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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16

Judge G. 2. Latham of I4ynchburg and
Z. H. Met aull, Esq. OF Salem. are spoken
of for the r publican Congressioa u pom-
nation in the 9Th district.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16
Our contemporary of the Columbia Bul-

Our contemporary of the Columbia Bul-
leti,a, see MS to be drawing upon his imagi-
nation for his facts. He assumes that
Mr.. Yost, the representative from the
10th district, will refuse to support Mr..
Hubbard, who it claims will be the nomi-
nee of what it calls the Malone wing of
the Republican party. and that will bring
about the triumph of Tucker. This is
pure fiction. MIR. lost will support the
nominee of the Republican Convention
which meets in Lexington on the 9th of
September, There will be but one Repub
hcan Convention in the 10th district, and
It's nominee will be not only supported by
all true Republicans, but elected. Mr..
Tucker will not represent the 10th district
in the 5lSt Congress.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16
NEW AfsVMkTISE MENTS.
d EBUS RIDDLES

ID EBUS RIDDLES.
We. the undersigned having been chosen ny
A. LOEB d CO., ,lothiers, to distribute the
prizes to the correct 'keb.s Riddles" certify
hereby not one of the ll9. answers received
was correct. JAS. N. MCFARLAND,
NJ. f. WHITE.
N. Blowing to the Cor vention on Aug LIST,
the above was posi- poIed 10 the Sth, inst. We
shall again offer The same prizes in a few days.
A. LOEB d CO,
augl6 stanton. Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16
Labor Convention.

The Labor Convention last night
adopted a platform which advocated tariff
projections, the Blair hill and The abolition
of the in ernal revenue.
The Convention also adopted resolutions
denouncing The course Of Co gTessln ~
Hopkins III the voting for the Mills hill.etc.
The fact is he whole proceedings showed
cOnclnsively that il was republican
gathering uhdt, another ranes " e
hi k there were SOME democrats present.
but we believe they were in a wotul
minority. and in the wrong pew.-Iynch
burg Ada'ince dug 9Th.
, The members of the Labor organization
are neither Republicans nor Democrats in
part izan sense, lb,it they know what is
the interest of their class, and in adopting
the resolution referred to, they only de,
clared for legislation which will promote
the welfare of all the people. whether Of
one political persuasion or another 1t
was pei feetly natural that they should d.
clare for protection TO the industries and
labor of the United States as against he
same interest of England. 1t was equally
natural that they should favor the repeal
of the internal tax az an essential requi-
site to the protective policy, and equally APP
propriate that they should demand the
enactment of the Blair educational bill, as
a means of assisting in building up aud
perfecJing our common school syStem.-
There is not laboring man in the coun-
try who has intelligeptly thought over the
questions here presented that should not
take the position that the Lynchburg La
Dor Convention did, and We are rsking
nothing in saying that nine tenths of them
do. The Labor men know that free trade,
to which the Democratic policy ultimate
ly aims, would be ruinous to the interests
of labor. They know that the internal
revenue tax system IS obnoxious to the
spirit Of our institutions. that the revenues
derived from it are not needed by the gov
eminent, and that it only furnishes an ex-
cuse to assail the protective policy through
which alone can labor prosper. The i'd
gu1lce will find ont, when it is too late, that
Bourbon Democracy is hostile to Ameri-
can inter ests, and that the people cannot
he induced TO perpetuate its power.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16
SALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,

LIFT BY THE LATE GEORGE SEAwRlGHT
SITUATED ON NAKED CREEK, IN AU-
GUSrA COUNTY, VIRGINIA..
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16

7, B. r. Terry. Dep. Clerk Circuit Court of
Augusta colnty, do hereby certify that Chas
Curry,oDe of the commissioners appointed in
the foregoing cause, has duy executed the bond
required according itolaw. "
Given under my hand This Sth day of August
1883. b. f. TERRY d. elk
aug9 ids
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16
july26 j. w. GREEN SMITH. Com,r.
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,

