The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-09-30

The Vaadicdtor assumes that Capt, Bum
gardner would Ego to Washington with
a Democratic House of Representatives, +"
and could work more effectually than his
competitor That Is no doubt the Vlndi-
cdeor,s opinion, but the next Congress
has to be elected yet. and the probabilities
are very strong against 1t being Demo-
cratic. AS to Capt. Bumgardner working
for the Blair bill, that is not reasonable
He does not believe the measure to be
constitutional, and if he should be elected,
of which there is no certainty, and vote
for the enactment of the Blair bill, it
would be because Of public sentiment at
home, and not among Democrats in Con-
gress. 1t would, too. be In direct conflict
with the formal resolution of the Demo
cratic National Convention. What in
fluence would Capt. Bumgardner have in
thus antagonizing the policy of his party :?
It would be the same on the tariff ques.
tion. He believes that the government
has no warrant in the constitution to
levy duties except for revenue only. To
this policy his party is committed. The
Speaker, elected by the unanimous vote Of
the Democrats in Congress, Is free ira
der. He organized the most important
committees, with majority in favor Of
free trade, and large majority of the
Democratic members favored Mr.. Morri-
sons tariff bill in which iron ores and wool
were put on the free list. What influence
would Capt. Bumgardner have In a con-
test with this force in his party ? None
at all. He would be swept along with the
tide, and like Geo. D. Wise and Jno. S.
Barbour, be compelled, in order to be in
good standing with his party and the admins
istration, to obey the caucus mandate. The
common sense way to have representation
in Congress on these two important ques-
tions, is to elect men who believe that it
is right in itself to support the Blair bill
and to vote for the protective policy that
they both have warrant in the constitution,
and that it is the true policy for our gov
eminent to pursue to appropriate from
the National treasury aid for the eduea-
tion of the iHiterate OF the country and
to protect the industries and labor Of
America against the pauper labor of Eu-
rope. With men of this stamp there could
be no misgivings. They would vote from
deep conviction, and not only vote but
work, In earnest, and all the time to give
effect to their convictions. That is the
kind Of representative the people of the
10th district, and indeed of the State, want,
and they cannot get such from the Demo
cratic party. If he is true to Democrat
ic teachings and Democratic policy.
The blanket and wool hat story has
COTTON out to Hampshire county, W. Va.
The Romney hstellge,acer is parading this
old fiction. and urging the injustice of pro-
lection as illustrated in this fallacy. It
adds the tariff on blankets and wool hats
to the original price. and then assumes
that English blankets and English wool
hats are purchased in this country at these
figures. If our contemporary had followed
up his Investigations, he would have dis
covered that American blankets and
American wool hats could be produced at
about the tariff duty-certainly as low as
the manufacturers price in England.
This is the result of competition in their
manufacture in this country, Occasioned
by the protective policy. Were there not
duty levied on such importations we would
be at the mercy of the English factories
They would fix the price to suit themselves
and not US. The present tariff policy
enables our home manufacturers to fur
nish as good an article and at as low !,
price as the English can, and then the
American people get the benefit of it. !
That blanket story is too old chestnut"
to fool any body.