EJTz