Daily Republican., 1881-11-11
TME VIRGINIA ELECTION.
Senator Malone 0nShe Rea6jusseY
Campaign Tho eecrps sr Sue
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PgTRRsBURG, Nov. l0.-GeDeral Ma
hone came down into his private office.
where several gentlemen were awaiting
him, about 9 o'clock yesterday after
noon. He greeted them cordially and
chatted pleasantly with them, but had
the appearance and assumed the att
tude Of a man who had been premature
y awakened from his slumbers.
A number of kilograms giving later
returns from Virginia we're read to hin
ard he made u feint OK 'ossing up his
l,t when unexpectedly large maiortties
were recorded. After lrw casual r.
marks, the General ssid half in solil-
Oquy
'What a struggle it has been! Isst
think OF what we have to contend
against. The arist0eracy, society, 5he
church, the bondholders and all. What
Mstruggle, and the Eooublican coljtion
did not work aS sIaoothly as it OUGHT,
Bv the physical inability Of the Adj
ministration, ~ | may say, il WAS IA
long time before is could be made to ap-
pear thas the Admin srratlUn WAS with
US.
1t was not, in fat, until Arthp" set
his foot down that the mischief Stopped.
Tank Of a ianito- in % Custom hrusr,
tor example, coming ont with speech to
the negroes, abusing me and saying
tllat the Administration was not with
us. 1t he had not been in Cow ynment
service it would have been al right.
They woGid H,N he had been Tired by
the Fuuders to do it But hr!ng in
Government service they couldn't un-
lerstand it. | could not have under
stood it myself But our friends, the
Furdera, didn't Seem to have any
pp itiCai sense. never knen them to
exhibit either statesm aGship or shrtwd-
ness. They are altogether TOO lofty. !
don't T,ln in moral sanse tut in
actual attitude. They have made a
great ro sc about he affilation with tie
ncyl oes and all that, hut these methods
are out of date. believe that if We
had been able to do ourselves justice
our majority would have been 1880.
We Dnght to have instructed our Sp AK
ers on the debt question. They should
have shown it up plainly, without any
| flowers of speech, just prescntlngi III
plain Euglish; that's the best way,
Especially with our peope.
| They should hay" shown that the no-
sition of the Fund"rs WAS exactly
whrrs the old McCuloch bill placed us.
! The people feel deeply on tnat subject
and they would have haeu with us. The
Speakers should have openeh up the
McCulloch bill and showed its real
character. Why, it's continuous bill.
| The present syndicate may get tired OF
their part, but the Governor can make
another contract right afterward, and
30 continue its operations forever. The
LEGISLATURE could have made it All
right but for the Governo-, Halliday,
who was in the way, and it. would take
a two thirds majority TO get over his
veto. All this should have been shown
up without rhetoric, but just in plain
terms, as it can be done It's best moi
to use lin, rhetoric, especially with orr
people, except perhaps for few min
utes at the end jnst to get up d hurraA
"What of the tuture?" wasasked.
ooh, this is only the beginning lot
know we elect United States Senate
in December
"Who will it be?'
"lt will be one of two men.
cone is Riddlebergcr"'' -
Yes"
"And the other Captain WISE"
"Yes. There laay be other candidates
but if 80 | haven't heard of then" "
"What do you estim mate Cameron
m ajority?"
"rhc figures thus far do not differ
widely from those made day before
yesterday, when | estimated the lnajo
ity a. 2O,3OO. | think, however, tEer'
will be % falling off, and | should no"
estim to it about ll,GOO. We have
heard from the FundeI strongholds and
the remainder of the state, and the tG
ures seem to place the result beyon
dan ger"
} Returns from 80 counties and cities
covering over t~o.thirds Of the state
make Cameron's Rea uster) majority
so far about |, 800. Thirty-two c"untie'
vet to hear from will considerably in
crease these figures, but from estimates
made from carefu! calculations his ma
jori.y in the State will rot reach 10000
and may fall much lower The lead
iustcr4, however, will claim that Cam
eron's majority will not he less than
1000 The Legislature, according Il
tue best estimates tha5 can now nc
made, stands HouSe-I;eadjus listers, 81
Democrats, 49, Scnata-ReadJ JuSterS
%; Democrats, Is. Majority for Eead'
iustars on iDint ballot, Is