The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-13
What Tells the Tale.

We asked last week how it was that The
MALONE congressional candidates ran 80
far behind the regular Democratic casdi.
dates il 1t was nothing but the fear OF the
defeat OF HANCOCK that caused the MALONE
electoral ticket TO be distanced We bave
seen no answer to our question. II cannot
be answered satisfactorily. The fear al the
defeat OF the HANCOCK electoral ticket was
no reason for voting for CABELL in prefer
ence 10 STOyALL. GEORGE ID. WISE in pre-
ference 10 JOHN S., nor TUCKER in prefer
ence to FRIzIER. The Rockingham Regis
ter amplifes our suggestion and illustrates
it by figures. The Register, which by the
way, has wonderfully improved within the
last year or two, says:
1t is amusing 10 see how the Wig titles
to accouDtfor their great defeat, aud 10 ex-
plain TO its many readers who have beeB
reading tfes matter for several months.
After being unable TO explain what was
- mex plcable," q happy thought struck
the editor that on the day Of election there
was a stampede" Of. Readiusters, and
with that il is trying 10 reconcile lis
readers.
Now, Mr.. Wig be candid; come down
and confess the truth that the 7th.of.Juty
ticket had but few friends outside OF the
candidates for Congress, who ran it for the
purpose OF getting the Republican vote
Confess the facts, as they appear in the
Wig, that there was "no stampede" a.
evidently and abuudsnty shown BY your
own Ggures. Weknow the old theory that
figures viii not lie hasibeen thoroughly ex-
pIoded, for you put the 7th-of-July ticket at
30, 900 majority, when at present writing il
does not seem to haze gotten that many
votes. But TO the proof that there was no
stampede: suppose, as you say, Readiuster
Democrats became alarmed lest Garfield
would carry the State. surely that would
not frigbten them fromToting for the John.
MES and all the rest OF their 7th-Of July pets
for Congress. A stampedetl Rt&diuster De-
mocrst would vote the 19th-oi-Alay ticket
and for dis friend for Congress. Now lei
us apply the facts as reported in the Wing.
We will take few examples as Illustrative
OF the whole State
Chesterfield - Klexesahiss precinct |
Funder electors, 81; George Il. Wise, sc ; |
Readiuster electors, 4 Republican, l72 |
John s. Wise, 174"; the full 7th-of.July |
aud Republican vote, less Q. Those two |
seem to have voted for George. Whether
they were Republicans orstamPeded Read |
listers We do not know, but theiormer we
take II, as George Outran his ticket two.
"Mdlothian--.Funder electoral ticket, |
LOG; George ID. Wise, 107.
Henrte0-Rruin's precinct: Funder |
ticket, "a; George ID. Wise. 49,"
So II runs Through the whole cOnGcesslon-
al district, George DIS vote being as near
that of the May tidiet as is ever thesease in
a party contest and John SIS the. cOn bined
&nd Republican vote.
Take one county III Garrisonfs district for
40 Observation-Disclosures
electoral ticket, 4S6; Garrison, 1885," No
there.
So, Mr.. Wig, IL you will examine the
returns In your own paper you will tisnd
that the Democratic candidates for Cen.
gress poll the same vote which Is polisd
for the regular electoral ticket, and that
where there were Republican,, DeBocratic,
and 1th-of July candidates each poiied the
vote Of the head OF his ticket. SeeA
Goodies district, for instance. Then In a
district where there was no Republican,
candidate YOU will find toe Democratic
running along just even with tie
ticket and the 7tb-of-J1ly
getting the combind vote Of the
'th-of-July and Republican electoral tickets
80 1t work. in your district. 90, throughout
he State vos will find the combined vote OF
he regular electors about the same as the
United vote OF the Democratic candidates for
congress, unless Jorgensen's district may
make an exception. There was no 7th. Of.
July candidate ia that district. ana in some '
Instances we notice The 7th-of-Julyers voted
or Coleman .DemocraI in preference 10 =
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