The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-02


The nomination 81 JAuEs Al FRAZIER AZ
a.. ma d,uslcr candidate to ran for Congress
~ ~ sixth district sgsiust RAN. TUCKER Is
: ssree. 1, would not seem to be possible
iAst sensible mcu could be guilty OF tue
lolly OF supposing thss Mr.. FRAZER Is ~
70 be pi,ted against Mn TUCKER as q caedr
date for the sutrrsges Of an intelligent COM
munity for the hsgA position OF repre-
sentative In Congress, We learn that FRANK
Moss, q Buekingusm negro, was IN 'ne Con-
yeutiou that Homtcated FRAs'ss, ana oe-
c,,red II "a be hts purpose to vote Tor GAR
vYr, n for President. II we might Judge OF
,he comrcsiusou OF the Convention from
,he fart that Moss was . member OF IL,
we might conclude that FRAZIER was
nominated because one candidate VINO
a. opposea 10 the Democrats is as good
,s another In the eyes Of che negroes. But
we are not justified in coming to the con-
c,usicn Chat majority OF the delegates TO
the Lync6burg Rexdlaster Convention wes
sucb ven as FRANK Moss, or that there
were many negroes amongst them; for We
have aoticcd on tsse published lists OF TIT
napes of the delegates those OF some very
respectable and Intelligent gentlemen sn'
rood citizens, ana the names OF bat lev
negroes.
How. then, dad 1t happen that Mr. FRA
zsta received the nomination OF thst Con
yentiony We can't imagine. Perhaps u
was nominated because we had predic,e'
Tire nomination OF our old friend Genera
WYATT NJ. RLLIOrT. Perhaps we unwit
sine,y ruined the Generals prospects
s.et the reason be what II may, Wa
must nevertheless inform the members
Of that Convention that although we
predicted General ELLIorT's nomina'
fion. IL was not because we desired
10 see him nominated. He is so far supe
rior TO FRAZIER In oil the qualities which d
a man for public life that we took 1t fol
granted that no set Of men could be got to
gether who would prefer the latter to the
former. Besides, General EIlioTr resides
in the big end OF the district, and TUCKER
in the little end OF it. Allegheny, Bote'
touft, and Rock 5ridge cast few votes oyel
six thousand in 1876. Campbell county
alone, including LynchtRrg, cast 6.s2l
votes, Bedford 400, Buckingham $500,
Amherst 3.100, Nelson 2,6oe, AppomattoX
I,7O0-that is, the eastern counties cast
more than three times as many as the west
ern. We feared, therefore, that as Mr..
TUCKER resides in the Valley he might not
run as well against General ELLIOTT in the
counties east OF the Blue Ridge as he would
against FRAZIER. But FRAZIER is the man ;
and unless a large number Of the negroes
vote for him, as they will not if there Is
Republican candidate in the field, he will
be the worst beaten candidate for Congress
that ever tackled RAN. TICKER.
How about the Republican vote =? We
don't know; but we suppose the Republic
cans will nominate candidate. THIS, bow
ever, is only a supposition. They may
deem il their best policy 20 do as they did
two years ago-support the candidate OF the
boilers. Should they do SO, we know OF
no reason for suppcsing that FRAZIER could
come any nearer an election than did that
popular gentleman aud good lawyer,
CAMM PATTEsoN, who ran against TUCKER
two years ago, but received only 4,s2O votes
as against 1893 for bis distinguished oppo-
nent.
Such man as Tucker is cannot easily be
defeated by anybody; aud as TO bis being
beaten by FRAZIER or RvEs. the SUPPOSE
ton is preposterous- Weset down TUCKER
as In no danger.