New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-03
TcHTING BOURBONISM.
law, pr.DJUsTER CONVENTION.

A
ecHUoLo' Anti bourbon State Convention
-. ..S vsserday at Richmond. About one ad"m. .n"a
delegates and alternates were ple ~"
sn.s S~ns enthusiasm was very great senator 'r%
- received an ovation, ana maue So"
,'ssnd;ng his course in the Senate hesv,"
ue'o u.'N. wsre adopted in favor of free pa'o'
uo,'' ~. count. demanding free schooi Sys'
anu S .A de,ouncing the Bourbon Democracy
ten' I;1otes "" were named for the GuDerna-
torial nomination
CONSIDERATION SHOWN REfobLIOA-,"'
Many coLoRED MEY PRESENT AS phLhUn z,,,, SIP
.ovs wry THE FREEDMEN GIVE IhElN 81
D Tn TUE RRApJUsTERs THE COMING
n,rwr TO BE FOUGHT ON CUES IONS VI
,,, NOT OVER THE SETTLEMENT OF
pHDi' rpy rgLEoRAPH TO THE TRIBuSE'i
= r..,o,-, Va lime 2-As regards numbers anu
as.s;osn the Convention of Virginia Anu-boui- uu
h,ns Is a remarkable and pronounced su.oo''' '',
n,'s.,.,,l Theatre a building which will aceohi''o,
Ss,n from 200 to 800 people, has been pacAeu
49,, nit n dome all the afternoon and evening WIN
Sanse mass Of perspiring goOd-humored anu eii-
s,,,.sstic humanity. Nearly thousand deiega'es
III oIternates are present Among the distinguished
.oraors nreseut is Lewis E. Harvie, the NeS'or VI
V;ro;n;a nolitics For twenty years before the war
Ar Haryie was the Democratic ponucai i""n
av,r m Virginia and it is said thae nc n''u0
and unmade Governors, Congressman anu oN
senators of the United States mr harS,o Is ~"
~. 80 ceneral Mahone's trusted cOunsellors An
other face which grew familiar 20 ''si'o'' ~ wy
,aIfs,es of the United States Senate during tic re-
..o..octad struggle in that body, was that OF
Captain II. H. Rddleberger, who, next 10 Nanone
L;r,ssIf ia probahly the most widely known ahu
ronulor of the Anti Bourbon leaders. Another
.rn,o;nent fiOure on the platform to-day was Con-
eressman-elect John Paul, whose district embraces
mart of the old Tenth Legion of Virginia Deihoc-
rsev Mr.. Paul was chosen temporary chairman anu
sfterward was elected permanent chairman Among
the distinguished visitors who surrounded Mahone
nm the platform were some of the prominent mem
hers of the Republican party in Virginia.
MALONE THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION.
yabone himself was the great centre OF attraction.
n Ia emphatically Malone convention. There was
nrobaby not q single member OF the convention
whose sentiment of personal loyalty to Malone Is
not stronger than any feeling of devotion when
usually exists in the heart of political follower
The short speech in which General Malone explained
his eourse in the United States Senate and restated
the political doctrines of the Anti-Bourbons' was
received with repeated Outbursts OF applause ana
its conclusion was the signal for scene OF excite
ment and enthusiasm as great in its way as any
which marked the proceedings OF the National he-
publican Convention at Chicago. At a later stage
of the pr ceedings a resolution indorsing and ap
planding General Mahones political course at Wash
ington was adopted by unanimous vote and APP
plause which fairly shook the building.
The Convention itselfis anintelligent and respect
able looking body of men. One noticeable feature
"a the large number of comparatively young men
Who compose the different delegations; another
Il the very considerable number of colored men
among the delegates. These men, of course, are all
Republicans and their presence as members OF the
Convention to-day was therefore, very significant.
Great pains has been taken by the Anti i-Bourbon
leaders to cultivate friendly relations with the
colored men, and the insult has apparently been
very successful II twas noticeable that the chair
men of several of the county delegations, some OF
whose members were white men, were colored
Republicans.
CONSIDERATION SHOWN COLORED MEN.
In the organization and proceedings of the Con-
yention quite as much consideration was bestowed
upon the colored men as upon the others, and all
their rights appeared to be sacredy regarded OF the
rank and Hle of the Republican party in Virginia,
ninetenths at least are in full sympathy with the
Anti. Bourbon movement and unless II should be
made to appear that the Administration regards the
movement with disfavor, nearly all of the Republi-
cans would vote for the candidates nominated by
this Convention. The reasons for this are patent
enough to any one who comes here and carefully
observes the political situation. To begin with, the
debt question is not now and will not he the main
issue in the coming contest. The Bourbons frankly
declare that they intend to fight the coming battle
with the weapons of National political warfare. The
discussions which consumed days and weeks in the
Senate VIII be repeated every stump in Virginia,
and Repubhcanism and race questions will entirely
overshadow the subject of debt-readiustment or
debt payment. Anybody who converses with the
cOored delegates of this Convention must at be
struck by the fact that they perfectly understand
the political situation and repose great confidence
Ia the integrity and sincerity of the AntiBourbon
leaders.
THE PRIVILEGE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
There is no privilege which the colored people
prize more highly than the free public
schools During the last Bourbon administration
Of State school affairs the schools, which
lad been getting into bad way for several years
were virtually closed throughout many sections OF
5 the State and money which had been raised to
maintain the schools diverted from that purpose
By the Bourbon administration and applied to other
objects in defiance both of law and the constitution
OF the State. As as the Anti-BOurbons secured
control Of the State Legislature they instituted re-
FORM In the first year under their administration
therecepts and expenditures for school purposes
were more than doubled, while the number of
schools teachers and pupils in attendance increased
about 100 per cent. This is reform which the most
ignorant colore8 man can understand and appreci-
ate. Perhaps the more ignorant he is the more
highly he appreciates the change. Even the Bour-
bons are compelled to admit that the Bnti Bourbon
administration of the school affairs is vast i'm
prcvement over the old regime. Until the Anti
Bourbons gained control of the local judiciary
throughout the State, all county judges being