The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-18
IACOB YOo I
OF Augusta County

Is May be Deluge.
The Democratic managers and book ma
kers are making one serious mlstaHe.-
They are basng their calculations on Inc
strength Of parties as developed tour years
ago, and assuming results TO CONFORM To
that condition They do not seem To uii-
derstand that there was lot then any well
defined and clearly cut differences upon a
cardinal principle and paramount poilcy
directly affecting the pockets, the nouns !
and the homes of the great mass Vi |
the people. The Democrats promised eve
rything and anything; screamed for the
era seals to lie turned OUT" for a "look at
the uooks, aud grew lachrymose over lDe
vast corruption that would be exposed, as
the result of Republican admlnl5tra-
ton A great reform" was promised ID
civil service-the purest and best men
were to be selected fer official trust, re-
gardless of party afliation. and al era OF
oflicia! and administrative exaitatlon was
to be inaugurated. which would reveal the
near approach of the millennium.
A great many honest meaning people
were fooled into voting the Democratic
ticket as the result Of these promises and
appeals. They thought it would be well
enough TO make a change, after quarter
of century of Republican rule. Some
rascals might be in Official positions. q
look at the books might develop some
wrong. and there III ght be something ID
s.civil service reform. y and So they voted
for cleveland. Hendricks and reform.
Well. the civil service reform programme
was started here by the appointment
of sueh sweet-seented reformers as Ham
Sheppard and William Burke. 4 look al
the books exposed an official discrepancy
of two cents. which were afterwards fouLd.
Official service was elevated by the selec-
ton OF Eugene Higgins. RaisiD. and sew
eral thousands political heelers and bum
mers, and the most intense and Migrant
partiZanism recognized in merry all the
selections made to I'LL vacancies 0ccasiOned
bgdismissa,s Of Republicans without cause.
And now comes the NEST serious mat
ter as a result Of Democratic supremacy.
It is deliberate purpose to destroy the
industries Of the country, by instituting
free trade as the ooject of our economic
legislation. The Morrison bill, the Presi
dent IS free trade ~ sssage, and the Mills
bill are the tangible, indispntable evil
dences OF this. l. is q proposition to
break down The manufactures OF the
Nation; TO throw on5 Of employment
she army Of wage-earners, or force them
to level with the paupeE labor OF Europe,
to take from the family its comforts. and
bring about It condition. Of want and pen
ury in every industrial district in the
Nation.
Party tram mels cannot hold men down
to tits. The revolt that is going Oh in the
manufacturing centres of the North, is
vibrating throughout the length and
breadth of the land. 1t is a contagi0n.-
Its influence is In the air, and infects The
Iaboring classes, wherever the sweat Of the
brow is the price of bTrad. 1t is silently,
yet none the less effectively, permealiDg
every hovel and home. every workshop,
however humCle, and moulding convic-
kions that will be expressed at the ballot
box, The silent messenger of the ballot
will give emphasis to the feelings and the
judgment. It will be cast regard less OF
past party identity, and voice sentiment
that will startIe The curb-stone statesmen
and ring managers from their shelter be-
hind the machinery of tiae little Bosses and
the entrenchments of the slotters for
pelf
There is point where f0rbearance
ceases to be a virtue. That point is
reached when the political driver invades
the home and strikes at the hearth Of the
American citizen. This is done in The
free trade programme of the Democratic
party. 1t is a project.t0 cripple if not break
down American Interests. aud to build
up European interests and when it comes
50 an issue, as it now is, between Amer
lea and Europe, it will be found that the
American people will stand by their OWE
country and their own iiresi8ss.
The moral Of it will be protest 50
strong and foreefui at the ballot box on
the 9th of November that Free Trade De-
meeracY will think the great deep OF pop
that in its SETTLING. angry outpour will te
written down the dDom of the party that
so wickedly and ruthlesslg proposes to triile
with the interests of the people, The par
tn, oh. tie party. viii be poweriess TO stem
she current, and in its sweep it VIII bury
the time-servers aud harleq uing who hatter
themselves that they can again fool and
delude the people by iterated promises and
professions which have proven false in the
past and are again made TO deceive.
It will be political deluga. restrained
10y no party bonds or lines$ indifferent to
past association AID traditions. AGt mind
fui onig OF the interests and welfare Of
the great nasss of the people who eonsti
tute The government.