New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-13
AFTER THE CONTEST.
CAUSES OF REPUBLICAN DISASTER.
TIE SITUATION IN KANSAS, INDIANA AND yIR-
GINA.
tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribunal

GINA.
tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE tribunal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-a Something wrong in
your State, wasn't there Judge ?" queried TRIB-
UNE correspondent. addressing Mr.. MacFarland,
the General Land Commissioner who has Just
turned from Kansas whittier lie went to vote.
"Yes. so thought" was the answer.
"What did itf Wasit the liquor question:"
"Yes, chiefly that; but we had other things to
quarrel about. Where State has thirty or forty
candidates for the Governo ship it is apt to make
trouble If they try to serve three terms apiece it
taxes long time to get around"
Commissioner Dudley. has returned from indiana.
He says the liquor issue did it. Each liquor dealer
pledged himself to proseyte five Republican voters
if within The limits of possibility. He says he NOE
took part in a campaign in which hard work prom
ised or produced such poor results. People didn't
care to argue. One might talk to dissatisfied Re-
publican for an hour and he would in the end turn
away, making no reply, but determined in the be-
ginning to vote against his party. The result he
believes does not make Indiana any the less Re-
publican State, and he thinks it will be carried for
the Republican nominees in 'S4. Republicans who
voted the Democratic ticket assert that they did it
for this occasion only, and the less Re-
publcans. Colonel Dudley says the talk about the
invaldIty of the constitutional amendments IS a
Democratic trick. The best legal minds i'll the
State hold that the alleged Irreguarity IN " jour
ualzng' the amendments does not impair their
force. The Democrats have this question of sub
mission to face yet
Congressman Dezcndorf, of Virginia, arrived in
Washington yesterday, and in conversation with
TRIBUNE correspondent briefly described the causes
OF his defeat in the recent election as follows
"The use Of money and the influence of the Ad-
min iStr tinuo rno no Ma ma
gers spent $j, 900 in my district last tuesday to
corrupt voters and ticket-hoders. In some of the
counties they succeeded by such means in getting
possession early in the day Of all the Dezendorf
tickets at many of the precincts and in that way
deprived of hundreds if not thousands Of votes.
In Norfolk votes were openly bought by MahOne's
strikers. The employees of the Navy Yard were sup
piled with Readjuster tickets and marched to the
polls by the Readjuster bosses who watched each
voter carefully to that he did not slip different
ticket into the ballot box. Naval Constructor Var
ney, of the Navy Yard donncd his uniform and drove
to the polls, where he remained sitting in his car
rage to that Boss Manones orders regarding the
Navy Yard employees were carried out to the letter
On, it was famous victory for a free. untram-
melled ballot priceless ballot. free suffrage,
full vote and an honest count'-if may be al
lowed TO quote words used by Malone IN his speech
III the United States Senate last year."
Did Marshall, the Democratic candidate, re-
ceiye many votes " asked the correspondents .
"Yes, he ran very we'll The whole power of Ma
hone, backed by the Administration, exerted to
crush me, the Republican candidate. Marshall de-
cares tnat he will contest the election of Llbbey,
the Malone candidate"
"Wll there be any other contests from Vir-
gnia ~
Probably there will understand that Massey
will contest the election of Wise, If the latter re-
celycs the certificate, and that OFerrall will con-
test the election of Paul. in the With District
From what know of the methods employed by the
Malone managers IN my own district it is my opin-
ion that contest can he successfully made"