Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-01
1ancaster fntelliget1rer.-
The Virginia Canvass.
democrats heaplnE the BeDefils of tn
Contest In tho Senate.

democrats fkeapinE the BenefiIs of the
Contest In tho Senate.
Washington Despatch to the World.
A comDarison of the information and
views of the best informed of the Demo-
cratic managers in Virginia, based upon
reports from every county, leaves little
doub. of the election of the Democratic
state ticket headed by Daniel by deci-
sive majority, ranging from ten thousand
to double that number. The most moder-
ate estimate of the Democratic leaders is
eight or ten Thousand majority. The Leg
islature up to a recent period has been re-
gardcd as doubtful, but is now very con
tidently claimed by the Democrats, who
expect to have from ten to twenty MAORI
ty on joint ballot. The Senate may be
tied or have a small Readjuster ma
jorty, but the Democratic majority
il the House it is expected will
be sufficient to overcome this. This
will insure the election Of Democratic
United States senator in place of Judge
Johnston, and the election of Democrats
as judges of the court of appeals and for
all the minor state offices. The interest
taken in the canvass exceeds that of 1880,
and tho vote will undoubtedly be larger,
especially on the Democratic side. The
Readjusters claim the state for their state
ticket and also the Legislature, but they
made like boasts in 1880 i'm respect to the
presidential election. The result proved
that they were either Dragging for Il pur-
pose or did not know what they were
talking about.
Besides Statham, T.. f. Normcnt,
another Malone striker nominated tur
postmaster at Suffolk, Pa, was not con-
firmed by the Senate, and it is expected
that President Arthur will appoint them
to office this week. MahUnc's friends
claim that thi:; will Show the Niryinians
that Malone has the substantial indOIse-
ment of the administration, and this they
claim is sufficient to serve Mahone's pur-
poses, the last two days having demon
strated that he has the support of the
Republicans in the Senate. His purposes
in urging Statham's confirmation was that
he might return to Virginia and honestly
claim that the control of the state patron.
age had fallen into his hands. The fact
that he cannot control patronage without
cOntrollin. the Senate and that he has
been more than once iSnominiously de-
fcated in the Senate can and will be
used effectively against him. Reports
from Virginia arc that the publica-
ton In the WOrM Of Judge Lives parIlSan
letter has lost Malone thousands of votes
among Democratic Read djustcrs. Tho Dem
Ocratic papers have copied the letter, and
it has had the widest circulation, particu-
larly in the southern and southwestern
parts of the State, where the ltcadjustcr
canvass has been conducted on the pre-
tence that the Democrats and not tho Re-
publicans were TO bc the bcIciicaries o!
the Malone movement in the event of its
success. 1t is curious that of the five let
tcrs received by tho President in favor of
Statham's appointment for the local Office
Of postmaster, and which constitutes the
papers in the case, but one, that OF
Collector Rvcs, was from Il resident Of
Lynchburg. The others were from Ma
hone, who lives $50 miles away Congress-
mani elect Paul. about the same distance
Judge ltivcs. 81 miles. and Congressman
Fulkcrson, 2OJ miles.