Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-09-09
Il am no Mans Boss.
GEN. FITz LEE AT ACCOMACK-HE OPENS
HIS CAMPAIGN WITH A RoUsINe SPEECH.

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GEN. FITz LEE AT ACCOMACK-HE OPENS
HIS CAMPAIGN WITH A RoUsrNe SPEECH.
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having heen erecteG op tbe orpos;t. ~ s;da sIan ~
tbe courtyard for that ~pp'1S NJ 5;so,s
sion between the sneaLers vas ;ndn,1oJ I :n
each party addressing its own ou crowd .n5 ND
that of the Renublicans in con,nar;son to to
the Democratic was ;nsicnificant in ~ num. ~
bers.
| At lis o'clock P. M. the DISTINGUISHED
visitors assembled the stand When Gen
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by Hon. GEORGE IT. Garrison av-Conrress-
man from this district and Cha;ryasn IF
the County Democratic 1tor,n,;ttaa c.
Lees appearance was greeted with deafen.
ing applause, and so great was the hurst of
enthusiasm that he stood with bowed head
in respectful silence for several minutes he
fore he could proceed. After paving a trib-
ute to Accemack county and her neonla,s
! prosperity in their agricultural pursuits.
and saying that if elected he would be the
first agricultural Governor of VIRGINIA since
1916, Gen. Lee paid his respects to Presi-
dent Cleveland. warmly ENDORSING bic Al
ministration.
| In alluding to the methods of Mabone
and the Republican party in this State he
said: 81 desire to saw that if elected Gov
ernor of Virginia, it will be bv the free will
of the people. 1 am no mans boss. I will
20 in and come out of office untrammelied
and will take the seat with which the neo.
pie will have honored me TO carry ont the
will of the people, and all of nv actions
shall be solely for the good of our beloved
old State. It has onlv been for a regent ne
riod that Virginia has heen drsoned T do1nr pv,
to low level. For the mast five 9ears III.
State has had a hard time of if. bnt hoss;sm
in the shape of Billy Mahone has at last
been put down. and by the will of The ,aoN
pie, with the election of Grover Cleveland
/ believe the rights of the States IN he co.
cure.
81 was recently in New York. where men
from North and South united to hrrv .
great man and soldier. saw there the two
sections marching elbow to elbow and
heart to heart, and the two sections hrouoht
into peace and unity tooether While tbere
I read in the New York Tribune the organ
of the new Republican nartv in Viroinia
that was in the State Organizing a new re-.
bellion to get the two sections Shooting at
each other.''
After dwelling at length on the State
debt, Gen. Lee said: "More Rennhl;cans
voted for the Funding bill in the Teoisla-
ture of III than Democrats. To them is
due the odium of that bill; to them be it
credited, The Democratic marty tr,,a TO ito
record that the voice of the nennie at ~ +bs I.s
polls is the voice of the State. has decided
that the Riddleberger bill shall stand and
at the last election the people decided that
the State Government should be Controlled
by honest people instead of a renegade mob.
At the recent convention in Richmond.
which did me the honor of nominating me
as candidate for Governor. the Riddleberoer
bill was strongly indorsed and the public
schools upheld. 1t has been stated and
charged against the Democratic pnrtv that
it was not favorable to free schools. Whv
the Democrats established the free schools
long before the Republican party came into
power in our State. l favor the Blair Ed
EDUCATIONAL bill before the United States
Congress. Malone saws he is opnosed to
the bill because the white people. who have
charge of the States to be benefited. will not
do justice to the colored people of those
States. If our ticket is elected and we take
charge of the State affairs, the funds appro-
priated by this bill, if passed, will be'distri-
buted as intended. Look at the difference
of the two conventions which recently as
sembled to nominate their respective State
tickets. The Democratic convention was
large gathering of the representative men of
ed as their standard bearer for Governor.
and Brother Massey as Lieutenant-G Govern.
OF, who says he can speak every day in the
week and preach twice on Sunday. Thew
went to the Southwest and selected Rufus
Ayers for Attorney General, a Young man
man whom the young Democracy Of the
State can-follow, and who is weil-known
throughout the southwest. How was it
with Mahone's convention? No county
conventions were held, but the delegates
were summoned there by their Boss. and
the nominations were made subject to his
dictation. Why, my friends. in ROCKING.
ham county the chairman of the Republican
county committee resigned the other dav.
and they had to telegraph to Malone for
new chairman, not daring to elect one with
out his consent. The new Senator from
Virginia has been out West in Chicago. He
said many things he should not have said.
Among others be said he Thought that he
could stand dynamite since negro suffrage
had been originated in Virginia. This is
by no means digniied way for our Junior
United States senator to be talking. Mr.
John Wise said if my name had been Fitz.
hugh Smith never would have been nomi.
mated for Governor of Virginia. thinking.
perhaps, I would get the whole Smith fami,
iy of Virginia against me. Mr.. Wise is NOT
a proper man to be elected Governor of Vir.
ginia. He helped to organize the investi-
cation of the affair at Danville. charging
that it was purposely done to intimidate
the colored vote. Hesnore tb;e Moth anJ
West, and before the Senate of the United
States. He dare not 90 in the midst of these
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