~ STAUNToN, VA. July 25, '88.
TO John h. O'ConneIl 4 Co. PIuiatifs and
Matte j. Davis and Lewis Davis. her hush and
DefendGnfs in the below named suit and to all
teh creators OF the said Matte j. Daviy
TAKE NOTICE that in pursuance OF an order
entered on the I'd of June. 1883, In a cause now
pendlng In chancery in the Circuit Court of
Augusta, under the style of O'CoNNELL & Co.
J.. r., VS.. DAVIS, M. j. &C., 1 shall at my office
FRIDAY, the 9th DAY of AUGUST, 1888,
proceed to lake. state and settle an account
showing The real estate of the said Matte L.
DAVIS; Its values, annual rental and fee SIM
PIE Inc mems, II any, thereon in the order Of
tnelf priority and whether the said property
is or is not liable for the plaintiffs deLt, to-
gether with such other matters as | may deem
pertinent or any party in interest may require.
j. w. GREEN SMITH COm'r
Chas. Curry, p. q. iuIy26
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16

Congressman Yost processes to believe
that the Republicans can carry Virginia
if they are united. In the meantime, the
fences in Mr. Yost's own district are sad
ly ratified. Appeal.
The Mr.. Yost, referred to above is about
right as to the first proposition. AS to
the other, Mr.. Yost is giving himself no
uneasiness. He is perfectly willii to
leave the matter of nomination to the Re-
pubjcans of the district. If they want
another to bear their standard in this con-
test it is their right to Lake the choice
If they shall entrust it to him, he will do
his level best to carry it 10 triumph. That
is all there is of it. Mr. y ost is not NOV
ing around fences to examine whether they
are ratified or not. He IS attending to his
duties in Washington.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16

If the Richmond Dispatch had taken
the trouble to acquaint itself with the
facts of the case it would have found that
the premise of its column article last
Friday had no existence. There is no con
tention in the 10Th district as to an elector.
w. U. Franklin Esq, of Arpomattox, is
the selection of the Republicans of the
District without opposition from any
source. There Is no divided authority
as to the Congressional Committee
The old committee was reelected by
the combined voice of the Republicans
of the District. AS to the election of
Mr.. Tucker that is not in the BILL
The Lexington Convention will select a
candidate who will he very apt to settle
that question adverse to the wishes of the
Dispatch.
One more error of the Dispatch. That
is as to the editorial management of the
VIRG1NIAN. Tne senior editor does not
care to have shifted to the shoulders of
any one else the responsibility for the edi
torial articles which have appeared IL
these columns within the past twelve
months relating to the political condition
of the State and the differences in the Re
publican party. 1t is not far that he
should allow the statement of the Dispatch
in this respect to go uncorrected. 1t would
be cowardly in him to do SO. and fog this
reason this paragraph is written.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-16

BY virtue of decree of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, entered in the cause of Sea-
wrlsfts Adm rs VS.. SeaWr1ght, E. & Ais, on
the Sth day OF June, 1888. the undersigned
special commissioners will sell at public auc-
ton, OH the premises at stonewall,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
Republican ISLANDERS.

In an editorial The Topeka Common
wealth of the 14th instant. speaking of
tho common fault. Misrepresentation of
opponents. says: Tho Commonwealth
doesn't believe in Misrepresentation. 1t
despises it. And as long as this paper is
published it will not sanction 1t, whether
It 50 misrepresentation of political enemies
or political friends
IN an editorial on the 18th of August
last. the same paper, spesiling of the
Union Labor party. said:
Hungry lazy and lousy. these fellows
trayel afofind among tho farmers, exag.
ge-ating theirrnisfortunes. and try to make
them miserable. discontented, sore and
distressed. They discourage labor and re.
moved effort, end the hope that springs
eternal in the human breast. aud urge
instead lazincss. idlcness and the denun-
Giation, of tho more fortunate With
their lying tongues lolling out of their
fouf mouths. they decry honest industry
and deny the word of God. that labor
reaps its reward. and That comfort and
riches are tho fruit of hottest endeavor."
If this is not willful misrepresentation
it is The Commonwcalth's honest Repub-
licsir opinion, and. like Harrison's honest
opinion of tho Irish, it will not do the
Republican cause much g66d.-kansas
Citv Times.
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Ctandldate Irnrrison,s c1anra.

