Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-16
TheCanvass.
Political Meetings.
Democrats at the Court IOuse-Repub
lfcans at the Skatfmp Rink.

| Poi biO5 tuiAOu Oub III large numOoTSy tAOus
the day was inclement. to participate in th
demonstrations last Monday. There wer
heavy rains Sunday and Sunday night an
lighter showers nearly the whole of Monday
Whilst the weather may have prevented man
from attending, it did not curtail the tnteres
in the least in the canvass.
| Hon. John A. Buchanan, the distinguish
democratic member of Congress from tn
ninth district. arrived Sunday night. and Elk
Senator .Riddleberger, who took part on tn
Democratic side reached the city Saturday al
| ternoon.
| General Malone and Mr.. Burrows. a Repub
lican member of Congress from Michigan, VIII
| is aiding Malone in his canvass arrived earl,
Monday morning from the East.
| Both sides had bands of music,-the Demo
Gratis. detachment of the stonewall Brigade
Band. and the Republicans white band from
Harrisonburg, and the colored band of Staun
ton. The two latter paraded the streets severa
times drawing out the crowd towards thu
Skating Rink. In the meantime the Democrats
gathered in full force at the Court house. arc
many anxious to observe the movements O.
Genera Malone, and get look at him. were
on the streets and at the Rink when be and
his party moved up from the Virginia Hotel
1t was fully one o'clock in the day when the
speaking commenced, and about the same
time at both places. .--
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The fame of the Hon. John A. Buchanan as
a popular speaker and always reliably and
thoroughly conversant with the public ques-
tions of the day, had reached our people, and
it was with high degree of pleasure the
County Democratic Committee received the
intelligence that he could be announced as
one of the speakers at the rally of the party
here on the 14th instant. When he, with ex-
Senator Riddleberger, escorted by Chairman
W. 81 n. Lynn and other members of the
County Committee. entered the completely
thronged Courthouse huzzas wild and loud
for each of the gentlemen were given with a
hearty good will.
MR.. BUCHANAN'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Lynn's introduction of the able and
cultured gentlemen, who CALAMITY redeemed
the Ninth Congressional district in the last
contest for the election of members to the
House of Representatives, was in style and
finish worthy OF the honored guest, and the
interest he would impart to the issues involved
in this canvass and the pending election.
Mr.. Buchanan greeted his fellow citizens of
Augusta with cordial expressions of the
pleasure it afforded him to comply with the
request of the Democratic Executive Commit
tee to appear here, on this occasion, in con-
nection with which his tribute to the people
and the strength of the county in political
contests should arouse all who heard it to re
neweG effort to demonstrate the truth of his
noble utterances. Coming from the far off
district in the sunset land of the southwest,
he was here to obey at the call of duty to stir
up this strong Democratic county to the work
now before us all, and to examine into the
merits of Malone who aspires to be placed in
power over the people of Virginia.
He then alluded to the circumstances which
brought to Virginia aliens and strangers who
are here to. day to teach our people their dHty
as citizens and how to vote, whose misrepre-
sensations and appeals should at least be dis
countenanced by large majority of the 20O
600 white voters of Virginia. Our ancestors
for one thousand years had maintained and
beQNeathed to us government and civilization
which 1t could not be possible was to be
wrecked at the bidding of 1875 600 colored peo-
pie though led on and urged to methods of
and folly by number of white men
imported for the purpose
The discussion resolved itself into the one
view which was the only question before the
and Mahoneism, for all over
tue State Republicans had disowned him as a
party representative, and he stood before the
public in his efforts to obtain power and rule
over the people in this canvass in which his
party had neither candidates nor principles
worthy of the support Of the people.
He then reviewed Mahone's record, COM
mencing with his obtaining control of the
from Norfolk to the Tennessee line,
aud all through his changing ways in political
association aud false pretensions OF fidelity
and sincerely to the present time. His du-
pliclty in the Hancock electoral ticket In 1880
and the field open to his native cunning and
selfshness at the sacrifice of every considera-
lion ofloyalty and fidelity to his people, when
he found himself q member of the United
States Senate, was as scathing as it was truth
full to line and letter of that false man. Ma
hone occupied one place which never occurred
bsfore to a Virginian in high position, and he
cited the colIoquy in the United States Senate,
when the complete party organization of thai
body was arrested, till his seeming uncer.
tainty, but known purpose of going over to
the Republican party could be assuredly as
certained. Without calling his name or doing
more than describing such a man poised in 8
seat in that body. the Senator fl ON Georgia
smoked him out of his hole. and never before
In the history of Virginia did such a thing oc
cur to any man claiming the authority te
speak for Virginia or her people.
An equally divided Senate offered to thi,
man, who had been placed there by the votes
of Readjuster Democrats. opportunity which
suited his nature to consummate purposes
which he dared not unfold.
Here Mr.. Buchanan reviewed at some length
1Ja
sontrasted his known hostility to the Blail
Bill with his pretended friendship now bu
touching that Mr.. Riddleberger who was tt
follow him knew his duplicity better than hi
did, and he would leave him to dispose of hi,
colleague In that respect He brought Out
some new points damaging to Malone, who
had gone beyond all reason in voting fol
measures to fasten upon the country tn,
enormous pension bills by which Virgins
alone. through the Federal revenues collected
of her people. had paid, since the war S26 500
900.
He again brought in the stranger away of
from Michigan (Burrows) who was here as
sailing the relations our people hold to oul
school system and Its support and the agency
Malone and his party have in these false a.
legations. Under the Democratic admins
tration of our State government since the tw,
years of legislative control by MahSne's party
there had been a constant increase OF the pub
lie school service. Last year there were 1921,
600 more appropriated than under that regime
increasing the number o. pupils and school
houses % per cent.
A new asylum for the insane, which cos
$5O,OUO, had been built and was supported
taking the helpless to it's home. $50 600 ha
been appropriated for the relief of helples
Confederate soldiers, though our assailani
were voting our money freely to pay pension
to Federal soldiers, to which he offered no OF
| lection when the amount is assessed reason
| ably for their benefit. The Normal School 8
| Farmvile had been established, an apprc
| priation to the Soldiers Home, and also to tb
revival of tina school at williamsburg, BIT
yet we are complained of by Malone VIII
perpetrated the wrong upon the State In til
Kendall Bank-note Company transaction an
the Hamilton fee in the railroad tax.
| His conclusion, in which he appealed to tt
Democrats Of Augusta to be up and at worl
was one of the grandest efforts which evf
rang out from the old hall of that Cour
house where giants in intellect and orator