Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-28
NEWS AND COMMENT.

October 20 is the last day Ior regis
tration and transfers in Virginia HE
books are now open.
Pow6er'y says: Yes, the Democratic
party is the party of the poor man auo
if he continues to vote that ticket he
viii never be anything else than poor
man."
HOY about that neighbor Have you
alked to hun about the campaign ana l's
i.suesg You may make a convert lily
it for your party's sake.
ANY person who shall become Il years
of age between the Goth of this month
and the Sth of November, is entltle 10
register on the %.
Pr. German, colored man OF VIII
on y. c.. has been gradually turning
white for fifteen years until now be has
become entirely white, the only mark OIL
lis African blood left being on the back
OF his neck. He says he is fifty years oiu
and was born in Petersburg.
The same democrats who go about the
country bowling about the Snti-force
Bill and negro domination expect to 60
70 the polls and vote to make President
Of a man who, when Governor OF New
York. signed bill which provided ioI
mixed schools-white and coiofeo
children together.
Col. Fields, the candidate for Vice
President of the Peoples party, spoke ID
this place on Wednesday afternoon to
crowd of probably fifty people lie
pitebed into both the great parties and
lust made Republican and Democratic
fnr aV. Col. Fields claims that the
Third party is much stronger than the
o.her parties give them credit. He is
very fair speaker.
4 Republican bank note is worth lVO
cents on the dollar in every corner Of
every State in the Union, whereas a
Democratic bank note was always stopped
Wien man attempted to pass 1t and
held in quarantine until its sntecedentsi
character and paternity were looked into
The further it got from home the less II
was worth, and the sooner the holder
got nd of it the safer he felt
Saturday. October Doth, is the day
fixed by law tor the public registration
of all qualified voters, not previously
registered Those holding transfers from
one county to another should hand them
on or before that day to the Registrars
for entry on their books, otherwise they
cannot vote on the Sth of November.
The only reason for Mr.. Cle7eland's
nomination. and the thing that forced
his nomination in spite of all the efforts
of politicians, was the fact that, IN the
minds of the Democratic masses be
represents the idea of free trade. The
platform is an unmistakable declaration
against all parleying with protection.
It puts tbe Democratic party 10 the field
as committed to the policy of sweeping
away every shred Of protective duty
Henry George, the Free Trader.
The farmer who would pat out a crop
and keep his fences in good repair until
the crop was half grown, then tear away
the fences on the theory that the crop
was far enough advanced to take care Of
itself. would hardly be considered capable
of managing his own affairs, to say
nothing of being entrusted with the
business interests of others Yet this is
precisely the position occupied by the
Democratic party, which is now asking
the people of this country to put It in
power.-Yosts Ucekly.
As far back as 1856 the Democratic
National Convention which assembled at
Cincinnati, and which nominated james
r icbapan for the Presidency, form ally
declared in its platform which was then
adooted that the Democratic party was
in favor of PROGRESSIVE FREE TRADE
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD" James Buch-
anan was elected on this latform. 10
his annual message to Congress, in 1851,
he said "Panic and distress of fearful
character prevail throughout the land.
Our !aborlng population are without
employment, and consequently deprived
of the means of earning their bread.
Indeed. all hope seems to have deserted
the minds of men," Progressive Free
Trade~ carried us down. Shall we try 1t
again with Cleyeland
1t Is apparently the fixed belief of the
New YORK Sun that the American people
have not intelligence enough to see
tbrouch the most absurd bunco game
ever attempted 10 American politics.
The latest addenda to the ''No Force bill"
shrek of that would-be bunco steerer is
ssNo fee trade talk" In view of the
fact that the Democratic platform
pronounces for unqualified free trade,
that the Democratic candidate was chosen
because be was a free trader, and that an
overwhelming majority of the Democracy
believe in free trade, this attempt of the
Sun to gag its party until after election
is about as likely to succeed as an effort
to stop the winds blowing. The rampant
Southern and Western free traders who
control the Democratic party will not be
siIenced and the Sans plteous entreaties
to its party TO "let the tariff slide" is
unworthy of newspaper with repota
ton for braibs and Independence N Y.
Press.