Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

passed.
The political situation in West
Virginia is said to point to Senator
Camden's reelection.
The democrats of Pennsylvania
must expect to cut into the colored
vote IN that state pretty largely
this year. Black is their nominee
for governor, and a Mr.. Africa is
candidate for another Office on the
state ticket.
We hear of a scholastic young
dude swearing at the HERALD for
calling Lee a doughty COVER
nor" We guess he pronounced it
"doughy." Webster defines dough-
ty as brave, valiant, illustrious,
sc. Girls, don't laugh at him after
he sees this. lie will feel badly
enough anyhow.
For three sessions of Congress,
covering in the aggregate nearly
nineteen months of actual session
work, the Democratic House has
had the Blair bill, and still it re-
mains choked IN a Democratic com
mittee room. First they said they
had rot time. Two more sessions
and still it sleeps. When will they
have time to give the people?
ANOTHER Democratic conven-
ton "bustedr in Indiana and Will
liam IL. English called the nominee
a liar. The nominee reached for
paper weight and the English can
didate exhibited a revolving per
suader. Can't that English family
get over a little defeat for the Vice
Presidency in 1902 We voted for
them, and we have been glad of the
knock out 10 these many days.
AN occasional new Democrat is
found wondering why and how Re-
publicans can agree. 1t is because
they listen, read, think and act for
themselves. The Democracy re-
semble sheep crossing a stream !;
the leader jumps and they all leap
for the same tracks. But a few
weeks ego Democrats were calling
each other liars in the court yard
here, neither side would trust the
other to count, and they settled
their differences by polling through
a gate. Republican differences are
never OF that kind or quality.
A few days ago Prince Alexander
of Bulgaria was dethroned at the
instance of Russia in the interest of
conquest, and probably to bring
about war with Turkey, or England
or both. A week later the people
and troops rose en- masse and de
maDded the restoration of the
Prince. War is one of the means
of holding Monarchies and Despot.
ism together; of giving eclat to the
people and fame to the King, Gar,
Emperor or Queen, and this little
episode looks very much like Rus
STA wants to try the antidOte of a
tussle with some of her neighbOrs
for the troubles that beset her.
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER is pre-
pairing a circular letter on the Blair
bill, the Bankrupt bill, the Cleo
margarine bill, the River and Har-
Dor bill, the Money Surplus resOlu-
ton. the Interstate Commerce bill,
the Tariff, Raw Material and In
ternal Revenue bills, and several
other measures before the last Con
gress. He will also advert to the
State debt question and other State
issues as they present themselves
to-day. Some reference will be
made to certain representations
concerning Executive appoint.
ments, combinations and reflections.
1t will lay his own record on these
questions wide open, and draw
some comparisons which will give
few Democratic and Republican
papers something upon which they
may comment for awhile and serve
their respective masters to better
purpose. How far his record in the
Senate accords with the avOwed
principles Of the Republican party
will better appear when the truth
rs sent forth to combat the false
hoods of q few papers of one party
supplemented by the innuendoes OF
a few of the other whose mission
seems ITO be the rendering of per-
sonaI rather than public service.