Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-10-18

Governor of Virginia" This rendered him
solid with the audience at once and the col
ored portion responded in their political
, litany with many unctious ABS" and
"Ohs, and "You, nifty right, "Now you
, talkin," and the like. He went on to say
} that the Governorship was a small part il
this contest; this election was q part of the
contest between the National Republican
party and the National Democratic party
for the supremacy in the Presidential cleo
ton of 1892. 1t was part of the campaign
which was to solve the great industrial pro
blem. When congress adjourned last winter
} ithad before it two industrial measures
one, the Mills bill, a free trade measure.
and the other the Senate bill, Pro
lection measure. The farmers as well
for the Mills bill had put their wool
on the free list and destroyed the wool trade.
The Presidential election had decided that
the people were in favor Of the protection
measure and the next congress would carry
out the peoples views. To those things,
and not to sectional feeling, the people must
address themselves If Virginia goes Dem
ocratic next November, it means she is fol-
free trade; if Republican, she is for Pro
lection, and if she does go Republican there
is no power this side of hell that can defeat
the Republicans in 1892. When he closed,
MI. Burrows promised another talk that
night to the mechanics on the benefits of
Protection.
Gen. Mahones Speech
Maj. Mcmahon then introduced Gen. Ma
hone as gentleman that had held every office
except that of Governor and was about to
be elected to that. The Major had forgotten
that the General had only held one office land
had never been elected to an Office in his
life by the votes of the people. Gen. Ma
hone is far from being an attractive speak
er, and were it not for his prominence in
Virginia party politics, he would not be as
patiently heard as he is. His voiceis harsh,
his gestures angular and he rambles, but
for all that there is a mixture of the gro
tesque with something picturesque in him
as an orator, that has the charm of nov
city and secures attention. He repeated,
but with many omissions, his Abingdon
speech with which the readers of the VIM
DICTATOR are by this time familiar. One
of the strangest things that he said-strange
to those who know his political history
was that he allowed no difference of opinion
to be any cause for estrangement between
| !, nd ptc, in no
which the Negroes could understand, OF
could think they understood, were received
by them with encouraging cries of ''Noac
you lie coming" ''Come on dar;" "Dat's
it" "Give it to 'em;" 'Umph, my Gawd;"
''Nou you re talking''
FIGHTING AT THE BALLOT BOX.
He said 'We are told plainly that the
government of Virginia shall not pass from
the Democrats, no matter if we have the
majority. But 1 say the time has come
when white men will stand by those ballot
boxes and say this thing must be stopped.
The time has come to go to the ballot box
and fight there, if fight we must, for our
rights. y This was received with great ap
plause.
NO ISSUE.
81 hear of no issue in this campaign eX-
cept Malone and the Niger There is
no issue between me and the niger, Tap
between me and the Democrats. The only
issue with the Democrats is, they want an
Office, and Malone, and maybe somebody
else, is after it," mckinney who he's been
running for office all his life, never got one
till he ran for the council i'll Farmville on
the same ticket with niger"
THE BLAIR BILL.
Gen. Malone then went into history of
the Blair bill.
A yoice-General, Riddleberger has just
said at the Courthouse that you were not
in favor of the Blair bill.
Here followed great confusion, the crowd
mistaking the interrupter for a Democrat,
and crying loudly to 'put him OUT
After order was restored Gen. Malone
said, MY friend, [ mean no disrespect to
you, but l have no respect for anything H.
III. Riddleberger would say anywhere He
compels me to say that, and it is no more
than | have said on the floor of the United
States Senate-that l have no respect for
anything he says, nor for himself personally.
If the Democratic party can make anything
out of H. H. Riddleberger, they are well
come to it,"
This remark being called to Senator Rid
dleberger S attention III Richmond, Tuesday
night, he said: "Mahone never said any
thing of the kind in my hearing''1
A THEATRICAL TOUCH.
In talking about the Confederate soldiers,
Gen. Malone said, "After Lee IS surrender
[ was willing to give the right hand of fell
loWship," and as he said this he walked
over to MI. Burrows of Michigan, who was
aFederal soldier, and shook hands with him.
This was greeted with great applause, and
many cries of "Dar alou,' from the colored
, part Of the audience, who were under the
impression that 'sthat settled it,
A SENTENCE NOT CONCLUDED.
In speaking of the result of the election
Gen. Malone said: If [ did not believe
that on the 5th of November I would re
ceive majority of the achite vote of Viz
ginia, would-(great applause Interrupt
ted, when the General stopped speaking and
did not finish the sentence)-I would SCOTT
to take the place through tainted ballot.
A number of bouquets were handed the