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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
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.chgonA and West Point Ter
-l,nal Company although it has its execu-
tive 0ffiea in New York, is a Virginia
corporation and has Its principal Off ,e at
West Point. Va, in x one storiet wooden
bUilding Ii refuses To pay taxes in New
York because it, principal 9.i.j"e is in Vir-
ginia In Virginia 1t becomes liable
under the statutes Of 1854 for State taxa
ton of three uills. and is liable for county
taxation for aO)it zen mills on the
assessed valuation of it's personal property
1t is assessed o0 its eli ;e furniture less
than sil00 ami 10 ia re. 1t reports in It's
treas Try $40 coo 900 in stock and bonds
and l.as certified in a M 'rtgage executed
to the Central Trust Company IN 1897,
that they haye market value ef twelve
m,lions az o00 00a). According 10 this
it is in dr:a'ill 10 The State Of Virginia fer
several years $36 900 per year, in all
| 500, 600 and to the county fully $500 600.
Mr.. rbour, chairman of he Democratic
State COMMITTEES is iii rector OF One OF the
| corporations in this system. {. ;. Blice,
| chairman oil The Nation Al bethocTaIic
Executive Committee is director and prin-
cpal owner in the Terminal and most of
the included corporations
1t is now announced that $4,000 has
bee sent to the Democratic Chairman TO
make Viggin.. solid Is this part OF the
money that is due the State? Was the
last Democratic legislature bribed to stop
investigation 10y the promise of this
$50, Geo. 1t is bad enough to boast that
Virginia voters can be bought like cattle
but it is worse to rob the STATE treasury to
get the money. Hundreds Of dollars have
been placed in every niagisterial district
within /. week.
Whose money is it? WAC are the con-
spirators
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
The First Catch.

Some days ago Hon. NJ. S. Quay, chair.
man of the Republican National Commit
tee placed on deposit in the Garfield Ma
tjoIlal iiaisk. At New York. $25 eco as a
reward fer the detection of repeaters and
frauds in registration. The condjl ions
upon which it WAS to be paid. were $1,000
for The first conviction; $1,000 for the sec,
ond, and Sc on until the entire S25, coo was
exhausted. Last week the first catch was
made, the offender arrested, the fence
proved. and he. sent to the penitentiary for
two years. The mans name is Gordon,
and the detection was made by Inspector
Brodeicz TO whom the 81 600 reward was
promptly paid.
Immediately upon the conviction Of
Gordon, the Democrats, finding thai their
game of fraudulent registration hal been
detected. made tie charge that Gordon
WAS Il Republican and that the officer who
arrested him was Democrat. But this
was soon exposed. Not only was it tstab
lished that Gordon isa Democrat, but that
the officer, MIR. Broaerick. is a Republican.
and hat the whole scheme to perpetrate
frauds were Of Democratic uevisement,
and the work of catching the rascal was
performed by Republicans.
The $1,000 was promptly maid over to
Broderick. There are plumber of others
under arrest for similar offences, and sc me
Of them will be very apt TO wear stripes.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
Blaine on West.


~ fho Pnnutiipan mass meeting in
~ nv
New Y Ofk Friday night MI. Blaine spoke
path ss;,;s+ar,, ,o,+
al length OF the DIIV-au W lHioeei lebteI
80, I'm PR cidanf's attitude toward
= S'I''i'iS "'+o
EngIaud Said he.
~ foor 10 tbat q n,aiorstx-
= lo , e5 1o-ni5us US iH s,C",,cs or the irss
o. tte 4Ilsn Voaets * ~ halnr an =, o
Al"ei]et'ii So'eto W IL COS . .raua, !, nvar, =
5ii q ~ OF NoNelnosf 40 the pISeoi-' oos Ivy 3.
htlit VI = BIahu WOuld usslto 49,, @ - ~ :
lCfies OF No. 20, Wish you couiu n.aAe 'n i
NO u large majority OF the lrlsh Note % Inc
tlait5 q states. For tie last 1ouf months tne
l}aG'Gcfals nave been denying ana the hepuo-
means nave been aHlfnilhg mat the HisG anu
last ano constant Wish OF l. England WAS tlaC MT.
cleveland 5 administrator should be sustained
by Tie whole force aud effect OF English pubic
o9lhluf. ana just when they had begun 10
maze an expression and impression upon the
uerican people, that such might not be the
erect. We nave 'he letter oi the BRUSH Mlnlstt
10 Washington niinseii
AFTER quoting the question put 10 the bfltls
Minister, W1ether an English porn cl1zen
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

