Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-10-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

Hon. John Il. Fellows, in his speech at
Richmond, Monday night, said that there
is not a Republican in New Y ork who does
not know that the State is gong for Cleve--
land, and that even if the Republicans came
to Harlem river with 100, 600 majority there
would he votes enough in New York city
and Brooklyn to snow them under. MI.
Fellows has been prominent III New York
politics for many years, and ought to be
the highest authority. He no doubt knows
that of which he speaks.
Judge John P. Rea Of Minneapolis, Mir
neSOta, eX-cOmmander-in-c chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, will vote the Dem
an exhaustive examination into MI. Cleve-
land S pension vetoes, he failed to find
single veto that was not based upon princi-
pies of right and justice. He also says the
Republican party is wrong in it's tariff the
cries.
Superintendent Byrnes Of the New York
police, nipped in the bud, on Monday, a
gigantic scheme OF colonization Of voters
by taking the necessary steps to make more
than thousand arrests of negro laborers
who had been taken to New York from
Philadelphia. Steps will also be taken to
prevent the registry of any more of the
cOioniZerS.
Chairman Basil Gordon of the Safe Dem
ocratic Committee, is reported in the
Washington correspondence OF the Alex
andria Gazette to have said that the third
party was weakening daily and that the far
mers who Joined it are rapidly getting back
into their places in the democratic ranks;
also that the democratic organization
is thorough, and that there are no less than
two hundred and fifty democratic clubs in
the State, each with large membership.
W. G. Franklin of Appomattox, the Re-
publican candidate for Congress in this,
the 10th district, has Withdrawn from the
contest. The battle is now between Hon.
H. st. George Tucker and the Third party
nominee. DR.. Mott Robertson.
President Harrison has appointed MI.
Charles G. Clark Of Petersburg, Malone
man, U. S. Marshal, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of MI. r. R. Farr
This is a disappointment to the anti M a.
honeites, who wanted DR.. Dick Wise APP
pointed.
Senator David B. Hill has accepted an
invitation to address the Democrats of
Huntington, W. Va, Saturday evening,
November 9th. On the same evening the
Republicans will have their farewell rally
Gen. W. H. Gibson, of Ohio, will be the
principal speaker.
In Charles Town, West Va, Saturday
night last, Milton MCGEE and Charles H.
Smith, both colored. addressed a large au-
dience, composed of white and colored vo-
ters, in advocacy Of the election of Cleve-
land and Stevenson.
-Four Democratic election Supervisors
were arrested in Wilmington, Del, during
the registration Of voters on Saturday last.
At Democratic meeting in the evening
Senator Gray characterized it as lawless
Republican intimidation, and declared that
''they may put us all in their federal pris-
on, but they cannot overawe us OIL steal the
vote Of Delaware in this way.'
Gov. Flower of New ork, stands to his
guns. He said IN September, and he sticks
to it in October, that Grover Cleveland
will have $4,000 majority in the State of
New York.
1t is stated in Richmond that Judge
Drury A. Hinton, of Petersburg, a mem
Der Of the Virginia Supreme Court OF APP
peals will vote for Cleveland in the ap-
preaching election.