Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-08-07
Significant Paragraphs.

The following paragraphs from the Spirii
of the Valley of August End, are quite
significant
| Gen. Malone don't dare to run for Gov
ernor, and though his friends may brag of
his great strength with the people they are
afraid to let it be tested.
The harmony, which comes from any So
called compromise which leaves Gen. Ma
hone with the party machinery to be used
in trying to crush Republicans cannot be
spelled with very big FL.
Gen. Malone may direct that a compli.
mentary nomination be rendered him, but
we don't think he has pluck enough to &C.
cept it. AS we said before, he will, as usual,
let some friend of his receive the Demo-
cratic fire. He has done that before when
the fire might have caused bodily harm to
| himself.
Oh no no no it will never do 10
drag the judicial ermine in the dirty mire of
party politics; therefore it is altogether con
venlent to have subservient tool to order
to wade around in the mud and filth while
the immaculate Judge sits sereney upon
the bench assuming a look of judicial i'm
Partially, while at each opportunity he
gives significant wink to his tools. Such
a sight as this is well calculated to inspire
respect for the Judiciary.
| THE immaculate Judge" refers to Judge
John Paul, and the ''subservient toop' to
A. P. Funkhousef, editor of the State lie
publican.]
| y long article in the Spirit Of the
Valley. with charges and specifications
against the editor of the State Republican,
concludes as follows:-
| &c. Two years ago last Spring, the Re-
publicans made nominations for the County
offices, and the editor of the State Repubh-
can, backed by his clique, aided and abet-
| ted the Democracy to the extent of his
ability, and although he participated in the
proceedings which led to the nomination,
he and they going so far as to get up and
print ticket headed Republican Ticket"
| from which some of the names of the Re-
publican candidates were left off and some
of the Democratic candidates substituted,
so that voters might be deceived and made
to vote the Democratic ticket unwittingly
We denounced this mean, undetermined
and sneaking trick at the time, and said
that the man or men would steal if given
the opportunity; and as yet we have seen
no reason to change our minds.
These facts will show our readers how
absurdly false is the charge of this malg-
nant hypocrite that we were in any manner
aiding the Democracy by running on tick
ct composed of majority of Republicans,
and in an election in which there was no
politics. When thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS
man, possessed of envy, hatred and malice
is seized with an intense desire to injure
person, he rarely hesitates to resort to bare
folSph0ndc nh hau
shrewdness enough to at least tell plausi.
BILE falsehood. But yet the fact that this
man had the unblushing effrontery to say
what he did right here at home where ev-
cry man knew he was telling an untruth,
shows how utterly lost he is to decency, and
it also shows he knows that he has nothing
to lose. For complete refutation of his
charges we refer our readers to our local
columns where the election returns are given,
which show who were elected, and by what
votes elected"