Well. our he ightor of the. Titdicdtor is
certainly bard pressed on the local indus
Try quest ion. He goes back to the FLOOD
to eAuheIate the various industI les which
existed in this section when it WAS $50
lated from the lest of mahkii d, with 10
means ot egrtsS or iDgress. except horse
back, aud no trade with the outside world,
have been conversing with Mir. Jacob
Long, of Rockingham, then 80 odd years
of age, but now deceased. When he in
formed us that he was cuguiZaDt of the
first barrel Of -four shipped from the
county. 1t went 10 Fred Ticksburg. and
was the Gully barrel Of -four. mp to that
time, ever sent out Of the county. The
incident was the o. casiHn of universal talk
in the BtighborhOod. if not Il SENSATION.
The people then livec ancrg ihemst Ives
exchanged the products Of the shop iOr
the products of The farm and had very
little use for currency as Il medium of
business. 1t Was barter all The time and
in everyi hing. The mere ants received
Llieft ShEpiItS ny huSDHD luiiiil.iS w
from Winchester, where the Old Potomac
railroad. with its snake. head rails. was op-
Grated, and Fredericksburg and Scots
vile, where water transportation was
reached, Itrequired four or five days to
reach " inchesier, hy stage. and eight or
ten to get to RlchmOnd-nany Of the
merchants travelling horse back and car
ryins their money in their saddle pockets
The knew little Or nothing about the tar
if for its Effect cid not reach them. They
were cut off frcm the currents of business
enterprise and depended upon home indus
tries 10 meet their wants. They Wei e
protected by the conditions which sur
rounded them and demonstrated in their
experience the benefits of home enterprise
and the exchange of diversified products.
Foreign products never reached them.
They were not affecte by free trade. They
lived within themselves and were prosper
Gus and happy.
That is pre- ciSely what the whole coun-
try ought to do. Depend upon itself-the
industry, enterprise and invention of our
own people-encouIage home production
and diversified pursuits and Il free ex-
change of manufactures and productions
between The States and communities which
constitute the government.
The Viadicator has proven too much. 1t
has knocked the props from under its own
logic and illustrates how a people may
prosper and be contented by manufacture
ing what they need and engaging in indus
tres. the products of which CAN find mu-
tual exchange.
Our neighbor is hard pressed for facts
and arguments to demonstrate the bless
in 8 Of free trade. and it IS a pity to ex-
pose tie Inconsistency of his last resorts 80
we will leave him to revel in the discovery
he has m ,de i'll bis search among the musty
records of nearly century ago.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
An Extraordinary Letter.

The litter of the British Minister, Sack
vile West. to q naturaliZed Englishman
living in California. published elsewhere
has caused great deal Of comment and
ubfav0rable criticism. The inquiry from
California is pregn"nt. IL reveals the oc-
cult object Of the nj Ills bill and the Presi-
dents message and makes it clear that the
ntunl purpose is to inaugurate practi-
Cal free trade, if the American people are
50 thoughtless as to re elect Cleveland and
Democratic Congress. Disguised as it
may be. the issue before the country is
Free Trade or Prot, C ion. and therefore
a vote for the Democratic party is Il vote
for free trade.
The letter of the British minister has
caused great CONSERVATION in Democratic
circles. and corresponding qualification
among Republicans. 1t is ''Bnrchardo
tit for-tat. aud will have even wider in
huence than the allit Grafton of Burchard did
in 1884, but in different direction. While
Cleveland s defeat was morally certain be.
lore Ine lelbSI ildue us appearance. lis
publication practically settles the result
against him.
We are not disposed to magnify
this extraordinary publication, and there.
fore submit the correspondence to our
read ers for them to pass judgment.
The theories Of the Vindicator and Mr..
Harry Tucker. if put int prnctice, would
undoubtedly bring about one of two con
ditions: Either destroy our Industrial sys-
TEN or reduce the wages OF The wage.
earners to the pauper lai or of Europe
Either one or the other would logically
ard inevitably follow. Do tie people of
Augusta county. of the 10th district. or of
the State. want either Of these conditions
to exist =? If not. then don't vote for Harry
Tucker, for he is a free trader, let him
deny it as much as he may please. The
President is for free trade; the Mills bill
is for free trade sin the concrete" and
Mr.. Harry Tucker supports both.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
REGISTRARS.

