New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-06


| they NAV do to Democrats.
THE TRIBUNE correspondent attended one OF
these meetings in Staunton recently. where Judge
| Allen the Funder nominee to succeed Congressman
Harris and his Rcadjuster opponent, Captain fanil
discussed the issues. Mr.. Paull is now state sen
| ator while Judge Allen is an exSpcaker oil the
| Virginia Legislature. TO give an idea OF what
1.-THE issues are between the two factions brei
resume of these speeches may be OF interest.
SPECIMEN DEMOCRATIC CORRUPTION.
Senator PAUL said that there necessity for
change of the National Administration. but that
there was The Same necessity for a change of the
State Administration, which is now in the hands OF
the Flinders or conservative Democrats. The Re
adiustcrs be said had found the administration of
State affairs corrupt beyond any precedent, and
the Fundcrs had heapcd upon debt larger
than the carpe-baggers of the South put upon any
State" In the First Auditors Office they discovered
nearly half a million dollars in unnOtced defaults.
In the Second Auditors Office they found that bonds
and coupons had been stolen or twice redeemed;
a penitentiarv store-kecper was thousands In
arrears, and Sergeants and alors were robbing the
treasury by fraudulent accounts Three funding
bills had been passed and millions paid TO syndi-
Gates for bribing them through.
A debt of 500 900 O0C had been funded he said,
into one of $33 600, 900 There was S7,7l4,56O
due and no money with which TO pay 1t. The asy-
lums supported on money borrowed OF Ma
tiona banks at Ugh rates of interest and the com
mon schools were auguishing for lack of the pit
lance assessed and collected for them. There were
now, he said. only $500 or 5000 schools, where
few years ago there were 1000. Tho suffrage had
been restricted and the heroes who surrendered at
Appomattox were denied the right to vote" He
accused the Fundcrs of working with the Radicals
and said tho Readjusters would never forget the
abuse, SANDER and viliicatlon urged against them
10y the flanders.
To all this his opponent, Judge Allen. replied by
charging the Readusters with working with the
"ngger party" and efforts to sustain his own
course in the Legislature to which he elected
rs a Readjuster. He said the Readiustersmight buy
the cOlored men. but they couldn't be delivered.
The discussion finally became personal. and PAUL
charged Allen and his faction with being in
famous traitors" while the latter replied by calling
the Readjusters "scutthng mutineers." PAUL said
the rule of the Conservatives cruel and vim
dicHve one which never tolerated anything but
slavish obedience Bourbonism. he SAID. must end
a sentiment with which Republicans will agree
This is the spirit Of the canvass ; and no wonder
that duels are becoming alarmingly frequent. The
men who make these charges were until recently
members OF united party and they ought to know
what they are talking about One wing is as much
responsible for the frauds and corruption as the
other and the people should hold them equally re-
sponsible.
REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS.
With a little stronger feeling Of unity and an ac-
tive canvass, always providing that fair CONT
can be had there a good opportunity for the Re
pubcans to carry this State for Garfield The eec-
ton machinery is in the hands Of the Democrats.
but is about equally divided between the two fac
tons It's a theory here. rs in other Southern
States that # the three election Commissioners
who control precinct should be Republican. 1t
is Thought this year ~ as the two factions VIII
watch one another. - both are bidding for Re-
publican votes that the Republicans Will be fairy
treated IN the count. The Funders however, Will
control One-haf the polls and the ReadJusters the
otL er half and if they should undertake to cheat
one another there is no certainty that they would
not cheat Republicans as well.
In 1869 the Republicans polled 101. 2O4 votes for
Wells for Governor against $50 for Walker. 1t
was conceded. however. that a great many Repub-
licans voted for Walker because of his professions
for reform which, however, he failed to carry out
so that at that time the Republicans had consider
ably over 100 600 votes in the State. In 1872 they
polled 93, 4GS for Grant, and In 1873 $4,000 for
Hughes for Governor. In 1876 Hayes got 95,5JS
votes against 1879. go counted for Hlden. In 1877
the law was passed requiring every person to
pay a capitation tax before voting, which was de-
signed to disfranchise the negroes; and as the Re
publicans the contest was hopeless IN the face
of fraud and discriminating laws, they no ticket
that wear. In 1870, in the Congressional contests
the Republicans ran candidates in only part Of the
districts, and in 1879 for members of the General
Assembly, the same state of affairs existed.
There were 1887 votes cast in the State in
1879 divided as follows Conservative, 61,954
Readuster. 6O495 Republican. 23,397 The con-
test being on State issues it is claimed that there
were a good many Republican votes lost for both
the Conservative and Readjuster tickets. Tie ed
itor Of The Richmond Dispatch, the organ of the
Funder Democrats, classihes the vote of 1879 as
follows: Repgblicans. a6out 5S.126 Conservatives,
about 49,779; and RcadJusters about 37412. If
ANYTHING like the same proportions exist this year
which is admitted, it Will be seen that there Is a
good chance for the Republican electoral ticket.
The assessed white vote Of the State is $50, 000
black vote 10000. The white Republican vote |
give the Republicans l27, 900 votes and the Dem |
ocrats l65, 900. The disfranchised voters number
poor whites" The capiaion law has not |
operated quite the Democrats expected. hence |
the Readiusters. with whom the poor whites princi-
pally vote making its repeal one of the issues |
of the campaign. This being Presidential year 1t |
is expected that the captatlon tax Will be mostly |
eGnalIv divided between the two Democratic cleo
tora tickets ana 1877 900 votes for the Republican
ticket always providing that fair count can be |
had. The colOred men will all vote the Republican
ticket II they are allowed TO cast their votes.
WHAT DEMOCRATS SAY.
Mr. Chamberlayne, Editor Of The Richmond State |
and a member of the General Assembly, who Is also |
a prominent Funder Democrat, has been spending |
his vacation at this hotel When asked about the |
contest he replied:
The result Is very uncertain. The Democratic |
party is about equally divided between the two |
factions and there is no chance fora compromise.
am as earnest in my desire to Hancock elected |
as any Democrat, and yet would rather Gar
field elected than to see Hancock successful by |
means of the Readjuster electoral ticket. have
received hundreds If letters from Democrats in all