The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-09-19

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Mahoneite Republican Mass MeeJlne
United States District Attorney w. e. Craig
! Esq. Mahoneite Republican county chairman
/ called the county mass meeting to order Satul'
! day last at 220 O'Clock. Jno A. Noon, y. .
/ Stamp Deputy, nominated Jos. Houseman Ioi
! chairman Mr. Houseman was elected.
Geo. W. Slower T. j. Martin and j. IL. Carter
were elected secretaries.
IT. s. District Attorney w. E. Craig, Esq, tooS
the floor to put in nomination gentleman Ue
represent the county of Augusta, III uhe heA'
Legislature. Before doing so, however, he
asked the Indulgence of the meeting as 10
matter of personal privilege he tneh reau oAe
letter of the editor of the Vtndtcdtof, anu HON
P. w. McKinney's reply, as to the s1aVeiiiono lie
had made at the county conventlon' as W WI
McKinney's holding office under hepuollcah''
The charge seemed to be that MI. Mchihhes
held the office of commemorative Attorney
under a tudge elected by Republicans (McKin-
ney says the judge was DEMOCRACY. MI orais
also stated that Mr.. McKinneys son held ONCE
in Washington under the Republicans N0As
looks like the McKinneys were in good STANDING
with RepubIicans). From this personal prlVl-
lege" question, Mr.. Craig proceeded 10 ilahe d
campaign speech, reviewing in detail Mchlii-
news speech at Charlottesville. He SAID NC
Kinney was opposed to free Schools tnat ne
made no reference to them, and had quoted
from F. G. Rufin, while Ruffin had out pam
phlet on free schools, from which Mckinney dlu
not quote. The connection did not seem TO De
quite Clear but Mr.. J. T. Mitchell taking oHence
at what Craig said, interrupted nm WIFI louu
and noisy protests, which the reporters could
not catch in the confusion which pfeValleu.
Cries of put him out" came from all parts OF
the meeting. Finally Mr.. Mitchell was induced
! to leave, and quiet was restored.
Mr.. Craig said the Democrats hated Malone
! because he had taken the State government
| from them and held it for four years.
| Had removed the capitatiOn tax, abol1Shed
the whipping post adjusted the debt, Increased
public schools, and said poor children must be
| educated. taken lunatics from jails and placed
them in asylums established colored insane
ASYLUM. reduced taxes from 30 cents to 40 cents,
| reduced expenses $250,0OO He said the South
west and Piedmont would furnish 81 Demo-
| cratic voters for every Republican lost IN the
Valley. That the prizes were not all distributed
The Ist distribution had come off the speaker
had drawn fat one). The I'd, Sd and 4th, dis
would get them (after the electlon). All could
not get Them but the deserving would get
them.
He said it was said that Malone would brook
! no opposition and referred to the appointment
| of E. A. Mcmahon, kicker, in the Internal Rev
enue office at Lynchburg. He then placed III
nomination for the Senate
MAI. E. MCMAHON.
Chas. Curry, Esq, opposed to Malone person
| alIy rose to place in nomination candidate fol
the House of Delegates. He spoke in earnest
and eloquent terms of the Importance of pro
! lection to labor, and American industries, gave
the Democratic county ticket a pretty severe
drubbing, and after an impassioned appeal fol
the unity of the Republican party, put in nomi
nation
DAVID BEARD,
of New Hope.
The last nomination was made by Col. S
Brown Allen, United States Deputy collector o.
Internal Revenue. Like Mr. Craig and Mr.
Curry, Mr.. Allen made campaign speech; an6
his subject was the negro in politics, and nov
he had been handled by the Democrats who
now professed to be SO terribly afraid of him
Mr.. Allen also appealed for harmony, ana con
Guiding, placed in nomination
GEO. W. McCUTCHEN,
of Craigsville.
Mr. E. F. Vincent was called for by some few
persons inside the railing who were in the Sc
crets of the management, as Democrat wht
would vote for Malone. Mr.. Vincent went bacl
to the foundation of the government and OF al
the characters in the political history OF TIL
country that commanded his admiration most
he named the TRUE blue, tried and faithful
Democrats jefferson and Jackson. He hat
been in Jefferson's library at Monticello, ant
found out from his manuscript writing
that he was not an infdel, and the "Jackson1al
backbone had always received his profound
admiration. Much to the chagrin OF the par
ties who called ON him, he soon gave his cas-
away by saying he had for years voted as h
pleased. Sometimes for one party and then TO
the other. Col. Allen looked up with knitted
brow and disturbed countenance; but it wa
out, and the Col. saw it. Mr.. Vincent said n
would vote for Billy Malone, and the rest
mixed ticket. He declined to say who it woult
be.
The Democratic crop not having PANIED on
satisfactorily, the other Democrats who hat
been booked, as Col. w. HI. Peyton said wer
allowed to keep quiet, and the nomlnatlon
were made by acclamation
The meeting was very harmonious. The ma
chine worked beautifully, and turned out jus
what the man at the crank had said must com
out. There was not word nor suggestion
outside the three nominating speeches. Their
were no resolutions The nominees had beel
previously agreed upon, and the entire work o
the meeting might have been done in 10 min
utes instead of nearly two hours one hou
and three quarters of which was consumed il
campaign speeches.
None of the candidates were present and NJ
indication was given of their willingness to &C
cept. The candidate for the Senate, not "a hour
before the meeting which nominated him, whel
asked if he would support Malone, said mo.
Mr. Beard was opposed to Malone before TIN
Norfolk convention. We have not heard non
him since. Mr. McCutchen has not been hear'
from. Personally they are all good men ant
would make good representatives, if they coul'
be elected.
The ants were not there. The colored peopl
were massed in the galleries, not one OF then
took any part in the meeting. The lower par
of the Court house was filled with white peopl
and few colored people along the west wall
Those taking part in the meeting were insid
the bar and the jury box, together with few
outside the railing. So far as we were able t.
judge the number participating was from 60 t.
rs white peoples no colored people. The man
ayers, except Mr.. Curry, were those who had re
ceived prizes in the first distributon of tn
Malone lottery, and there were others, anxiou
expectants, awaiting the End, 3rd and 4th dis
tribution, numbering about 30.
OF office holders and office seekers there wer
present and taking part in the meeting 30 OF Al
OF course there was harmony Mr.. Craig ha
sounded the keynote of harmony, when he he'll
, out the inviting contemplation of the End, 3r
and 4th distribution of prizes. But the harmon
is evidently of very painful character, an
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Long Glade Items
, Reported for the VIRGINIAN.
Corn cutting and seeding is the order of til
day, and all seem to be busy.
| Miss Maggie Rondabush, daughter of Rev. J. {
| Rondabush, of Mechanicstown, Nd has bee
r visiting friends in this vicinity.
Wesley Pates, son of J. Pates, has been yer
sick for some time past, of something like spins
: meningitis. He is, however, better now.
Mrs. b. Sheets had very severe spell
neuralgia of the stomach last Friday, the 13t