Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-12

made ON this article. 1t is untrue,
slonderous and cowardly. The author
knew it was falsehood when he pen
ned it. j. YOST.
Staunton. May 5.
Our ill tempered Congressman has
delivered himself of one of his ablest
speeches above. Doubtless he feels
better, at least we hope he docs. and
whilst like the pennyroyal bull in
front of the railway train We admire
his valor we have doubts about his
discretion. He is possibly in this case
being backstood by the whilom COM
mandsr OF the Stonewall Brigade. II
this be so we know the cause OF 80
much bombast, otherwise his Sir
Lusius O'Trigger movement would
surprise even those who know the war
like loins from which he sprung. Now
for the first time in our lives we are
told that the political character OF j.
Yost was susceptible of SANDER, but
the only evidence we have yet had OF
the fact, is that Of deponent himself.
though 1t by no means follows that 1t
il so, because he Is the witness.
There are some people who grow
comical If not grotesaue when their
ire 10 stirred, and this is one OF the
eases. That this little person should
want to turn his bristles the wrong
way about so small thing a. his po-
litical character, is so absolutely ridic-
ulous that one wonders whether he Is
trying to be serious, or whether he does
not know any better.
In our article we said:
1st-That Mr.. Yost never believes
Virginia election is fair unless it goes
to suit him.
Is that q very serious charge?
2nd-That he helped unSeat Hon.
W. A. Young.
This is an indisputable fact.
3rd-That the depriving Of Mr..
Young Of his seat was one Of the basest
outreges ever perpetrated by Repub-
lican Congress on any people.
This is charge against the whole
Republican party in Congress.
4th-That this is a small business,
but fully measures up to the size OF
those engaged In it.
Is that hard to swallow or very
offensive7
5th-AnY one who knows the meth
DDS Of Mr.. Yost's heelers and has seen
tho political work they have done at
his instance and with his approval
will not be surprised when he sees him
bsfouling his hands with such politi-
cal flth.
Maybe this was what HURT We will
notice it further on.
6th-Mr. Yost can see nothing clean
when done by Democrats, and nothlD 6
foul " hen done by Republicans.
| Is that cowardly or slanderous! He
never seemed to see but one side.
7th-When this is the case 1t would
be Inconsistent TO find him attempting
to be fair, because he would make as
awk ward a stagger at it as an elephant
dancing polka.
| Is this slanderous7
| 8th-That his fanatical Should have
been POLITICALLY mind Ia so imbued
with it's impossibility to err that he
can perform function of this charac-
ter (meaning the unseating of Dem
oerat) as easily and religously as over
fanatic cut out the tongue of a martyr.
| We never knew him to admit he had
erred, and we have known him long
time.
This takes US through the article
sentence by sentence, and we ask
wherein Mr.. Yost has been slande
What particular words in the indict-
ment are untre and cowardly. Are
they the 1st, End, 3rd, 4th, 9Th, 9th,
7th or 9Th sentences? Can an article
be eowardly which is boldly printed In
q paper, the author known and assum
ing all responsibility
Mr. Young had majority Of over
!, 700 votes, and whom the Republicans
in Congress unseated him they com
united, an we believe and have assert
cd here and elsewhere, base outrage
on the people of that District. In
setting aside the will OF these people
Mr.. Yost assisted. When member Of
Congress finds little else to do and ap-
pears scarcely in anything but unseat-
ing his political opponents, the coun-
try looks upon him as g. small man
and his work as "a small business"
But possibly it was what we said
about the "heelers" and their politi-
cal work which has so wrought up the
puaSne member. Mr.. Yost holds his
seat as the Democrats of this district
believe, and as we think, his political
opponent openly and boldly asserts.
by the corrupt use of money. There
has never been any denial OF the fact
that Mark Hanna's bribery fund was
heavily used in this district and affect
ed the result of his election. The fact
that Mr.. Yost accepted the election
carried in such way shows his ICON
sent AMI approval" OF the methods.
There can therefore be nothing un-
true, slanderous or cowardly in the 9Th |
statement. But we could have spoken |
OF Mr.. Yost's own methods, not gener
ally as we did of his heelsrs, but spec
tally, and based our statements on
good Republican authority. Mr.. Yost
presided over convention last sum-
mer, and it has been openly charged
against him that he cheated in the
count and caused the nomination of a
man for governor who should not
have been tbs nominee. When, there
fore a politician becomes so sensitive
that he cries out ''falsshood" over
charges OF political bias as in the