Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-07-09
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Our es' PORARY.
erst .veemed contemporary. the Am
Ne,e Era, in discussing the coming
ymination for Congress in this district,
falls into some errors. It says that:
Only the narrow margin of twelve hundred
majority in this district as it had been ar
ranged saved us last time from the humilia-
ton of Readjuster-Republican representation
in the halls of Congress. The caucus which
had re-districted the State seemed to have
counted on Tucker as permanency to car
ry the standard here and left to generalshlp
to accomplish what they felt they could not
spare numbers to do.
And with this laid down as premise it
concludes that:
If the convention that meets at Lexington
finds not in the great number of candidates
presented to its choice one on whom all can
unite with enthusiasm that will bring success,
the path before it to escape disaster is to make
such call upon Mr.. Tucker and SO perfect
in its unanimity that refusal would not be
possible.
Mr.. Tucker has announced, and like
everything he does, with sincerity, that
he would not be candidate before the
Lexington Convention and expressed in
decided terms his intention to retire from
public life after the expiration of his term.
His strength in tn e district is not there
fore a matter for discussion nor would we
aI1ude to it now but for the fear that the
errors made by our contemporary may lead
others to share them, The Congressional
apportionment By the legislature of 1884
and under which the 10th district was
created, gave the Democrats majority
las ascertainel by the official vote of 1889
of 2,S0G. 1t was majority which needed
no 'generalship" to save district with.
At the first election, November, 1884, Mr..
Tucker was the nominee and was 80 at
variance with the views Of large body OF
his party that the Democratic. majority
fell to 1 1874, loss of more than One-haf
In the very next year, 1885, the same dis
trict gave Lee (Dem.,) for Governor,
majority of 2,e1O. Since this session of
Congress begun Mr.. Tucker has voted
against the bill to tax oleomargarine-a
bill almost exclusively In the interest OF
the farmers-and the probability now is
that if the Lexington Convention take
'the path before it to escape disaster"
pointed out by our contemporary, it would
rush on to foreordained defeat. Mr.. Tucker
has very decided convictions which he
represents with high ability and which BIZ
will not surrender for any advantage
whatever; but these convictions are not
shared by the majority of his party in
Virginia. We think he is aware of that
himself, and though he has thousands OF
ardent advocates in the district. and many
admirers of his talents and high qualities
who are not his supporters. he has
thought it best to retire from The contest.
We think our Amherst contemporary will
appreciate tne spirit in which M revise
It's figures and believe that it is for the
success of the Democratic party and not
in spirit of conspiracy at. the man it so
greatly and so justly admires His name,
as we have shown, does not add strength
to the party; but the contrary. There are
a number of names mentioned that a0aN
add strength to the party. We have one
in Augustaithat will bring out such
vote as this Democratic stronghold never
cast before. There is another in our CO.
temporary's own county, one In Nelson
one in Cumberland-one IN almost every
county in the district. Let the Licking
ton Convention but nominate a man that
is in full accord with the people of the
district and we shall get back to sthe old
$500 Democratic majority that rightfully
belongs to the Tenth District.