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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
THE DROUGHT.

The drought this year is said to be the
most wide spread and severe ever expert
enced in this country. In Virginia the
smaller streams are showing their beds for
miles. James River is showing dry spots
never seen before. West of the Alleghanies
the rain fall is nine inches less than the
usual one. and at many points railroads are
hauling water for their engines. In the
coal regions along the rivers thousands Of
miners are idle because there has been no
shipment of coal since last April. Naviga-
tion on the Chesapeake & Ohio canal has
been stopped for want Of water, and below
the canal dam at Cumberland, Md, the
bed OF the Potomac river is perfectly dry
from shore to shore.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

A Charlottesville contemporary noticing
that a piece of vitrlfed brick street paw
ing is being laid there, says:
eff the paving is all that it is represented
to be it will not be long ere the principal
streets of the city will be paved likewise
instead Of using the macadamizing as for
merly, which has its drawbacks in many
ways"
We would suggest to the Charlottesville
people to 60 slow. On any sort of grade it
is death to horses, and even on dead level
horse is apt to fall in trying to start an
ordinary load. He can get no foothold.
Staunton had steep grade laid with it
and had to take it up and replace it with
rough stone. Its splendid for men and
women and bicycles, but death to draft
horses. If Staunton had to do the work
over again she would never put down a
brick roadway again. The grade on New
street in front of the VINDICATOR office is
hardly perceptible. but it is not an unusu-
al thing to see well loaded team stall, UNI
able to get foothold.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
THE REPORT OF THE GOOD ROADS
CONVENTION COMMITTEE.

The following are the proceedings in full
of the last day of the GOOD Roads Convention
In Richmond, and includes the report of the
legislative committee of that body which we
give In full:
REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
The report of the legislative committee was
as follows:
Whereas, 1t is expedient, right and proper
that this convention; composed of representa-
tives of all classes, interests and sections.
assembled for the purpose of discussing the
road question, should make clear declara-
tion of its principles upon the important SUBJ
ject of road legislation; therefore, be it
Resolved, /. That we favor the absolute
repeal of all road laws. both general and
special, now upon the statute-books of Viz
ginia, and the enactment of a general road
law for the entire State, based upon Just and
effective principles. and possessing sufficient
fexibility to permit Of its application to the
conditions existing in each county.
@ That we condemn the custom of passing
special road laws for each county as tending
to destroy the integrity of the State and pro-
duce confusion and ineflcienoy.
GNEuNCLH 4AaOi
8. That we condemn the system of enforc-
ed labor upon the public roads as unjust In
principle and ineffective In its operation, tend
ing to retard rather than promote road i'm
provement; and that we vigorously oppose all
propositions or movements looking to its re-
vival in Virginia.
T. That we condemn as wrong in principle
any plan which allows the county courts to
appoint road officers, or have anything what
ever to do with the administration OF road
laws.
5. That we condemn, as wrong in principle,
expensive and ineffective any system which
places the road work under the supervision
of numerous road surveyors OF commissiGp-
srs, thereby dividing the authority and res
possibility; or under the supervision Of any
one possessing no special knowledge upon the
subject of road making.
6. That we favor the enactment Of law
by which all classes and interests in the State
will be required to bear the burden of taxa
benefits derived, by which State aid will be
extended to the improvement of the main
roads under certain conditions, by which the
counties will be allowed to issue bonds for
the permanent improvement of the public
roads under proper conditions and restric-
tons; by which both State and county con-
victs or criminal labor will be employed in
improving the public roads, by which the
road work will be placed under the control
of the boards of supervisors of the respective
counties, who are the direct representatives of
the people. and by which the actual supervis-
ion of the road work will be entrusted to
county engineers, thus consolidating the au.
thority and responsibility, and insuring intel
ligent supervision. That to this end we would
urge the enactment of a general road law,
containing the following provisions
A State tax of SC. on the $10O valuation of
all real and personal property subject to tax
alton by the State, the revenue derived there.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
leaves widow. formerly Miss Emma

