Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-06-08
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

they Sneeze when he taxes snuH.
The Democratic nominating con-
vention for the seventh congress
sional district will be held at Wood
stock July Goth.
Score one for Riddleberger. He
has made the Senate open its doors |
in the discussion on the fisheries
matter. Pluck and persistency |
will always VIM Washington Sun
day Gazette.
The National Republican party |
of Virginia is booming. The unit |
rule is dead. The district system
Is the unit of power, and the Ma
tional Convention, as well as the |
Republican voters OF Virginia, will
so declare.-NatiOaGl Republican,
The Clinch Valley Ne'cs says all
attempts to survey the disputed |
lands IN Wise county have been
strenuously resisted, and the end
of the trouble is by no means at
hand, as the decision of the United
States Supreme Court, when rem
dered, will still further cOmplicate
matters.
Whatever Senator Riddleberger
may have done or lett undOne dur
ing his term, it is glory enough for
one man to have given the death |
blow to the secret session. Some |
OF it may still remain, but as revo-
lutions never go backward, the |
whole business will soon be rele-
gated to the senatorial junk shop. |
-Pet>rSburg IRder-APpedt.
And now the charge is openly
made that three thousand votes
cast for Bold Ben Butler in New
York city in 1884, were counted for
Cleveland. If this is true the less
the Democrats say hereafter abont
Fraud Hayes, the better it will be
for them. Otherwise some one
may respond by charging fraud on
Cleveland. "What's sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander. p
Washington Sunday Gazette.
a correspondent informs the
VALLEY VirgiRidR that when Malone
heard of that Foraker letter, in Pc
tersburg, he telegraphed to Senator
Sherman: "Wire Foraker to de-
nounce the letter as forgery" To
which Sherman replied "Wire
him yourself" If that didn't send
cold chill down the little Boss
spinal column that portion Of his
anatomy, like his cheek, must be
composed of brass.
All Democrats in the House of
Representatives are in favor of the
importation of foreign convict.made
goods. They voted so on Friday.
All those Democrats are not only
in favor of the importation of for
eign convict-made goods, but they
are in favor of their being import
ed tree OF duty. They voted so on
Friday. The proof of these asser-
tons will be found on pages 5l63
and 5164 of the Congressional Rec
ord, dated June 2. Every Demo
crat present, 1O5, voted for this.
Every Republican present, 81, yot-
ed against it. Wage workers of
America, read this.
Another attempt is to be made to
iniure the credit and standing of the
HERALD. We advise our readers
not to be disturbed. The HERALD
will not be put on the defensive
We have no time to attend to mere
matters of persecution now, but
will have very soon.
We will demonstrate the legal
value OF obligations and receipts of
mIsnamed firms, and the liabilities
and assets of such from the bond
books and estate settlements from
the clerks Office. "Cry havoc, and
let slip the dogs of war y
The Baltimore SIM has discover
ed that the credit of South Caro-
lima has greatly improved. But
the SgA appears to fail TO recollect
that South Carolina "readjnsted"
her debt from some twenty-eight
millions to seven millions. and her
rate Of interest from six TO four and
half per cent. South Carolina
was not despoiled of One.third of
her territory either. The Sun gives
much credit TO the Democrats Of
South Carolina for this good work.
Why cannot it look at Virginia
through the same spectaces
Northumberland Sheridan was
made a full general by action OF the
Senate and House in double quick
tame. The President approved the
bill on sight and returned it to the
Senate, enclosing the commission
With it. All done in one day
When it was under consideration
in the Hoase three objections only
were made, and Mr.. Mills, of Texas,
rushed down the isle, waved the
bill over his head, aud said he de-
MaRded It's immediate passage in
che name of all the confederate
soldiers, living and dead.D We
wonder what General ION BOsser
will think of Mills as a confederate,
and of the Democratic House!
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