The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-11
The Contest.

II
The State Central Committee OF the COZ
serpa,iye PARTY OF Virginia, at its last meet
;np passed the following resolution:
9 Tha, IN view OF the bold and threaten
,nn .,s;tnde assumed by this d'sorgaelZ,uss
fae,;on. the duty aud the Necessary 70 sasa
. ..a,, Tho Conservative party to proeeeu
son,ntIv and vigorously 10 strengthen anu
partoct It's local organization Ia VI, .ne
nnonn,;es and cities Ia the States ana ths
>sonntv su,erfntendents or chaarmen sno
1ncoI committees are earnestly en1oinea 70
600 n II that the local organizations are p"'
into full and efficient operation
The hold and thwateuing ast'tNde assumed
by the disorgsnizing CONVENTION lately ne'u
in this city is the reason gipea for the actlon
E.,ten bv the representatives OF the Consef-
vatiye party. The enemies OF that ia's. 80
Ills now oiiceEed took the necessary $50
:. sor,o , new and opposing party. lucy
s.mas who ptecipitateathe contest. Ihey
- yas who organized anew party. 1ney ..
.nos who .1scgan this thing NOW, 'e'
,ho,n stand I'D to the fight. That tbe con.
servatiye party has faAen into the nahus % =,
tbc bondhc'ders and'ts,eir agents Is OF iLSen
an o,,.sufscient reasea III the statement DC
.r,,e, wpy the peoplo should have chance
n ;o,n a new party. The Forcto'eS ".
c,ora that such is the fact; that the ao-
.sress lately issued by the Conservative
State Central Committee was the " '''lN
q, men who are Saves to Mammon ana sne-
DieS oI tue VcuI'fr VI F"o'" =
Forci5le wish to dwell in such conpahf
Does any Forciblc desire to be longer cal'ed
{. Conservative" il such, indeed, be the
character of the men who constitute the
Conservative organization? LIZ LOWELL
MaEyE. TAIIarERRo, HOLIDAY, CoGRlLL'
FnKLlN, PHLgGAR, DANIEL, JAMES a. WAL
xsR fbut why name any when all the leading
Conservatives in Virginia are on one side y
II these men, we say, have proved themselves
unworthy of the trust which has been placed
in their hands, il is time that new party
were formed to represent the honest masses
OF the people.
We have the new party ready made TO our
hands. The Mozart Hall convention Or
panized il. Messrs. MALONE. BARBOUR,
FOWLER. LIPscoMB, MCMuLLIN, and the
rest, brOu5NG IL ffltO TIC WI w. ~ AZ ''' -
ganized party. 1t is not the Conservative
party. we have called it "tbe MALONE
nar,v, -: but we have no objection to speak
ing of it by any title which it may itself Sc
lcct, provided only that it shall! not attempt
TO steal the name OF the Conservative party.
We desire a well-defued issue to be Joined
between the two parties. That issue also
has been made by the new party. 1t plants
itself uron platform OF opposition to the
bill now pending in the Legislature for the
reimbursement of the public debt, and asks
the Judgment OF the voters upon the ques-
zion involved. Why should not the friends
of that measure accept the gage Of battle !!
why should the Conservative leaders or the
Conservative party hesitate moment 10 90
before the people upon such an issue! Or,
10 state The case IN stronger language, how
can they shlrk The fight? How can they do
otherwise than meet these braSgaris on
ground of their own choosing: Is there
any way by which the battle can he avoid
ed? Is there any hope for the Conservative
party but in putting down what the State
Committee appropriately describe as ga
disorganizing faction .! 10y.
Think ont.