The necessities of an unpopular candi-
dacy have driven Mr.. Harrison to make
another change IN his attitude on the
Chinese question. AS senator he could
see no objection to Chinese immigration;
thirty -four times did he vote against re-
stricting it. Later on, when his presi.
Dental candidacy became possibility, he
took one step away from his position as
pro- Chinese advocate in the senate, and in
the letter written to Rev. hr. Brandt, last
winter, while acknowledging that he
voted against the Chinese restriction bill,
he declared that his opinions had under
gone change. and that he thought that
Chinese immigration should be restricted
on similar grounds TO those that exist
against contract labor immigration. Now
ie goes further and attempts to almost
place himself on the Democratic platform
by eating his words and denying the prin
ciples upon which lie has always acted,
vainly thinking that people viii accept his
present professions as candidate as
against the record of lifetime.
feature in the letter is the attempt to
drag the bloody shirt into the campaign.
1t will be hoped by strong Democratic par
tisans that MIR. Harrison wilEspcceed, for
there is nothing that would so tend to
unite the people against the Republican
candidates ne the effort to introduce car
petbagism and sectional discord once more
into our governmental afTairs.-New York
Star.
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II Cos. aa1f a nrI1lion.

The shallowness of the boasts of the
Republicans over their SO called victory
in Maine becomes more apparent each
day. The National Democratic commit
tee is now in possession of evidence going
to show that the most outrageous bull
doing was practiccd by Republican man
ufaeturers ON their employees, and that
bribery was resorted to Unfortunately.
The following letter, addressed to Col.
Bricc, received from Frank Smith, mer-
chant of Saco, Me-, is a sample of many
received ut Democratic national head.
quarters relative to the Maine election:
II inclose extracts from Daily Stand
ard to inform you what we had to do in
the First district of Maine and to CON
gratulnte yourself and committee on your
judgment. Wehaye made gain of about
1900 over tie vote of four years ago
Votes are freely Bought III sums varying
from SIS to $50 each. am perfectly
satisfied fiat fhe election cost the Repub-
licans from $500, 600 to 5000, 600, and still
they have lost from 1884"
Tho newspaper slips iilclosed In the
above letter showed that two men, named
Milliken and Smith, employed by the York
Manufacturing company, were discharged
because they worked and voted for the
Democratic ticket.
Milliken had been employed by the com
pany over twenty years, and on previous
elections, It was said, did as his bulldozing
employers wanted him.
Hundreds of such cases havo been re-
ported to the Democratic national COM
inittcc.
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coNTEMpf FoR HARRISON.
..Don,t Let That creature BE sent to the
White Houser

