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

A large and enthusiastic crowd greeted
this gentleman at the Skating Rink las
Monday night. ". =. Craig, county
chairman. introduced Mr.. Taylor as com
ing from the land where the Democrats
declared the rule was to waive The bloodl
shirt, and the gentleman would show
them how it was done.
Mr.. Taylor in opening said the lie
pQblieaus lil not march under The rft
flag. that the snuff dyed Red Bandanna'
had been chosen as The emblem Of Democ
ra.y, ma they were welcome to it. Tba
in his country the red flag was used rs tb'
.daoge. signal" was used By the auc-
tioneer as the emblem of Bankruptcy an(
i vas the flag Of the communist and an
arcbist. aud rs such was The emblem O
disaster and ruin: and as such it was {
Citing emblem Of The disaster awaiting
the Democratic party. He paid hand
some tribute to Virginia, her past history
and her great heroes, Said that Virginia
once stood as the first in the column OF
American States; but that ,r0ud position
had been lost By her because she bad liYe(
under the blight of Democratic policy
and Democratic teaching. lie spoke Of
the ineXhaustiba stores of wealth in Viz
ginia which needed only the magic toucf
of labor, guided by intelligence, 10 restore
| Virginia to her place among the family Of
| State, and declared that that blessing
could be secured only through The ad0p-
ton by her people of The principle of pro
lection His discussion Of he tariff was
as able as we have ever heard. and was il
choice and elegant language. but with /
simplicity and direotness which enabled
the large audience present TO take held OF
his splendid points quickly and enthus
a5ticaly; as evidenced by almost contin
uous applause. He spoke il scathine
terms OF Grover Cleveland as civil ser
vice refoImer, who had appointed more
criminals 10 Office than had ever been
| b; ard Of before. AS the man who III hi.
| letter Of acceptance had declared that il
was dangerous to run for Office, While I'll
III d ltfaSC III ttGt4b u 1lii 4Si Ut-ihf
is the candidate Of tie Democratic party
for the highest Office iii the land. He
showed bow Cleveland was not only the
candidate 81 the Democratic party. but
was also HE British candidate, endorsed
and c0mmeded by GackSile west, the
BRITISH 5iaister at Washington, who had
undertaken TO instruct American voters
to vote for Grover Cleveland. because his
administration W4a favorable TO BRITISH
interests. lie spoke al !he surplus, which
| seemed 10 troune Cleveland so much, as
an evidence ct The great prosperity Of this
oouDtry, aud while the Republican party
did not advocate the creation Of a surplus.
f II the sake u having it and that in their
management Of tie augplUs they but follow.
ed the examples Ct Jefferson and jackson
under whose administration there existed
slrplns, and both Of whom said do not
reduce Cur import duty, 50 as to jeopardize
oar Industries, but distribute whatever
surplus there say he 10 the States fer cd
| ucatt0pai ana ether purposes, But Cieye.
land was neither j ffersoijan nor a
| Jacksonian Democrat. aid had no ooncep-
ton Of any use to which the sarplns might
be applied. !s0giand had no Surplus. and
NJ country With WHICH she had influence
or control hal any euTplus For the touch
Of British Tree trade blighted prosperity
with palal}sis. lie spoke of Ireland IN
glowing terms. as once happy, indus
trious and prosperous nation. the centre
OF ma8qfa4tuteg los ting nations OF the
world, bat now destroyed, degraded and
despoilsd Ds the free trade policy Of Eng
land, ioaed upon her unhappy aud help.
less people. Ills tribute is ireland was
gr$ud, beautiful and touching.
The crowd was kept in good humor
throughout the eptire speech. which oc-
| cupled oae hour ana Fosiy-live minutes.
Il WAS 3 mastery effort. and all who heard
Is were INSTRUCTED, as wei as delightfully."-
entertained. although the hour vas late,
the large audience, az one man, called for
"Craig, and would not go until, as some
expressed it, be gave the benediction. y
In speech OF % minutes he showed up
Tucker on tie Blair bill, as having re-
pented only after six years at the "Repub-
lican moafnels benQh, ara that he could
| not 60 to Congress Cd that record, but
must be kept Gu probation for a while Ee
kept the crowd in splenQid humor, aud
showed the Inconsistency OF the Demo
cratic party on ali questions of National
and State Importance. Mr. Taylor had
cheering news for the National ticket
from the West and North where he has
Travelled and spoken, and Craig had good
news from the state anQ district. It was
a good time for Republicans.