Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-06-03
Politics and Politicians.

The result of the general elections in
cluded so many defeats for Gen. Mahone's
followers where they had rashly made
party issue, that the effect must be chill
ling. In Rockingham, the stronghold of
Hon. John Paul, the Malone men made
the county Offices party issue and held a
county convention which nominated a
ticket. The "Funder" county and cir
cult clerks, as they were called, beat their
Malone competitors. In Alexandria the
Democratic municipal ticket swept the
field by nearly 600 majority. In Norfolk
county the Democratic ticket swept the
field and beat R. D. Il. Page who, more
than anyone else helped to send General
Malone to the Senate. Norfolk city was
also swept by the Democratic ticket as was
Portsmouth. In Nelson county. that noted
Malone supporter Judge Stevens, was
badly defeated for county clerk. In
Lynchburg the Democrats carried the day.
In Albemarle county where the Malone
men and Republicans ran combination
county ticket, they were overwhelmingly
defeated. In Botetourt the MahoDe-Re-
publican county ticket was defeated, and
Brown Allen (Dem.) was elected clerk. In
Pulaski county, from which the 'Whig7s"
correspondent wrote 'sput Pulaski down
for big majority for the Readiusters,
their county ticket was defeated by more
than two to one. In Montgomery county
Rev. T. N. Conrad (Readjuster) was de-
feated for county clerk. In Bedford,
Washington, Roanoke and along that line
the same story of defeated Malone tickets
comes. In Frederick county the Demo-
Gratis elected both court clerks. And so
the news runs.
The WyJheville Enterprise" favors
Connally F. Trigg for Attorney-G General
at the August convention.
The newspaper correspondents predict
that the Malone convention will compro-
mise on John Paul for Governor, A. v.
Groner, of Norfolk, for 1t. Governor and
J. D. Blackwell for Attorney General
The friends Of ex-Gov. Francis H. Pier
point, the first reconstruction governor of
Virginia, will be glad to hear that he has
been appointed Collector of Internal Rev.
enue for the Second district of West Vir-
ginia.
According to the ssOlarke Courier Mr..
: A. Mason Moore, for long time identified
with the Readjuster movement in the
county, Informed the last Readjuster
meeting there that "if they would toss
Malone overheard he (Moore) would be as
good Readjuster as any man, but, so help
him God, he was not traitor" Mr..
Moore thereupon left the meeting, when
the chairman quietly remarked that if
they were to pitch Malone overheard they
would throw away all of the Readjuster
party.
The Wytheville "Dispatch" an advocate
of General Malone. does not seem to have
gotten the run of things yet. 1t says:
''Since the first hours of President Gar
fields administration it has been poweri
full machine manipulated against Senator
Conkling to satisfy the personal spite of
Secretary Blaine, the man Conkling has
Out-generaled so many times
Gen. Grants thick brain has at last
w
and sees the fate of his ring. In letter
to Senator Jones, of Nevada, he says:
"When the first batch of nominations
for New York was sent in was delighted
believed then the President had deter
mined to recognize the Republican party,
and not faction. But the nominations
OF the next day convinced me that the first
act was but part of deep-lald scheme
by somebody to punish prominent leaders
for being openly friendly to me.''
You are right Hiram; the Grant clique
8 Sc ntenced to death.
Mr.. James Young, who was to have
been Executive Clerk Of the Senate if the
Gorham- Ridelberger ticket hadn It been de-
feated, thus gives vent to his grief:
TT is pretty mess for an Administra-
ton that started out with such bright
skies and under SO many advantages. Ev-
erybody was happy except the Democrats,
who saw in the union of the Republican
factions under President of the suppos-
ed wisdom of Garfield gloomy outlook
for them. In this short time all is chang
ed. The boot is on the other leg. The
gloomy Democrat Of early March Ia no