Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-21
Scattering, II.

SCSVeIuASt fAs
Let the reader examine this table
carefully. and see how liberal it is to
the Readjusters. First, we have sep
arated the Republican vote from the
votes of the Readjusters and from those
Of the Debt-Payers. The votes thus
cast for avowed Republican candidate,
numbered 23,s97, but Of these votes
IL, l25, or more than half, were cast for
debt.paying Republicans as shown in
the table. This, however, is not I'M
porlant. The important fact is that
they are Garfield meH, and therefore
will not vote with the Readiusters this
year, whether they are Debt-Payers or
not.
The aggregate vote of the Readius-
tiers and Debt.Payers was III, $40. Of
which number 1884 were Debt-Pay-
ers, and only 60,495 were Readjusters.
The reader will see that the Richmond
district is credited with only 2,6l5
Debt.Paying majority, when we might
well claim 5000 majority for our dis
trict. There were no Readjuster can.
didates in the field here to call out our
strength, and 80 our majority Is put
down at hardly half OF what it ought to
be. 1t will be seen, also, that we have
given the Readjusters all the votes
cast IN the Second aud Third districts.
Of course the Debt-Payers are at least
as numerous in those districts as in the
FIRST, but we thought it only fair TO
give the Readjusters the entire vote as
an Offset to the vote in the fifteenth
district, where the Readjusters had no
candidate, yet whose entire vote ne
have credited to the Debt-Payers. If
all three districts, were omitted alto
gether the Debt.Payer's majority
would be increased by about 1000. In
the Albemarle district, which elected a
Debt-Payer to the Senate. We have not
set down a single vote for our side, al
though ColoHsl Duke was elected to
the House Of Delegates in Albemarle,
and Green county gave over 200
majority for the Debt-Payers. We
could rightfully claim at least $500 or
1000 votes 10 that district.
Now as TO the negro vote. The ne
groes constitute l0-26ths Of the voters
Of Virginia. The whole vote, as above
stated, was 1887. Ten-twenty-
six.hs OF 1t would be about $4,000.
Thi. would show the negro vote to have
been about $4,000 as against white
vote Of about $4,000. Now, the Re-
publican candidates received only %, =
397 votes. For whom did the other
thirty-odd thousand negroes voter Ger
tainly most of them voted the Rcadjus'
ters' ticket. There can be no doubt
whatever as to the truth Of this assump-
lion.
But lei US suppose that only 1000
negroes voted; that 5000 whites voted
the Republican ticket and 1900 ne
groes. Then, after thus reducing the
negro vote and allowing that there
were only Al, 200 Of them to 100000
white votes 1.-THE two make up l45, o0ol,
or Eve whites to two negroes, though
there are only sixteen whites to ten
negroes assessed as voters, and still the
question recurs, Where did the other
$4,000 negroes 90 tor For whom did
they voter Let us admit that one
third of them vo.ed The Conservative
ticket and only two thirds the Read
juster ticket, and we have the follow
ing figures showing how the whites
voted;
Conservative vote. Isl ,s4
Deduct for negroes. neutrality-suspicious.. t,vV
Conservative white vote. IS, 1854
ResdIusters' vote ............... ........60, 495
Deduct fer negroes. .............leOVo
Resdjusters' white vote. .................u,te 6
Or majority Of 5000 Of the whites for
the Conservative ticket.
will anybody in Virginia say that