Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-02-19

railroads, were placed there acith the coilu
sion of the Commonwealth.
THE VIRGINIA COUNTRY EDITORt
AND CLEVELAND.
The Virginia country editors who al
advocating Cleveland, know pretty wei
what they are doing. Whatever the hi!
city dailies may think about it, the humbl
country brother is the man who does thu
heft of the whooping up and digging out thu
vote when the voting time gets close. I
is to him that the Democratic farmer
pretty plainly too. He knows that if til,
National Convention dominates Cleveland
the Democratic farmer next cOurt-day viii
call in smiling and say quick and clipper,
"Well we've nominated old Grover again.
And if it dominates somebody else, thai
same farmer will come in and with a Sus
picious look on his face will drawl out
"We-ll | see yon're nominated -
what about him - In one case it is
are that nominated, and in the other it is
gou. Please note the difference, it is very
large one. and lightenS OF increases the
work wonderfully as election day comes OH
If ne have nominated, the county Demo
Gratis pile out of their holes to the ballot
box; if y0u have nominated, you have tC
drag them out, and these sturdy old Wiz
ginia farmers don't put up with more
dragging than is agreeable to them. Ii
you drag them more than they like, some
of them will scratch the bottom out Of the
hole going the other way. The nomination
of Cleveland with Tariff Reform as the
sole issue, will give the Democratic country
editor i'll Virginia a soft, easy thing of il
for the summerand fall of 1892. The nom
nation OF somebody else with a miXe(
issue, will give him deuce of a time ant
he knows it now. He is a faithful horse
and will pull any where, but the best horse
in the world had rather pull on al easy leve
than up hill.
Glossary for the use of our city cotempo
Tries i'll understanding the above:
''Court-day'' is something that comes
| OIiOC I'D lIlC pCOPlCo ttlu IL Ii
the judgment day of the country editor
when the county farmer comes to tow
and tells him what he thinks OF things, an(
what lie thinks of him. The metropolitan
editors miss court-days, and they may 1t
thankful they do.
''Old Grover is intended for Grover
Cleveland, the first Democrat that fillei
the Presidential Chair in twenty-five years
and who had such a sturdy Democratic
back bone and ran such clean, fearless
administration that he took root in the Vir
ginia heart-not the Virginia pocket rep
resented by the office seekers and spoils
men--so deep that it would be hard worl
| to turn its affection from HIM.
| Country edtors7' is the erm for thos'
persons who run pap ers outside of larg'
cities like Richmond, Lynchburg, Norfolk
| Petersburg, Alexandria and the like. They
are the general utility horses Of the Demo
cratic family. They make the burrows fol
the crop. the children ride them when the,
get back from school, and Sundays they have
some plated harness on and pull the family
to church. You have seen them in Rich
mond Sundays-tIiat is to say State conven
tiOns-with their Lest clothes-that's {
great day for the country editor. He
doesn't know great deal, but what he does
know is often wor til listening to. He cal
tell you all about the furrow in his county
and if he says it is a Cleveland furroW, it Is
very apt to be just what he says it is.
No thoughtful man can see any saving
of money that would be accomplished by
the Virginia legislature adopting Senator
Blackstone's bill to apportion the schoo
fund to white and black schools on TIL,
basis Of the taxes paid 10y each color. A
population allowed to grow up in Ignorance
as the colored children would under sucl
circumstances be the most costly
that ever cursed State. The crimina
expenses would far exceed the money say
ed by the white taxpayers. This is eXclu
sively from a financial stand point. From
all other right minded points of view, as
we look at it, we owe to every child in this
State, white and black, an education, as
much as we owe them the prot ectlon Of thu
police, of the courts, OF any other duty w
owe to every inhabitant. The legislature
will make a mistake if it passes this law, TIKI
evil fruits of which will be seen long after
the men who made it have passed away.