The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-01
THE READJUsTER CONvENrIoN.
The Mahoneite.Republican RenaJusters TO
Meet Here Tomorrow Strength Of the Can.
idates-lseadquarters Personal, etc.

Meet Here To.Morrow-strensth Of the Can.
didates-Head adquarters Personal, etc.
Tomorrow at noon the Re1djuster or
ne.Republican fusionists party will
assemble In convention at the Richmond
Theatre for tue purpose Of nominating their
cant didate for Governor and State officers.
| This party was first organized at Mozart
Hall In March. 1870. Its fusion, then be.
gun between Rea0iusters, white Republi.
cans. and negroes, more clearly shown In
the November elections OF that year, and
well defined by the complexion, character,
and acts OF its second Convention, held at
The Theatre on the 9TH OF July, 1880, has
now been unhesitatngly proclaimed
throughout this country by the acts and Ut
terances OF its leader at the national capital.
1t may therefore be. rightly and trutbfully
styled The Readjuster.Republican party, and
1t may be readily assumed that In this their
third convention, they will thoroughly en-
dOrse the recent acts OF Senator Malone.
and go step beyond their former utterances
| in proclaimlng In unmeasured and uDequiv-
ocal terms their coalition with the negro.
There has been a vast amount OF specula-
| ton as 10 who will win in this party race,
but except that they tend to induce the be.
| lief that there Is power behind the throne
| in the person OF Senator Malone, who will
have no small voice In the selection OF the
ticket, they have rather confused than
thrown light upon the subject.
The friends Of The three candidates who
are announced-viz., Massey, Cameron, and
Gronei-are naturally very sauguine in
speaking Of their fayorites; and while they
can all, more or less, speak OF a certain
number Of delegates that they claim TO have
been instructed for them, yet it is all to a
measure speculation until it is known by
their arrival what proportion Of the differ
ent delegations will be represented.
The total number Of votes, il every county
be fully represented, is 75S; necessary TO a
choice, $40; and it is rather singular co.
incidence that this is exactly the same num-
Der as had the last National Republican Con-
ventiOn.
The friends Of Auditor John +. Massey,
while they are confident OF his success, adj
vance their opinions rather as men who
know whereof they speak than indulging
in eXtrayagant utterances. They say he
will have most probably enough votes to
nominate him on the first ballot, but cer-
tainly on the second. They claim that il he
be not nominated on the first ballot large
percentage OF the complimentary votes will
flock to his standard and elect HIM on the
second; that of the 32 Richmond delegstes
he will get 80 Of them on the second ballot.
The friends Of Colonel William +. Came
ron, while not over sanguiDe, speak with
great confidence. They are probably more
thoroughly posted as regards the general
outlook than any Of the others, and always
give facts and figures to subslaniiate their
assertions. They claim that Mr.. Cameron
has now surely secured for bimsek, with Is
counties TO hear from, 1853 votes for the first
bsllot-only l6 less than a majority but
acknowledge that this vote may be some
what, though not materially, altered by the
fractional representation present from the
different counties. They say they do not
doubt for moment hut that he will so far
lead the other candidates in the beginning
as to cause an early cessation OF cOmpli
mentary voting. and that the accessions to
him when the break in the field comes will
give him nearly two-thirds majority.
The friends Of General V. ID. Groner are
sanguine, notwithstanding the fact that his
following Is considered comparatively small. |
They think this Convention will be gov
erned by good sense and characterized by
harmonious action. They say there are
many delegates who will come quietly, and,
uninstructed, seek out the most available
candidate, and they believe in Grouer they
will find man possessed OF the necessary
elements OF availability. His record, they
maintain, is unassailable, and for that rea-
son he Will attract large number of those |
who come unpledged. He will go into the |
Convention, they say, with 175 votes, and
when Wise has once received his compl- |
menary vote that number will be readily |
increased 10 upwards Of 200.
Riddleberger is as yet an unknown fac |
tor. While some maintain that he stands a
good chance OF being nominated eventually, |
others are equally positive that he is entirely |
out Of the race.
There are those who think General Ma
hone will at an opportune moment be offer
ed to the Convention and speedily nomi |
mated, but his friends say he has not the |
slightest idea OF so doing. He might, some |
say as a last resort Should there be abso. |
lutte need OF harmony, and in order to pre- |
serve his party. accept the nomination.
Captain John ;. Wise states empbatically |
that he is not nor never has announced him.
self as a candidate for nomination at the |
hands Of this Convention. He may, there
fore, be considered out OF the race. How
ever, he will get handsome complimentary |
vote on the first ballot by delegation Of
upwards Of hundred, which will be known
as the Wise delegation. Their headquarters
will be at the ArmOry OF the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues, in rear Of the Theatre.
The headquarters of Mr. Massey will be
at sanger Halle. on Seventh street.
Colonel Cameron's headquarters will be
at No. 112 Exchange Hotel, and his place
of conference will be Monticello Hail.
General GrOner has established his head
quarters at the ball on Broad between Sixth
and Seventh streets, next TO Fry's Hotel,
or the "Mai>on Dore."
The delegates began TO come yesterday
afternoon, and by late last evening some
seventy. odd had arrived
Amongst the notables already here are
General Malone, II. II. Riddleberser, John
Paul, james A. Frazier, Colonel William
+. Cameron, General V. ID. Groner, Abram
FulkersOn General Stth Boiling, n. Il.
Meade, r. Il. Wilcox. DR.. John II. Woods,
Judge w. p. Cecil, w. a. Orr, editor OF the
Lee County Sentinel. ID. VI. Norton, and Ro-
bert Norton (cOlored).
II is stated that Mr.. Minitree, CT Peters 1
burg, will nominate Colonel Cameron, and {
Vulo>ko Walden will nominate Mr.. Massey.
The State Rcadjuster Committee, OF {
which General Malone is chairman, was in
session at the Wing building last evening 5
until 4 late hour transacting routine busi- I
ness for the Convention. L
A PYTHIAN EXCURSION TO WASBINGTON.-l q