Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-17

Inc pOHtlcal campaign IN virginia mas openeu
in earnest and the people of that state will have
no rest until after the election. The readjusters
have been making a dull canvass for two
months but as they had no opposition very lit
tie interest was manifested in their meetings.
One Of the principal speakers in behalf OF the
readjuster cause is the candidate of that party
for attorney general, who is noted as the author
Of the phrase that ''hOnOr will not buy break
fast" Cameron the readjuster candidate for
governor. Malone, Riddleberger and the lesser
lights Ofthe party are in the field, while on the
democratic side, Daniel, Mckinney, Tucker,
GOOde Payne. and a host of other prominent
men, are on the stump.
The two parties base their estimates of the re-
suits upon the vote of different years, and hence
1t is difficult for the impartial observer to prop
eriy compare their conclusions. The readjusters
insist that the election of 1879 is the proper
basis, because the state debt question was the
prominent issue then. That year the read
justers were victorious, polling $4,000 votes to
Ga 900 for the funders. This was but small
proportion of the tOtalvOte ofthe state. however,
the people generally manIfesting indifference in
the election. The democrats insist on the other
hand that the proper basis for computation is
the vote of last year. when the readjusters poll
ed only 81 900 votes. The excitement already
produced, and the interest manifested, promise
full vote this year, and upon the assumption
of full vote there can be no fair estimate
based upon the election of 1879.
The people are thoroughly aroused, and COM
paratiyely few of the whites, at least, will re-
main away from the polls If the readjuster and
republican vote could be united. it would doubt
less give them the election. but thorough
union scenes to be out of the question. There
are democratic readjusters who will not support
the party ticket, because there is republican
upon it; and there are republicans who will not
support it, because of the financial platform of
the readjusters, for one reason. and because
there is too much '.old'' democracy in it for
another. The chances are that the democrats
will win the race by ''good length"
Mystery still shrouds the death Of Jennie
Cramer, the foolish and unfortunate beauty of
New Haven. Detectives seem the more puzzled
the further they follow their clues. 1t is prOba-
bic that the mystery will never be solved. 1t is
plain, however, that the girl was ruined before
she lost her life, and it may be that an over
whelming sense of shame drove her to suicide.
At all events her fate should teach lesson to
parents and children alike. Young, and especi-
ally pretty girls, should not be allowed too much
license in the use of their time or the choice of
their company. This girls parents were ap-
parently proud of her and encouraged her to
make display of her beauty, but when she
made the first false step, instead of meeting her
with gentle admOnitlOns and forgiveness, she
was denounced and abused, threatened and
virtually driven from home. The action of her
parents more than anything else gives support
to the theory of suicide.