Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-20
At HARRISONBURG.

HUBBARD SPEAK FROM SEPARATE
STANDS-SENATOR JOHN F. LEWIS WILL
VOTE FOR PHIL McKINNEY-THE FEEL
ING IN ROCKINGHAM.
&C, &C., sc.
On Monday morning, Maj. Taylor Scot
the Democratic candidate for AttOrne.
General was in Staunton very unexpectedly
His appointment at Lee had been cancelled
and by order of the State Executive Com
mittee he was on his way to Harrisonburg
Col. Robt. Hubbard, Malone canvasser
had arrived in Staunton the night before
on his way to Harrisonburg. A represen
tative of the VINDICAToR went down OF
the train with them. There was little
room for politics in Harrisonburg thai
day. The Farmers Alliance was i'll session
in the Court and its deliberations
were largely attended. The Democratic
managers decided that rather than disturb
the Alliance they would go without any
speaking at all in the day, and let Maj.
Scott speak at night. The Alliance, how.
ever, decided that it would adjourn about
O'Clock and leave the field open after that
hour.
THE SPEECH OF MAI. SCOTT.
At about O'Clock, the Alliance having
adjourned, and the Democrats having Sc
cured the Courthouse, Maj. Scott APP
peared on the stand. Down in the yard
Col. HUBBARD was addressing a gathering
of Malone men from a music stand.
Mai. Scott, who was received with q
hearty welcome, said that i'll crossing the
court yard he had seen familiar face here
on the same errand as himself, that of ad
dressing the people. He would have been
glad to have had a joint-discussion with
Col. H., if it had been rendered. Maj. Scott
said he would not discuss Federal politics
There was nothing Federal at issue in this
Virginia State election, but one thing, and
that was that we warn and require the Fed
eral government to keepits hands off Of this
fight. Great applause). 1t is our OWL
family fight, and we intend to settle il
among ourselves without the interference
Of the Federal government, Federal officers
OIL Federal money. (Applause). This is 6
family settlement; it is not even fight be-
tween Democrats and Republicans is
the fight of the people of Virginia against
the bossism of William Malone. ZAP
plause) This might be seen by looking at
the two conventions which nominated the
candidates. One was a convention from
and for the people. The other was the con
vention of Man. This is new fight. 1t
is not Democrats against Readjusters; it is
not Republicans against Democrats; it is
the people against Malone!
Maj. Scott went with a deadly accuracy
giving dates, over the official record Of the
proceedings and attempted legislation Of
the Malone legislature of 'S1-'S2, and thel
read literally from the expressions OF Sena
tor Lewis, the VALLEY Virginiaaa, MI. Rives
and many other high Republican authori
ties, with regard to Malone.
He gave an encouraging account Of the
feeling in the Southwest, and said the Dem
ocrats there are putting in solid, practical
work. He closed 10y urging his hearers to
come out at the election and to work fol
Democratic success in advance. Virginia
he said, was unquestiOnably Democratic
and with full, free and fair ballot the
majority for that party could not fail to be
large.
W. r. ALEXANDER.
After Maj. Scott concluded, MI. w. r.
Alexander of Winchester, spoke. He said
he was not here to discuss issues between
the Democrats and Republicans. They
were not at the front in this canvass. What
is before the Virginia people now is The
People without regard to politics against
Mahoneism. In the course of his remarks
MI. Alexander went over MahOne's con-
nection with the different political par
ties. He was in the Democratic party
but not a leader in it. He managed to get
his hand on the machinery of the party and
tried to work it for his personal benefit and
failed. He then went to the Readjuste1
party. He was no Readjuster, no one ever
thought he was. And he was not a leader
in REIMBURSEMENT; but he managed to get his
hands on the machinery of the party and
ran himself into the Senate. He then went
to the Republican party. He is no leader
in the Republican party, yet he managed tt
get his hand on the machinery of the party
and is running it for his own benefit.
COL. HUBBARD.
Col. HUBBARD spoke from 2 o'clock unit
nearly half past o'clock, and it is hardl,
likely the Mahoneites of Harrisonburg will
have harder time this campaign. He il
a monotonous and wearisome stump speak
Ell. When he closed, the crowd listening tt
him numbered less than thirty persons, ant
some of them were Democrats who stop
ped in passing through the court yard. HI
seemed to be anxious to correct any i'm
preston against Malone made in tn
minds of it's readers in that neighborhoot
by the Valley Virginian.
EX-SENATOR LEWIS WILL VOTE FOR
PHIL. M'KINNEY.
| For some time after Col. Hubbard began
his speech, ex-senator John +. Lewis was
walking around the edge of the crowd witt
the intention, so our representative wa
told, had any reference been made to him
of replying to Col. Hubbard on the spot. n
such reference, however, was made. Sena
tor Lewis said openly and without tn
slightest reserve, that he intended to vot
for Phil. McKinney-the first Democrat
vote he ever cast in his life-and he woul
cast it that the Republican party in Virgi
MIA might live and not he suffocated t
death by Mahoneism.
| AROUND THE TOWN.
There is without question a strong an
deep feeling against Gen. Malone in RocE
ingham county. Not only among the prom
nent men like the IeMises. but among th