The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-15
Is It a Genuine Hancock Ticket =?

committee has not yet closed its sessions FOL
this occasion.
Is 1t a Genuine Hancock Ticket?
Is the MAuoNg electoral ticket made up Of
men who are warmly enlisted in the cause
@. HANCOCK and ENGLISH! No doubt some
of them are. But that there IL, on the part oil
Others Of them, no zeal or earnestneSs in be-
ba,fof the election Of HANCOCK and ENGLISH
Is abundantly evidenced by the known OF
ayowed feelings OF some Of the electors and
others towards our candidates. In bis
speeeh Mr.. RIDDLEBsIGER said:
at becomes US as an organization, having
the right on our side. 10 go forward boldly
10 tie front, looking for no party affiliations
Iappauscl or party fusion [applausc], relying
upon the people whom we represent to stand
TO our support. III victory shall be ouis, as
] haye no doubt. it will rebound to the well
fare OF the old Commonwealth through years
10 come" IApplause.]
Tha: be spoke for the negroes, the Repub.
lcans. and the pretended Democrats, who
made up that Convention was shown by
the applause with which his remarks were
received.
Mr. FULKEEsoN, the president Of the Con-
yention. said:
.'It will be our duty to decide upon q
policy with reference TO Federal politics.
II Will be our duty TO decide what party
shall cast the electoral vote of Virginia. II
viii be our duty to decide whether it shall
be done by the Funder Republicans, by the
Funder Democrats, or by the Ready lsters.
(Applause.] These are great duties"
So that up 10 the time when the tsldent
OF that body took his seat it had not been
decided by the MALONE Convention what
was 10 be its "policy with reference 10
Federal politics." Mr.. FULKERsoN declared
that the Convention was to decide whether
the electoral vote of Virginia was to be cast
.by the Funder Republicans, by the Funder
Democrats, or by the Readjusters."
These declarations conceded exactly with
the declaration made by Mr.. JOHN S. WISE,
the MALONE candidate for Congress in this
district, in his late letter to the Wing. We
again quote what he said in that letter:
"when we get there ITO the July Con-
vention], and the party policy is settled az
ter full conference, will, for one, abide by
III
support the Cincinnati nominee, or the
Chicago nominee, an unpledged ticket, IN
independent ticket, or no ticket at ALL"
Mr.. WISE is the MALONE elector for this
district though he 50 recently ayowed his
willingness to support the Chicago nomi-
nee! Who will vote for man as HAN
COCK elector who has no choice rs between
GARFIELD and HANCOCK!-no choice between
q Republican nominee and Democratic
nominee? Is that the kind Of HANCOCK man
for whom genuine HANCOCK men should
vote ?-for whom true Democrats shouC
vote? AS candidate for Congress, MIR
WISE will no doubt receive every negro
vote in this district because OF the declara
ton above quoted-that is, OF course, II M
Republican candidate be in the field; blu
will such n declaration commend him or Ill
associates upon the MAHoNB electoral ticke'
10 any sincere friend OF General HANCOCK
We trow not. The elector for whom TIT
true Democrat will vote must be man WHIT
not only prefers HANCOCK TO GARFIELD, bu
who wouldn't vote for GARFIELD under any
circumstances.
Mr.. +. S. BLAIR, OF Wythe, is another
delegate who made speech in the MAHoNi
Convention. We quote from a notice Of hi
speech:
"Nr. Blair declared that there was fai
distribution OF 'spois with the Republl
cans last winter, and the Republicans shoul'
continue the alliance"
Mr.. BLAIR wanted TO continue the cali
ance" with the Republicans, and claimed
that the Readiuster Legislature had made
fair distribution OF the oxces OF the Stat
between the Conservative Readiusters ant
the. Republican ReSdiusters! Isn't MI
BLAIR a model HANCOCK man? Will th
voters even OF the Ninth district support
ticket put up by a convention OF such HAN
COCK men as BLAIR?
Mr.. MASSEY spoke in the same Conyen
ton. We quote:
"Mr. Massey put 10 few words for Han
cock, but avowed that he would vote 70
GARFIELD and Arthur IL by so doing he coul
more certainly secure the success OF the II
adiusters."
Democrat-cast vote for MAssEY's electors
ticketi
But there Is another test OF the Demo-
rscy of the Mahoneites. In their Convel
ton they adopted series Of resolution
one OF which declares that "no settlemel
(sf the state debit can have the essenti
feature Of finality which shall lack the q
prevail Of the people," In other word
the Rekdiusters will make no provision 4
paying the States honest debts unless "tl
people" ratifY 1t At the ballot-hox. If tn
course we're followed In regard to Il
national debt, that debt would be rep
dated. People are never going to vote
tax themselves. To ask them to va
"aye,' or no." ~ they may think props
upon question Of taxing themselves Is
ask them 70 vote No. for they will a
and very naturally. draw the
ference that they have rs mu
right 70 vote In the negative as
the Affirmative, Qf course the ayeral