We understand that at several of the
precincts IN the county Registrars have
refused to make out transfers of the names
of voters from one precinct and one coun-
ty 10 aaother between the time sappointed
for the closing Of registration and the day
Of election. This is wrong. 1t is the
duty Of thesBegistrarG to make out such
transfers at any time, and Il refusal to do
so i q violation of the law. We do not
want to see any contention over matters
Of this kind. bu5 at the same time the Re
pah!icAnS do not intend to submit to a
pap .ble wrong. such rs this is. The Oh
ject OF it is TO disqu4lify a few voters in
each precinct, as there seems to- be method
in it, 50 that the aggregate will amount to
considerable number of votes and posi-
bly, control the result of the election. Par
titan desperation is at work in this county
and in this district. and it is likely it will
not be checked until some of the offenders
are hauled up before au officer of the law
and made to give an account of their stew.
aTdship.
In every case where the law is violated
a note Should be made OF it'and the matter
reported to the proper officer.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
EsOsl. W. G. Franklin.
LEXINGTON, VA, Oct. 81. 1883.

LEAlNGTON. Oct. 1905.
4zditors Tdlleg Fif9inida:
Very uuexneetedIy the Hon. w. c. franklin,
of Approximation. arrived in town late this even-
ing aud consented to address our crab at the
0i3rra House. Ih4s news soon spread over town
and by 8 O'Clock there was assembled aoout two
hundred voters, mostly Republicans, who lis
tened w tn the utmost attention To q most ex-
eelIent speech. Mr.. Franklin showed up tbs
Democratic party in regard 10 its position on
tne public school system. He proved that they
have vi ways been hostile to the education OF
the masses. His arguments on the tariff QueEs
lion proved him to be one who had spent much
time in 3 thorou IN study OF that great question
thar now is agttating the public mind In fact
his speech one that made an impression
ON tie 4Togrd and satisfied them that Mr..
Franklin was well post ed on all the questions
OF the day. At the cloge OF Mr.. Franklin g
s9eech Mr.. Horace Aorahams was called, and
iii Response COX The stand and made short
but telling speech.
RePubicanlsiaa here is alive and vigorous ana
Will tell al the polls Oh he 9TH
Mr.. Franklin speaks at hookhridge Baths on
Monday night. 10Th inst. Keep MIN glingi
Yours, ETC., 2,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

The debtor class is always the larger
class OF :! community. when values de-
crease mooney increases in its purchasing
power. The adoption of the Mills bill and
the election OF a Democratic President
and Congress would mean less wages for
the lahorer, less money in circulation aud
greater difficulty il lifting mortgages or
diachagging debs. IN proportion to the
difficulty would money advance in power
be harder to get bold Of, and consequent
~ have less ability TO meet obligations.
Tnen eon!d come the harvest OF The curb
stona broker and the sheriff. Free Trade
means al that and the man WHO owes
moEeY OF lna31ea his living by the sweat Of
his 'Eow and the Bravo OF his arm would
be Il fool TO vote the Democratic ticket.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
Courier JournaI and Watterson.

COurisr JOurnaI and WhttersOn.
eff q set of political pirates eyer deserved
defeat for cowardiy utterahces, these So
called Virginia Democrats certainly do.
The platform is an oVtrYge np0n Demo-
cratic principles ard a fraud upon the
Democracy of the State. 1t is lie and a
cheat from the beginning to the end. If
Jno. S. Bar bour expects to get in the SEN
ate on such a platform. he should meet
witt disappointment, as he surely will.''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

