Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-08-08

tives of the United States without having
been even read in the Committee, and
brought into the House without any mem
Der OF it knowing what it's provisions were
In the bill as it was originally drawn was
the test-oath, and it provided that no man
could sit on a jury who could not swear
that he had never sympathized with nor
aided the rebellion. Think of it; bill with |
the test oath in it drawn up twenty-five
years after the war ended That provision,
however, was thought to be SO strong that
it would imperil the passage of the bill and
1t was afterwards omitted. But it contains
moao provision that any Federal Election
Supervisor can use the army and navy of
the United States to enforce the law. They
tell us the Reconstruction times are gone.
but right here is a law passed, the provi-
slons OF which give the meanest man who
may be picked up and appointed Federal
Supervisor, the power to use the troops
against the people at the polls where they
are casting their votes. This bill gives the |
Federal Supervisors Of Elections the power
to certify who is elected, and their certif-
Gates are accepted while those Of the Gov
ernors of the State are rejected.
One provision in the bill is that a Super
visor may be taken from Fluvanna OF any
other county and sent to supervise the cleo
ton at precinct in Highland OF any other
county, and give has certificate as to which
of the people of that precinct have the right
to vote and whom they have voted for.
1 do not believe, said Mr.. Tucker, that it
can ever become law, but there are emf
nent men IN our party at Washington whe
do believe it and think it will pass the SEN
ate. A Republican told me 81 am obliged
to vote for this bill while I do not approve
it, I have been told by the Republicans
here that if do not vote for it they will
humlliate me here, and will follow me to
my district and defeat me-
Mr.. Tucker closed by warning the con-
vention against the delusion that there
would be no opposing candidate to its NOM
inee. In time of peace they should prepare
for war and make a complete and thorough
organization. The programme of the willy
Malone was to Seek out dissatisfied Demo-
Gratis and offer them the temptation of his
support in case they would run as indie
pendents. Mr.. Tucker closed by eloquent
ly thanking the convention for it's nomi ma
ton. His speech was received with great
cheering by the audience.
| HON. J. R. TUCKER.
In response to loud cries for Hon. John
Randolph Tucker, that gentleman took the
platform. He said that if he could COM
mand his feelings, he would say a few
words to his friends. Nobody in the audi
ence who was not a father could understand
the emotions with which he viewed the hon
OF they had done his son. For twelve long
years they had done the father the honor to
make him their representative and now
they were showing the same kindness to
the son. He thanked them. l shall vote
for him. (Great laughter.) But tell you
from my heart that if he didn It stand here
as the representative Of the principles that
deem essential to liberty, l d vote against
him. (Applause.) Sixteen years ago l
made my first speech to the people of this
county in that court house over there. l
told them then that the safety of this peo-
pie laid in holding on to the old Democrat
ic construction of the constitution. This
Speaker Reed is not as big a man as he
thinks himself to he. IF a minority stand
and fight even tyranny can be broken down.
(Applause.) Some say the Constitution is
dead. say to you if the Constitution is
dead then your liberties are gone. There
is no way this people can lose their iber-
ty but by surrendering the Constitution
The whole history of the Anglo-Saxon race
has been struggle for liberty and no peo-
pie ever lost it who didn't deserve to lose
it. 1 am teaching that in the University
across the mountain, and as long as God
spares me 1 will teach it. (Applause.) 1
send out new pupils every year holding to
the true faith. (Applause.)
MI. Tucker then introduced as zone of
my boys" Hon. w. L. Wilson member of
congress from the Jefferson district In
West Virginia, and the distinguished adj
vocate of equal taxation.
HON. W. L. WILSON'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Wilson who is man of national
fame, is a small, slender man, apparently
about thirty-five years of age, with pleasant
face md very modest manner. He had
spent une previous night with Mr.. Robert
7. Craighill Grand Master of Masons of
Va. at Lynchburg, and came down to the
convention with Mr.. Craighill that after
noon about 2 O'Clock. His address was
one of those rounded and complete efforts
that should only be given in full if at all,
but find that while have not the space
for full report of it must venture to
mar it by extracts which are too forcible
to pass by. Mr.. Wilson said he was glad
to meet the the representative men of the
Tenth Virginia District, and also pleased
to find them ''all of one accord in one
place." as regarded Harry Tucker ZAP
plause.) In the eight months of this SEES
sion Of congress that had passed, there was
no form of assault on the sacred principles
of freedom that he had not seen there. If
any one expected to see that the Republican
party had been chastened by their defeat
six years ago he was disappointed. For a
sectional party there can be no Christening
at the polls; there can be no broadening out
of the views of such party. In the eight
months every species of legislation that
could bring power to that party had been
attempted. 1t had been sought to reorgan-
ize the Judiciary system in order to put a
double set of Republican Judges on the
bench; the parliamentary rights of mem
bers had been gathered into the hands of a