Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-30
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING MONDAY
LARGE NUMBER OF is
PnESFNT-A LIVELY T1ME'
DissracefuI breakdown on the E'"A of
The MRllOneites.

, HARRIS. ECHoLs, STEELE, WHITE AMI WILL
r L1AMs SPEAK.
->r5 r.. having been announced tna. speeches
vvopld he INVADE here on Monday lag by Judge
Waller R. Staples. d sl Mon,gomsyy and Hon.
John T. Harris. of Rockingham. large num-
! Der of Democrats came here On that morning
| TO hear them
| Judge Staples could not be here. but Judge
Harris arrived, though later than expected as
| the train was delayed. Before he got on the
ground, the Mahoneite meeting in the Court
house had commenced. 1t was well for the
Democrats that they did not have the Court
house, for 1t could not contain more than
fourth ofthe Democrats present. The Demo-
Gratis were addressed in front of the Circuit
Court Clerks Office by Hon. John T. Harris.
Hon. Ed. Echols. Mr.. Maryatt M.sSteele .(anti-
Malone Republican,, Meade F. White, Esq,
and Col. H. @. Williams.
We will not attempt to report these speeches.,
as 1t is so late in the canvass.
JUDGE JOHN T. HARRIS.
Mr.. w. Fl. II. Lynn, Chairman of the
County Democratic Committee, introduced
Judge Harris the first speaker who then
took the stand and made an interesting. enter
tanning, and humorous speech which was
greatly enjoyed by his large audience of earn
est and enthusiastic Democrats who cheered
and aprlauded frequently.
No one. he said could foresee the direful
consequences in the event of Mehone's cleo
ton. The Republicans who know Malone
best, say that he is a tyraut. This is q contest
with Malone on one side and the people on
the other. Malone is q great manager Har-
ris said be wished he could manage men as
we'll as Malone, for then he would have those
little fellows then speaking in the Court house
on the other side. H e would say nothing
against Mahone's military Iecord-his polit1- |
cal record was a sufficient condemnation
Malone had no use for men he could not con-
troll. He had successfully made Walker,
Kemper, Holiday, and Cameron Governors, |
but as soon as he found he could not control
them to suit his own selfish purposes. he be- |
came their enemy. He did not make Fitz
Lee Governor-oh no, he could not make
Lee-that was above his capacity. He made |
Rlddleberger Senator, but now they don't
speak TO each other. The reason is that Ma
hone demanded absolute obedience. The
bitterest things he had ever heard against Ma
hone were uttered by Lamb, of Norfolk. Now
the lion and the lamb lie down together. The
lamb does not give the lion much trouble, fer
the lamb is in the lions belly. he quoted
what many leading Republicans. as Hon.
John F. Lewis, J. H. Rives, Geo. G. Round, !
Jas. Frazier, W. G. Pendleton. Heermans
Cameron. Groner. Claiborne. Geo. K. Gilmer,
Lewis Mckenzie, Judge Hughes and Others
had to say of the character Of Malone, who {
declare it their purpose to vote against him,
and then he asked, "If the Republicans can
not support him, in the name of God who
CAM"
He quoted the Richmond Planet paper
published by q colored man that is supporting
Mahone and that says that men holding the
highest official positions in the Democratic
party should be in the penitentiary clad in the
striped garb Of criminal convIcts. 1t also adj
vocates National election law. The negroes,
however, are better than the white men who
are organizing Them. When he spoke in the
skating rink last August q year ago with |
Voorhees,, he then dwell at some length on the
purpose of the Republicans, if they got into
power, to pass a national election law to de-
prive the Southern people of their rights
Malone, whilst in the Senate, never did any
thing for the South ern people, but uniformly
voted against the confirmation OF the nomina.
tons of Southern men to important positions.
He spoke of Mahone's false professions of
of the State debt. He had fooled the people
once. but he cannot fool them again. He paid
a handsome tribute TO P W. Mckinney and J.
Hoge Tyler. He said Malone would be
beaten and he wanted Augusta TO give a
majority of 500 against him.
HON En- rruoJC