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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
The News From Oregon.

We produce the following from the Ameri
nection with the controversy now in progress
concerning the States contract for school
text books with that company:
A canvass for the adoption OF textbooks
for the public schools of Oregon for the
Just been completed, and the result was Off
cially announced by the State Board OF. Edu
cation January 8, 1895. The plan of adoption
provided by the Oregon law is thoroughly
democratic and peculiarly adapted to obtain
a fair expression of the popular mind. The
officers entitled to vote on the school book
selection are the 80 County Superintendent
and the Board of Examiners (9), composed
of leading teachers and college professors
The book campaign has been active for sew
eral months, and each officer was required to
record his vote with the State Board it writ
ing, some time during the months of Novem
benz and December. No more careful and
deliberate examination and decision of a
school book question by those most
Intimately connected with the use of the
books would have been possible.
The result as announced has been a com
plete victory for the publications of the
American Book Company, the merits OF
whose books had been thoroughly tested in
the Oregon schools
The Oeegonfsn says editorlally,. "Ihe Amer
loan Book Company got everything"
This selection is notable as vindication of
the American Book Company, and an in.
dorsement of the merits Of its publications
for two reasons. thas taken place, a. in
the face of the fercest and most determined
agency competition, and "a in the midst OF
a deluge of unprecedented SANDER and false
hood, fpmented, and spread anonymously
through pamphlets, newspapers, circulars,
and letters, in the desperate attempt by our
business rivals to assassinate our character
and reputation. d
The American Book Company have re-
Gently presented their answer addressed to
Virginians, in reply to the statements brought
forth nv the Norfolk Pilot 1t*
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
WHAT is BEING DONE IN
POLITICS.

Holmes Conrad Of Winchester, has beer
appointed by President Cleveland, to the
post of Solicitor General, to succeed Mr.
Maxwell. resigned.
1t is stated that Postmaster Genera
Bissell will resign at the end of the present
Congress.
1t is reported that Mr.. Thomas r. Boz
land, the Republican candidate in the Nor
folk district, will abandon his contest fol
the seat of Hon. D. Gardner Tyler, his
Democratic opponent.
1t is said that Malone is ready to joir
in almost any movement which promises tt
bring about a change in the present cleo
ton laws He is probably not interesting
himself particularly in the spring cam
paign, but it is believed that he will APP
prove coalition of the anti-democratic
elements in blazing the way for the legisla.
tive contest of this fall.
The result Of the spring elections in this
State will be unusually important this
year. Should the Republicans and Popu.
list combine they could easily carrya nun.
Der Of counties, especially those in the
black-belt districts. The leaders of these
two parties insist that no such combina.
ton has been entered into, nor is there any
indication that there will be- 1t is known
though. that some of the most Influential
Republicans in the State favor an alliance
with the POpuliSt with view of CONTROL.
ing the local elections in May.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08

budget takes in everything. except mucipaI-
tiles. Bunching our Federal, State and Coun-
ty expenses, you see at glance that we are
drifting upon rocks of bankruptcy, with a
speed of about 81, 800, 600, 900 year. How do
you like this picture for our Republican in
stitutions, which were intended, as DIR. Frank
lin said, to be cheap government. When he
was speaking upon the articles of Independ-
ance. he said, give us this, it will give us a
cheap and good government; until the people
become so corrupt that nothing but despot-
ism will do and then they will have it.
It we have not a money despotism l dom
think the world ever saw one. Yes. we want
reform. and if Jack does not get his supper
we want to know the reason why.
Messrs. Editors, you know that this was the
ground of final resort for Washington. In the
darkestdays of the Revolution some of his
officers came to him and said, General, lit
seems that there is nothing but a halter await
ing our necks,'' When he Strengthened him
self up with that maj esty that he alone was ca
pable of and said. "leave me but banner and
will 60 to Virginia and plant itupon the old
Blue Ridge mountains, and the Scotch-Irish
of West Augusta will rally around itand lift
my bleeding country from this slough of de-
spond" There are still few embers of pa
triotism existing in the noble German element
as we'll as the Scotch-Irish.
The worst luck that can wish those polit-
ical vultures that have despoiled us of those
noble immunities, is that their political SINS
may torment them like Nessus' shirt did Her
cules. Respectfully yours.
K. j. MASON.
Waynesboro. Va. Feb. LIST. 1895.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
AS OTHERS SEE US.

