The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-09-20
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Pull Dow that Vest.

This campaign has opened on the Dem
ocratic side with SANDER after Islander ant
| falsehood after falsehood against the Re
publican cand ldate for President. This
| was to divert, if possible. public attentlp1
/ from the free trade cOmmittals of Presi
alleged that Gen. Harrison had voted
against restrictive measures against Chi
nese immigration. 1t was learned that II
was false. Ee voted against bill which
lation, and would have been null and void
had not the President returned it to Con
gress exposing its defects. On all legisla-
ton looking to the restriction of lmmigra-
ton he voted for it.
1t was charged that he had made speech
in Indiana in which be stated that 81 a
Gay was enough for laboriDg man. This
he denied, or having said anything like it.
A political hummer made affidavit that he
heard it. when respectable men came for
ward and said they would not believe him
on OATH and he afterwards admitted that
there was no truth in it, but it was good
enough Morgan" for this campaign.
1t was charged that he was harsh and
cruel to the rioters in 1875, when he was
called upon by the Governor to head force
to qu-ll the riot. 1t was proven that just
the contrary was the effect-that through
his influence the rioters were quiete1:
those arrested were finally released; and
that instead of hunting Them with a gun
on his shoulder, as the great and good Mr..
Harry Tucker is reported to have repre-
scented him, he declared that he could not
be induced to resort to extreme measures
when more peaceful agencies would ac-
complsh the end sought. The men then
thanked him for his kindness, and some of
them since his nomination waited on him
and again thanked hing.
In the Senate the other day, when the
Democratic Senators were sweating over
the ridiculous attitude they were made to
hold by the consideration of w. l., Scott's
the United States, on the ground that the
Chinese had IT jected the recently nego.
tiated treaty. when it had not been re
jected, Mr.. Vest charged that six China
men had been naturaized in 1876 through
the procurement of Gen. Harrison's law
partner. in indianapolis. and voted for
Gen. Harrison for Governor. Mr.. Dolph,
of Oregon, denied it. Mr.. Vest said he
had the proof and would produce it. When
he Iead it, it sustained nothing he had
said He admitted that the occurrence to
which he referred did not take place in
1876, but in lSso;that they were not natural
ICED but had declared their intentions to be-
come citizens and that neither Gen. HaTri-
sons law partner nor Gen. Harrison had
anything to do with it. So the facts of the
case pulls MIR. Vest down bodily, morally
and physically.
A party is in its last agonies when it has
to resort to repeated falsehoods to make
capital. The Democrats have blum
dered into a hole on the tariff question: on
the TisEerles question; on the Chinese
question; and on every important issue
that has been brought up, and the only
way they have to ease their position or
escape from universal condemnation. is to
try to draw attention from their awkward
relations by sensational falsehoods.
But it won t win. The handwriting is
on the wall.