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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
BLAlSE's VIEW OF IT.
From his Speech.


81 do not mean to imply ut all. gentle
men. that the result Of the elections Tor
Congress will in any great degree ancct
the republican party. believe that from
the presidency of Andrew Jackson, with
one exception, down TO the time of Ahra-
ham Lincoln [checrs II 20 back further,
from the time of John Quincy Adams to
Abraham Lincoln, with one exception.
every administration lost its second Con-
gress.'
Here is the summary of congressional
elections between presidential years for the
past fifty years, compiled by the Philadei-
phia Press: -,
lS4O-William H .Harrison( NEGLECTED
president. Congress elected stood, wings,
l33: loco focos, l02. The Congress elected
in 1912 stood, wings. CO: loco-focos. l4O.
ISl4-.Iamcs X. Polk (dcmocrat) elected
president Congress elected stood, wings,
76: loco-focos. 1875. The Congress elected
in 1916 stood, wings. Is; loco-focos, lOo
ISlS-Zachary Tay'or (whig) elected
president Con grcss elected stood, wings.
III: loco-focos, lG. The Congress elected
in 1850 stood, wings, IS; opposition l4o;
lS52-Franklin Pierce( democrat detected
president. Congress elected stood, wings.
IL: democrats, l59. The Congress elected
in 1854 stood, republicans, los; democrats
So: Fillmore Americans, 43.
1856 james Buchanan (dcmocrat)
elected president Congress elected stood,
democrats. I3l republicans, q. The Con-
rcss elected in lS5S stood, republicans
ia: democrats, 81.
lSGO-Abraham Lincoln republican,
elected president. Congress elected stood,
republicans, log; democrats, II; union
lists. Is. The Congress elected in lSb2
stood. republicans, lo3; democrats, -.
IS64-Abraham Lincoln republican
elected president Congress elected stood,
republicans. lt5 democrats. 40. The Con-
gross elected in SIT stood. republicans,
l43: democrats, 10
ISGS-Ulysscs 5. Grant Ncpublican)
elected president. Congress elected stood
republicans. $50: democrats, 81. The Con-
rrcss elected in 1870 stood. republicans
l3l: democrats. %.
IS12-Ulysscs : Grant (rcpublican) re-
elected president. Congress elected stood.
republican. I95: democrats, SIS. The Con-
grcSs elected in 1871 stood. republicans.
lbs: democrats, lis.
lsi6-Rulhcrford Il. Hayes (repuhlican)
elected president. Congress elected stood,
republicans. 40: Democrats, o3. The Con-
gross elected in ISIS stood, republicans,
l3O: democrats. 40.
lSSO-Jamcs A. Garfield republican,
elected president. Congress elected stood,
republicans l52 democrats. l&. The
Congress elected in 1852 stood. republic
cans. 10: democrats, 2Ol.
lSS4-t;rover Cleveland dcmocrat) elect
ed president. Congress elected stood, re-
pubcans. lbs: democrats, lS2. The Con-
grcSs elected in 1856 stood. republicans,
- democrats. l69.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
TIL. STU ALTON.


After the defeat the natural question Is
MS to the cause. 1t suits democratic pur-
poses to claim that the people have con-
dcmncd the Mckinley bill. the election
bill, and the administration. Republican
apathy, Indifference, and general otf-vcar-
ishncss they interpret IL IL positive re-
fusal to uphold the measures and the
management of the republican party.
Thus it is evident that in many quarters.
rs in this city, many thousand republicans
failed TO vote at all. The democratic
theory is that the n0n-vOtcrs are more than
half democrats.
1t would be more reasonable and truth
full to recognize tie fact. known to cvcry-
body who takes any active part in politics.
that sheer azincsS and Indifference count
for Il great deal When il is felt that
there is Il real emergency, and that the
maintenance of national policy may de-
pend upon each vote. men take the trouble
to leave their work and get TO the polls.
This year many thousand did not, and the
same sort Of thing has happened in the
second year of every presidential year for
IL long time. The voters who prevail in
the presidential election feel that things
arc safe enough and they can afford to hc
lazy. Added to this is the comparative
Indifference of great number of workers
upon whose personal efforts the bringing
out of full vote usually depends. Many
of them are applicants Tor Office. nj whom
nearly all have been disappointed. Until
another presidential struggle comes they
make less effort. 1t is not crcdiIablc 10
the people that the exercise of the right
of suffrage hy thousands should depend
upon personal pyodding by interested
workers. But hat is the fact, and he
tleccives himself who ignores it.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
High -l,;indcI Tyranny.