A Northern writer possessed Of reliable
information, declares that business con,
tinues to improve in the Southern States,
notwithstanding low prices and democrat
lied financial conditions. How much &C
CELEBRATED this movement would be by wise
National legislation can easily be imagin'
ed. There is complete restoration and re-
vival of the lumber, iron and coal mining
industries, and continuing movement
southwark of cotton manufacturing plants
With this improvement in the greater
forms of crude mechanical labor which un
derlie other branches of industrial enter
prise there must follow corresponding ad'
vantage to the agricultural interest, par
ticnlarly when rectifcation is brought
about of the over production of cotton. II
is evident that in the next quarter of a
century the extraordinary growth and de-
veIopment of the Western States is to find
a counterpart in the swelling wealth and
population of all that section of the coun-
try formerly known as ''the slave States. >
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08

A few days since there were symptoms
of a dawning consciousness on the part OF
Senators and Representatives in Congress
that it would not be safe to go too far il
flouting the general popular desire for such
immediate relief of the Treasury as would
protect the credit OF the Government.
From every part Of the country, irrespe'
tive of party, comes demand for action
but the present Congress seems afflicted
with an incurable gift of the gab-busines
halts, while the Missionaries wrangle. Hope
for action of any kind is waning, and like
the weather reports, is ranging about the
zero mark. 1t is high time to thrust aside
the Populist balance of power, and fol
representatives who believe in honest gov
eminent, to give the country assurance OF
their willingness to sustain it at whatever
sacrifice may be necessary.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08

why not put on some energy, take a little
time, organize under act given by the Legis-
latnre, put on your lands, secure an agent,
send him to the Northwest fully authorized,
and let him bring these people or an accred-
tied agent and settle them, as feel sure
you could in your counties, and relieve your
people, and henccforth these dissatisfied (and
Justly SOY farmers. This department and the
board and its commissioner will gladly offer
the county immigration associations all the
aid possible in such well-prepared literature
as they have on hand, and such information
as the department Is daily receiving. This
opportunity for select immigration Eve have
examples of its character now here) should
not be allowed to pass unimproved.
THOMAS WHITEHEAD,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
Massey's Declaration.
HAVE $4,000 DAMAGES-THE
LlBELOUS LANGUAGE.
From the Richmond Times Feb. 4. ]


This morning, Messrs. Thorn, Nicely and
Richard Wake, counsel for Rev. John E.
Massey, Superintendent of Public Instruc
ton, filed the declaration in his suit against
the Norfolk Pilot, which action is to recover
from the Pilot and its directors $50. GOO DANA
ges for alleged libelous publications in that
paper, in regard to Mr.. Massey's connection
with contracts that have been awarded the
American Book Company for furnishing pub
lie school books in Virginia. The following
is a synopsis of the declaration:
The declaration is typoscript document of
seventy-eight pages of legal cap. 1t begins by
stating that John E. Massey complains of the
Pilot Publishing Company, Sam'l W. Small
w. W. Gibbs Luther Sheldon r. Y Zachary,
W. B. Wilder, John L Roper, d. Humphreys.
S. Q. Collins, g. W. Kellinger j. W. Borum.
S. N. Brcikhouse. Ira B. White, Frank busch.
T. e. White, e. E. Verdier and Il. E. Byrd
Of plea Of trespass on the case.
THE SPECIFICATIONS.
The principal specifications. briefly stated,
are That the plaintiff before and at the
time of the committing of the grievances by
the defendants was, had been for a long time,
anu SIill Is, OupeI luttliQeHo VI uoAio III
struction of Virginia, and that during his in
cumbency of the Office has performed his du
ties according to law, and that during all that
time hath wholly conducted himself with up
rightness, honesty and integrity, and did SO
conduct himself in his connection with the
contracts made with the American Book Co.
Yet the defendants, we'll knowing these facts,
but continuing and wrongfully and malicious
ly intending to injure the said plaintiff, and
to cause it to be believed that he had acted
dishonesty in and about said contract, and to
bring him into public scandal &C., and to veX,
harrass, Cypress, impoveriSb and wholly ruin
him, did publish in the Sunday Pilot certain
false, Scandalous, malicious and defamatory
libel, by which the defendants intended and
did charge that the plaintiff was paid money,
by way of a bride, by the American Book
Company, or J: W. Womack, IFS agent. and
that he was by bride Influenced and coptroil-
ed in his official action in connection with the
adoption Of school books for use in Virginia.
Then follows language Of the Pilot, which
is complained of by the plaintiff, in Substance
as follows: 1.-THE adoption of the school
books of the trust Of 1890, and the departure
of Womack was FOLLOWED by an unusual wave
Of financial prosperity. upon which the Su
perintendent gleefully floated. We have PROV
ed that in January, 1890, he was absolutely
insolvent with judgments amounting to
thousands Of dollars outstanding against him.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
THE NEWS OF THE DAY,

The following remarkable story comes
from Henderson, N. c.: ''The six-year-old
daughter of Thomas Arkwright is strangely
affected at the sight of cat. When she sees
such an animal she drops upon all tours and
calls the feline to her in the cat fashion, and
when surrounded by cats she is oblivious to
all human beings. Whenever cat calls she
answers, and it has been found necessary to
keep such animals away from her home. The
trait was born in her. and she has had the
strange affinity for the feline tribe ever since
she was small baby. Ii eats are kept away
she is as other girls. but when they are pres
ent she becomes one Of them. The child
claims that she remembers when she was a
kitten and that she was drowned, a belief
that nothing can shake
Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Friday
night inaugurated the movement suggested
by the Richmond Dispatch to ask the Gov.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. 8. 1895
THE CRUSADE AGAINST OFFICIAL
CORRUPTION,