leaves q widow. formerly Miss Emma
Broyles Of Luray, aud one child.
A bank failure three years ago in his
ueighborhood. determined Calvin Thomp-
son to take care of his own money himself
hereafter. He did SO till last Thursday
night, when two burglars entered and took
care Of it for him, carrying off over 81 ,OOO
Mrs. Schele De We're, formerly of the
University of Virginia, was knocked down
and run over by the driver of dray in
Washington on Saturday evening. Her
arm was broken and she was bruised in
several places about the body and limbs.
Between Bluefield and Kenova, w. Va,
on Monday morning the passenger train on
{ the Norfolk & Western was derailed by a
broken frog. Seventy-six passengers were
hurt, but none fatally. P. Dillon, Mayor
of Pocahontas, had leg badly hurt.
Gov. T. 7. Greenhalge OF Massachus.
sets. with the Attorney General and a
number of members Of the legislature Of
that State, was at the Natural Bridge
few days ago.
l. CVUyJOuA " w. VI
have been awarded a $500 contract at
Hot Springs, Va. The additions to be
made to 1.-THE Homestead, y the fine hotel
there, will cost $4,000.
The camp meeting grounds in Madison
Co.. Va, have been fenced in with barbed
wire, and the plan at camp meetings there
hereafter will be to charge small admis-
sion fee and abandon taking up collections.
President ingalls, of the G. & o. inform
ed the editor of the Clifton Forge Virgin
ian last week that next Spring the s'Gladys
Inn" would be remodeled by the company
and turned into hospital.
The West Virginia State Bar Associa.
tion will hol1 its tenth annual meeting at
Wheeling Oct. S0-3l. Hon. John Randolph
Tucker of Lexington, will deliver the an
nual address.
John Freeze, living on the edge of Luray,
Page county, gathered five hundred and
twenty-five bushels Of potatoes from all acre
and three-quarters of ground this season.
The carriage making firm OF J. B. Brews-
ter s. Co. of N. Y. City, one of the Oldest
in the country aud with the highest repu-
tation, failed last week.
One firm at Newmarket, Va, has this
season shipped west six hundred bushels of
huckleberries, for which it received one
| dollar bushel.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lees family arrived in
Lynchburg on Wednesday and will reside
for the future on the corner of Court and
Eighth streets, that city.
MI. Mosley G. Payne, formerly of Lynch
burg, died at Buchanan last week. He
was cashier of the Buchanan bank.
Gen. Wade Hampton OF s. G., is visiting
Col. Preston at the University OF Virginia
Mrs. 3. T. Eubank has leased the White
Sulphur for the next season.
DR.. J..V. Hohson died In Lynchburg
last week, aged eighty five years.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
POLITICAL NOTES.

At the Farmers National Congress which
met at Atlanta. Monday, a resolution was
reported favorably from its committee ask
ing congress to use both gold and silver on
u parity and calling for an international
conference on the monetary question. A
delegate offered All amendment SO as to
make it read IAN international conference
of the nations willing to unite in the equal
use of silver and gold al a ratio of 16 to l..
The amendment was defeated by vote of
Psi to 1O4. The victory of the sound mon
ey element in the congress was emphasized
later in the day when resolution declaring
opposition to the further issue of interest
bearing treasury bonds OF notes under any
circumstances, was lost.
+. Chairman j. Taylor Ellyson of the De-
ocratic State Central Committee, who has
talked with representatives from sixty
counties, says that .'the outlook is en-
couraging, although it would be a very
great mistake for our people to relax any
effort to insure success. In nearly every
legislative district candidates have been
nominated by the opposition, and many of
these candidates are men of local influence.
1t would not do for our people to take it
for granted that these can he beaten with
outan effort.
After $50 ballots. the Democratic con-
vention at Alexandria adjourned sine die
Tuesday, without nominating a Delegate
The dead lock was between Barley. Bend
helm, Lipscomb and May.
The Page Rappahannock Democratic
convention which failed in making selec-
ton last month, reassembled at Luray
Monday, and nominated Capt r. S. Parks
Of Luray. for the House of Delegates by
acclamatiOn.
Senator Daniel for the Democrats, and
Gen. Jas. A. Walker for the Republicans,
spoke at Gate City Monday, but not in
joint debate.
Judge James Sangster who was nomi-
mated by the Republicans of Fairfax for
the House, has declined to run, and they
are looking around for another candidate.
The "a. P. A." candidates for Mayor
and council of Nashville. Tenn, were
elected last Friday.
The Norfolk Democrats have nominated
W. E. Foster and Merritt L. Cooke for
the House.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

