The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-08
Daniel ID Danger.

great deal OF emphasis, against Cleve-
land in his speech in Staunton on the
2Sth ulto, and for the Alliance in all the
details of its agrarian platform. In 9TH
er words Mr. Daniel consents to the alb
dication of the Democratic party and the
installation of the Alliance, and yet he
is not a member of the secret organlza-
ton. Major Daniel has misinterpreted
public sentiment on both these ques-
tions. Two thirds of the intelligent
Democrats of the State are against the
Alliance in sentiment and conviction
and more than two thirds of them favor
Cleveland for President. Daniel is fol~
lowing close on the heels of the Alliance
not thinking where he is being lead. He
is after a reelection to the United States
Senate and thinks by yielding to the
Alliance, and palavering the farmers he
there may be several stumbling blocks
in the way The most important is that
the Alliance does everything by caucus.
What is decided in their secret councils
is faithfully carried out by the rank and
file. The Alliance will control the next
Legislature, and it's program and line of
action will be determined by caucus
Its members want Office and mean to
take all in sight. All the basement Off
GERS will be made to walk the plank,
and only regularly labelled and approx
ed Alliance men will succeed them
They will caucus on the Senatorship,
and will not go outside their organiza-
ton for a candidate The membership
is too large and the aspirants in it too
many, to think of taking up a non-com-
municant however complete and sub
servient may be his surrender to the
Alliance nonsense.
If Daniel had had the courage to come
out like Butler of South Carolina,
George of Mississippi, and Morgan of
Alabama, in bold announcement
against the fallacies and demagogism of
the Alliance he would not only stand a
much better chance for the nomination
and election but would be more thought
of by the substantial and intelligent
men of his party. Butler, George and
Morgan, have proven themselves to be
statesmen, and not mere politicians and
office-seekers. They believe there is
something due the country besides
the devisement of schemes to destroy
business confidence and threaten the
integrity of the government. They have
fIn< fx,f.> fI,, I, ~,
arrest the mad career of Alliance fanat-
icism that is sweeping over the South,
and either to check it or bravely go I'M
der in the struggle. Even if they should
be defeated, it will only be for time
Within twelve months the Alliance will
be back number so far as any political
Influence is concerned, and those who
have tackled their fortunes to it will go I'M
der with it. But not SO with such cour-
ageous. manly men as Butler, George and
Morgan have proven themselves to be.
They will be regarded as true friends of
the people; leaders who can be relied on.
and the class of men whom the country
wants in emergencies. Daniel and Cor
UOIl anu FduCG, Will We TtltSdtSU 10 Tile
past--will have been weighed and found
wanting, and will be cast aside as too
time serving to measure up to the stan
dard that is required in legislating for a
great nation and determining policies
for the vast interests of forty sovereign
States
1t is impossible to conceive of more
Objectionable views than those advanced
by Senator Daniel, from an intelligent
and patriotic standpoint, and especially
from Democratic standpoint. His OPP
position to Cleveland is the first palpa-
BILE blunder he has committed. His an
tagnonism to the National Bank sys-
TEN is the next; his advocacy of free
coinage of silver i, ,11otfror of
Importance, and his general endorse
ment of the Alliance platform, including
free trade, is the monumental error he
has committed We do not believe he |
will profit by all this slavish surrender
to a passing craze. The Alliance are
under no obligation to him. He chimed |
in after they had proven their power,
and demonstrated that they could and
would control the next Legislature. The
Alliance men may call themselves Dem
ocrats, but they are Alliance men first.
They have humored the demoralized
and humiliated political bosses by call
ing themselves Democrats alter they
have taken charge of the Democratic par
ty. They are Democrats after their own
fashion and not after the fashion of the
machine They will demand all that
properly belongs to a victorious faction
or party, and see that the rewards go to
the recognized leaders of the Alliance,
and not to.the batfied and defeated bosses
in the Democratic party. 1t would
serve the Democrats exactly right if the
Alliance would take every office of
emolument and honor and give Daniel
a dose of his own medicine, of to the vic
tors belong the spoils. We look for an
interesting time when the Legislature
meets and commences the consideration
of Major Daniels successor. When the
Alliance whip cracks, they will all fall in
line, and when it is found that Daniel
has not on the wedding garment he will
he cast out into political darkness.
The Alliance leaders will prove them
selves to be egregrious fools if they do
not appropriate all the offices to the
men who have borne the heat and bur
den of the day, and by their strength
compel the Eold machine to cringe and
supplicate at their feet Daniel has the
fiery furnace to pass through yet, and
whether he will come out sound and
whole, as did that other Daniel, remains
to be seen.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has taken to herself
her third husband. On the 4th Mrs. Les
lie was married in New York by Rev DIR.
Deems, to W. C. K. Wilde, of the London
Telegraph, brother of Oscar Wilde The
was a great surprise to the &C
and friends of the bride, as
no engagement had been announced.
Mrs. Leslie was born in New Orleans
about 40 years ago, and her maiden name
was Marian Florence Fallen. Her first
husband was E. &. Squires, at the time