Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-06-24
Politics and Politicians.

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Politics and Politicians
The notorious Schuyler Colfax, whose
disgraceful connection while in Congress
with the Credit Mo5ilier scheme was once
on every tongue in the country. has writ
ten a letter to Hon. John F. Lewis con-
graduating him on his nomination for 1t
Governor and stating that the Western
Republicans approve coalition between
the Malone party and the Republicans OF
Virginia. Mr.. Colfax's emergence from
long and enforced silence of private life
is in keeping with the cause OF his being
sent there.
The rarest explanation of why the nom
ination of Cameron, Lewis and Blair fell
so flat on the Rockingham Readjusters, is
to be found in letter from Readjuster
of Harrisonburg to the Washington Ma
tional Republican" as..follows:
The local correspondent of the Associa-
ted Press telegrapbed to the world that
the nomination of Cameron, Lewis and
Blair 'sfell flat'' in this county. The truth
is that. as kilograms from this place six
days previous to the meeting of the Read
juster State Convention will show, the
nomination of Cameron, Lewis and Blair
had been accepted as toreQone conclusion
By the Readljuster party of ttas strong lead
juster county, hence a1as no surprise and not
calculated to raise mach of q hstTf0h.
The above will be pleasant news to the
tive hundred and fifty Massie delegates
who sweated through the June Conven-
ton; while it may not be exactly salts
factory explanation of the apathy with
which the ticket was received in Rock
ingham.
Gen. Malone will have more trouble
than he is looking for IN getting in the
Republican Readjuster vote. At the rat
ifcation of the Cameron ticket III Buck
ingham county last week. after Frank
Moss and Caesar Perkins spoke in favor
of it two other colored men denounced it
and spoke vehemently against it.
J. w. Fitz, Readjuster Democrat Of
Albemarle is out in the Charlottesville
"Chronicle' saying that ''now that the
Malone Radical Convention has announc-
ed it's parturition-a black-andtan Off
spring-it behooves all true Readjusters
to rally to one standard" He adds, from
his own knowledge, that many Readjus-
tiers will not ''tollow Malone into the
Radical camp"
A largely attended meeting of the Gen.
trail Republican Club of Petersburg. Va.
adopted resolution in favor of straight
Republican ticket, and further declaring
''that we will never vote with the Read
justers. and hereby serve notice upon
Northern Republicans that if forced to
decide between the TWO wings of the Dem
ocratic party we will not vote at all. We
are Republicans, and will stand by our
colors."
The ''Whig'' of Monday says, Forward,
Readjusters! to certain victory" That
Dragging of 1880 being warmed over for
1881. They were to 60 forward to 10000
majority in 80 according to Gen. Malone
and the "Whig,' - but only 81 900 of them
left the Democracy.
The Richmond ''Dispatch' accurately
predicts the end of the Malone organiZa-
ton when it says that the Democracy will
get the masses and the Republicans will
get the leaders.
In Alexandria the Republicans are bad
ly split. In the Third Ward colored club
several members dissatisfied at the cleo
ton of Mahonite officers have withdrawn
and will hold meeting next week to OF
ganize Republican club ON the Wickham
plan.
In Richmond James Lyons, Jr., Capt.
NJ. L. Spottswood, S. S. P. Patteson and
H. A. Atkinson are out for the legisla-
ture.
Senator Z. T. Smith being now actively
engaged in building the railroad from
Kentucky to Wilmington, N. c.. declines
running for fifth term in the legislature
from Nelson county. He has made a
most efficient and useful public officer.
A new paper to be run in the interest of
the straight-out Republicans is about be-
ing started in Richmond, to be managed
by b. w. ellis, the editor of the first Re-
publican paper that was started in Virgin
ia.
The Charlottesville "Chronicle' says
that ''many persons in this community
thirk that Col. Jas. II. Skinner, Of Staun-
ton, would make good candidate for
Governor"
Among the new names suggested for the
Democratic nomination for Governor are,
James Alfred Jones. of Richmond; Judge
W. j. Robertson, of Charlottesville; Maj.
J. W. Morton, of Charlotte; Geo. D. Wise,
OF Richmond; Thomas Croxton, of Essex.
Those suggested for 1t. Governor, are
Marshall Hanger, of Staunton; William
Matthews. of LcndouE; A. M. Kelley, of
Richmond; Rob; TT A. Coghill, Of Am
nerst; Phil. ". Mckinney, of Farmville;
John Echols, of Staunton. Those for At
torney-General are Holmes Conrad, Robt.
4. Withers, Judge Bergman Green, Thos.
g. Walston, of Northampton, James A.
Walker, of Pulaski, VIM. Writ Henry and
Gardiner Tyler.
And later published suggestions are for
Governor, Robert Whitehead, John E.
Roller, of Rockingham, and Jas. A. Wal
ker; for 1t. Governor. James FL. Skinner,
of stanton, JUDGE W. W. Crump. W. B.
Taliaferro, W. Il F. Lee; for Attorney
General, Camm Patterson and Chas. W.
Stringfellow.
Custodian Pitney, custodian of the dis
bursement of the contingent fund of the
U. S. Treasury Department, has been re-
moved. 1t was time; for the Investigators
found that he had charged twelve over
coats, he bought, as "desk covers" and
lunches were charged as ''forty boxes of
candles.''
A Petersburg letter in the Richmond