The great supply of feeding material is
naturally stimulating the demand for feed
ing animals, and strengthening the selling
prices of this class of stock. The Chicago
Drovers' Journal observes
1.-The demand for feeding cattle was de.
cidedly good throughout September. and
more cattle were shipped out for that pur-
pose than ever recorded before in one
month. Over 10000 head were shipped
out, OF an average of 1000 per day. This
was IL per cent of the entire supply. If
reports are true the demand is by no means
satisfied yet. The shortage of both cattle
and hogs has placed farmers in the rather
unusual position of having more feed than
they know what to do with, and there is no
doubt but what the demand for stock cat
tie will continue, but it is hardly probable
that buyers will want to pay prices out of
all proportion to those cattle. A year ago
the best fat cattle were worth So As and the
best feeders So s5. Now fat cattle are ST
lower, yet feeders are the same price. Of
course feed is cheaper now but not enough
to make up for this difference.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

The leading editorial in last weeks Staun-
ton INDICATOR, was devoted to taking Mr..
George B. Keezell to task for having written
letters to the editors of the State Republican
and the Spirit Of the VaILey, putting himself
pretty nearly on the Petersburg platform on
the question of fair elections. The fact Is
that any Democrat who honestly and square
ly advocates fair elections, at once arouses
a suspicion in the minds Of his Democratic
politicians and political bosses that his
Democracy is not sound. Has it cone to this,
that the once grand old Democratic party no
longer stands for anything but trickery and
fraud in elections ?-HGrrisonbury Spirit of
the Valley.
No, no, the VINDICATOR has no suspicion
of the soundness Of Mr.. Keezell's Democ-
racy because he ''squarely advocates honest
elections" but we simply had a suspicion
of the extreme innocence of a Democratic
candidate who writes letters to Republic
can editors defining his position OH any
subject. Our contemporary would have
understood the point at any other time.
but at the present hour We can overlook
his mistake. An editor who has to advo-
cate the election in the interest of honest
elections. of candidate that he has pub
lished as cheater and forger at elections,
and whose very nomination he holds was
made through fraudulent methods, can
hardly be III frame of mind to read any
thing very clearly. We sincerely sympa-
thize with our friend of the Spirit and can
only offer him the consolation that the time
between now and election is brief and his
sufferings therefore he short. His situation
prior to the nomination of Rev. A. 2
Funkhouser by the Rockingham "Honest
Elections convention, and his situation
now, only illustrate the old adage that
1--WE are here to day and gone tomorrow. -
Cleveland and Fred Douglas. and the tariff
are small matters to the editor of the
Spirit now.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
i REAL GRIEVANCE.

The Petersburg Index-Appeal has the
following paragraph which contains the
kernel of real grievance:
Gov. O'Ferrall is at work on his message to
the next legislature. We commend to his
attention the example OF breyity set by the
best writer that has filled the governors
chair in this generation-Wm. E. Cameron.
Cut it.short. governor, and everybody will
read it.
Whether Gov. O'Ferrall will or whether
he cantor it is not the gift Of every man
-s'cut it short'' we are unable to say, but
we are certain that if he does he will make
a much more acceptable paper than if he
does not. With the exception of Gov.
Cameron there has not been in our recol-
lection Governor of Virginia who did not
literally flood the legi Stature with his an
nual message. Length seems to have beel
The gauge applied to the dignity of ESTATE
Paper We We, ture say tina there art
scores of the members Of the very legisla
ture to which it is add I'd ha co net
read more Of it than a par ia b Ii, re and
IIlcIC. LUZ VIC Tx SN'iCC VI WuACu NS
complain is til 1t The length bars out til
country press-'h hat ress from which thu
people, after all, get their information
about public mat ers. The Richmond
daily papers and those of possibly one Oh
two other cities publish it in full, while
the weeklies give bare synopsis, and that
rarely a full one, of it's contents. In these
days when people read all the year round
and are fairly posted on current events
there Is no reason for long message goine
over old ground and restating the action Of
the executive, the progress of public ques
lions, and putting in type again what PEG
pie are familiar with. 1t is hard to fine
in Virginia at this day weekly paper
unless it be sort of personal organ, an(
they are very few, that will sacrifice thu
neighborhood news 1t gives its readers, Ii
order to publish Governors message
And if tt were to do SO and publish it
not one in a hundred of it's readers would
wade through it. And SO, governor goel
in and goes out without those who elected
him knowing any more about his views
as far as they get them from his message
than if he had not published them.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