(N"" FORK Herald, Independently
When The Fftv-ir>t Congress convened
it was composed OF lGl democrats and lG9
republicans.
This majority of eight was aftcrward
increased TO twcnty-tpur by the trick and
device of unseating democrats in closely
contested districts.
The patent fact thai man was honestly
elected counted for nothing. Without
ceremony or decent regard for evidence
he was summary oGsIed and his place
given to claimant whose vote would he
servircahIe in Il pinch.
The surplus quickI vanished into thin
air. Frye, OF Maine promised that if his
party got whack III it nothing would b.
left but hole in the eround. The proms.
has been faithfully kept. the only promise,
by the way. which the party has not
broken
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
\ TEL.I.-TALE LETTER
Causes an AIabamian to Kill His Neigh.
bOr.

BIRMIyGnAM, November ia scnsa-
tional tragedy occurred this afternoon al
Johns. mining town twenty-five miles
south of here n. 5 Wilson. merchant,
shot and instantly killed r. II. Brstow, II
matchmaker. who did business next door.
The stores Of Wilson aud Bristow were
some distance from the post-otiicc, aud
when one of them went for the mail hr
usually asked for his ncighbor's mail also
To-day Wilson went for his mail and as
usual called for Bristow's. Among the
lattcr's letters Wilson saw one in the
handwriting Of his wife, Mrs. Wilson
was away on visit To relatives and her
husband could not understand why she
was writing to Bristow. His suspicion.
were aroused and he opened the letter.
The contents proved that improper rcla-
lions existed between Bristow and Mrs.
Wilson. The injured husband armed HIM
self and walking into Bristow's store shot
him dead without word. He then SUR
rendered to the authorities and claims
that the letter he opened was sufficient
provocation for the deed.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
A New Life of John Randolph.

1t is reported that Dir. Parton Is ell
gagged in writing another life of John
Randolph of Roanoke. Mr.. Parton has IL
charm rs Il bographcr. He is one of the
few writer's of biography who has proper
conception of such task and who shuns
the stiltcd formula which writer's like
Irving, Marshall, Headley and number
of others established us something of Il
criterion for such work. They give us
little conception Of the actual men they
write about and bring them down to posS
terity in state dress and Oh stills.
Ii it is true that Mr. Parton is engaged
in such Il task however, 1t is to he hoped
he will dvest himself Of prejudiccs which
are both striking and offensive in his
sketch of Calhoun and in his Life of
Jackson In any event the work cannot
fail to prove interesting.
1t is IL popularity of some characters
that they seize upon and fascnatc the inn
aginations of men by power akin to that
with which the most dangerous reptiles
and the most savage beasts rivct the at
tcntion Of those who look upon them.
John Randolph, of Roanoke, is one of
these characters. No man in American
history is SO full Of this subtle charm.
Adler men in many respects, stronger and
broader minds there have becu-minds
that exercised wider influence upon our
civilization, and left deeper impression
upon our history-but no one has aroused
more curiosity, Or excited more active
interest. Yet, with all the inquisitivc
concern the name Of the eccentric Nir-
einian excited, and still cxcitcs, there was
no one more misunderstood during life, or
who has been more misconccired since.
No biogrnpher at this day, with every
thing before him that Randolph wrote and
said, or that has been written and said
about him, can claim an accurate insight
into the depths Of that desolate nature.
1t was the bitter complaint of Mr.. Ran
dolph himself that no mortal but his
mother had ever known him. The COM
plaint came like cry from the depths of
Il despairing heart, yearning for that con-
slant love aud tender sympathy peculiar
to mother, and which patiently and per-
seyeringly follows and cIings to her off
spring IN spite OF physical or moral
deformity; which tires not, but grows
fonder still with each additional sacrifice,
and each new suffering. By nature he was !
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
i BIG SCHEME.
a Syndicate Said t. HAY. c"ntroi"i j
Land.