Senator Cameron makes no concealment
of his hearty contempt for the Repub-
1ican standard bearer. Recently he had
Senators Allison and Hale to accompany
him to his home for visit of few days.
In the parlor car of the railroad train was
well known Indiana lawyer and Demo-
crat. whose ability and whose prominence
in his state. are attested by the fact that
he has twice represented Republican
district in congress. Hewas not acquaffit
cd with Allison and Halo, but knowing
Cameron well, accosted him and was In
troduced to his disting guishcd companions.
When the four were seated the senior
Pennsylvania senator said, and not In q /,
WHISPER: Well. do you people intend to
let that creature Harrison carry Indianai"
The Indiana statesman was rather sur
prised. but said: Il think not. am of
the opinion that Indiana is safe for Cleve-
land
"well." said Senator Cameron, earn
estly, you must watch our people
closely. for they intend to repeat the 1880
tactics upon you. But for Heavens sake.
If only us au net of charity; don't let that
creature Harrison be sent to the White
House.
Charity? What do you meant" asked
the InGianian, wonderingly.
II mean lie would be so confoundedly
lonely answered the astute Simon's son.
emphatically. that it would be a crime
to send him there. No self respecting
man who was associated with Harrison in
the United States senate would go near
him in the event of his election Icer.
tainly would never call upon him. Ali
sou and Halo here may not think 1t wise
to talk us frankly MS ! do. but they know
that what l say is true"
SsAnd Allison and Hale also sat by. smiled
and said not word.
Tho author of this tale is the man to
whom the language was addressed and
who repeated it to me. and as for Gamer.
on's milder accusation, to which Mr..
Rutan takes exception. to tho effect that
Mr.. Harrison is a ,.chump," it emanates
not from one but from half dozen promi
nent and earnest Republicans. Senator
Cameron's position may not have influence
upon many voters, but in coming to New
York Senator Rutan should know that
Republican harmony is not the thing it is
cracked up to Philadelphia Times
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How Common Things become Sacred.
Any sttfdefit who wants to understand
bow institutions, such as a monarchy or
aristocracy, acquired in earlier times a
sacred character. and became hedged with
q. sort, of divinity. so that. it was con-
sidered impious to examine their origin
or question their claims on human reYer-
cnce. has only to read carefully tho his
tory of tho Republican party and of the
tariff. In 1884 we were brought for the
first time faco to face with tho curious
fact that a very large body of Americans
were possessed by the idea that the Re-
publican party was entitled by moral
right to remain in possession of the gov
ernment for an unlimited period We're
member hearing one man of premi-
nence lay It down that President Arthur
ought not TO hand over the administra-
tfon to a Democratic successor unless he
was entirely satisfied that il was safe and
eSpedfent to do so. Clergymen were
hunted out of their parishes, working
men lost their employment and store
keepers their custom, and lecturers had
their engagements cancelled on this same
assumption that the Republican party
had, without reference to the quality of
its managers, n sacrosanct character,
which made voting against 1t tho sign of
moral obliquity. Attempts to show that
party was but means to an end, that
IL was sure Ill the long run To outI1ve Its
usefulness, that human societies had to
change their institutions as their needs
changed, and that all human contrivances.
such as governments. needed periodical
questioning and ovcrhauling. were re.
sentcd as copllistries directed against
American peace and order. The Demo
Gratis were painted as political devils who
would revel in the ruin of the public
credit, the plumber of the treasury and
the destruction of the national industries.
The reaction against such superstition,
which. like the reaction against the witch
craft delusion. is sure to come in all civ
ilfZed communities, has set in since 1884
undoubtedly. That year saw it ut it's
height. Tho removal of the dread of the
Democratic party, which pursued so many
peoples lives. stripped the sacerdotal
robes off the Republican managers, and
prepared the way for the purely secular
treatment of the tariff as device for
raising money. People have begun to
examine it. just as they examine their
own income and expenditure, in thor
oughly rationnlistic way. But one comes
still across numerous proofs of tho relig
ions reverence with which it is still re.
gardcd in somc circles. especially by those
who profit by it. We have before us the
refusal of country editor to print even
as an advertisement any criticisms of it
in his paper.-New York Post.
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An explanation Needed.

Our esteemed contemporary Tho Chroh
icle has the monumental effrontery to
compare the Chinese records of Cleveland
aud Harrison, to the disadvantage of the
former. Such a thing might do very well
occasionally as joke. but whcn 1t is re
peated with apparent seriousness it be-
comes tires5lme.
The Chronicle quotes an extract from
HRrrison's letter of acceptance to prove
that he has been converted to the policy
of Chinese exclusion. We desire to ask
Mr.. De Young, not as a journalist. but as
n statesman. as the confidential friend of
the Republican candidate, the chosen
postmaster general in his contingent cab
met, the official leader of his party on the
Pacific coast-wc desire to ask him, we
say, whether Mr. Harrison is not precisely
the same man today that he was ten
weeks ago, when Mr.. De Young said:
He could not possibly carry the Pacific
coast, nor would he be able to carry any
of the larger states where the labor ele-
mcnt predominntcd, because he voted
against the Chinese bill and tho treaty
and every phase of it, and he had com.
mitted the still greater mistake of voting
to naturalize Cinnamon and give them the
right of suffrage"
What has Mr.. Harrison done since, ex-
cept to write his letter of acceptancc2 Mr..
De Young IS too experienced a politician
to believe that nero words written by
candidate in the stress of campaign can
have any weight against a long course of
actions.
We think the people of the Pacific coast
arc entitled to definite explanation of
Mr.. De Youngs position. If he were SIM
ply private citizen, or even n mere jour
nalist, it would be different, but he is the
chosen representative of the Republican
party in the far west. He is the Califor-
mia member of the Republican national
committee. the chairman of the sub-com-
mittec to conduct the campaign on this
coast, and the one man most trusted by
all the party leaders in the east. His
words. therefore, have weight, and we
ask him seriously whether he holds his as
sertions SO lightly that he can commit
himself veIieinently TO one opinion on one
day and to it's exact opposite tho next?
Is Mr.. Harrison whit The Chronicle
now says he is, or what Mr.. Dc Young on
June 25 said he was?-San Francisco Ex-
nnlineE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
ee,aFeal ratsr,. % 6Icrclana. II,i;