At the last session of the legislature pro-
posed amendment restoring compulsory
labor on roads, to the Constitution. to be
voted on at the coming election, was passed.
and which reads as follows.-BuosGnan Ban
ner.
The proposed amendment is not to be
voted on at the coming election. 1t is to
be submitted to the coming legislature for
endorsement, and if adopted by it will
then be submitted to the people in the
election of November, 1897. 1t will be
defeated whenever submitted to the people.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
PASSING NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
of New Y York, founded in 1908, has the
richest congregation of any church in that
city. The collection taken up on commun-
ion Sunday of each month averages not
less than $4,000. Checks for sums rang
ing from 81 900 to $1,000 are not uncom-
mon. On one Sunday in 1894 the plate had
SAC, 900 deposited on it. Within the last
five years the total of voluntary contribu-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
1InsLEy & MORTON. ProprIetors.

Published every Friday. Price $l.5O per year
cents for six months, and 40 cents for months
invariably in advance.
Transient advertisements l2H cents per line
each insertion and ~ cents each insertion there-
AFTER Contracts for longer terms maze az LII
counter.
Local circulation in Augusta. Rockbr'dse' koekin
am, Allegheny, Highland and Bath Counties
Gives general and local news: stories ana mis-
., ,anv. reliable commercial reports.
II. G. TINsLEY,
A, 8. MORTON.
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willing to agree to this extraordinar prop
osition from a minority to a majority? If
there are any it will indeed surprise us
more than anything in this queerest Of
queer campaigns.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18
VIRGINIA DAY AT THE ATLANTA
EXPOSITION.

Next Tuesday, Oct. ed. is Virginia Day
at the Atlanta Exposition. Gov. . 'Ferrall
and his staff. accompanied by the Fourth
Regiment of Virginia Infantry, and the
V. M. l. cadets will he there. The head
quarters of the Virginians will be the Vir-
ginia room and Colonial Exhibit. Rev.
DR.. G. b. Strickler, formerly Of Augusta.
will open the proceedings Of Virginia day
with prayer.
The sun., 1895-05-02
Why the. Ships Are Sent.

Lest its tardy anxiety for the protection of
American interests, by having the Atlanta
sent to Greytown and the Alert to San Juan
del Sur should be misconstrued, the Depart
ment of State gives out the information
that it is much more troubled about Nicera-
gua's domestic disturbances than about any
encroachments from England.
Its assurances on that point will not be
doubted. Had the Administration been con-
cerned lest Great Britain should land her
forces on the soil of an American republic,
it would have taken steps to avert such a
result long ago. Even now, although our
commerce with Nicaragua demands proper
attention, no vessels are despatched to
Corinto and the only Nicaraguan ports to
be visited by our war ships, under the orders
recently issued, are those nearest the ends
Of the canal. What Mr.. GRESHAM seems
to fear is an uprising of the people of
Nicaragua against the payment of the in
demnity, and against unqualified submis-
sion to British demands. Such result
may induce him to ask for more vessels for
points both on the cast and west coast, and
perhaps for the despatch of landing party
to Managua itself, to protect American in
terests jeoparded in a revolution arising
from such cause. Not even British sensi-
bilities could take umbrage at such use Of
American ships and men.
The sun., 1895-05-02