JomNsoN CRY. Tenn. Notcu
syndicate composed oil Lynn
Kansas City capitalists ha,-
purchase one hundred AMI
thousand acres OF land ia v
lancy counties, North Caro-
they propose 10 develop at en
land is hcavil, timhcrcd 1ili
mammoth deposit, of IRON one
mica. The company will }, g.
AT one million dollar, ana he>!'i,
ms ore mine and timber tin
courage cattle raising and toha
ing, build Il manufacturing tow
roads connecting their lands "
already in operation. The, -
from Paint Rock or near thor
connection with both The Hichn
Danvilie and East lcnucs-,,
u. IL. King, of Kansas Civ, l. Oh
spirit in the movement.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
The Force Bill IL Mistake.

st. Tnni~ TI'Ic-Th''i pcrh', K'puDIIcaHJ
1t is not difficult to point out the immc-
diatc causes for the republican reverse.
To the Federal election bill and the tariff
must the result he chiefly attributed. An
unfortunate mistake vas made by the re-
publicans in pcrsistirg in their cndeavor
10 pass thc former measure in the face OF
the opposition of the leading republicans
of the South. for whose imagined benefit
the bill was being pushed and against the
protest of the massc.; of the party in the
West. The hlundcr i patent enough now
To the most pronounced and persistent
champions of the measure, and there is
moi much likelihood Of its enactment in
the coming session.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
PRESS IMPRESSIONS.
They All Have Their Say and Tell How it
Happened and Why.
WHAT BLAINE SAYS.
KEEP TOGETHER.
New York Sun, Democrntic.l


1t depends upon the democrats in the
Fifty-sccond Congress whether the next
president shall he n democrat or Il republic
can. If they pursue wise, conservative,
and thoroughly democratic policy, Dem
ocrat will he elected president in lS?2.
The violent and fraudulent schemes of the
republicans cannot prevent it. II the
democracy is kept united, nothing can
defeat it. 1t can be kept united II the
advocates of frec-tradc arc not allowed TIC
get the upper hand again. If they 10,
disaster is inevitable. In the cxultation
of Il success no inconsidcrahlc part OF
which is due to factional quarrcls ana
disaficctions among republicans, which
will have ceased to exist by leo2, the
democrats must not lose their heads or
fancy that they can afford TO intermediate
rashlv with the great material interests
that were threatened by the policy of dis
astcr. The country has condemned the
republicans. 1t will approve the demo
Gratis if they show themselves worthy OF
confidence and capable OF using their VIC
tory wisely.
The democrats have got together They
must keep together. If The democrats III
the Fiftv-second Congress only avoid dan
gcrous experiments. and remember that
the democracy is a great national party
which must use its power i'll accordance
with its established and essential princi-
pies, and not debating society for the
airing of economic theories. the victory
OF 1880 will be IL preparation for the
greater victory Of ls!l2.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14

4 FEW echoes Of the election are given
in this issue of the Posr, but hereafter we
hope it will not be Necessary to say much
about politics. 1t is time that We get
down to business. There is Il deal mere
money in the latter and money is what all
of us need just now. The democratic
party has gained an overwhelming VIC
tory, but where are the profits of it? Let
us make for the more material things. y
big balance in bank is, after all, more
comforting than any number OF political
victorics-that is we arc told so.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
An Argument for the Force f,ii !
To the speaker.

RIcnMoxp. ", Nov. "a
GrnSty. of the Ballimor, VA
Record. was in Richmond a f
and while here gave son,
about the Force bill. H. >ai..
about two months ago VI
the leader in Southern iur
Boston, had occasion 10 ,i-il IS
At his request ! went with la
formerly been noted ~
publican, he was Narml.
Speaker Reed in his priNatt
had LOST sight Of the tact
placed several millions oidu.i.
crn properties. and So be- iu
his confidence. Said hccd.-~
something must be done ~
dus of capital from Sew t
South threatens to paralol.
prosperity. This Election
halt on Southern investments
why III urging il 20 ,tr"nuoa-
"Mr. Rice conh,lcnra,l.
conversation 10 my lri,n..
George Tucker. of The ~rmm'
irict, and not onltrc hin. bUi
of Northern and Eastern
and senators. AZ that mola
pcncd that the vcry men on
most relied in the Senate 90
South were 50 heavily inIcf--r
ern properties thar 10 mau.t.
atcd allegiance Ia party auc
them Of the losses that ac.'f
pockctcd in case the odi"i.-
should he passed
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
1883 and 1870.
ty.u York SUM

Here is u short and easy less.
silly gentlemen who think the, dla
With Mugwumpery and Cleveland ~
iSSS, democrats elected 10 the Fin. -lif,'
With democracy Al the frnni ana C'r
rear Ia 1870, democrats ,le,'Ied L. thr .
House about 23,.
This is exactly the difference b..
campaign conducted solely on IT,.
tariff reform, in the interest OF
selfish individual, and a battle io
democrats for democracy, on den
issues, with the question of tarii
IN its proper and subordinate place
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
She Might Have Expected 1t.

