Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-13
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLl1ICAL NOIES.
Judge Walter @. Gresham, the defeated
Republican candidate, sailed for Europe
Saturday for a summer tour.
In 1884 Cleveland carried twenty States
! and Blaine eighteen. The whole vote was
10,051 1851, and Cleveland's majority was
1883.
New Jersey is like Virginia, it has new
or gone Republican in Presidential year
except in 1872, when Greeley was the
Democratic candidate. She gave Cleve-
land 4.412 majority In 1884.
Judge Daniel L. Russell, the Republi-
can nominee for the Supreme Court in
North Carolina, has declined the nomina-
ton and prophesies the election of Fowle,
(Dem.) as Governor, by 10000 majority.
Judge R. was Sherman delegate at the
Chicago convention.
Ex-senator Thurman will speak at the
prominent points on the Pacific coast, and
in New York, New Jersey and Indiana a.
A special car with all the comforts Of
home, is being fitted up for the veteran
StateSman'S use.
The Chairman of the New York State
Prohibition Convention at Syracuse, Fri
day, said in his speech, that ''the Prohibi-
tionists would accept the meaningless res
olutlon adopted at the close of the Repub.
lican convention, for just what it was
worth-nothing.
The VINDICAToR has received a CODY
of the Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat. on
the first page of which is printed a perfect
picture of the old time red bandanna
and on the last an American eagle,
The House last week passed a bill by q
:: vote of l79 to s to forfeit the unearned
railroad land grants. This is Democrat
ic measure, and should the Republican
Senate concur, which is doubtful, will re-
store to the Government about sixty mil
lion acres OF valuable land, about twenty
million of which will be taken from the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
The Harrisonburg Esprit of the
Valley'' enters its protest against the $50
called Republicans" who insist on beating
Hon. Jacob Yost for the nomination for
Congress in the 10th district.
Democratic Elector-at-large Richard F.
Beirne, opened the campaign Thursday at
Lebanon, in Bedford county, in an able
and telling speech. J. II. II. Figgatt of
Botetourt and J. Thompson Brown of
Bedford also spoke. There was big bar
becue spread after the speaking.
Elliott F. Shepard of New York, Van
derbilt's son-in-law, took occasion at a
prayer meeting in Presbyterian church
at Indianapolis, one evening last week, to
,, put in a regular stump-spaech for Har-
rison and vicious attack on President
Cleveland.
Gov. Gray of Indiana, who was defeated
at st. Louis, writes: "There is no SORE
head about me; am for the ticket and
will work sixteen hours day for its sue
cess from now until election.''
Jos. B. Perry. Manager of the cyclora
ma of The Battle of Atlanta, on exhlbi-
ton at Indianapolis, tried drawing
dodge" by having likeness of Gen. Har-
rison (who was not at the battle) painted
in the canvass in place of Theodore Davis,
the war correspondent. The matter was
denounced by the Democratic papers and
it raised such howl that the owner dis
charged Perry.
| A New Hampshire factory is turning
| out one thousand dozen bandanas daily,
and yet is far behind its orders.
An Indianapolis dispatch to the Pitts
burg dispatch" (Rep.), says at meet
ing of representatives of the Knights of
Labor and Trades Unions, held there Sun
day evening, reports were made by each
representative, of the feeling of the work.
| ing classes in his district, and it was
! estimated that at least so per cent. of that
| vote can be depended on to be cast against
| Harrison.