The woman suffragists, who have received
very remarkable concession from the Legis-
lature OF this State, must hereafter face q Kind
OF opposition which they have never before
countered.' The woman adversares of woman
suffrage are to take the field against them. fully
organized and equipped. in order to defeat the
act providing for the submission of the woman
suffrage question to the voters Of tho State.
Here, at last. is something which will certainly
trouble the mind of the most patient champion
of the cause. Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY. 1t Is in
business style that the opposition society has
taken the enemy by the horns. Upon itSExecu-
tive Committee are a number Of society women
who know no such word as fail. as will be ad-
mitted by those who saw their names in Sun
days Sun. They have begun to organize
branches all over the State. Their arguments,
as printed in THE sun, lead us to remark that
they need not fear to challenge the sufYragists
to meet them in debate. That would be a de-
bate worth listening to.
1t seems that their chief objections to the
suffrage are four in number: /. That women
can. without the ballot, get anything they
want" from the Legislature; .. That voting
will "wean them away from their natural
sphere;" 3. That II they were to get the ballot,
they would want office and all the appur-
tenances of political life;" 4. That women can
never equal men in fighting force. can never
defend the Government like men.
We shall not attempt to answer these argu-
ments. We would prefer that there should be a
public debate upon the burning question be-
tween the supporters and the advocates of
woman suffrage. Let arrangements for it be
made by committees from the suffrage and the
anti-suffrage associations.
The sun., 1895-05-02

since which corrected the errors Of the Fed
eral census, and no real necessity for the pres
ent one has required more than perfume
tory interest among the policemen. More
over, the fact ia not to be lost sight OF that
in many respects the Police Department of
New York Is now in a demoraiized con-
dition, consequent upon the legislative
experiments made in Albany, and
the practical deadlock which has ex-
listed in the Board for some months
The department is crippled through
dissensons and untitled vacancies. Since
the Legislature assembled in Albany in Jan
uary, reorganization" OF the department
has constantly been threatened, and uni
formed men in the public service, whether
soldiers or policemen, do not do themselves
Justice under such circumstances. The re-
cent police census, therefore. was improvi-
IDENTIFY and carelessly taken, and thousands
OF names were, as we have shown, omitted
from the lists. To accept this census as
genuine or trustworthy would be denial of
the accuracy OF both the police census Of
1890 and the State census of 1899. Ac-
cording to the former the population Of New
York was 1,T1O,Ti5. According to the lat
ter the population of New York, two years
later, was 1901, ,739. Tho present popula-
tion Of New York in the same ratio Of in
crease is certainly 100000.
An enumeration Of the inhabitants Of New
York city which omits 15O,O 900 of them is
not very valuable addition to the official
records Of the town. There has been too
much census taking in New York of late.
The sun., 1895-05-02

whom the father OF American Democracy
believed, but of those political Pharisees
who insolently boast that they are the
"best people," the superior class, separate
and supreme. And shams Of the same kind
exist in New York "a we'll ns in Costa Rica,
though more presumptuous in their pre-
tences here than they can bo there
In consequence, the dry rot has entered
the politics of Costa Rica. And the effects
Of it nre summed up in the statement Of
our correspondent that those OF tho people
who have money bury it in the ground, ms
the only way OF keeping it ont OF the
clutches of their Mugwump rulers.
"R there be ono unsslfsh patriot among the rulers
OF Costa Rica, that fact IA enough make him hang
his head In shame. The system OF government is of
such character that the masses OF tho people are
afraid to trust the banks: they even afraid
allow another know that they have any surplus
lest they be robbed of It by forced loans in time of
Government need There are untold millions of
buried treasure In Costa Plea II the Costa Rica Gov.
ernment had the confidence Of tho people, II could
wipe out the foreign debt in month. The people
would dig UP the idle coin from under their houses
and take bonds instead"
The baseness the meanuess, the greed, and
the debauchedness of Mugwumplsm, every
where and always!
The people of Costa Rica, as described by
our correspondent there, are industrious,
peaceful. and we'll disposed. 1t is the kind
of government which they have that is their
bane. Such government, which has
kept the making, the Interpretation, and
the execution Of the laws" in the hands of
the political Pharisees, the whitewashed
yet unclean incompetents, who swagger
about as the best class, ought to serve as IN
everlasting warning to the American peo-
pie. whose power and authority arc 30 wor-
thily portrayed in the majestic preamble to
the Constitution:
1--WE, TIE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,
in order to form more perfect union, estab-
lish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence, promote
the general welfare, and secure the bless
ings Of liberty to ourselves and our posteri-
ty, do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States Of America"