Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-20
Staunton vindicator.
FRIDAY MORNING. SEPT. 20, 1899.
LOCAL.
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The County Malone Faction mass" Meet
ing Make Nominations"
THE CONVENTION SHOOTS AT THREE
BIRDS AND ONLY GETS TWO-MEssRS
EDWARD M'MAHON FOR THE SENATE
DAVID BEARD AND G. W. M'CUTCHEN
FOR THE HOUSE, NOMINATED-MAJ.
M'MAHON DECLINES.
&C., &C., &C.
On Saturday last, ''mass' meeting of
select candidates for the legislature, was
held at the Court House. The ''mass'
was very limited, and but for the Demo-
Gratis who crowded in as spectators, would
have presented a rather lonely appearance.
It.had an old-time appearance from the fact
that it was called to order by the U. S.
District Attorney, addressed by Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue S. Brown
Allen and the Z. S. District Attorney, and
steered by that adrOit politician, Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue, John A.
Noon. 1t was not surprising, later in the
meeting, to hear the U. S. District Attorney
exclaim that they were Sailing under the
U. S. flag, y for it bore strong appearance
entire charge of the State politics as far as
the Malone faction was concerned.
Mr.. Jos. Houseman was chosen Chair
man. and Messrs. Geo. w. Slower, j. II.
Carter and Thos. J. Martin, chosen Sec
retaries.
A NOMINATION THAT MISSES FIRE.
U. S. District Attorney Craig rose with
his gun loaded to bring down a nominee.
The victim was to be Maj. Edward Nc
Mahon, for many years a member of the
ber of the Malone faction of the party. MI.
Craig carefully rested his gun on the fence
and after drawing a sure bead on the vic
tim, took his hand off the trigger to make
A PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
He said that in his remarks at the recent
county convention-quoted in the VINDI-
GATOR and to which the editor of that pa
per had called the attention Of Capt. Phil.
McKinney-he did not say that Capt. Nc
Kinney took office from the Republicans.
What he had said was that Capt. Mckinney
had ''held Office by the grace Of the Repub-
lican party" Mr.. Craig went on to say
that he had made this charge in 1885 to
Capt. Mckinney face i'll a public discus
sion at Farmville, and Capt. Mex.
failed to contradict and could not con-
tradict it. 81 said then,n said MI.
Craig, "that Mckinney failing to
get office under the Democratic party had
held Office by the grace of the Republican
party, and that very day held the office of
Commonwealth Attorney of Prince Ed
ward under the appointment of Judge
who was elected to his position by a Repub-
lican legislature. MI. Craig also said that
son of Capt. Mex. held an Office in Wash
ington under a Republican administration.
1.-The reader who has not forgotten Capt.
McKinney's letter, will recollect that this
appointment as Commonwealth S Attorney
was made by a Democratic Judge who was
never anything but a Democrat, and whose
election by a Republican legislature had in
no way changed his political principles.]
CAPT. MCKINNEY AND EDUCATION FOR
THE COLORED PEOPLE.
Mr.. Craig then proceeded in master
piece of logic! He said he had read a
report OF Mckinney S speech at Charlottes-
vile, and failed to find a single clause re-
ferring to education OF pledging the speaker
to the support of free schools. At the
same time, he saw that the speaker had
used some statements published i'll a pamph-
let by Frank G. Ruffin. This same Mr..
Ruffin had issued another pamphlet arguing
in favor of the Negro schools being given
for their support only the money the
Negroes paid for taxes. AS Mckinney had
spoken highly of Ruflin as the author of
the pamphlet of statistics, from which he
= quoted, Nh. Craig proceeded to assume that
he endorsed Mr.. Ruffin's views on taxes
for the schools, and argued from that ground
as if it had the slightest foundation any
where
WHAT MALONE HAD DONE.
Mr.. Craig credited Mahene with having
abolished the whipping post, the voting
capitation tax, taken the insane negroes
out of jails and put them in al asylum, and
reduced the expenses of the State govern
ment by $250,000.
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL OFFICES.
$50 far,'' Mr.. Craig said, but few OF
the Federal Offices have been distributed
Everybody hasn't drawn prize and some
of them feel sore, but the second and THIRD
and fourth distributions will come along
and those who do the work will get theil
share
THE COUNTY.
The Democrats have nominated ticke
for the county which has no regard to TIN
interests OF the mechanics lawyer
and man as good as a lawyer. A ticke
that has no feeling in common with til,
Workingmen. Here Mr.. Craig, who is ant
has always been a lawyer OF office-holder
spoke his usual piece about the poor labor
ing men. He said the laboring men would
no longer obey the lash OF the Democratic
party whip. The young men too were rally
ing to the Republican party.
BEGGING THE CHECKERS"
There is opposition in our ranks, but i
is to be hoped that before the election it will
be over, and none found tagging in theil
duty, tMr. Craig omitted his handsome
oratorical flight at the recent convention il
which he said mo Republican in August
would dare to hold back and not 90 forwar,
to the polls and vote the ticket."l
After this general survey of things, MI
Craig took down his nominating gun an,