Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-09-16
NEWS AND COMMENT.

OrIis \. Brown, of Northampton, mas
been nominated for Congress by the
Peoples party of the First district.
Mr.. Patrick Moore, a well-known
saloon keeper of Washington, died in
that city on Thursday, Sth instant.
Hon. Samuel II. Newberry, third party
and independent, has withdrawn from the
race in the ninth congressional district.
This leaves the fl Id to the old parties.
The WON. II of Texas are raising money
with which to place statues of Houston
and Austin, busts of BOwe, Crockett
Travis sni Fannin-all celebrated Texas
historical eharacters-in the state
building at the Worlds Fair.
Ex.Atiorney General Field. a lifelong
Democrat, but now a member of the
Peoples Party, said the Force Bill"
so-called, had better be called "a ghost
bill" because like ghost stories there
was nothing in it, and because only weak
minded people can be alarmed by it.
Mr.. Blaine has written a letter in
which be confines the issues of the
campaign to protection, reciprocity and
bank currency. He is right. We want
protection, reciprocity aud a currency
that will be good everywhere. We
publish the letter in full in another
colEmn.
Cholera has at last overleaped the
barriers that surrounded this country,
and despite the most stringent quarantine
regulations has obtained foOthold in the
United States. During the past ten days
six fatal cases have developed IN New
York city. With all this there is not the
slightest cause for alarm.
Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President, Is
very i'll at the summer resort of Loon
Lake, Ny. She is suffering with very
serious lung trouble, complicated with
droVsv of the chest, for which she has
been twice tapped in the last few days
with but little relief. She is greatly
Frustrated, and her condition at this time
is critical.
r. G. Mauck died at his home near
Luray Thursday afternoon, Sept 9Th, IN
the seventy second year of his age, OF
cancer of the ear and face. He was
well-known farmer and owned cOnsid-
cradle property. lie was member OF
the republican party and represented
Page county IN the Legislature a few
years ago.
The Winchester Leader says; After
reading the idiotc rawlings of Democratic
editors, writers and stump-Orators against
the Federal Elections Bill to secure the
purity of the ballot-bOx, and the vile
instrumentation of that measure, we
are reminded of the following couplet,
which we think covers the case:
mo rogue eer felt the halter draw
With a good opinion of the law"
Senator John Sherman has written a
pointed letter in response to certain
criticisms as to bis standing on the tariff.
In his letter, which is dated Mansfield,
Ohio. August 81, the Senator expresses
bimselfa as decidedly IN favor of pro-
tectiye tariff, and does rot believe that
a tariff framed under the doctrine nov
announced by the Democratic party in
;ts nlatform can protect and foster home
industries.
The Baltimore Sun says that prices of
manufactured articles are higher IN this
country since the passage of the Nc
Kiuley bill, but Commissioner Peck, Of
New York, a Democrat, says that the
examinations he has made and the
statistics he has gathered show that
manufactured articles are cheaper and
labor highter, while U. S. Senator
Carlisle. who is the ablest free traders
in America, signs report showing that
his Investigations on the Senate Finance
Sub Committee prove the same thing
Ha,risoabwg Spirit
There is another sidc-shoT ticket IN the
held. The Socialists on Sunday week
nominated Simon Wing a Boston tailor
for President, and Charles II Matchett,
a carpenter fer Vice President. TINS
marty wishes 10 abolish THE offices OF
President and Vice President and the
Senate. and to have the government run
nv an Executive Board and the House oil
Representatives. The delegates explain
the present move by saying that the
constitution provides for such offices, ard
that until they can amend the con. con,
stitution to provide for the government.
of the country by an Executive Board
tbey must submit to the constitution.
'Ib,s means the fifth National ticket ID
the field. Itthere are any further entries
they should be hurried forward before
the books are closed.