The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-09-10

Resolrsd, The President appoint committee
to take into consideration the expectancy Of
erecting an assembly hail and procuring sulta-
bic ground for the purpose, and to confer with
the railroad companies regarding such assis-
tance as they may reuder.
A correspondent is informed by the
Baltimore Sun, that he is right in as.
suming that the true dollar must contain
100 cents worth of gold or of silver A
paper promise to pay dollar is not a
dalSar, but it will serve the purpose of
one If the promise is made by a person
able and pretty certain to keep the
promise. A so-called silver dollar, con-
tanning IS or so cents worth Of silver, is
not in all respects as good as a paper
promise OF the United States to pay 100
cents in gold for the reason that the sill
yer dollar promises nothing. 1t says in
effect on its face Il am a dollar; pay
as | go. So long SIS the government
sticks to it's policy of keeping the 75-cent
dollar exchangeable with the gold dollar,
and can get the gold with which to do
it, the holder of the silver dollar and the
greenback are on equal footing. But it
Is easy to imagine situation III which
holders of silver dollars would prefer the
promise to the lightweight silver
Hon. James Hay, one of the ablest and
most useful members Of the Legislature,
has been ruled out by the Alliance, OF
Madison county, from the next Leg
islature, and a Mr.. Utz, the ALI
ance candidate, taken up in lis
place. The same is the case with Mr.
Downine, of Warren county who was
one of the most earnest, industrious and
intelligent members of the last Legisla-
ture. An Alliance man will succeed him.
Both of these gentlemen are Democrats,
and rather than have conflict with the
Alliance, they have yielded to the de-
mands of that organization. 1t was the
purpose of both of them to again offer
for recollection, but the Alliance said no.
The intention is to elect all new mem
bers of the next Legislature, unless the
old ones are sound on the Alliance falla~
cies. 1t looks like the Alliance would
absorb the Democratic party in Virginia;
control the Legislature; elect all the
basement officers, and engraft upon the
statute book a code of crude, unconsti
tutional and harmful laws, affecting
injuriously not only the railroads, but
every interest Of the Commonwealth
With the set back the Democratic party
will thus receive, by yielding to the Alli-
ance, it will be difficult for it to recover
for years to come, and may, indeed
eventually dissolve the organization.
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The Democratic State Committee, or
those of them in Richmond, are getting
uneasy about the demands OF the Alliance
| in the nominations for the Legislature
| The Alliance is claiming everything, and
the Democrats are conceding everything
and this kind of surrender is demoraIi-
Ting the Democratic leaders. Well it
may If the Alliance should control
| the Legislature, as it now looks it WILL
| then they will elect one of their own
members to the e. S. Senate, in place of
| Hon. John w. Daniel They did it in
Kansas. and in South Carolina, turnil &
| down Senator Ingalls, and Hampton, re-
spectively, and moving to consign Sena-
! tor Morgan of Alabama, and Senator
Butler of South Carolina, and Sherman
4 Of Ohio. to the same fate. Senators But
! Ter and Morgan are making strong and
! courageous fight against Alliance falla-
i cies, as did Senator George and Walthall
of Mississippi The latter has succeeded
! In controlling the Legislature, and we
hope Morgan and Butler will be equally
successful and that Sherman will be re-
tanned in the position he SO much hon
ors, and where his great influence is used
for the good of the country. They are
! all able men, and it would be public
calamity to defeat them, and place in
their stead such hollow demagogues as
will represent the Alliance in the Senate
from South Carolina and Kansas.
1t looks to us like Daniel would be the
next victim, although at present such q
| purpose is uniformly denied.