The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-10-21
Capt, Bumgardner in crabbottom.

had to the LORD 5 prayer. no ioio VIC III
preston whether slip OF the tongue or
mott that Mr.. Yost did not belleve tne
blair bill to be constitutional. lie said
that he himself would support it be-
cause he believed it to be constitutional
and had the weight of legal ability in It's
favor. thus contradicting the position ne
took at Monterey. Referring to the tariff,
he SAID it was Eoney the people have TO
nav. and assigned as reason Tor the low
price of produce. that England IS not puy-
ing from us, and that opposing intercourse
with England loses to us Twice the
amount we gain by the protective system.
He said that there was scarcely man IN
the Courthouse when Mr.. Ost spoke VINO
is in the least benefited by the tarlH, yet
at every. proposition made by him they
balled and went on as if they would Tear
the roof off. ,, +;n,o
He claimed that he did not have time
to reply to all Of Mr.. Yost's pIopositions
at the Court House and would 40 50 o.. l e."o
His talk on the tariff was practically free
trade argument. and what he said OF the
Rlair hill was contradictory and OF ma
ture to misrepresent Mr.. ost, Whlie the
rest of his speech was an appear 10 tne
nreiudices and passions of the people.
The above paragraph is taken from the
Monterey Recorder, Of the 10Th. IL is
similar in import to letter we received
some days ago from a gentleman residing
in the Crabbottom section. On reading
the letter addressed to US, as well as the
extract we publish. we at once concluded
that our correspondent was mistaken. ana
had Inexperienced the purport OF Capt.
Bumgardner's remarks. We donot think ne
is capable of wilfully disappearing MS
opponent, and consequently we incline to
the belief that the correspondent OF the
Recorder did not catch the exact connec-
ton in which the quoted sentences &C.
| CURED, It is proper to state, however, IN
| asmuch as this version of what he did say
has been the subject of much talk IN
Highland county. as we are INFORMED,
that the views assigned to the Republl-
can candidate are entirely erroneous. lie
not only believes in the constitutionallty
of the Blair Bill, but in its expedlency,
and that its enactment into law would be
an act of simple justice to the South. Ii
we understand Capt. Bumgardner's posi-
tion rightly, it is he who does not believe
in the constitutionality of the bill, and not
MIR. Yost, and that he would vote for it,
or some sbetter measure" first because OF
a resolution passed by the Convention that
nominated him, and secondly, that the as
sumed surplus in the Treasury is the re-
suit of systematic robbery of the people
| through the customs laws, and ought 70
be returned to them.s.in the proportion
that they may have paid it-that is, that
any measure to distribute the assumed
Surplus ought to be so adjusted as to give
L4t back in the ratio of wealth, and not in tht
fratio of illiteracy. This being impracti
A cable, then the i1literacy basis to be OBJ
served. We understand this to be sub
stantially his publicly stated position. Hi
opponent, Mr.. Y ost, favors the Blair Ed
vocational Bill, as we have stated, because
he believes it to be both constitutions
and expedient, and would not only vote TO-
it, but work for it from a sense of dut.
and conviction. 1t is FROM this premis
that we have concluded that the report O
his speech in Highland was a misunder
standing. of what he said, although TIT
gentleman reporting it lis citizen O.
intelligence and high character and would
not willingly misstate any remarks Capt
Bumgardner or any one else might make
1t was not our purpose to refer to thu
matter at all, until we noticed the pub
lished extract above given. 1t having
found publicity, we have deemed it prope
both to Capt. Bumgardner and Mr.. Yos
to state the facts Of the case as we under
stand them, and we have no doubt Capt
Bumgardner will avail of the first public
occasion at which his attention may b.
called to the subject, to place himself an(
his opponent right.
Referring to the remarks above reported
in regard TO the tariff, we recognize thei
consistency with the arguments of tn,
free traders. They never think of home
consumption. and either do not know. OF
if they do, fail to acknowledge that 90 pei
cent. of:the wheat raised in this country ii
consumed at home and only s per cent
shipped to foreign markets. The true
American policy is to create market, by
encouraging home industries and giving
employment to home labor, for the pei
cent. of the crop sent abroad. Our com
mercial and industrial independence is az
important as our political independence
and this cannot be reached except through
the policy which protects our labor and
its ayocations against the pauper labor and
products of other countries.