Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-10-30

opportunity that they may never have
again.
A REASON FOR GOING TO THE
POLLS NEXT TUESDAY.
AS there is no opposition to Messrs. Koi-
ner and Williams in Augusta, no one ex-
poets large vote next Tuesday for many
Will omit voting as useless operation. On
this point a word with the farming element
of Augusta. The two candidates to be
your interests. They were both selected
and submitted to the convention by your
recognized agent, the Farmers Alliance.
They are expected to use all the influence
they possess for the passage of measures
you are more directly interested in than
any other class of men. The influence OF
delegate who goes to the legislature is
largely increased by the backing with which
he goes there. # youlet these two men go
to Richmond with only asmall vote, cast in
a purely perfunctory way, it will give them
a very different standing from that they
would have if they had behind them large
and influential vote which had marched to
the ballot box from all the farms of Au-
gusta. We simply make these suggestions
to you. You will find, sooner or later, that
they have merit. and if you neglect them you
| will have neglected to improve the great
and first opportunity of the kind that has
been given you to make yourselves felt, as
class, in the legislature.
Our contemporary the News announces
that it has secured Capt. Hugh Hinde as
its Editor-in-ch chief. Capt. Hinde is an adj
mirable writer of long newspaper expert
ence, who has done good work in aid of the
development of the resources of the State,
aid will be valuable acquisition to the
staff of the Neacs.
REMEMBER. NEXT TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 3RD, is ELECTION
DAY. VOTE FOR KOINER AND
WILLIAMS.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The Sth congressional district made va
cant by the death of Gen. Rooney Lee, is
likely to attract good deal of attention
before its next representative is settled on.
1t seems to be generally conceded that as
far as the Democratic aspirants for the
nomination were concerned E. E. Meredith
Of Prince William, up to week ago, had
the prospect of an easy walk over. But
tie Farmers Alliance Council of the Sth
district has now unanimously called on S.
Wexford Corbin of Prince George. a men,
Der of the State Board of Agriculture, to
run as an Alliance candidate independent of
political nomination. Mr.. Corbin, who is
a Democrat, in reply has issued circular
giving the sub-Alliances in the district the
advice that they shall attend the Democrat
ic primaries and ask for an equitable repre-
Sentation in the delegates chosen to the
congressional convention. The Democrat
ic nominating convention is to be held
November oath, and MI. Corbln has re-
quested Gov. Mckinney to select a later
date than December LIST for the election of
pO lllttu UlHIC iIlttJ NC S1fOu
tle nominee to CANVASS the district. Mr..
Corbin positively declined to run outside
of the Democratic party.
About month ago the Alliance people
of King William county nominated DR..
John Lewis for the House Of Delegates.
The Democrats subsequently nominated
him also. Now Dr.. Lewis writes to a
leading Republican in his county and says
ne is not the Democratic candidate, but the
Alliance candidate and if elected will not
go into the Democratic caucus. The Demo
Gratis, therefore. will repudiate him and put
up another candidate. They will meet at
the courthouse this week to consider
this matter. The Democrats Of West
Point have already organized an anti-Lewis
club
Lt.-Gov. Jones, the cranky Democratic
It, Governor of New Y ork, who repudiated
TIE nomination of Flower directly it was
made, is now out in an appeal to Democrats
to vote for Fassett the Republican candi-
date, as the only way to beat Tammany
Hall.
The colored county Alliance of Fluvanna
met last week and decided not to make a
nomination, thus leaving the fight between
g. S. Thomas, Democratic nominee, and B.
w. Taylor. who claims to be an Alliance
candidate.
Lewis E. Wood who came out as an In
dependent against A. F. Withrow the
Democratic nominee for Allegheny, Bath
and Highland, and then withdrew, is now
again in the field.
George A. Copp is out as a self chosen
Farmers candidate for the House in
Shenandoah. The Shenandoah County AL
lance has decided not to take any part in
the election as Alliance men.
The State Alliance of Florida last week
endorsed the Ocala platform bya vote of