NEw York, Nov. 10.-Iicavy Judgments have been
entered against the Duchess Of Marlborough In de-
fault for debts contracted ut Birmingham, England.
They aggregate $67G, l2l, mud for money loaned
her In that place. Her creditors the Lloyd Bank
(lmitetl) $l6pOo0; Rober, Harding MiIward, $751;,
600 aud John JafTray, $4,000, who secured judy
ment for these umounls besides COSTS and interest
from September 26tf when the money WAS borrowed.
The sumrnonscs were served personally upon the
duchess, but she did not appear.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
.on,od and wrought out. bnt

vented and wrought out, but Cor an
wonder and absorption We cannot 81,
forget that the rabblc is roarir. i,
nit. There is no rabblc, no ta..
thrilling catastrophe in ".Ioscph ,,s
Rrethrcn." IT is called Milton. s,
If is not like Milton. With hima
glorious heights and descend ili.l.
full plains, and the sonorous rdfta
if il is unmatched in liieratar.
the channels of philosoplis
there is no philosophy, hul on i.p
experience of the patriarch and 81.
dom of the Egyptian priests ar. o.
artists colors with which ne
lives that he paints. The poem h..
strongest individuality. IN h,
there is nothing just like it, AMI
thing that is like it in its charm .
is n Greek drama. Yet ii Is ~.
either in form or in material. o.,
the effect upon the reader .ae.
in God may find sort OF para
Greek Nemesis, and the pic'a
than one Sophoclcan horror
have read a Greek drama. You
is art, clean and perfect: $50
YOU have read this drama e.
there is but one thing that ALL
it's peculiar beauty. rnltonfa
The Athcnian Captive - i.a
rur;ty of its tone. but do ~
hint OF its strength. Ncarr
artistic purity than anylhine
been made in modern time
waldscn's rclicfs. No man cam
the charm of this sculptor
feel the charm of this poet
not have similar sensations ~
urc. And the one Lives Ia
irradicablc and a joy torcver
other.
The poem is too pure a pier
have any OF the tainls OF
poetic castles OF the aHtiol
will be amusing to see ia
the critics will try to place
written. we are told. IL the Sol.
il has no date; it hcloug~ 'ot
to all time. The author vrat.
told, at the age Of twcnty-tau
not wears that gave such pow,
For power there is dispIa
strange and so strong What
feels. There can hc notaiu-
feet than this.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
Convention of Real Estate Agents

Invitations are out for u convention Of real estate
agents of Virginia. be held in the city Of Norfolk
November 18th and 10th. The objects Of the conveI-
ton, rs forth in the Invitation. To effect better
acquaintance among real estate agents by bringing
them into closer association. to elevate and Improve
the method, of business. aud discuss the pr"pr-
c,y OF forming Central Exchange, and to establish
real estate paper devoted advertising the great rr-
sources OF Virginia.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
What the Force Bill Did.

TII'NIlITTTI I'71' y T"IT!'T TI'TV7
Now. that the people of the country
have declared again<. the Force bill, the
president. if he he wiser man than he
ever has been before. will abandon his
proposed call for IN extra session Of Con-
gre>, and allow that bill to die. rejecting
lis rurrr>cent light upon it, authors.
McsSrs. Lodge, lloar. Davenport, and
others
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14

EVERY one Interested however remotely,
in Big Stone Gap or the surrounding
country. should give the Commercial Club
their hcartcst support The committees
arc working with will, and thus far
there is every Indication that the club
will become Il powerful engine for the
accomplishment Of valuable results. No
more effective mode for advertising the
place, for pushing it forward and protect
ing individual interests from Just exact :
iortss could be adopted. Good practical
results from this work will soon be appar-
ar
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14

Ir is hardly probable that the demo-
cratic victory was due to the hostility OF
the country to tie Mckinley bill, since
Mckinley was the only republican except
the opponent of David a. Wells. the free
trader, who increased the vote of his
PARTY and reduced the vote OF the Demo-
Gratis. Mckinley mad Il democratic ma
iority of nearly 1000 to overcome.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
Wise OH His Native Heath.
(Richmond Di,patch.)

