Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-03
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.


Virginia have taken preliminary
steps to form a national assocla'
tioD.
The bodies of seven men drowned
IN the vicinity OF Norfolk during
the recent storms have been re-
covered.
Hon. Vim. II. Barnum, Chairman
of the National Democratic Com
mitfee, died at Lime Rock, Conn,
Tuesday, 3Oth nit,
Mr.. \. Koiner, Of Augusta, has
published card stating that he
will not be a candidate tor re-elec'
ton to the State Senate.
Gents trousers are becoming so
wide that it Will soon be the proper
thing for a lady to take the lead in
ascending a stairway.
A new tram 10 be put ON the
Southern Pacific aud Union Pa
cifc railroads next week Will make
the run from san Francisco to
New York in tour days aud twenty
one hours
The South Carolina editor who
interviewed Mr.. Cleveland on his
recent return trip from Florida and
made him say that be was out OF
politics and would not accept an
other Presidential nomination. must
have misunderstood the eX-Pre>i-
dent. The latter pronounces the
interview .inaccurate and mislead-
ing,v and the public is left 70 place
its own Interpretation on the cor
rectiOn.
It was a plucky small boy OF
Louisville, KY, who died from an
injury received from a playmate
without revealing his name. The
children were playing baseball,
and by some accident this nine
year.old lad was struck and fatally
injured By a bat. ole was my
friend and didn't mean to hurt me,
was all he would say, fearing TO
bring trouble on his friend. When
that sort of a boy dies The world
has lost a man.
The Louisville CoNi9.'joHrnol
seeks to show the benefit Of free
trade by animadverting upon "the
lesson of England's progress but
the lesson OF England's progress IS
sufficiently indicated in the fact
that she sends a large emigration
to this country every year, while
this country sends none ~ return.
These people come here TO better
their condition, aud by the bless
iugs of a protective tariff they sue
coed.
Democratic rule in Indiana has
nearly bankrupted its state treas.
ury. When the Republicans came
into control in Ohio four years ago .
they found similar state Of things.
There was an empty state treasury,
$780, 900 of the revenues Of the .
state we're anticipated aud there
was nearly half a million OF out .
standing liabilities. Republican
administration, without increasing
taxation, has changed all this, and .
there is a promise OF a decrease IN
taxes in the near future. This is
the difference between Republican
and Democratic rule. And It IS a .
difference By no means confined to
the two states in Question.-Ph'la. F
Press.
"Mr. Harrison is doubtless with
out authority, reported as Wishing
to build up a Republican party IN
the South upon the protection idea.
It is a false hope. The Democratic
party. as now organized IN Nir-
gina upon the Roanoke platform,
and as il will soon be organized in
other Southern States. fills the bill.
1t is a protection party, and, unless
il is false to It's principles, 1t w.ll .
control the affairs of the southern
States for many years 70 COME
Inder-APpcoL'
What is the matter with our
Contemporary? When he assumes T
that the Democratic party OF Viz +
glnia a "protectiOn party IL the .
face Of the record in Congress of
its leaders its support of the Mills
bill; of the st. Louis platform and .
the candidacy Of Cleveland, it +
strains creduliiy to an alarming
extent. The fact is the Democratic .
party is sail things to all men, If .
necessary to get possession OF .
power. II is essentially a spells
party, with no ruling governmental
principles, and cannot be trusted.
Valley VirgiaioR.
Major Mckinney. of Ohio, made
good speech in Pittsburg Satur-
day night. Among other things
he said was this:
"The Republican patty is thirty
three years old to-day. IL las ac-
eOmplished more for humanity
than any other party before. /
ask you to read the platform the
party first made, and / feel sure
YOU will be a better Republican, I
There is not a principle IN that
platform, except one, that has not
been carried out IN pfnciple.-
The platform said that slavery
must 20, and from that day slavery I
was doomed. It promised the
people a homestead law, aud the
great Northwest was opened to
settlers The party said that /
Union was lndissoluble and must
be maintained, and 1t was preserved
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