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


sponsibilities of his position faithfully and
ably and he should be returned. ZAP
plause.) He has answered every expectation
and demand of his constituents. In his
speech against the abominable Force Bill,
Old Ran himself could not have done bet
ter. (Applause.) appreciate the grand
service old Ran has rendered his party and
his country, but now say to him ''stand
back and let us have Harry" Applause;
Mr.. B. w. L. Blanton of Cumberland sec
onded the nomination made by Judge
Fitzpatrick. He said Mr.. Tucker needed
no commentator at his hands for he had
built for himself monument by his de-
fence of his State in the halls of congress.
He was chip of the old block and inherit
ed his Democracy from that great consti-
tutional lawyer. his father.
Mr.. John L. Byrd of Highland followed.
He said he was Democrat and had always
been one. He had been a Readjuster, but
he had never seen anything in Readjuster-
ism to make him Republican. applause
Mr.. Tucker at Washington had stood up
like hero for his State and fol- the South.
He had done well at the ropes and he, the
speaker. would give the nomination to him
again, and if he did as well the next time
he would give it to him again and again.
(Applause.)
| Mr.. r. B. Poore of Appomattax follow
ed. He said that, unlike one Of the speakers
that had preceded him, he was in politics
| IN, or 1onu no g
of the people are threatened. applause
No people in the district appreciated and
honored MI. Tucker more than the Demo
Gratis of Appomattox.
Mr.. P. o. Petit of Fluvanna followed.
He paid high compliment to Mr.. fuckers
ability and said he knew the convention
was going to nominate him because the
! Democracy never failed to reward those
who had served it faithfully, and calamity
stood up in it's defence.
BY ACCLAMATION.
Mr., R. G.. Wright of Augusta then
moved that II. st. Geo. Tucker be renomi-
mated for congress by reclamation. The
proposition was received with great cheer
ing and the nomination was made by &C
clamatiOn.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Fitzpatrick,
McAllister and Blanton, a committee to i'll
form MI Tucker Of his nomination and
invite him to appear before the convention.
While the committee was absent there
were repeated cries for Iran Tucker to
take the platform, but MI. fuckers father
declined.
When the committee returned with the
nominee the scene was wild one, every
; member of the body rising in his seat and
: cheering, with a general waving OF hats,
fans, and handkerchiefs. On reaching the
platform Judge Fitzpatrick introduced Mr..
Tucker as ''the next representative Of the
Tenth District" which was hailed with
another demonstration of enthusiasm.
MIR. TUCKER IS SPEECH.
Mr.. Tucker said that in 1888 when he
was nominated at Staunton the field was
lot bright. 1t was won. but the victory
was not due to him, but to the brave
Democracy of the Tenth District. He
was monument of what brave people
AAOs
say that he had ''fought good fight, y but
he could lay his hand on his heart and say
81 have kept the faith" (great applause)
and he wished to thank them from the
3 depths of that heart for the crown which
they rendered him this day in token OF
their approval. (Applause.) 1t had been
, his good fortune in the present congress,
by chance OIL fortune, to stand in the fore
front Of the battle waged against the people
of the South. He stood to-day on the plat
form of two years ago equality to all,
special privileges to none" The Republi-
: can platform is equality to none, special
privileges to all.' (Applause.) Had he
the time. he could show them-and would
7 before this canvass was over-that there is
not single principle in the Republican
t party that is not inimical to the people of
: this country. Higher taxes, pension to
: every soldier and not Federal soldier in
the poor house is their motto, and as he
had said to a Republican member sY on
wont stop until you have every Confeder-
ate soldier in the poor house" Applause.
e In his record, which was the property OF
s the people, and of which he could properly
speak, he had stood against every measure
: to increase taxation. The Mckinley tariff
l bill increases the taxes $60,OOO,OOO. Sup
pose the County Treasury Of Amherst had
l surplus in it under a taxation of 4Oc on
2 the 500 and your Board of Supervisors
3 were to start in to reduce that surplus by
: increasing your taxes to IS on the 500,
t what would you think Of that as measure
of relief to a burdened people? And yet
3 that is just the plan adopted in the McKin-
lev bill. In the simple article of sulphuric
acid which enters so largely into the ferti-
{ lizers which the farmers buy, the farmers
sent petition to congress asking that the
tariff on it be reduced. A motion was
) made to reduce it and every Democrat
voted for the motion and every Republican
against it.
TOBACCO TAX.
Here in Virginia we heard Julius Caesar
l Burrows of Michigan, Cheadle Of Indiana,
and Hopkins in the last campaign telling
our people that they intended to take the
tax off of tobacco. He (Mr. Tucker) put
in an amendment to wipe out the tobacco
tax clean and clear and have no more Of it.
Speaker Reed had favored this in aprevious
: session, but this session it was hard to get
him to recognize a member who wanted to
offer it. At last the amendment got to a
vote and every Democrat but four voted
for it and every Republican but eight voted
aoosnst it and to keep the tax on tobacco.
: And yet in the National platform of 1888,