The Tiiadic0tor is SO afflicted with a
agination to the extent of the miraculous.
1t says in what it claims is a reply to the
state ment If the VIRGINlAN that the
State taxes bad nothing TO do with the
tariff. of every 500 collected by the coun-
ty treasurer $47 of it is for Federal pur-
pose. Aud how, reader, do you think it
wcrks out the problem Referring to the
annual visit of the Treasurer to the tax
payers family in the county. it imagines
Mr.. Nc Farland as saying 'fIOw many
dollars worth of wooden clothes baye you
bought this year 20 About $40 worth. |
reckon" says the farmer, 'All right. ;;
says the Treasurer, "nand me $il2 for the
United States government &C., Sc.
This is the way the Vindicator aims to
illustrate the theory that the tariff is paid
by tie consumer, and is added to the cost
of the foreign articles upon which the
tariff is added.
Well the tariff on yard of foreign cal
ico is five cents. The price paid for it is
6 cents. Where does the AZ per cent. come
in? The wooden goods are all made at
home factories and never have passed
through custom house. They, however,
are as cheap as the foreign articles in the
foreign market. Where does the A. per
cent. tax come in?
What is the use of the Fndicator in
sultilg the intelligence of lis readers by
such indefensible assumptions as it pa
ra1es before them There is not one of
them that does not laugh at him. They
know that all the Federal tax they pay is
the internal revenue tax on wblskey and
tobacco, and which the Democratic party
IS opposed to removing.
But the Vmdicator and Mr.. Harry Tuck.
er do not care much for facts, so they are
playing on theory. ! hat is their hobby;
their stock in trade for this campaign.
But they must remember that the people
have little sense are not all fools. and
will take occasion to give a fitting Iebnke
to such presumption on the Och of No.
yemOer
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

On Monday last, the Sdpfeme Cont of
the United States declared uncoustitu
tianal all State laws imposing a license
tax upon commercial travellers not resi-
dents of the State imposing the tax TIE
case before the court was that of w. G..
Asher VS.. the State of Texas. Asher was
a resi- lent of New Orleans. and was ar
rested and fined for selling goods by sam.
pie in Texas. without having taken out an
occupation tax.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

Of all the illogical reasons We have
ever seen embraced in one editorial the
Petersburg H.de.r-Appeal caps the climax
in Its leader of Sa orday. under the cap-
ton of "A New Party Needed" 1t adj
mits that the Republican party favors tie
American policy OF protection to home
| industries; national aid TO public ednca-
ton: the repeal of the internal revenue
tax; has been the defence Of the Union,
and the author and preseryer OF the Wlsest
financial system that ever blessed people.
and that the country prospered as it never
did before under its management; yet not
withstsnding these things. it ought to be
disbanded. And for what; because the
Democrats of the South don't like it !
That is the sum of the reasoning. Why
not suggest the disruption of the Demo-
cratic party which opposes all the Lndee-
Appeol favors affecting administrative
policy, and ha, opposed, and row opposes
every measure and movement that has for
its object the development OF the country,
The enlargement Of its trade, the protec'
ton of its interests and the promotion OF
it's grandeur, aud does not Sust ain and adj
vocate IA single measure Or PROPOSE ion,
the practical adoption OF which would not
be ruinous to the country 1t seems 10
the common mind that the party hat has
been Instrumental in consumnatlrg 30
~ uch good "a is the case with the Repub-
Iican party. ought to be preferred to a
party whose history IS but record OF in
finite wrong to the people. aud obstruction
to all the interests Of the Nation,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

A.
Rv virtue OF a decree of the Ci1euit Court of
Augusta County, entered IN the cause of sea-
wrghts Adm'rs VS. Seawrieht, Z. F., and ais
on the 18th day of June, 1888, the Undersigned
special commissioners will sell at auction, in
ftout of the Court House in the city of Staun-
ton. at2 P. M, on
Saturday, the 9th day of November, 1888,
Lot No 8, containing HIS Acres, Rood
anti as Poles. This tract is located about
oNe-qnarter 0f Il mile south Cup the creek from
Stonewa1l, 1t is Qna of the most fertile farms
in the county. is comparatively level aud
easily farmed. contains about forty (4Oj acres Of
magnificent timber, has coed fencing is Well
watered and is i'll every way conveniently
located.
The above lot Of land will be sold subject to
the rights, privileges and restrictions con-
| tanned in the report of Commissioners Craun
Byers. Fauber and Caliison, made By dipee-
ton of decree entered in Sid cause, May Ia
1885, which report and the pats OF SAID lots OF
land may be seen and examined al any time in
he law office Of Chas. Curry, in the city Of
StauutOn.
TERMS OF SALE.-For enough cash in hand
10 pay The unpaid costs of suit and sale, and
she cesidue on credits of one, Two ana three
years, in equal instalments, for which che pur-
chaser or purchasers respectively. shall exc
cute bond with approved personal security,
bearing interest from day of sale. and title re-
tanned as ultimate security
w. E. CRAIG,
JOSEPH H. CRAUN,
CHARLES CURRY,
Comm
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

Elk Governor w. Il. Hamilton, of Mary
land. died at his residence in Hagerstown
Oh the 10Th. He was an able and a good
man.
Rev DIR. McKim. now of New Orleans,
has accepted call from Epiphany church,
Washinton city.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01

