The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

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democratic House. just as the
iii Educational Bill was, for partizan
purposes. 1t was a plot to prevent Mr..
\ ost from getting the credit of having had
these bills enacted into law. that they were
suppressed in the House committees-a
plot that had sympathiZers, if not promo
tiers in Democratic circles among the peo-
pie who were to be accommodated and
profitted by them. A prominent Demo-
crat openly declared on our streets that
he did not want any public building IN
Staunton, if the appropriation for its con
struction had to come through Republl-
can member of Congress. A ~few years
ago, if we mistake not, Mr.. Tucker, as
the agent of the Stanton Board of Trade,
went to Washington. with his expenses
paid, to urge the passage OF similar bill.
That was when Hon. j. h. Tucker repre-
scented the district. but we never heard OF
any favorable result from his attorneyship,
But the Board of trade was as silent rs the
grave when Mr.. 1ost had secured the pas
sage of both the bills referred to through
Republican Senate. and it only needed
the privilege of the floor to have it taken
up ont OF order, to have made them laws,
and nothing but pa,tiZan m cam eSS pre-.
vented ills. Not q Whisper Was heard
fran MIR. Tucker. or any of his partlZtn
! supporters i'll support of Mr.. ost's eff
| forts To have them passed by the uOuSe.
| On the contrary. rs We have mentioned. a
prominent and Influential Democrat, open
| ly proclaimed ha h+ did not want the ap
preparations if they had to be secured
| through the agency of the Republican
membtr of Congress from the district.
| In tie 47th Congress. the editor of the
! NIRGINIAN. as a private citizen, inter
esq ed i'll 10 prosperity of stanton, had a
bill introduced both in the Senate and
| House arpropIiating $500 900 for a public
| build;ng in Ills place. The Srnaie Com
lnittee Oh Public Buildings. of which Gen
! Malone was I hartman, reported it favor
ABLY, but 10 action could be gotten from
| the House Democi attic Committee, al.
though it WAS often promised by Demo.
cratic members of it that it would be
doGe. He cid llct undertake this wol
AT the expense Of ihe citizens OF Staunton
| or as the agent Of the Board of Trade
| bat paid his own expenses. aid thus acted
because he thocghi The people here were
entitled to public building 10y leason OF
| population. the public business transacted
uere, aud the large Internal revenue TAX
paid into the public treasury by them.-
| Nj, Tucker, senior WAS then the repre-
sentative OF the District. But Demo
cy.tic obstruction prevented the report
on tfis. bill from the Democratic House
Committee.
Yet Mr. Harry Tucker wants to know
| WHERE The bills are ? They lie III he Dem
urral ic House Committees aud lltIt they
will lie. until q Republican Congress, after
| The -iih CT March next, shall lake them
up, and bave them PASSED. and signed by Il
Republican, President.
Mr. Harry Tucker will have thing to
do with heir passage either; AS his father
before had nothing to do With al earnest
effort to secure these approprla' ions. a!
though he IN IA l;eIfEnctnly way. did pre-
sent a bill at The instance OF The Board
Of Trade If Staunton-afer sim
liar bill bad been introduced ut the in
| stance Of the editor u the NIKGINIAN in
d previous Congress.
Not only did Iot the b 'ard of Trade of
stanton back thu efforts of the R-pubi-
can nemuer OF Congress tn stcuIe these
appropriate ions, but the Democratic papers
scarcely ever referred TO the matter dur
| ing the recent session. except in few
i lines OF news notes. while Il prominent
! Democratic citizen declared that he did
not wish The appropriation II il had To be
gotten tilrougn he efforts uf The Republl-
can member Of Congress.
There's where the bills are, Mr.. Tucker
and when You have occasion to refer to
them again. have the can.ior All the fair
ness TO state ne facts. and where the re
| sponsibiljty rests for not having a public
building in Sjauuton and Il road TO the
! National Cen.ettly.