New-York tribune., 1874-10-12
VIRGINIA POLITICS.
ISSUES AND PROBABILITIES OF THE CAN

THE CONGRESSIONAL NOMINAI1ONS-THE pbrH W
THE GREAT AMERICAN FRANKER MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE RUNNING OF AN INDEPENDENT CANpi-
DAvE-THIRD TERM TALK DYING OUT.
irRoM AN OCCASIONAL coRREsPOSDESroF OF THE TRIBusEI
RICHMOND, Oct 3.-The election in Virginia
occurs on tn, sd Of November, when we are 10
choose nine members Of Congress, and Tor eacn
county county ycourtclerk and are to vote upon ah
amendment to the State Constitution proposing 70
abolish the present system OF township diVision Vi
counties and return to the old plan of magsteia us
ricts The campaign thus far has been marked py eA
traordinary activity In both parties and also py Ill uu
common disregard for party lines and by an unusuaS
large number OF independent candidates And more
national questions enter into the canvass than nave oeen
known the readmissOn OF the State into the onon
Prominent are the Civil Rights bill, the Third 1ern
question: and the completion OF the James RiVer anu
Kanawha Canal to the Ohio River by Federal appropri
atiOns.
In the Ist Fredercksburg District the candidates Tor
Congress are the Hon. b. B. Douglass Conservative anu
Jas sener the present incumbent who runs independ
eptly but as 1t Is well understood is to receive the SOLID
Republican vote. the IId Norfolk District the Con-
seryatiyes have nominated the Hon. John Goode 1r OF
Norfolk the Republicans have nominated for reeec'on
the Hon. James II. Platt, and Robert Norton coored)
of York County is running an independent Repuoh
can and 1t seems may divide his partys vote as 10
allow the election of Mr. Goode. which would otherwise
be next to impossible In the lid Richmond) Distrct
the Conservatives have nominated ex-GOv GilpertC
Walker, but small fraction OF the party, hodihg MIN
responsible the Funding bill and other acs whlcn
they do not approve refuse vote for him, although
be is popular favorite The Republicans are terrloy
divided There has already been one Convention which
unanimously nominated Mr.. Rush Burgess, now Col
lector of Internal Revenue for this District OF virginia
another is to be held on the 7th proxmo and MI Bur
CESS an the Hon. John Amber Smith. known as the
boy Congressman from his extreme youth Will IL rs
thought submit their claims TO IT, IT, dn Seore ths
reaches the eyes OF your readers
"BOY CONGRESSMAN" WITH THE TONGUE OF
VETERAN.
At present Smith is going the district abusing
Burgess and all "carpetbaggers" and Federal once
holders and charging that though Burgess was the 2th
man in Petersburg to vote for the ordinance OF seces
sion and the 9th to vote for Jefferson Davis for
President of the Confederate States and gave $500
toward eaupping a Confederate soldier company, he
and perjnred himself Burgess talks about Smith,
too but not rancorously as smith talks about hi
and each declares that II the other runs against walker
he will be certainly defeated. 49,
ExGov Walker and Mr. Burgess were born in the state
latter from ne any Vrsna ever had who
1ne we're ncs born in the state are viz John,
son. Wells, and Walker; all are now ving, the former
af se Se yesY Hcn f. soWe has been
aud will doubt be elected, though he Is very oDnox,
Sns Rsss 70 'hi h T6s Mon Charles H. Porter who once
the Richmond District in Congress, is will
ves will give him their support, and he hopes to make
up the difference necessary from negroes VINO are ured
favor 3TSf OF the Vi cS Rights biz In the vn Danyiel
District, George c. Cabe has been NOMINATED rno by
is an Independent candidate for reflection,
and will receive the entire iS vote vote oan,er OF sre
the Conservatives nominated Judge John Harris
for reelection the Win tsannton) District and ne is
feebly opposed by Col C. r. O. Ferral Independent ana
Conservative The Hon. John Randolph Tucker; I1e Ihe
Conservative nominee. is nnopposed In I'll the n Wild
hSnmbent. has been nominated for reelection in the
With Alexandra) District and his eonpetitor Is tne
Hon James Barbour of Culpepper an Independent Con
seryative VINO is supported by nearly all the Repuo-
cans There three Conservative candidates ID the
IXth Wytheville) District Gen. VIM Terry me regular
nominee. and the Hon. Fayette McMullen Of smyih,
once Governor OF Washington Territory ana ex-stae'
Senator James VI. French OF Bland independents
ISSUES AND PROSPECTS,
Every candidate for Congress has announced himself
In favor Of the completion OF the James River and
Kanawha Canal by Federal appropriations.
Every candidate but Mr. SOwell is outspoken against
the movement for mixed schools which is regarded as
the very essence Of the Civil Rights bl Mr. Plat was
supposed be in favor OF mixed schools at the as
session OF Congress ana certainly voted IN that uree
tion but has recently declared against them
Mr. James Barbour belongs TO one OF the oldest ram
lilies Of virginia; Is brother OF John e Bar6Sar.
9i s nr yes % of the
ture; a few years ago editor OF me Enquirer oi
form upon Which Kemper last year elected over
Hughes by over ~ 900 majority one plank OF that pa.
form Mr. Barbour inserted 10 secure for kemper tne
support OF Col. Johh o. Moepy anu HIS ifienus' "" "
reads: ,r . =, -, ~ ...;... hos,
,ity to Gen Grant Judge imparay his ocal action and
will cordially cooperate n every neauTs Of bis M Se Of
people cultivate sentiments OF good will between the different
That is Mr. Barbour's personal platform now and he
will push Gen. Hunton quite closely IL he does not pea'
bim-as his friends claim he Will.
Ex-Gov Walker. in a message sent to the General As
sembly 4th December 1872, said In relation to ths CON-
fba lam i've nd
United States Government: have never enterained
the slightest faith in the movement The assumption =, IN
an undertaking enterprise like this If not III
either with the principles or practice 1i no .ne
Federal might Lend It's efeq. ths IpTn s
satisfied that 1t will not and really ought not 10 60
His idea then was tnat tbe snRd s oe was n
direct conflict with the opinions OF the people people
and IL was not long before ne % .hed term @ oScpe
and condemns Grant IN nearly every speech ne skes
yrgnia present delegation In CoSgsss Is eonpSses Res
T. Brown and Eppa Hunton, Conseryatyes ana Messrs'
James II. Platt " H. H. stowel G Thomas JaWss snyss
of the Congressional districts have ACKNOWLEDGES
Conserva1ve moores but IN 1 the Sreeey Were
returned by Conservative districts Now the Conserva
Messrs Douglass Of the Ist District Walker of the lid
Cabel Of the yth Tucker OF the Win Harris G 'Ie T
possible though think not probable. that Hun0n
may defeated Barbour With the present position IN
overcome Pat aud Norton both. The IVth Distrlci 10
largely Republican. and Mr.. StOwel will, no doubt
be reelected. OF the present delegation Messrs Whe
head aud Bowen defeated for denomination Dy
their party. and Smith Is not unlikely TO be Messtr
and Thomas have not been renominated ouy De
the Republicans OF their districts decided to have
convenuons but instead TO support them as iDde-
pendent Republicans.
THE THIRD TERN QUESTION.
Before the recent troubles in Louisiana the third term
for Gen. Grant much talked about here. Many
prominent Conservatives looked upon It, II not with
certain favor, without alarm. ana hundreds were
believe that 1t offered to the South the pros
pect Of tneraby good government and peace. But the
Virglnians aud are In hearty sympathy with tho
McEnery party and hoped rather than expected thar
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