Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-05-01
it? I, for one, am going to vote for
whole ticket, though, for the most par

did not succeed IN having nOmlnateu"DV
men of my choice. Speaking from my own
individual judgment, I am OF the opinion
that there were few men who were de-
feated in the primary that ought to have
been nominated. but majority thought
otherwise and humbly submit and acqui-
esce. The party lines are clearly and fair
ly drawn, and now let every man fall into
line where he properly belongs. l am glad
that this fair test is going to be made. We
have been hearing Staunton men say for
long time II am democrat now let us
apply the test, let them prove their faith by
their works. If the principles of democracy
are good in national and State governments,
they will be good in the government OF the
city OF Staunton. Large streams from
/ little fountains fow,n hence, if we want
state and national party organization, we
! must commence Oh {; small scale and have
through local organization, with an eye
singled to the larger. 1t was through the
medium Of thorough local organizations
that the democratic party swept the coun-
| try with Tilden in rs, with Cleveland in
| 'S4, and Cleveland again in 92. My ultl-
matum is, that if you are worthy to be
called a democrat, youare democrat from
your own devotion to democratic prlncl-
| pies, and those principles cannot be carried
out without a party, and that party cannot
continue it's existence without organlza-
ton, and we cannot have organization
without primaries Oh conventions, &c.
A few say that they are Democrats, but
they will not support the ticket because
they were not treated right by the conduc-
tors of the primary, but after more mature
reflection on their part, it will no doubt
occur to them that such course would be
silly. A manly man and a sinslble man
ought not to allow the foolish acts of all
the foolish men in and out of Staunton to
induce him to abandon his principles, either
political or otherwise. Why, let lis take
the poor colored voters Of StauntOn for an
instance. 1t is well known that, almost
without exception, the colored voter of the
city of Staunton is Republican, and there
are in said city, in round numbers about
400 OF them, and only about 200 white Re
publicans. Among these colored voters
there are goodly number who own their
homes, pay their taxas promptly, and in all
respects are orderly, law-abiding and res
pectable citizens-in short, the colored
voters constitute about two-thirds of the
Republican party Of the city of Staunton,
and pay at least one-half of the tax paid by
that party in said city; yet, notwithstad-
ing these facts, in the organization against
democratic party. out of the II men select.
ed to be voted for by that party for city
Councilmen, not colored man S name ap.
pears on the ticket,-nOt colored man
name appears on the whole ticket from TOP
to bottom. Do you hear of any colored
man kicking because he has been ignored
OF treated badly by his party? The color
ed man in this contest is looked to as vo
ter; newer of wood and drawer of water
and water tax payer-nothing in it for him
except to vote, unless some Of them SHOULD
have promise of being put on the police
force; but do you hear him murmur Now
l want to ask all OF my democratic friends
in Staunton who may be inclined to cut
any part Of our ticket, will you allow the
colored man to be more loyal to his politi
cal principles than you are to yours.
1 have thus written candidly and plainly
from democratic stand point, with nc
favors to ask of any party. am not on
the ticket, and would not have any office
but have been battling for democratic prin
ciples, pure and simple. since was boy
and am getting tired of shoddy democracy
[ want the unadulterated article. The line
is now drawn in Staunten and I want tC
see every man get on the side to which he
belongs, and stay there.
VOy POPUTI