The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-29


looks comparatively deserted. 1t is not |
the busy, busting, stirring place it is
during the session of Congress. yet there
is much to attract and enjoy. Very few
of the political prophets are around, and
free drinks are not as plentiful, nor
are there enough hotel hostelries to
form willing audiences to the political
seer who reads the signs afar off. The
prevailing sentiment is that the race of
1883 will be run over again under the
same leadership. Harrison's admins
tration has gained in the confidence of
the public within the past yeaI. The
disappointed office seeker has worked
the bile from his liver, and having ex
hausted his vocabulary of epithets as
well as his pocket book, he has HE'D
himself to his native heath, away from
the madding crowd. where his plants
and grievances cannot be taken up by
CORRESPONDENTS and manufactured into
a popular current of dissatisfaction with
the administration There is no doubt
that President Harrison has shown him
self to be broader and ADLER than his ene>
mics thought him to be, and that he has
a graspful, penetrating mind, that sur
passes even the expectation of his
friends The indications are that he
will be nominated again by acclama-
ton, as it is regarded as bad politics
as well as bad policy for party to con
denim, even by indirection, its party ad-
ministration, even if it should not be all
that it was hoped it would be. In this
instance, President Harrison has exceed
ed expectations. and unless some un>
toward event, not now contemplated.
should occur, lie WILDE the nominee OF
his party in 1892 as candidate to sues
ceed himself.
The nomination of ex-President Cleve
land by the Democracy is a foregone
conclusion. There is no other alterna-
tive Not to do so, would he practically
surrender, for if he cannot be elect
ed no other Democrat would stand the
least show to be.
The Ohio election is looked to with a
great deal of interest in Washington. 1t
is regarded as test of the popularity of
the Mckinley tariff bill as we'll as that
of reciprocity and sound currency. Ii
Mckinley should be defeated, of which
there is no apprehension, it would indi-
cate that the doctrine of protection to
American industries and American labor
has not yet taken Il deep hold of the
people. 1t would be also a verdict
against the administration, which would
have palpable effect upon the action
of the next National Convention, as
| we'll, as 1t relates to the Republican NOM
inee Fully identified with the protec-
| tive policy and willing to stake its claim
| to popular favor upon that measure, and
that of sound money, the election of Nc
| Kinley by a fair majority. would
strengthen the administration and result
| in the nomination Of an administration
candidate for 1899.
Hon. Charles Foster, Secretary of the
| Treasury, one of the most sagaciOus
politicians in the country, as well as au
able and conservative finance minister,
is in Ohio. to assist in the campaign for
protection and honest money. His de-
partment is left in charge of the assis-
tant Secretary, Hon. L. Crounse, of Ne
braska, who is well qualified to meet the
i requirements of the department. He
is a thorough business man, direct and
pointed in his methods, without any
| circumlocution or hesitancy in making
| his decision, and withal one of the most
pleasant and courteous officials we have
ever met In his manner of transacting
business he is model, after which it
would be good thing if all others hold
ing similar positions of authority would
pattern. He values time, and conse>
quently loses none in transacting such
business as comes before him, and does
it so that those who approach feel that
| he has given an honest and conscientious
| decision, whether it is such as they de-
sire or not. He thus prevents annoy
ance, removes doubt, and reaches an
understanding, without unnecessary de-
| lay, relieving himself of bother, and
| those who seek his decision, of anxiety
| There is no season of the year when
Washington looks more attractive and
charming than the month of October.
The avenues present a variegated and
! imposing appearance, as the ladies at
tired in tasteful and becoming fall ap-
parel, pass and repass the broad streets,
and inspect the rich and beautiful dis
| plays in the store-windows. The fading
leaves. tell of the dying year. and the
mellow rays of the sun typify the closing
scenes of life well spent. as one passes
into the scar and yellow leaf and then
wraps the drapery of his couch about
him and lies down to pleasant dreams"
Indeed, there is a lesson and a story in
every season of the year. in every phase
of human life. in every form of art and
nature, and it is only the thoughtless
who do not gather wisdom and instruc-
ton from the recurring seasons and
their conditions, as they reflect the
changing phases of human existence,
anu Tell Tie Urlel SGOfy from Tile crhulc
to the grave. There is not a day that
does not reveal some new field of duty.
There is not an important incident or
occurrence that is not an inspiration.
There Is not an association, however triv-
ial, that does not open up an opportu>
nifty for thought. Nor is there step in
life that is not fraught with influence,
affecting the life we live and that which
is to come There is lesson in rocks
and in brooks, in leaves and in forests
lin all created nature, that points to
the final goal, and tells us that all.things
are passing away-that death is written
upon all things animate and inanimate,
and that as we SOW in the spring time
we shall reap in the harvest time.-Good
unto good and evil unto evil.
H. w. Fuller, the courteous and eff
cient General Passenger Agent of the
G. & o. railway, has his headquarters in
Washington. but his summer residence
is at Keswick in Albemarle countv-a