THE CRUSADE AGAINST OFFICIAL
CORRUPTION.
The vigorous crusade DR.. Parkhurst has
inaugurated against municipal corruption
in New York, has extended to many other
large cities. and is destined to create gen.
eral upheaval and exposure. The city of
Philadelphia furnishes case in point and
seems now fairly launched upon the turbu-
lent sea of reform, and is clamorous for a
Texow Committee, and reform ticket for
the coming election. The city political
organs seek to apologize for the extrava.
gance and corruption OF their municipal
rulers by asserting that the tax rate is no
higher than formerly. This is true, and
true because the wealth of the city has in
creased with the veracity of the Combine. y
They seems, however, unable to explain
away the rapid growth of annual munich
pal expenditures which have grown until
they now reach 1872 ,OO0, 900, greater sum
than the combined expenditures of the
State Governments of Pennsylvania, New
York and Ohio. These figures seem alarm
ing, and only show with what facility the
wealth and ease of this wonderful land has
enabled men to steal. In a less prosperous
land thieving and extravaganza is quickly
detected and exposed. But in country
like ours, it's phenomenal growth affords
great opportunity for official wrong do
ing, and the men are furnished for the
hour.
All history shows that not only peoples
but governments, tend to corruption in
proportion as wealth increases, and it is
only in such times of financial depression
as our country is now experiencing, that
the busy world takes time to stop and cry
thief.
There has probably never been time
like the present in the history of this coun-
try when official corruption and faithless-
ness in high places has been SO rampant in
the land If the present hard times shall
enable us to reform government extrava-
gance, and make clean sweep of dishonest
officials and politicians, the crisis will not
have been without its blessing.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Extraordinarily, May 23rd, 1895.

FOR SHERIFF.
To the Voters Of Augusta County and the
City of Stanton:
thereby announce myself as candidate for
the Office ofSheriff of Augusta county at the cleo
tion which is to take place on May 23d. 1895.
do not request your support as an Endorsement
of any of my previous official acts-my record is
before you, however-but promise if elected to
dis charge the duties of the office with all the fl
deity of which may be capable and if elected
would enter upon the duties OF that Office with
an experience of four years as deputy under the
late sheriff Mr.. 7. II N. Speck.
Respectfully,
feb.S,-tde-*. J. NEWTON WILSON.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
70 THE VOTERS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY
AND THE CITY OF STAUNTQN,

beg leave to announce myself Candidate
for reelection to the Office of Sheriff of Augusta
County. at the election to be held on The 23rd day
of May, next have endeavored to faithfully
perform the duties of the Office during the period
have held it. and now ask your endorsement of
my official acts by requesting your support at the
form the duties Of the office if elected to your
satisfaction, and to the best interests of the
County and City, with an understanding of
these duties that can only be derived from ex-
perience, l earnestly solicit your votes, and re-
main. Very truly yours,
jau 25-tde, N. C. WATTS.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
IlMsLEy & MORTON, Proprietors.

pnb,,sned every Friday. Price sl5o per year
~ cents for six months, and 40 cents for months
invariably in advance.
Transient advertisements 12H cents per line
ZACH insertion and ~ cents each insertion tnere'
after. Contracts for longer terms maoe at III
counter.
Local circulation in Augusta. Rockbridse, RockIn
ham, Allegheny, Highland and Bath Counties.
Gives general and local news: stories and mis-
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a. G. TINsLEY,
A. 8. MORTON.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-08

The trust books were adopted in the latter
part of March. In April his had possession
of large sum OF money. Then follows the
allegation that the plaintiff, by the publica-
ton referred to, has been greatly injured and
damnifed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-25

he inflicted hardships on many OF the Christian
clergy and sometimes on whole populations where
the prevalence Of the new religion had led TO the
destruction Of the old temples or to their perver-
sion to novel uses While he thus incurred the
severe censure OF the various Church factions.
he cannot be said to have acted unfairly. III the
reaction which he desired had proved possible.
the whole world would in the end have praised
him for doing what 1t now disapproves HIS pol
icy really tended to strengthen the Church which
needed compression. while 1t undoubtedly re-
tarded the work Of destroying ancient monu-
ments that had become the fashion. People
stopped for one mans short lifetime TO CONSIDER
whether all the memorials Of the ancient civiiiza-
ton were equally worthy Of oblivion II modern
Christianity is in many ways more Hellenic the
jewish more European than Asatic. 1t owes THIS
in part to a man who hated 1t with undying
hatred. Miss Gardeners narrative Is sedate IN
style and moderate in tone. She betrays no
partisan feeling. though there Is phase which
seems to Indicate that she could be aroused by a
direct attack on the Nicene Creed Her WORDS
awaken the suspicion and the hope that she Is
concentrating a volume on Athanasius. Inc
illustrations Of the book are numerous and use
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