The Democratic par ha' 10 other Sc
for yeurg ner, except l'f1f votes. unless
4saey belong to the Old B lurhtn iet ime.
Wi atever young MAJ mel t.. if be an
no. run back 10 colonial days with
his pedigree. he has 10 stand aside and
give way to the potato top spl ss, whose
claims wtre lorg since buried. The Repub-
lican Marty believes in the manhood Of
mep. AMI recognizes merit wherever it is
found. Every young lnan, however humble
his origin. has an equal chance with every
other man in the Republican party, and is
measured and appreciated by his intrinsic
value and worth.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
Mills On The Roanoke Platform.

'eThat platform adopted by the so-called
Democratic party of Virgiuia. was some
thing extraordinary. 1t must dis list every
Democrat both in and out of the State.
TIE present leaders of the Democratic
party in Virginia are the queerest set of
imneciles that eyer ruined n State"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
-, Norfolk.
CLAIR, Wy the.


DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1st. !. J. MCDONALD, northumberland.
I'd. GLE }. A. MARTIN, Norfolk county.
81. W. F. GIDDINGS. Chester field.
18th. ST Tra BOILING. Petersburg.
5th. j. W. SIMMONS, Floyd.
9th. j. NJ. McLA UGHLiN, Lyncht urg.
9TH. c. NJ. LOUrHAN, Madison.
Sth. r. X. FAIR, Fairfax.
9Th. CAMPO Sill SLEMP, Lee.
105n :. BROWN ALLEN. Augusta.
Far CONVERSATION DISTRICT.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
U. s. "a CilVIz- " Est
BEVEKLy, Mass, Sept. 10, 1883.

San FRANCISCO Oct. u (spec1aD. Harrison
Gray Otis, editor of ''The Los Angeles Tines,
teIegsaphs follows Tonight to H. II. Be
Young, OF The Chronicles
Los ANGELES, Cal, Get, q. 1888 The fo-
mona correspondent octhe British Minister Is
6ject in writing is apparent. 1t was 10 get tue
real views of the iiritlst Miaster touching the
two great American political parties in thFif
relations 10 1.-The mother country" ana ms
private advice to the writer as to how hel i
natHr@lized EnglishInan should vote III oIde.
to render II oSt friendly service 10 Britain. he
writer's name is Withheld by his request, but
Will be produced, ifnecessitY require il. 81 ssts
lettef is iiuQuest touabiy genuine, body, Go&S OF
aFilik, signature and all
HARRISON GRNY OTIS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
CHARLES CURRY,
Comm iSSioners

|, 3. f. Terry, Deputy Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, do hereby certify
that Chas. Curry one of The commissioners APP
pointed in the foregoing cause, has duly exc
cuted the bond required according to law.
Given under my hand his sth day of August
1888. b. f TERRY Deputy Clerk
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
The Home ID arket.

7 hrre is no market on the earth like the
Ane, lean market, and the American pe0-
pie made it what it is, and before we talk
of foreign markets let lis possess our own.
We have not doEe so yet. We have more
railroads than all of Europe. Six times
the internal commerce of all of Europe.
yet we buy 90 much of foreign countries
VT imported last year $40, 000 eco worth
foreign products. We imported last year
$50 600 600 worth of iron and steel, every
dollars worth of which ought to have been
produced at home. These $50 600, 0C0
worth of iron and steel would have en-
po> ed 81, 600 American workingmen fer
500 days out of 365. l. represented 10,0G0,-
600 days Of labor that belonged to Ameli-
can ctiz We imported last year
$40 Coo 0oa worth of wo' len gonds. mrch
of " iIich ought TO have teen made al home.
We imported last year 81 600, 600 worth of
glass. every pound of which ought to have
been made in the United States. We i'm
ported last year 100000 worth Of pot
t.rv. every crate uf which ought to have
been made in the United States.
No; we do lot want a foreign market.
We must take possession of our own. We
have built the railroads which developed
the country, and titled the fields and opened
the mines. which provided the wealth.
why not enjoy it, and not turn it over to
foreigners and aliens? We haye more
money than any people in the world. We
earn more and Spend more. because under
our protective system we have more
money to spend. The home market is
the market for the American people. 1t
keeps our mcney at home; stimulates cur
inventive GENTS: creates more wealth, III
the ceaseless rounds of trade and exchange
and makes the Nation rich, strong and
uoWprfu nj