(Richmond Dispatch.)
Hon. John S.wise, of New York. is In Virginia. He
has been in Richmond FOR dayor two anu left yes
terday for the home Of Mr. Selden, about fifty miles
up the Richmond Allcgbany railroad, and will spend
several days hunting up in that ncighbnrhood
Mr. Wise came here to attend the fifth annual meet
Ing Of the Virginia Feld-Sports' Association, Which
will be held at Amelia Courthouse Wednesday, the
Io,h La. az Nov.,nb.r IgQn
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
NOW ron DEMOCRATIC BLuxDKus.
iRnanokc Hernld, In,lerendrnl.l

A careful review of the two great parties
who have helped to make the history OF
the United States for thirty years will bear
the Herald out in the statement that the
republican party has subsistcd for two
decades or longer on the blunders of the
democracy. When it won il won on the
mistakes of the republican party, and then
restored that party to power ly its own
mistakes.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
CONSERVATIVES Cured.

BERLIN, November l2.-prui. Koch has dismissed,
completely cured, several OF the patients whom he
has been treating for consumption. Ills son-u-law,
Dr. Fluff promises that the method OF treatment will
hc made public within three weeks. lie says that the
method is lot exactly Of the nature Of incubation.
He says that it cures Lupus quickly and surely.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
Important Sale in Kentucky.
(lIsrrolSburg Sayings.)

Col. lack ii.inn sold twelve fine f"A hound, this
week to Col rub rolcrick Of Chicago at from so 10
$5iI each Col Frederick invited him 10 cnie tn
certain IaUin, IN Illin"is Join with him aud others
in a twU-wccks' fox chase. which invitation was
READILY accepted,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
Rich i,eposit of silver.

RALEIGH, \. c., November l3-Thc superintendent
OF the Silver Valley mines, in Davidson county, re-
ports The finding OF the richest deposit Of silver
ever found in the S"uth, large vein of carbonate Of
lead, carrying seventy hundred oaccs of silver
and 80 per cent Of lead To the ton Of ore.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14

THE Manufacturers Record will please
correct an error which resulted from lis
publication of the table that appeared i'll
these columns referring to the timber
interests of this section, and in which it
omitted to state that the measurement OF
the trees was the minimitm. The average
measurement was much larger, and the
maximum was, of course, larger still. The
article, as it appeared i'll the Record Is cal
cuatcd to produce an erroneous impress
sion. Though the Record seems avcrsc to
making references to the resources OF this
immediate section, We do not think 1t
would Intentionally DO Big Stone Gap II
downright injustice.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14

Hon. ROGER q. MILLS has announced
himself candidate for Speaker. If the
democrats wish to take the shortest posi-
bic cut to defeat they have chance of
doing it. Mills can get Them there as soon
rs any other living man.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
Tho Lodge ItIlI Did II.
lHnllllnorc IIeralt, lnderrndent.


There is but one way to interpret the
results arrived at in Tuesdays ballotings.
1t was the policy Of the Fifty-frst Con-
grcss which was on open trial, and which
has been rcpudiatcd by the people. No
ordinary rcvulsion of public opinion could
have swept doubtful districts as by Il
storm. and even invaded the strongholds
of the dominant party in Congress. 1t
will not TO to raise thc claims OF an 'oif
year" and the apathy ot voters in the face
of contest like this. In many localities
a large vote was cast, and intense interest
was felt in the result. The inference is
plain. then, that the recent policy of Con-
grcsS. particularly as embodied in the
Lodge bill, the arbitrary action of Speaker
Reed, and his sustainmcnt by the Repub-
lcan majority arc rcpugnant to the peo-
pie, and they have said SO in the only way
left for them to speak
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
Pinevillc Stock.
louisville Post.

\ furry in iincyillc stock is :hc thing of greatest
local interest in Speculative circles. The stock lad
dropped is low H. %. HI, las risen ! points. nlri
there is considerable trading. Somebody is buying
heavily There are rlilI0rs Oi II Tcw deal
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14

The Lodge bill is not only rcpulsivc to
the South. but to the fair-mindcd men of
the North. who have SO spoken in no UNI
certain tones The time has passed for
sectional legislation, and All extra session
of Congress called at This time to pass that
obnoxious measure would he suicide for
the republican party.
1t is not to be doubted that the rcpnb-
lican party will learn valuable lesson
from the mistakes Of The past few months,
Just IA the democrats have learned wis
dom from their own errors, and that the
same old fight between the same old par
ties will he on again in lS.2.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
prnmincnt Mnson Dead.

NlppEsnoHou..il. KY. November lG.-Majur Hiram
Bassci grand secretary for the MaSos for this State
Who lad paralytic stroke last Saturday died to-day
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
Ono of LIES Conversations.

From tie. Atchis0n tilobc.l
The fun II man has watching woman sharpen 4
lead pencil Il woman has watching man thread u
needle.