"A grand hurrah enlivened the neighbor.
hood of Democratic HEADQUARTERS, when
Twenty ninth street was stirred mp by
the parade of the eolored Cleveland and
Thurman club. of. The Eleventh assembly
district. They made great show. with
uniformed band "a squad of cane bearing
club men in plain Clothes and n company
of uniformed members Of the Cleveland
League Central club, Capt. George Jack
son. q body ef, stalwart good looking
young colored' men in showy uniforms
They wore white hggins. blue trousers,
blue and white shirts. with C. and T. on
the front and white helmets. They had
plenty of Roman candles to help ont their
cheers and music in expressing their en-
thusiasm. and the headquarters building
shone with its brilliant illumination,
flashed with answering fireworks, cheers
and bandclapping. New York Sun.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
Bismarelx,s sIeepIp,. f,sh,,.

Prince Bismarck never goes to bed tin
2 in the morning, and doesn't get pp. tin
noon. In his bedroom light IS kept
burning all night. numbers OF messages
often requiring his personal attention be-
ing brought ip during the night. In
consideration Of the Late hours kept by
the prince, supper is served late in the
evening and seldom finished before mid
night. Besides the Princess Bismarck.
Count and Countess Rantzau partaISe Of
almost every meal regularly leaving tie
palace at 1O.45 p. M, when second class
cab always takes them homo Chicago
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
rhe same in other seetioris.

Aleer. Rusk, Stocl,bridt;e and other Re
pffblican 1yrens are now engaged in des-
peratc attempt to fool the farmers of
Michigan. Tho forty lumber, mad salt
millionaires arc arranging the twigs more
effectively to deceive the rural robins
whose nests they have plundered for
twenty years The forty millionaires are
satisfied with McKinley's Chicago plat
form. They will vote for Harrison and
Morton and for four more years In which
to feather their nests.-C Chicago Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
whats the Matter VIA, Annaq

An earnest attempt to elevate the tone
of politics" from the degradation to which
It has sunk under the rule of man is being
made by Anna, Dickinson. who has taken
the stump for the Republicans in Indiana.
She began by nlluding to the president of
the United States as 'the hangman of
Buffalo" and ian emissary of the devil, !"
and has now proceeded to the point where
she declares the contest ono "between
civilization, as represented by Gen. Har;
rison, and brutal burbarity, MS repre-
sented by the Democracy" On this latter
occasion. according to the correspondent
iof The Indianapolis Journal, 1.-THE. great
audience fairly went wild"-which GER
New York Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
Eess E.cnss "a Thnm,

DIR. Noah Porter. who has just returned
from Europe, expresses his astonishment
at tho Ignorance of some of tho English
people, who believe that in the event of
President Cleveland's election this coun-
try will make an advance toward free
trade. This is pitiful enough, but what
has Dr. Portefto say about some of his
own countrymen who are talking the same
sort of arrant nonsense, Just as IL they
believed itr-B0ston Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
A MISREPRESENTATION Exposed;

The net of 1857 became law on March
3, and tho imports, which we're $310. 49,
$40 in 1855. Immediately jumped up in
1857 to $31S. .33St Col. In the following
year they fell OF grestly.-C Chronicle. =
Fiscal years end on juno 30 '.The
following year." In which tho imports
'fell off greatly" was. the first after the
low tariff of 1857 went into effect.-San
Francisco Examiner.