Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
The Beginning Of The
New Era !!
Senator Daniel Tells What a Democratic
Congress- Has Done For The
People.


vented filling his appointment ut Stanton
at the August court day by the SD death
of his little son, addressed al immense
meeting here on Monday last. He did not
get here until nearly 2. NJ, having been
detained at home to attend tile funeral of a
relative. He was received al, the cars by
County Chairman \. G. Gordon, Capt.
Lewis Iarman, of whom he Was tie guest,
and Capt. G. Benton Conner, and taken to
the Virginia Hotel and from there went
straight to the court house. He was intro
duced by Chairman Gordon.
THE HARD TIMES.
After brief allusion to the two causes
that had detained him, he said that in COM
ing here he had had the pleasing reflection
that in these ''hard times he Was coming
to the Valley of Virginia where the people
have suffered less from them than in any
other spot, he might say, on the globe. For
these hard times were not confined to the
United States. but extended all over the
civilized world. AS to tile cause of these
hard tines, he felt like answering as Gen.
Early did When asked why the South failed
il The war; the General said he found suf1i-
Gent cause for the failure il the disparity
in mon and means, and did not think it nee.
essary to hunt further for reason. Many
causes, said MI. Daniel, brought on the
hard times. The wild booins which had
existed In Virginia, wasting money and
labor, which properly applied might have
produced prosperity, might be assigned as
oi;e great cause in or own State Nature.
t0a, had not been so Gountiful in orr coun-
try; in early Spring the crops were cut
down 10y flost. and again in the Summer
lrouth had prevailed. Even in this beauti-
FIJI region there is no fruit this season,
But there is one fact that is plain. and that
is THAT the Democratic party did not bring
Oh thc hard times and could not have con-
,Tib;i:ed to them. For the first time he
stood before an audience of Augusta peo-
pie with u Democratic administration in
iuil control at Washington. The Democ-
racy did not bring hard times: it was the
hard times Of 1892 that summoned the De-
nocracy to over, (appiause.)
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE
What did you send Congress to do? Re-
call to mind the vast changes which have
taken place since the Democracy was in
power in 1860. From that time to 1898.
the Republican party dominated the coun-
try. In 1874, the Democrats elected the
House; in 1884 they elected President,
but in ali that thirty-two years it was not
in the power of the Democracy to make a
law; it could pass tariff bills in the House,
but it could not make them laws for the
Republicans held other branches of the
government. Even in the short time they
have been iii power they have put Oh the
brakes and they have planted the seed Of re-
form. In 1860, under Democracy, there
were more people in this country who own
ed their homes than in any other country
in the world; there were seen no dudes,
tramps OIL beggars. Then, the masses of
the people owned the wealth of the country.
When the Democracy came back to power
after thirty-two years, few people owned
the wealth of the land, and the masses were
for a livelihood. Trusts had alb
sorbed the business and combination and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT had become the order of
the day.
Grover Cleveland (great applause) came
in in 1884, with Democratic House of
Representatives, and at the close of his
term left $500, 100000 in the public treas
ury as a monument Of Democratic fidelity.
-Four years rolled by and Grover Cleveland
came back again. Where was the hundred
millions? Gone where the woodbine
tWineth; gone to that bourne from whence
no pecunniary traveller returns daughter
and applausel. Forty-fve millions gone to
pay premiums in buying q. S. bonds; TWEEN
ty-eight millions gone to sugar trusts;
more millions gone to subsidies - the
Hundred Millions squandered and gone to
the winds! In it's place deficit; and such
a deficit that the retiring Republican Sec
rotary of the Treasury left word the debt
would have to he increased to pay the run
ming expenses of the government. In1Ss9,
four hundred millions year came into the
in 1890, only three hundred mil
lions. The sheriff's flag was flying, and
the auctioneers bell was ringing, Hail
daughter and applause.) 1t
was to this; such a scene as this, that YOU
sent your Democratic Congressman to do
Jhe duty of restoring prosperity.
THE TARIFF BILL DELAY
A part of that duty was to pass tariff
bill. and the people demanded that it be
lone quickly. No tariff bill was ever acted
Oh quickly. Every congressman has to ex-
press his opinion Oh such bill and some
times the change of but fraction of a
cent in it will entail a taxation of millions
In the matter Of speed in the passage OF a
tariff bill the Democratic party must be
judged by the other party. On July 8,
1894, the Democratic Senate finished it's
work and the bill went into effect August
%. The Republican party, four years ago,
did not finish the Mckinley bill till October
LIST. The Democratic party beat them by
a month and three days. 1t took Moses
forty years to lead the children of Israel
through the wilderness. One of Stonewall
jackson men being told OF this, said that
if it had been odd jack he would have