Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-24
SOME Prophecies or MIR. Y0S1.

lion. JACOB I OSt IS reported Dy cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sa, as saying
that the Democrats in Virginia twill not
be able to elect single congressman ex-
cept in the Sth, (Gen. Lee's) district. If
and march together against the Tariff Re-
formers He also said he had received
numerous letters from prominent Demo-
Gratis in his own county declaring they
cannot support the policy of the present
administration in the coming campaign"
We have conversed in the last two weeks
with active Democrats from all parts of
the county, conversant with their neigh
borhoods, and have yet to hear Of single
Democrat, prominent or obscure,
who voted for Cleveland in 1884,
that isn't going to vote for Cleveland in
1888. AS for the State and Congressional
results, MIR. Y ost's prophecies are so lack
ing of even reasonable ground to found
them upon, that they can be fairly charac
teriZed as wild. We take his own con-
gressonal district for example. Mr.. Yost's
own presence in Congress is not due to any
increase in the Republican vote-not even
due to the power of the Tariff issue to
bring out that vote; nor yet even due to
Mr.. Y ost's personal popularity (which be-
fore he became embroiled with Malone,
was more general than that of any Repub-
lican in the district) to rally it to the
polls. AS matter of fact he received
smaller vote by 1877, in 1886 when he was
elected, than he did in 1884, when he was
defeated by 1,1S7 majority. Here is the
table of Mr.. Yost's own campaigns
Dem. mai.
Tucker, Dem.) 1909 1,1S7
Yost, (Rep) 1882
Rep. maj.
Yost, Rep.) 12,975 1854
Bumgardner, Oem.) 1922
Mr.. Y ost's election in 'S6 was due to the
staying at home of 1878 Democrats who
were out IN 1884, Theapathy spread all over
the State, and neither the 10th district nor
its gallant Democratic nominee were sing
ular instances. So far from Mr.. YOst's
predictions being fulfilled, the prospects
are that in his own district, he will as an
advocate of High Tariff, with his lately
announced views of what he conceives
Protection to be, be beaten by much
larger majority than he was beaten in
1884 by Mr.. Tucker. The High Tariff tax
finds no favor In the agricultural districts,
and at the present rate of educating the
people on its evils, the farmers will have
their eyes opened to them sufficiently by
November to overwhelm any advocate of
their perpetuation at whom they get an
opportunity through the ballot box.
Mr.. Yost's predictions about the other
congressional districts will be seen from
the following table to be equally ground
less 1t is table prepared by the VINDI-
GATOR from the official returns. In
the 9th and 7th districts the candidates
opposing the Democratic nominees were
not Republicans, that in the 9th district
being Hon. S. 1. Hopkins, at present the
Labor member of Congress, and that in
the 75h district being Gen. Roller, an In
dependent Democrat, who, running on the
distinct High Tariff issue, failed by l ,405
votes to bring out the Republican strength
of 1884. The table is from comparison
of the vote by districts as cast in 1884 and
18s6,and the figures given show how far in
1886. each party fell short of the vote it
cast in 1884 !: