The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-18

one of the inventions of the Democratic
party, as illustrated in their lusty growing
over what they call a victory in charter
Was defeat, TO all intents and purposes.
but at this particular time any straw to
the drowning craft is a. god send. Last
year the Democrats elected their mayor
by 1905. This year they succeeded by
500. But the pilh of the result was in
the 18th ward, This is populated mostly
by Germans. They are opposed to high
license. and il was expected by the Demo
Gratis that they would carry it by 600 to
! $50 majority. The result was 81 Repub-
lcan majority, with the assurance
with the temperance question elimi-
mated. it ill go for Harrison by 500 ma
j0rty. The Republicans. indeed, had very
| little hope Of success in this ward, as they
believed the German Republicans would
vote against the Republican candidates in
the charter election because of the license
question. They were agreeably disap-
pointed, as the result shows.
While TIE Republicans have never con-
| tlentIy claimed New Jersey for Harrison
and MoFto they have every reason to be
! ieve that the State will so vote. The
charter election was no test. Local iDflu-
ences, separate and apart from the tariff
and in no manipulating national inter
ests, were consulted, Many who voted
agains. high license and for the Democrat
ic ticket, will support Harrison and Nor
| ton on the tariff2lssue.
The result OF the Newark election is
| poor comfort for the Democrats, but they
will comfort anything just now to arrest
the deluge that has evidently set in against
| them all over the country.
We are treated by every Democratic
I speaker to a Iamentati0n over the fact
! that we have comparatively no CONNER.
cial ships on the ocean--that the carrying
trade is done on English bottoms, and
that we are practically driven from the
ocean. We do not hear from these dis
tressed patriots any statement of the pro-
visions made for the trade between the
States-of the 1900 miles of railroad
annually constructed to accommodate our
inter State free trade, and bring our own
people together in commercial unity and
reciprocal benefits. The commerce be-
tween the States is twenty times as large
and lucrative as our commerce with for
eign natians, and is growing as the wealth
and population of the country develop and
enlarge. We have an empire in domain
to populate and utilize. We have the di.
yersifi5d climate and products to supply
every want, TO meet every demand that
the country can make. 1t is the inter
change Of these products and the prosperity
they assure that indicate the Republican
policy Of protection. 1t is America for
for Americans-vthe protection of the men
and the labor which defend the nation in
time of peril and support the government
in time of peace. The railroads of the
country are the bottoms on which our
commerce is carried on, and it is to them
and the energy and Invention Of our OWL
people, we must look to fulfil tine grand
destiny of the Repuclic.
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| The Impression is being created in some
localities that the adoption of tile Millh
bill will reduce the State taxes. Or
course there is nothing in this. 1t will
be tie 6rst etep to free trade. and with
free trade would eoHe dnsct iagatiqp, or
an enlargement OF tie internal revenue
| tax list. The State taxes will never be
reduced SO long as the Democratic party
remains IN power in the State. All the
reduction O. ta%es we ilare had came by
Republican legislation, ,both III State aad
Nation. and all the reduction the peo-
| pie viii eyer get will be in that
way. Why, the Republicans reduced
the revenues of the goyernment in
ten years 1854, 003 ,G99s while the Dem
ocrats in similar length OF time that
they have had coutrol Of the House of
Representatives, where all the revenue
Hills first originate, have only reduce d
them 50 60 500. If the people depend
apop the Democratic party to reduce their
taxes, they viii lean upon q broken reed
IIEt .Ctsi! III VI te W Pit' W
It. as has beeu verified in Virginia and at
Washington, b;;t they cannot or will not
legislate to reduce eIpen8es en4 taIation
------s- . ill., - q l. ;
The 'zud5cataF has /. working the old
rotten chestnut as to the price u pheat
before ,I,e var and since about every other
week. We have shown before that the
agures quoted are not only misleading,
uut ere il the faQe # ithe facts and the
knowledge of every elderly i}aan Wao re-
members anything about the market for
~ years Ego. Bat if the present tariff
caused vie t to go down to IS aud 80 cts,
what has carsed IL to go Gp to Jig? We
have the same laws and the same policy
DOW that we had last year and year before.
This attempt to mislead the people and
drag %ttention away from the free trade
purpose Of the DEMOCRACY VII not deceive
any one. y -
Miss Mary Ann Sprinkel, a well known
lazy of IIarrisonbnrg. died in that place
on the Sth aged II wears.