The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-25
Granger Indications.

Ren,y;uc to our paragraph Of last week,
in which we tried to tree that paper on the
rubcrnatorial question, the Virginia Pd'
from informs us that Mr.. BEVERLEY is not q
lawyer: and then it adds that It Is not more
for BEVERLEY than for any other man who
has the same qualifications. Among inc
qualifications catalogued by the Patron is
the fact that Mr.. BEvERLES ais the largest
farmer in Virginia, running successfully
some twenty plantations in various parts Oh
tfc State. It's plain case that II THESE
are to be indispensable qualifications MT
BEVERLEY cannot have any competisor' sinee
but one man can. be the "largest farmer ID
Virginia. y, We read in the Patron OF
..nurse-presuning arrogance or money ty-
ranny," as condition existing IN cue 'e''-
tions OF city to country. That paper tnere-
fore, can hardly be so aristocratic IN It's no
tions as to exclude from the list OF candi-
5a.ns for Governor all men who do not run
.ssome twenty plantations in various parts
Of the State" No. Wehave read further,
and found another article in the Patron on
the subject OF the Governorship, from which
we infer that we did guess right last week.
The Patron quotes from the Charlotte ga
.zstse the following description OF its ideal
candidate: -.
~If our confrere will allow us, we would
say that we would like to vote ter q man Tor
the office of Governor who knows enough
OF law 10 withstand oil private, partial, eX-
cessiye, and illegal legislation; OF agrlcul-
ture. to foster this important interest OF our
State. and especially to discourage any FUR.
cher interference with the tobacco laws; OF
railroads, to oppose all unjust discrimina-
fiofs. and as far as possible serve the inter-
ests of all sections; OF finance, to counse!
wise and economic administration OF the
Government, vetoing all private grants OF
the public money; and OF the duties OF MS
own Office, to perform them fearlessiy With-
out regard to the elamors OF parties or sec
tons. :. The Governor OF great State should
be something more than lawyer or an ora
tor" 80 .-..... f ~sf.. s.' ...ti&
And then the Patron takes the liberty OF
naming at least some Of the candidates thus
photographed, and in doing so brings for
ward the three of the same names which we
last week mentioned as constituting the list
of from which that journal would select its
candidate. The Patron comments on the
paragraph quoted above, as follows:
1--WE approve his pen picture OF the next
Governor of Virginia. We care not who
satas the nodel-whether Beverley, Rooney
Lee, or General Iaiaferro for one OF these,
or some other Of like type, the Gazette must
have had in his minds eye) we are wiling
to waive our personal preferences and take
the Gazette'S choice"
Now. then, it may be set down as certain
that the Changers organ prefers one OF
those gentlemen. And certainly we have
no objection to bring against any OF them.
But it seems that FITz. LEE is for some rea-
son omitted this week from the list OF
farmer-candi(ates. What does that mean
~ The Patron does not conceal its hostility
to several OF the notwithstanding them
Major DANIEL, of Lynchburg, who, it de-
clares, will divide the vote OF Richmond
with TAL1AFERRo only because the BRADLEY
JOHNSON party Will support DANIEL.