The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-12
N,IANsEMoND COUNTY.
surr0LK, VA. July 10, 1877

Is 4 t35t. SUFFOLK VA, JuiylV 1871. :
Editors Dispatch: The communicating
OF, z. Y. )" In yeur,is OF the 9th, deserves
/ some notice, since you have stgnifed " 1Dy
editorial mention. This Is the 6rst expires
sion, in printto or otherwise, conveying any
Idea OF dissatisfaction with the manner 10
| which our meeting was conducted here on
last Friday night: Never in the history Of
| Stifolk mas such meeting assembled on
such an occasion. Fer weeks,t the opponents
| OF Malone had been ut work TO cons lfdate
| the opposition and secure unanimous AT
tendance OF his opponents at this meeting.
And they carried the lame, the halt !, and the
blind. Y They even voted some under
age. exp says sslhe issue was Malone
and anti-Mahone, and this issue was
| made by the Malone men, 'As soon as
| the meeting was organized ], offered, among
other resolutions, the following = That in
! all the gentlemen whose names, have been
prominently mentioned in connection with
1 the gubernntorial officeowe recognize men
who have been true to Virginia in her hour
Of need; that, standing upon this common
| level, we viii recognize no .invidlous dis
| tinctions. and tolerate no combinations:
against either of them, butlleave each voter
| free to vote for the man OF his choice that
each voter shall write upon the face OF his
and under them the name OF his choice for
Governor, and as guard against7double-
voting shall write his own name on the
back Of 1.-The. ballot What possible obiec-
ton could there be to these resolu-
tions? Yet, every opponent OF Malone
voted against them, and they were lost. L
knew that there were friends of Daniel.
Lee, Taliaferro, Holiday, and Beverly in
the house, and wished them to have an OPP
portunity of voting for the men OF their
choice; but one Of the gentlemen-in
nomination as 4 delegate, and active in his
opposition to Mahone--distinctly ayowed'
that they would make the issue Malone and
anti Malone. We were compelled reluc-
family to accept it. twas generally under,
stood that Mr, Wither5 was a Daniel man
and Mr.. Kilby O. Taliaferro man, though they
could not be persuaded to announce their
positions. For my associate and sell dis,
tinctIy declared that ! wished no one TO vote;
for us under false Impressions, as General
Malone was our choice. Can ok" deny
these statements! -. =. 49,.
Again: There are $50 Conservative names
on the register in Suffolk. The Malone
delegates received 80; the Taliaferro and
Daniel delegates, combined, II. So that Ma
hone had a majority OF the whole, and
under the rule adopted in Richmond, and l
think opposed by you, was entitled to the
two delegates. Absentees have no rights
in such cases. But as CA" no doubt mis-
calculated in estimating the voc OF those
present he has grossly blunderedin count
ing the absent. There were Sc absentees
instead of IS, as he gives it, and being.so
well posted about anti-Mahone men no
doubt he got them allin his q. Giving the
other SO to Malone, as heshould have done,
makes us still stronger. Possibly "X.n lost
something on the result and is sore. But
il you can find no better reason for
nep deal in Suffolk than the statements
of this correspondent the result will be
unchanged, and venture the assertion that
neither Mr.; Kiiby nor Dir. iiWithers would.
risk their personal popularity upon adyo-
eating new'trial in this cause. In fact,
the letter Of sex" and your editorial infer
Eences, therefrom find no approval from
either side in this community. 3I-;:
? AS you seem disposed to publish intelli-
geIce from both sides have thought you
could not decline this. The vote in this
county stands: Malone, IL; other candi-
dates 6, with a strong probability that Ma
homes strength will BE greater on second
ballot. -. t.,1 -: JOHN II. WRIGHT.